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Puget Sound Fishing Report June 18 2025 - Salmon, Lingcod, Halibut and Cutthroat Trout Bite Strong
Here’s your Puget Sound Fishing Report for June 18, 2025, with your local expert, Artificial Lure.
Puget Sound kicked off this week with cool morning temps in the mid-50s, warming up to the low 70s by afternoon, with light westerly winds and scattered clouds. Sunrise came at 5:10 a.m. and sunset will be a little past 9:10 p.m., giving us an excellent window for both early and late action. Looking at today’s tides, we’ve got a morning high around 7:45 a.m. and a deep afternoon low, so the bite will be best on the moving tide this morning and late in the day.
Recent activity has kept things interesting all over the Sound. According to the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s creel reports, anglers are finding good numbers of resident Coho and the occasional Chinook, with most salmon encounters reported from Area 10 (central sound) down to Area 13 (south sound). Lingcod seasons are wrapping up but there’s still action along reefy structure—especially around Possession Bar and the Tacoma Narrows. Halibut catches have slowed as quotas fill, but a few quality fish are still coming in from the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and north Sound banks.
Seattle Fly Fishing Reports note that cutthroat trout are hot in the shallows, especially where Chum fry are moving out, so look for surface swirls near creek mouths and current seams. Creekside Angling points out that flies like the Chumbody’s Baby, Clouser Minnows, Seth’s Sand Eel, flatwings, and even small shrimp patterns are putting fish in the net. Gear anglers are having luck with 2- to 4-inch soft plastics in natural baitfish colors, needlefish spoons, and herring under a dodger.
For bait, nothing beats a live sand lance or a well-brined cut-plug herring trolled slow. If you’re targeting lingcod, try large swimbaits or live greenling bounced near bottom as regulations allow.
Now, for the hotspots: Possession Bar is the classic early-summer salmon magnet, drawing fish in on every tidal exchange. Don’t overlook Point No Point and Foulweather Bluff, which are holding Coho and the odd Chinook, especially on the outgoing. Down south, the Tacoma Narrows is producing lingcod and the occasional keeper halibut—just watch the tides, those currents are no joke. For cutthroat, the beaches of South Sound, especially around Fox Island and the mouths of smaller creeks, continue to reward patient fly and light-tackle anglers.
Salmon returns are shaping up strong for pinks later this summer, so stay tuned for those runs. Summer crabbing will open early July—get your pots ready and double-check the latest regs.
Thanks for tuning in to your daily Puget Sound fishing report. Be sure to subscribe for up-to-date reports, tips, and local knowledge all season long. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
Puget Sound kicked off this week with cool morning temps in the mid-50s, warming up to the low 70s by afternoon, with light westerly winds and scattered clouds. Sunrise came at 5:10 a.m. and sunset will be a little past 9:10 p.m., giving us an excellent window for both early and late action. Looking at today’s tides, we’ve got a morning high around 7:45 a.m. and a deep afternoon low, so the bite will be best on the moving tide this morning and late in the day.
Recent activity has kept things interesting all over the Sound. According to the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s creel reports, anglers are finding good numbers of resident Coho and the occasional Chinook, with most salmon encounters reported from Area 10 (central sound) down to Area 13 (south sound). Lingcod seasons are wrapping up but there’s still action along reefy structure—especially around Possession Bar and the Tacoma Narrows. Halibut catches have slowed as quotas fill, but a few quality fish are still coming in from the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and north Sound banks.
Seattle Fly Fishing Reports note that cutthroat trout are hot in the shallows, especially where Chum fry are moving out, so look for surface swirls near creek mouths and current seams. Creekside Angling points out that flies like the Chumbody’s Baby, Clouser Minnows, Seth’s Sand Eel, flatwings, and even small shrimp patterns are putting fish in the net. Gear anglers are having luck with 2- to 4-inch soft plastics in natural baitfish colors, needlefish spoons, and herring under a dodger.
For bait, nothing beats a live sand lance or a well-brined cut-plug herring trolled slow. If you’re targeting lingcod, try large swimbaits or live greenling bounced near bottom as regulations allow.
Now, for the hotspots: Possession Bar is the classic early-summer salmon magnet, drawing fish in on every tidal exchange. Don’t overlook Point No Point and Foulweather Bluff, which are holding Coho and the odd Chinook, especially on the outgoing. Down south, the Tacoma Narrows is producing lingcod and the occasional keeper halibut—just watch the tides, those currents are no joke. For cutthroat, the beaches of South Sound, especially around Fox Island and the mouths of smaller creeks, continue to reward patient fly and light-tackle anglers.
Salmon returns are shaping up strong for pinks later this summer, so stay tuned for those runs. Summer crabbing will open early July—get your pots ready and double-check the latest regs.
Thanks for tuning in to your daily Puget Sound fishing report. Be sure to subscribe for up-to-date reports, tips, and local knowledge all season long. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
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By Quiet. PleaseHere’s your Puget Sound Fishing Report for June 18, 2025, with your local expert, Artificial Lure.
Puget Sound kicked off this week with cool morning temps in the mid-50s, warming up to the low 70s by afternoon, with light westerly winds and scattered clouds. Sunrise came at 5:10 a.m. and sunset will be a little past 9:10 p.m., giving us an excellent window for both early and late action. Looking at today’s tides, we’ve got a morning high around 7:45 a.m. and a deep afternoon low, so the bite will be best on the moving tide this morning and late in the day.
Recent activity has kept things interesting all over the Sound. According to the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s creel reports, anglers are finding good numbers of resident Coho and the occasional Chinook, with most salmon encounters reported from Area 10 (central sound) down to Area 13 (south sound). Lingcod seasons are wrapping up but there’s still action along reefy structure—especially around Possession Bar and the Tacoma Narrows. Halibut catches have slowed as quotas fill, but a few quality fish are still coming in from the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and north Sound banks.
Seattle Fly Fishing Reports note that cutthroat trout are hot in the shallows, especially where Chum fry are moving out, so look for surface swirls near creek mouths and current seams. Creekside Angling points out that flies like the Chumbody’s Baby, Clouser Minnows, Seth’s Sand Eel, flatwings, and even small shrimp patterns are putting fish in the net. Gear anglers are having luck with 2- to 4-inch soft plastics in natural baitfish colors, needlefish spoons, and herring under a dodger.
For bait, nothing beats a live sand lance or a well-brined cut-plug herring trolled slow. If you’re targeting lingcod, try large swimbaits or live greenling bounced near bottom as regulations allow.
Now, for the hotspots: Possession Bar is the classic early-summer salmon magnet, drawing fish in on every tidal exchange. Don’t overlook Point No Point and Foulweather Bluff, which are holding Coho and the odd Chinook, especially on the outgoing. Down south, the Tacoma Narrows is producing lingcod and the occasional keeper halibut—just watch the tides, those currents are no joke. For cutthroat, the beaches of South Sound, especially around Fox Island and the mouths of smaller creeks, continue to reward patient fly and light-tackle anglers.
Salmon returns are shaping up strong for pinks later this summer, so stay tuned for those runs. Summer crabbing will open early July—get your pots ready and double-check the latest regs.
Thanks for tuning in to your daily Puget Sound fishing report. Be sure to subscribe for up-to-date reports, tips, and local knowledge all season long. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
Puget Sound kicked off this week with cool morning temps in the mid-50s, warming up to the low 70s by afternoon, with light westerly winds and scattered clouds. Sunrise came at 5:10 a.m. and sunset will be a little past 9:10 p.m., giving us an excellent window for both early and late action. Looking at today’s tides, we’ve got a morning high around 7:45 a.m. and a deep afternoon low, so the bite will be best on the moving tide this morning and late in the day.
Recent activity has kept things interesting all over the Sound. According to the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s creel reports, anglers are finding good numbers of resident Coho and the occasional Chinook, with most salmon encounters reported from Area 10 (central sound) down to Area 13 (south sound). Lingcod seasons are wrapping up but there’s still action along reefy structure—especially around Possession Bar and the Tacoma Narrows. Halibut catches have slowed as quotas fill, but a few quality fish are still coming in from the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and north Sound banks.
Seattle Fly Fishing Reports note that cutthroat trout are hot in the shallows, especially where Chum fry are moving out, so look for surface swirls near creek mouths and current seams. Creekside Angling points out that flies like the Chumbody’s Baby, Clouser Minnows, Seth’s Sand Eel, flatwings, and even small shrimp patterns are putting fish in the net. Gear anglers are having luck with 2- to 4-inch soft plastics in natural baitfish colors, needlefish spoons, and herring under a dodger.
For bait, nothing beats a live sand lance or a well-brined cut-plug herring trolled slow. If you’re targeting lingcod, try large swimbaits or live greenling bounced near bottom as regulations allow.
Now, for the hotspots: Possession Bar is the classic early-summer salmon magnet, drawing fish in on every tidal exchange. Don’t overlook Point No Point and Foulweather Bluff, which are holding Coho and the odd Chinook, especially on the outgoing. Down south, the Tacoma Narrows is producing lingcod and the occasional keeper halibut—just watch the tides, those currents are no joke. For cutthroat, the beaches of South Sound, especially around Fox Island and the mouths of smaller creeks, continue to reward patient fly and light-tackle anglers.
Salmon returns are shaping up strong for pinks later this summer, so stay tuned for those runs. Summer crabbing will open early July—get your pots ready and double-check the latest regs.
Thanks for tuning in to your daily Puget Sound fishing report. Be sure to subscribe for up-to-date reports, tips, and local knowledge all season long. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.