Puget Sound anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your Friday, November 21st, 2025 fishing report. Early morning tides peaked just after sunrise, with the high at 6:30 am around 11.6 feet, a midday low at 11:49 am about 8 feet, and another high swinging in at 4:05 pm a touch under 10 feet—so prime bite times hit when tides are moving, especially in the couple hours bracketing sunrise and sunset. First light was at 7:24 am, sunset comes quick at 4:26 pm, giving you a tight window to work—make those hours count, especially around the major lunar peak from 6:45–8:45 am.

Gray skies and that classic damp November weather are hanging in at about 44 degrees, with patchy rain drifting over the Sound, making fish more willing to chase a well-presented bait or lure. Water temps are steady near 54, perfect for late coho, feisty chum, a bite or two from sea-run cutthroat, and some winter chinook showing deeper off Possession Bar, West Point, and Southworth.

Recent reports from local tackle shops and fishingreportstoday.com show anglers still banging out coho limits near Tulalip and Edmonds, with fish ranging 5–8 pounds and the robust ones nudging ten. Chum are running strong in the mid-teens and lighting up river mouths from Chico Creek to Kennedy Creek—those big tigers are aggressive right now and well worth upsizing your gear if you want to wrestle a few onto the beach.

Best bet for coho: toss classic Puget Sound hardware like the Coho Killer in green/glow, chartreuse Buzz Bombs, or Gibbs Croc spoons in blue and chrome. Pink Rotators and herring (either mooched or rigged under a float) have picked up more than a few, especially when tides swing and bait fish push shallow. If you’re after chum, drift flashy pink or chartreuse corkies and yarn, or run big marabou jigs under a float as they stage in tidal pockets.

Bottomfish and blackmouth (our resident winter chinook) are waking up too. Drop mooched herring, flasher-hoochie combos in glow or green/white, or big curlytail grubs in 3 to 6 oz curlytail jigheads if you’re fishing structure. Squid are starting to stack up for bottomfish—you’ll want light jigs for those, especially around the West Seattle piers at night.

Hot spots for today:
- Point No Point: Solid coho bite in the morning, plus a chance at early blackmouth on the deep ledges. Toss jigs and spoons or mooch herring deep.
- Chico Creek mouth: Chum salmon surge—late morning, especially as outgoing tide turns, marabou jigs and flashy yarn.
- West Seattle piers: Mixed bags all day—shaker blackmouth, a stray coho, flounder and squid after dark.

For bait, cured salmon roe is tough to beat if you’re targeting steelhead and cutthroat in tidal rivers. Herring remains king for salmon, squid gets the nod for bottom dwellers, and don’t overlook oily salmon scraps if you’re dropping crab pots.

As always, handle wild fish with care—Chinook stocks are still below recovery numbers, so follow all regs and let wilds go to keep these runs healthy for years to come. That’s your Friday update from Puget Sound, and I’ll be back soon with more local scoop.

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