Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for Monday, October 20th, 2025. Sunrise cracked over the water at 7:34 am and we’re set to see sunset at 6:15 pm, so plenty of time for your morning and evening bite. Conditions today are crisp—early temps sitting at 45°F and topping out near 49°F. Water is holding right at 54°F, just about perfect for the fall salmon runs. Cloud cover is light (around 4%) and winds are calm at 5 mph, making small craft management easy but keep an eye out as the marine forecast from NOAA does call for a chance of rain later in the day, with winds picking up from the south to about 10 knots and some light showers possibly rolling in by the afternoon.

Tides are looking favorable for fish movement. High slack happens at 5:14 am and again at 4:22 pm, with lows at 10:30 am (4.07 ft) and a sharp drop at 11:09 pm (0.23 ft). That’s a decent exchange through the day—best fishing windows run from 9:53 to 11:53 am and again around 4:39 to 5:39 pm as moonset drifts the bait and brings predators in close.

Let’s talk fish. It’s still pink salmon season, with big schools continuing a hard push up in the north Sound and staging at creek mouths—hot recent catches reported straight out of Everett and around the mouths of the Snohomish[1]. Most anglers are still targeting pinks, but silvers (coho) have been mixing in around Edmonds and down near Tacoma Narrows—expect good action there. Dockside fish counters report heavy catch numbers over the weekend: limits of pinks for boat and beach anglers alike, several coho in the 6–8 lb range, and reports of scattered chum working upriver as well[1].

What’s working? Nothing beats hardware for these conditions. Pinks and coho have been hammering 3/8 oz and ½ oz pink and chartreuse spinners—Gone Fishing Northwest has been seeing continued success on Blue Fox Vibrax and homemade spinner rigs tuned to fast retrieve speeds[3]. If you’re working deeper water from the boat, chrome and blueback Rat-L-Trap or lipless crankbaits have been ticket, especially when retrieved quick to mimic baitfish[4]. Shore anglers: try pink buzz bombs or small herring rigged under a float for those staging salmon. For bait, you won’t go wrong drifting sand shrimp or a small chunk of cured salmon egg near creek mouths. Some locals have reported coho taking cut-plug herring behind a dodger, especially early in the morning.

Hot spots for today:
- Mukilteo Pier and the beaches nearby for good access to moving pinks and coho on the rising morning tide.
- Point Defiance (Tacoma area): recent counts show steady silver salmon in the tide rips; plenty of boat traffic but shore fishing is solid near the boathouse.
- Don’t ignore the southeast tip of Whidbey Island—migratory fish have been stacking up in the rips on ebb tides, with boat anglers picking up solid numbers before noon.

Crab season remains strong—if you’re dropping pots, Dungeness are thick out front of Kingston and in Carr Inlet, especially on the outgoing tides after 10 am[13]. Use chicken or oily fish for quick results.

That’s your Puget Sound field update for October 20th. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss the bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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