Artificial Lure here with your **Puget Sound fishing report** for Thursday, November 20th, 2025. We’re right in the heart of late fall, with that classic drizzly weather—overcast skies, temps holding low in the 40s, and a steady light wind out of the northeast about 5–10 knots. The water temp’s hovering at 54°F, and the dawn bite kicked off at 6:48 AM, with lines out until sunset at 4:45 PM. So, you’ve only got around ten hours of daylight to chase these fish, and with the tides swinging, timing is everything.

**Tide notes:** This morning saw a good high push just after sunrise and we’ll have moderate tidal flow through midday. The major bite windows are running 6:45–8:45 AM and again 7:24–9:24 PM, lining up with peak tidal transitions—prime time for predators to move and bait to bunch up.

**Salmon action:** It’s still a strong late season for coho and **chum** in Puget Sound, especially around the Puyallup and the Nisqually rivers. Coho are coming in at 4–8 pounds with some chunky 10-pounders mixed in, reports say Edmonds Marina and Point No Point are delivering to both bank and boat anglers. Chum—the “tiger” salmon—are lighting up creek mouths like Chico Bay and Kennedy Creek, and they’re hitting marabou jigs, fleshy pink corkies, and heavy yarn under floats. For the trollers and moochers, a 3"–4" cut-plug herring or small green/glow Coho Killer behind a dodger is putting fish in the box, especially when you work that gear low and slow right above the bottom or along deeper ledges.

Don’t sleep on the **lingcod** either—while those numbers taper in late fall, the diehards are still finding fish around Tacoma Narrows and along the north Kitsap reefs. Big white swimbaits or sand dabs fished deep on a heavy jighead are doing the damage.

**Best lures and baits:** Glow hoochies in pink/chartreuse, Coho Killers, and classic pink or chartreuse Buzz Bombs are hot for coho and lingering pinks. Bank fishers should fire out a Vibrax spinner—#4 or #5—or a pink Rotator from the piers. For bottomfish, nothing beats a grub or sandworm jigged hard on the rocks. Favorite baits right now: cured salmon eggs for steelhead, plug-cut herring for salmon, and squid strips for cod and rockfish. If you’re fishing from a pier, don’t forget sand shrimp and fresh herring strips—the local favorites.

**Recent catches:** Most boats are logging two to four coho per trip during tide changes, with the occasional bonus pink, and a few blackmouth (those resident chinook) starting to poke around Possession Bar and Point No Point. Near the Edmonds Jetty and Shilshole Bay Breakwater, sea-run cutthroat and even some early blackmouth are ambushing sandlance imitations and trout-sized swimbaits.

**Today’s hot spots:**
- **Point No Point:** Still holding plenty of coho and chum both sides of slack. Both shore casters and anchored boats are connecting here.
- **Edmonds Marina/Pier:** Consistent salmon catches early and late, with the odd late chinook mixing in deep. Try mooching herring or tossing blood-red spoons.
- **Chico Bay and Kennedy Creek:** Chum numbers are peaking—this is the time to swing a big pink jig or yarn fly.
- **Tacoma Narrows:** Some monster lingcod, late chinook, and crabbing action for the patient.
- **Dash Point Pier:** Reliable perch and the occasional cutthroat or early blackmouth, especially right at first light.

**A couple quick reminders:** As always, double-check the latest regulations, especially on salmon retention and area closures (note: Hood Canal salmon is closed November 19–30). Check for toxin advisories before eating your catch. And if you’re dropping crab pots, oily fish frames and squid are bringing up some limits from the deeper drops near Port Madison and Browns Point.

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