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Puget Sound Fishing Report August 30, 2025 - Chinook Surge, Crab Pot Haul, & Trout Derby Action
Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for August 30, 2025.
Sunrise hit at 6:24 this morning, lighting up glassy calm waters, and anglers can expect sunset at 7:53 tonight. The weather’s classic late summer—light south wind around 5 knots, waves below 2 feet, and a lingering morning fog that’ll burn off. Temps are expected to coast in the upper 60s. There’s a slight chance of drizzle later, especially out west. The main tidal swing hits with a low at 3:30 am, high at 10:15 am, another low at 3:24 pm, then high at 9:11 pm. The tidal coefficient is low at 49, so don’t count on fast-moving currents; get precise with your casts.
It’s shaping up to be a banner Chinook week across the Sound and northward. Over 7,000 hatchery Chinook are stacking up at Whatcom Creek for the late summer run, and boats are seeing solid action from the Tacoma Narrows all the way to Point No Point. A few coho are sliding in behind the kings; pinks are still hanging around beaches up near Everett and Mukilteo. If you’re in the hunt for Dungeness crabs, the morning crab pots were heavy for folks working out of Shilshole and Edmonds.
Big numbers of Chinook are coming in at the usual haunts. Reports from gear shops in Ballard and Silverdale confirm that trollers pulling green-and-white or chartreuse Pro-Troll flashers with 3.5-inch herring strip spoons are finding plenty of clipped hatchery fish. Coho are hitting fast troll hoochies—pink or purple in low light, switching to nickel or UV hardware once the fog lifts. For those beach casting up north, weighted buzz bombs or pink hoochies under a float took most of the recent bank-caught pinks.
If you’re dropping pots, the crab bite remains good but expect shells to be softer this late in the season. Salmon guts and chicken work well for bait, but a chunk of fresh fish will outpace the rest today.
Freshwater trout fans, WDFW’s trout derby is still on in area lakes with prize tags placed in dozens of waters all around the region—great fun for young anglers. Green Lake and Lake Sammamish stocked trout are biting on PowerBait and wedding rings trolled behind a dodger.
A couple of hotspots to circle on your map today:
- **Possession Bar**—a morning high slack classic for Chinook and coho, especially trolling along the edges as the tide rolls in.
- **Point No Point**—action-packed for both boat and beach anglers, with pink salmon still pushing in for bank fishers and coho moving deeper just off the drop.
Don’t forget, tides are mild, so fish dawn and dusk for your best odds, and keep your setup close to structure on slower moving water.
Thanks for tuning in to Artificial Lure’s Puget Sound fishing report. Subscribe so you never miss a tide, a tip, or the next hot bite.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Sunrise hit at 6:24 this morning, lighting up glassy calm waters, and anglers can expect sunset at 7:53 tonight. The weather’s classic late summer—light south wind around 5 knots, waves below 2 feet, and a lingering morning fog that’ll burn off. Temps are expected to coast in the upper 60s. There’s a slight chance of drizzle later, especially out west. The main tidal swing hits with a low at 3:30 am, high at 10:15 am, another low at 3:24 pm, then high at 9:11 pm. The tidal coefficient is low at 49, so don’t count on fast-moving currents; get precise with your casts.
It’s shaping up to be a banner Chinook week across the Sound and northward. Over 7,000 hatchery Chinook are stacking up at Whatcom Creek for the late summer run, and boats are seeing solid action from the Tacoma Narrows all the way to Point No Point. A few coho are sliding in behind the kings; pinks are still hanging around beaches up near Everett and Mukilteo. If you’re in the hunt for Dungeness crabs, the morning crab pots were heavy for folks working out of Shilshole and Edmonds.
Big numbers of Chinook are coming in at the usual haunts. Reports from gear shops in Ballard and Silverdale confirm that trollers pulling green-and-white or chartreuse Pro-Troll flashers with 3.5-inch herring strip spoons are finding plenty of clipped hatchery fish. Coho are hitting fast troll hoochies—pink or purple in low light, switching to nickel or UV hardware once the fog lifts. For those beach casting up north, weighted buzz bombs or pink hoochies under a float took most of the recent bank-caught pinks.
If you’re dropping pots, the crab bite remains good but expect shells to be softer this late in the season. Salmon guts and chicken work well for bait, but a chunk of fresh fish will outpace the rest today.
Freshwater trout fans, WDFW’s trout derby is still on in area lakes with prize tags placed in dozens of waters all around the region—great fun for young anglers. Green Lake and Lake Sammamish stocked trout are biting on PowerBait and wedding rings trolled behind a dodger.
A couple of hotspots to circle on your map today:
- **Possession Bar**—a morning high slack classic for Chinook and coho, especially trolling along the edges as the tide rolls in.
- **Point No Point**—action-packed for both boat and beach anglers, with pink salmon still pushing in for bank fishers and coho moving deeper just off the drop.
Don’t forget, tides are mild, so fish dawn and dusk for your best odds, and keep your setup close to structure on slower moving water.
Thanks for tuning in to Artificial Lure’s Puget Sound fishing report. Subscribe so you never miss a tide, a tip, or the next hot bite.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point AiArtificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for August 30, 2025.
Sunrise hit at 6:24 this morning, lighting up glassy calm waters, and anglers can expect sunset at 7:53 tonight. The weather’s classic late summer—light south wind around 5 knots, waves below 2 feet, and a lingering morning fog that’ll burn off. Temps are expected to coast in the upper 60s. There’s a slight chance of drizzle later, especially out west. The main tidal swing hits with a low at 3:30 am, high at 10:15 am, another low at 3:24 pm, then high at 9:11 pm. The tidal coefficient is low at 49, so don’t count on fast-moving currents; get precise with your casts.
It’s shaping up to be a banner Chinook week across the Sound and northward. Over 7,000 hatchery Chinook are stacking up at Whatcom Creek for the late summer run, and boats are seeing solid action from the Tacoma Narrows all the way to Point No Point. A few coho are sliding in behind the kings; pinks are still hanging around beaches up near Everett and Mukilteo. If you’re in the hunt for Dungeness crabs, the morning crab pots were heavy for folks working out of Shilshole and Edmonds.
Big numbers of Chinook are coming in at the usual haunts. Reports from gear shops in Ballard and Silverdale confirm that trollers pulling green-and-white or chartreuse Pro-Troll flashers with 3.5-inch herring strip spoons are finding plenty of clipped hatchery fish. Coho are hitting fast troll hoochies—pink or purple in low light, switching to nickel or UV hardware once the fog lifts. For those beach casting up north, weighted buzz bombs or pink hoochies under a float took most of the recent bank-caught pinks.
If you’re dropping pots, the crab bite remains good but expect shells to be softer this late in the season. Salmon guts and chicken work well for bait, but a chunk of fresh fish will outpace the rest today.
Freshwater trout fans, WDFW’s trout derby is still on in area lakes with prize tags placed in dozens of waters all around the region—great fun for young anglers. Green Lake and Lake Sammamish stocked trout are biting on PowerBait and wedding rings trolled behind a dodger.
A couple of hotspots to circle on your map today:
- **Possession Bar**—a morning high slack classic for Chinook and coho, especially trolling along the edges as the tide rolls in.
- **Point No Point**—action-packed for both boat and beach anglers, with pink salmon still pushing in for bank fishers and coho moving deeper just off the drop.
Don’t forget, tides are mild, so fish dawn and dusk for your best odds, and keep your setup close to structure on slower moving water.
Thanks for tuning in to Artificial Lure’s Puget Sound fishing report. Subscribe so you never miss a tide, a tip, or the next hot bite.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Sunrise hit at 6:24 this morning, lighting up glassy calm waters, and anglers can expect sunset at 7:53 tonight. The weather’s classic late summer—light south wind around 5 knots, waves below 2 feet, and a lingering morning fog that’ll burn off. Temps are expected to coast in the upper 60s. There’s a slight chance of drizzle later, especially out west. The main tidal swing hits with a low at 3:30 am, high at 10:15 am, another low at 3:24 pm, then high at 9:11 pm. The tidal coefficient is low at 49, so don’t count on fast-moving currents; get precise with your casts.
It’s shaping up to be a banner Chinook week across the Sound and northward. Over 7,000 hatchery Chinook are stacking up at Whatcom Creek for the late summer run, and boats are seeing solid action from the Tacoma Narrows all the way to Point No Point. A few coho are sliding in behind the kings; pinks are still hanging around beaches up near Everett and Mukilteo. If you’re in the hunt for Dungeness crabs, the morning crab pots were heavy for folks working out of Shilshole and Edmonds.
Big numbers of Chinook are coming in at the usual haunts. Reports from gear shops in Ballard and Silverdale confirm that trollers pulling green-and-white or chartreuse Pro-Troll flashers with 3.5-inch herring strip spoons are finding plenty of clipped hatchery fish. Coho are hitting fast troll hoochies—pink or purple in low light, switching to nickel or UV hardware once the fog lifts. For those beach casting up north, weighted buzz bombs or pink hoochies under a float took most of the recent bank-caught pinks.
If you’re dropping pots, the crab bite remains good but expect shells to be softer this late in the season. Salmon guts and chicken work well for bait, but a chunk of fresh fish will outpace the rest today.
Freshwater trout fans, WDFW’s trout derby is still on in area lakes with prize tags placed in dozens of waters all around the region—great fun for young anglers. Green Lake and Lake Sammamish stocked trout are biting on PowerBait and wedding rings trolled behind a dodger.
A couple of hotspots to circle on your map today:
- **Possession Bar**—a morning high slack classic for Chinook and coho, especially trolling along the edges as the tide rolls in.
- **Point No Point**—action-packed for both boat and beach anglers, with pink salmon still pushing in for bank fishers and coho moving deeper just off the drop.
Don’t forget, tides are mild, so fish dawn and dusk for your best odds, and keep your setup close to structure on slower moving water.
Thanks for tuning in to Artificial Lure’s Puget Sound fishing report. Subscribe so you never miss a tide, a tip, or the next hot bite.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI