Puget Sound was off to a glassy start today, with sunrise at 6:44 a.m. and calm waters lingering under a sky that offered patchy fog in the morning, keeping temperatures in the mid-50s before they crept toward the low 60s. The wind was a light southern breeze around 5 knots, making for ideal conditions—the water stayed under 2 feet of chop, perfect for both boaters and shore anglers, and tonight's sunset will hit at 7:26 p.m., giving everyone plenty of light to chase that last fish. According to the National Weather Service, expect a shift to southwest winds by afternoon and a chance of scattered light rain late, but nothing to keep you dockside.

Fish activity through the early week has been nothing short of electric. Yesterday, Captain Rich’s Doghouse Friday Report out of Everett described limits of deepwater lingcod with several keepers pushing the mid-teens, and the sand dab bite was hot for those dropping bait near the bottom. Most noteworthy: the early-morning chinook were still biting around Point No Point, with a handful of mature kings landed on cut plug herring behind flashers. Washington Fish Reports called this week’s salmon action "great," with some big kings showing up and coho numbers increasing daily—clearly, the fall chinook are still prowling, and the silver run is heating up with plenty of bright, schoolie-sized fish in the mix.

Bottomfish anglers are still scoring good numbers of brown and copper rockfish off the Seattle piers—brown rockfish to 12 inches, with most falling to small pile worms or strips of squid. Pier fishing regulars are also pulling in the odd bullhead and an occasional flounder.

For lures and bait, today’s clear, calm conditions call for subtle but flashy approaches. Trollers are finding success with 3-inch Mini Coyote spoons in Army Truck or Cop Car colors, and herring or anchovy rigged behind a green/glow flasher is producing the largest salmon. For topwater surges at dawn, a pink or chartreuse Buzz Bomb is money for coho. Jiggers in the deeper holes are cleaning up with white or rootbeer grub tails for lingcod, and strips of fresh squid on a dropper rig are drawing strikes for both rockfish and flatfish. For the crabbers, Dungeness season is closed as Port Townsend Leader reminds, with catch reports due by October 1, so remember to get your reports in if you have late summer hauls.

Hotspots worth checking: Point No Point continues to be the top pick for trollers chasing that big, late chinook, and for shore casters, the Edmonds fishing pier offers a great shot at coho and mixed bottomfish during the incoming tide. Shilshole Bay around the marina is also producing well for resident blackmouth and an occasional sea-run cutthroat early in the morning.

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