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Puget Sound Fishing Update: Pink Salmon Fire, Halibut Open, and Trout Derby Prizes
Good morning anglers, Artificial Lure here, bringing you your Puget Sound fishing report for Saturday, August 16th, 2025. We’re coming to you just after sunrise—today’s sun poked over the Cascades at 6:08 am, and you’ve got daylight until about 8:18 pm, so there’s plenty of time to wet a line. Weather is holding classic late-summer Pacific Northwest: cool into the morning with a high in the mid 70s, light wind, and good visibility—ideal conditions for getting out on both the salt and the freshwater.
Tides at Point Defiance today run low at 5:11 am down to minus 0.2 feet, then a strong incoming high at 12:27 pm up to 9.5 feet. We drop to a moderate low again at 5:05 pm, then another big high at 10:47 pm at 11.7 feet. Expect those quick swings to kick current into high gear, especially mid-morning and late afternoon. Those are your prime windows for salmon—drift the rips and seams when that water’s really moving, particularly near creek mouths and bottlenecks.
Fish activity is red hot with the biennial pink salmon run peaking right now. Videos and angler reports from yesterday confirm “Pink Salmon is on fire in Puget Sound” with limits coming off beaches and boats, especially in the Seattle and Tacoma areas. Shore anglers are hooking up using pink Buzz Bombs, small pink jigs, and hootchies—matching the hatch is the name of the game when those humpies flood in. If casting from a boat, troll small pink spoons or squids on a slow, steady presentation. Pinks are everywhere in the upper and central Sound right now, often thick as bait in the morning tide.
Coho are following the pinks, too, with a handful of hatchery and wild fish being picked up. If you want a shot at larger fish, troll a green and white hootchie, or try anchovy bait on a teaser head behind a flasher—depths from 30 to 60 feet seem best during the peak currents. A few late chinook are being reported as well, mostly off the West Side of Whidbey and down near Point Defiance. For chinook, go bigger with chartreuse or blue hardware, or try a cut plug herring.
Halibut reopens today and is available in most open areas of the central and north Sound, including 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, and 10, through September 30. Anglers are starting to put halibut on the deck using large herring, octopus, or big salmon belly strips fished just off the bottom around Double Bluff and Partridge Bank.
Crabbing continues to be good, with traps coming up full near Dash Point, Everett, and the southern islands, mostly in 50-80 feet.
Hot spots right now? Try the shore lines near Mukilteo and Golden Gardens for the pinks, especially on an early incoming tide. By boat, focus on the Narrows or out at Possession Bar, especially mid-morning; lots of life marking on the finder and birds working the surface.
Don’t forget—WDFW’s annual Trout Derby continues through the fall at many local lakes, so if you’re looking for a freshwater break, take the kids, hit a derby lake, and check for those yellow tags for prizes.
As always, boaters should check for safety advisories, especially with recent Coast Guard activity after reports of boats in distress. Stay alert and lend a hand if someone needs it.
That’s your August Puget Sound update from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss the local bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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Tides at Point Defiance today run low at 5:11 am down to minus 0.2 feet, then a strong incoming high at 12:27 pm up to 9.5 feet. We drop to a moderate low again at 5:05 pm, then another big high at 10:47 pm at 11.7 feet. Expect those quick swings to kick current into high gear, especially mid-morning and late afternoon. Those are your prime windows for salmon—drift the rips and seams when that water’s really moving, particularly near creek mouths and bottlenecks.
Fish activity is red hot with the biennial pink salmon run peaking right now. Videos and angler reports from yesterday confirm “Pink Salmon is on fire in Puget Sound” with limits coming off beaches and boats, especially in the Seattle and Tacoma areas. Shore anglers are hooking up using pink Buzz Bombs, small pink jigs, and hootchies—matching the hatch is the name of the game when those humpies flood in. If casting from a boat, troll small pink spoons or squids on a slow, steady presentation. Pinks are everywhere in the upper and central Sound right now, often thick as bait in the morning tide.
Coho are following the pinks, too, with a handful of hatchery and wild fish being picked up. If you want a shot at larger fish, troll a green and white hootchie, or try anchovy bait on a teaser head behind a flasher—depths from 30 to 60 feet seem best during the peak currents. A few late chinook are being reported as well, mostly off the West Side of Whidbey and down near Point Defiance. For chinook, go bigger with chartreuse or blue hardware, or try a cut plug herring.
Halibut reopens today and is available in most open areas of the central and north Sound, including 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, and 10, through September 30. Anglers are starting to put halibut on the deck using large herring, octopus, or big salmon belly strips fished just off the bottom around Double Bluff and Partridge Bank.
Crabbing continues to be good, with traps coming up full near Dash Point, Everett, and the southern islands, mostly in 50-80 feet.
Hot spots right now? Try the shore lines near Mukilteo and Golden Gardens for the pinks, especially on an early incoming tide. By boat, focus on the Narrows or out at Possession Bar, especially mid-morning; lots of life marking on the finder and birds working the surface.
Don’t forget—WDFW’s annual Trout Derby continues through the fall at many local lakes, so if you’re looking for a freshwater break, take the kids, hit a derby lake, and check for those yellow tags for prizes.
As always, boaters should check for safety advisories, especially with recent Coast Guard activity after reports of boats in distress. Stay alert and lend a hand if someone needs it.
That’s your August Puget Sound update from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss the local 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
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By Quiet. PleaseGood morning anglers, Artificial Lure here, bringing you your Puget Sound fishing report for Saturday, August 16th, 2025. We’re coming to you just after sunrise—today’s sun poked over the Cascades at 6:08 am, and you’ve got daylight until about 8:18 pm, so there’s plenty of time to wet a line. Weather is holding classic late-summer Pacific Northwest: cool into the morning with a high in the mid 70s, light wind, and good visibility—ideal conditions for getting out on both the salt and the freshwater.
Tides at Point Defiance today run low at 5:11 am down to minus 0.2 feet, then a strong incoming high at 12:27 pm up to 9.5 feet. We drop to a moderate low again at 5:05 pm, then another big high at 10:47 pm at 11.7 feet. Expect those quick swings to kick current into high gear, especially mid-morning and late afternoon. Those are your prime windows for salmon—drift the rips and seams when that water’s really moving, particularly near creek mouths and bottlenecks.
Fish activity is red hot with the biennial pink salmon run peaking right now. Videos and angler reports from yesterday confirm “Pink Salmon is on fire in Puget Sound” with limits coming off beaches and boats, especially in the Seattle and Tacoma areas. Shore anglers are hooking up using pink Buzz Bombs, small pink jigs, and hootchies—matching the hatch is the name of the game when those humpies flood in. If casting from a boat, troll small pink spoons or squids on a slow, steady presentation. Pinks are everywhere in the upper and central Sound right now, often thick as bait in the morning tide.
Coho are following the pinks, too, with a handful of hatchery and wild fish being picked up. If you want a shot at larger fish, troll a green and white hootchie, or try anchovy bait on a teaser head behind a flasher—depths from 30 to 60 feet seem best during the peak currents. A few late chinook are being reported as well, mostly off the West Side of Whidbey and down near Point Defiance. For chinook, go bigger with chartreuse or blue hardware, or try a cut plug herring.
Halibut reopens today and is available in most open areas of the central and north Sound, including 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, and 10, through September 30. Anglers are starting to put halibut on the deck using large herring, octopus, or big salmon belly strips fished just off the bottom around Double Bluff and Partridge Bank.
Crabbing continues to be good, with traps coming up full near Dash Point, Everett, and the southern islands, mostly in 50-80 feet.
Hot spots right now? Try the shore lines near Mukilteo and Golden Gardens for the pinks, especially on an early incoming tide. By boat, focus on the Narrows or out at Possession Bar, especially mid-morning; lots of life marking on the finder and birds working the surface.
Don’t forget—WDFW’s annual Trout Derby continues through the fall at many local lakes, so if you’re looking for a freshwater break, take the kids, hit a derby lake, and check for those yellow tags for prizes.
As always, boaters should check for safety advisories, especially with recent Coast Guard activity after reports of boats in distress. Stay alert and lend a hand if someone needs it.
That’s your August Puget Sound update from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss the local 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
Tides at Point Defiance today run low at 5:11 am down to minus 0.2 feet, then a strong incoming high at 12:27 pm up to 9.5 feet. We drop to a moderate low again at 5:05 pm, then another big high at 10:47 pm at 11.7 feet. Expect those quick swings to kick current into high gear, especially mid-morning and late afternoon. Those are your prime windows for salmon—drift the rips and seams when that water’s really moving, particularly near creek mouths and bottlenecks.
Fish activity is red hot with the biennial pink salmon run peaking right now. Videos and angler reports from yesterday confirm “Pink Salmon is on fire in Puget Sound” with limits coming off beaches and boats, especially in the Seattle and Tacoma areas. Shore anglers are hooking up using pink Buzz Bombs, small pink jigs, and hootchies—matching the hatch is the name of the game when those humpies flood in. If casting from a boat, troll small pink spoons or squids on a slow, steady presentation. Pinks are everywhere in the upper and central Sound right now, often thick as bait in the morning tide.
Coho are following the pinks, too, with a handful of hatchery and wild fish being picked up. If you want a shot at larger fish, troll a green and white hootchie, or try anchovy bait on a teaser head behind a flasher—depths from 30 to 60 feet seem best during the peak currents. A few late chinook are being reported as well, mostly off the West Side of Whidbey and down near Point Defiance. For chinook, go bigger with chartreuse or blue hardware, or try a cut plug herring.
Halibut reopens today and is available in most open areas of the central and north Sound, including 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, and 10, through September 30. Anglers are starting to put halibut on the deck using large herring, octopus, or big salmon belly strips fished just off the bottom around Double Bluff and Partridge Bank.
Crabbing continues to be good, with traps coming up full near Dash Point, Everett, and the southern islands, mostly in 50-80 feet.
Hot spots right now? Try the shore lines near Mukilteo and Golden Gardens for the pinks, especially on an early incoming tide. By boat, focus on the Narrows or out at Possession Bar, especially mid-morning; lots of life marking on the finder and birds working the surface.
Don’t forget—WDFW’s annual Trout Derby continues through the fall at many local lakes, so if you’re looking for a freshwater break, take the kids, hit a derby lake, and check for those yellow tags for prizes.
As always, boaters should check for safety advisories, especially with recent Coast Guard activity after reports of boats in distress. Stay alert and lend a hand if someone needs it.
That’s your August Puget Sound update from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss the local 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