Puget Sound Seattle Fishing Report Today

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We’re on a classic winter pattern now. According to the National Weather Service, expect a cool, gray day around the mid‑40s, light southerly breeze, scattered showers, and a freezing level well above town – in other words, typical Sound winter steelhead and blackmouth weather. Sunrise is right around 8 a.m., with sunset about 4:20 p.m., so you’ve only got a short mid‑day window before that light really fades.

NOAA tide tables for Seattle show a nice moving tide this morning rolling into an afternoon slack – not huge swings, but enough current to push bait around the points and ledges. Focus your efforts an hour or two on either side of the stronger exchanges; that’s when the bite has lined up lately.

Out on the water, the winter **blackmouth** (resident Chinook) have been the headline. Local charters and private boats this past week have been quietly putting a few keepers a trip in the box, with plenty of shakers to keep rods bouncing. Most fish are cookie‑cutter 5–8 pounds, with an occasional low‑teens fish showing if you grind. Expect to work for them, but the quality’s solid.

Best producers have been **small spoons and hoochies** fished behind flashers, trolled tight to structure in 90–150 feet. Think 3.0–3.5 spoons in glow/green, Irish cream, or cop car patterns, and white or glow hoochies over a herring/UV flasher. A generous smear of herring or anchovy scent hasn’t hurt. A lot of locals are running 30–42 inches of 25‑ to 30‑pound leader to keep those spoons working right in the cold water.

If you’re running bait, **small herring or anchovies** in a tight helmet or strip behind a flasher are still putting out fish when the spoon bite goes quiet. Work close to bottom – literally a crank or two up – and be ready to clear gear when you slide up onto a hump.

Resident **coho** are still around in the central Sound, mostly smaller fish, but they’re adding some bycatch action to the blackmouth program. Same gear, just run your sets a little higher in the water column when you’re marking suspended bait.

For shore anglers, the **sea‑run cutthroat** bite has been decent between storms. Light 7–8 foot rods, 8‑pound mono or 10‑pound braid, and small metal or marabou jigs in olive/white or pink have been taking fish on the flood. Fly folks are doing well with sparse baitfish patterns in olive and gray.

A couple of **hot spots** to circle on your map:

- **Jeff Head / West Point:** Classic winter blackmouth structure. Troll the edges of the bar and breaklines in 100–150 feet, following your sounder. Early tide changes here have produced some of the better fish in the last week.

- **Point No Point / Pilot Point:** When the tide is moving, these have held good schools of bait and keeper‑class blackmouth. Long tacks along the contour, spoons right off bottom, have been the ticket.

Inside Elliott Bay has seen a few fish, but most folks are running a little farther for bette

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We’ve got a classic winter system rolling through. The National Weather Service marine forecast for Puget Sound and Hood Canal is calling for strong south winds 15 to 25 knots today with rain and 2–3 foot wind waves, building higher in the main basin later. It’s wet, bumpy, and very much a “pick your window and tuck in tight to shore” kind of day.

Seattle tides are big and moving. Tides.net shows a high around 11 feet just before dawn, a mid‑morning low around 8 feet, another solid afternoon high just over 10 feet, then a big evening low dropping below zero. Sunrise is about 7:52 a.m. with sunset around 4:18 p.m., so your practical fishing window is tight and dim.

Those strong exchanges are stirring things up, and fish have been responding between squalls. Local reports and tackle shop chatter around the central Sound say blackmouth chinook have been picking up again off Jefferson Head, Kingston, and the oil docks, with a mix of legal keepers and decent shakers. Most of the better fish have been coming 80–140 feet down in 150–220 feet of water, run just off bottom.

Productive gear has been classic winter Sound fare: 3.5‑inch spoons in green/glow or Irish cream behind an 11‑inch flasher, or hoochies in UV white and green with a strip of herring. A lot of locals are sweetening hardware with a tiny teaser of herring to match the small bait that’s still around. If you’re running bait only, whole or cut‑plug herring in a tight roll is still king.

Resident coho and sea‑run cutthroat have been showing in the top 30 feet inside Elliott Bay, off West Point, and along the south Sound shoreline from Dash Point down toward Point Defiance. Think smaller profile: 2–3 inch spoons, small white or sand‑lance pattern flies, and tiny soft plastics. When the wind lets you get close to the beach, a suspended strip of herring under a float or a small jig worked along current seams has turned fish.

Crabbing is still on a lot of minds. Northwest Sportsman Magazine recently highlighted WDFW’s survey of successful Dungeness crabbers in Marine Areas 6, 7, and 9, and that lines up with what folks are seeing: pockets of good Dungies remain in deeper water, 80–120 feet, especially in Admiralty Inlet and the eastern Straits. Fresh salmon heads, razor clam guts, and oily fish frames are the baits of choice right now—change them often in this heavy current.

A couple of hot spots if you can time the lulls in the wind:

- Jefferson Head to Kingston for blackmouth on the troll. Work the contour breaks on the first of the flood or last of the ebb.

- Point Defiance and the Clay Banks for a mix of blackmouth and the odd late coho, especially around tide changes when the current eases.

If you’re shorebound, try Seacrest in West Seattle or Edmonds pier just after dark, fishing small glow jigs or herring under a float for resident salmon and the odd squid between storm pulses.

Overall, it’s a grindy, weather‑depe

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We’ve got a classic winter south blow on tap. The National Weather Service marine forecast for Puget Sound and Hood Canal is calling for strong southerlies 20 to 25 knots with gusts pushing 35 and a Gale Warning up, plus plenty of rain. That’s sloppy for the small stuff, so pick your windows and stay tucked in behind points and ferry lanes if you’re heading out.

Tides around Seattle today are running moderate but moving enough to fish: tide-forecast.com shows a high at Seattle just before 3 a.m. around 9 feet and a morning ebb dropping to roughly 7 feet after 7 a.m., with another solid flood into the early afternoon. Sunrise is about 7:50 a.m. and sunset about 4:22 p.m., so you’ve got a short gray window to work with.

Cold, dark, and moving water have the usual winter suspects chewing. Blackmouth (resident chinook) reports from the last few days have been decent along the eastern shoreline of central Sound—guys working from West Point down toward Alki have been picking a few legal fish per boat when they stick to the contours and keep gear near bottom. Mixed in have been the typical just-short shakers.

Resident coho are still around in pockets. Inside Elliott Bay and along the Bainbridge side, trollers dragging smaller gear have found scattered coho and the odd cutthroat, especially on the softer tides. Nothing crazy, but enough to stay interested.

On the bottom, winter flounder and the occasional sand dab are keeping kids happy off the waterfront piers and marinas. A few folks are still poking around for late crab where seasons are open; most pots are scratching but a handful of keepers are showing on deeper ledges.

Best producers right now: for blackmouth and coho, run small to medium spoons like Coho Killers and tailwagger-style spoons in Irish Cream, Herring Aid, or green/glow behind an 11-inch flasher with UV or glow tape. Hoochie behind a flasher in army truck or white/glow is also money. Bait guys are doing well with cut-plug herring or anchovies trolled slow and deep, especially on that first couple hours of the flood. Off the piers, simple works: bits of herring or squid on a high-low rig for flounder; small metal jigs and soft plastics for searun cutts.

A couple hot spots to circle on your chart:

– West Point to Fourmile Rock on the Seattle side, grinding tight to the 120–160 foot line for blackmouth on the flood.

– Southworth to Allen Bank, working the edges where bait stacks up in the afternoon, especially if the wind lets you troll a consistent line.

From the beach crowd, folks tossing small spoons and flies around Lincoln Park and the northern Vashon shorelines have found a few feisty cutthroat on the softer parts of the tide; olive-over-white baitfish patterns and 1/4‑ounce silver spoons have been steady.

That’s the story for Puget Sound today: windy, wet, but fishable if you respect the weather and let the tide do the work. This is Artificial Lure—thanks fo

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We’re on a small morning tide set today. Seattle tide-forecast shows a pre-dawn low around 5:00 a.m. at about 4½ feet, then a big late-morning push to roughly 12 feet just before noon, followed by a moderate evening ebb. That late-morning flood is your money window for most of the Sound.

According to tide-forecast and NOAA tables, sunrise is right about 7:50 a.m. with sunset just after 4:15 p.m., so you’ve got a tight winter light window and long, low-light edges to work with.

Weather-wise, National Weather Service outlook around Seattle has us in classic winter pattern: cool mid‑40s, a light south to southwest breeze, cloud cover thickening with scattered showers. Not much wind chop early, a bit more texture as that tide builds late morning. Perfect for working structure and current seams without getting beat up.

Fish activity has been better than you’d expect this far into December. Local tackle shops and recent Puget Sound reports are still talking about keeper blackmouth (resident Chinook) in decent numbers, plus a mix of late chum and a few bonus coho hanging on in the north Sound. Herring and sand lance schools are thick; Salish Sea bird reports describe big mixed bird piles on bait, which usually means salmon and hungry resident blackmouth under them.

Best action lately has been:

- Blackmouth in 60–140 feet off West Point, Jeff Head, and outer Possession Bar.

- Chum and straggler coho reported along the Kitsap side — Kingston down to Point No Point — plus some fish inside Elliot Bay on the morning flood.

- Squid still going strong at the downtown and Bainbridge ferries at night, with good counts off the piers.

Gear and bait:

- For blackmouth, locals are running 3–3.5 inch Coho Killer and Kingfisher spoons in Irish Cream, Herring Aid, and Cookies & Cream behind an 11-inch Pro-Troll flasher or a standard purple haze paddle. Hootchies in green glow and UV white over 40– to 50‑inch leaders are also producing.

- Bait guys are doing well with small herring or anchovy in helmet, trolled just off bottom, 10–20 feet up.

- For beach anglers, 1/2‑ to 3/4‑ounce metal like Puget Pounders or Buzz Bomb–style jigs in green–white and herring patterns are still drawing coho and the odd blackmouth on the flood.

- Squid jigs: smaller size, glow bodies with pink or green accents, fished mid‑column under lights.

Hot spots to circle on your chart:

- **Jeff Head / West Point line**: Work the break in 100–140 feet on that late‑morning flood. Keep your rigger scraping the bottom third and watch for bird piles.

- **Possession Bar and Point No Point**: Edges of the bar on the flood have been giving up a nice mix of legal blackmouth and bigger shakers. Up shallow, beach casters at Point No Point are still seeing a few late coho at first light.

If you’re crabbing where it’s open, recent notes from Northwest Sportsman mention good Dungeness in parts of the eastern Strait and Admiralty; inside the cent

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things Puget Sound angling. It's Friday morning, December 12th, and we're lookin' at a classic winter setup around Seattle—cool temps in the low 40s, overcast skies with rain chances rampin' up from them atmospheric rivers hittin' the region per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports. Flash flood watches in western Skagit County, so watch them rivers if you're trailering. Sunrise at 7:49 AM, sunset 4:17 PM per Shilshole Bay tide charts—short days mean fish the incoming light right.

Tides today for Seattle: low at 4:02 AM hittin' 3.1 ft, high at 11:15 AM pushin' 11.93 ft, then low around 5:14 PM, accordin' to Tide-Forecast.com and tides4fishing.com data. Fish the flood tide mid-mornin' when bait gets pushed in—currents'll be movin' strong with these king tides folks on Bainbridge are buzzin' about.

Fish activity's hot on transients right now. Orca Behavior Institute spotted a true superpod yesterday with Bigg's killer whales huntin' and sharin' prey—silent as ghosts durin' the action, multiple matrilines in the mix. T46s and kin were north of Seattle recent weeks, pushin' 7 knots. Salmon runs are solid too, chum comin' back huge from fall reports. Anglers haulin' in sea-run cutthroat and steelhead on the west side winters, per Tamarack's Guide Service—patience pays with low water coolin' off.

Catches lately: limits of coho and chum remnants, plus bottom bouncers pullin' rockfish and lingcod. Cutthroat hittin' 2-4 lbs in the shallows.

Best lures? Jig a **Buzz Bomb** or **Army Worm** in chartreuse for kokanee and cutts—imitates fleeing baitfish. spoons like **Pixee** in glow work wonders trollin'. For bait, herring chunks or shrimp on a single hook for salmon, mud shrimp for perch and flounder.

Hot spots: Hit **Golden Gardens** or Shilshole Bay for shore casters targetin' incoming tide—easy access, structure holds fish. Boat guys, nose into **Possession Bar** or Elliott Bay drops for deeper holds.

Bundle up, check WDFW regs, and stay safe out there.

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We’re riding big rain and wind this week. National Weather Service marine forecast calls for southwest winds 15–25 knots in central Puget Sound with gusts near 30 and persistent rain, and a Small Craft Advisory up for much of the day, so smaller boats should pick windows carefully. FOX 13 Seattle reports an atmospheric river over western Washington with river flooding concerns, so expect dirty water in the lower rivers and lots of debris in the Sound.

Sunrise around Seattle is about 7:50 a.m. with sunset near 4:18 p.m., so the prime low‑light bites are short but sharp around first light and that last hour of daylight.

Tides from NOAA for Elliott Bay show a decent morning flood pushing bait up onto the points, then an afternoon ebb that should fire up current seams off West Point, Alki, and Restoration. Work those edges hard as the water starts to move; slack has been noticeably slower.

Fishing-wise, it’s classic winter mix. Washington Fishing Report Today notes solid winter crabbing across Puget Sound, with Marine Areas north of Ayock Point producing near four Dungeness per pot for many crews. Pots baited with oily salmon heads or clams are doing best, dropped on clean sand in 60–120 feet and soaked a good 2–3 hours.

Resident blackmouth have been spotty but improving. Best action has been mid‑Sound humps and breaks—Jeff Head, West Point, and the Kingston bar. Troll 3–3.5 inch spoons in green glow or Irish cream behind an 11‑inch flasher, 80–140 feet on the wire. Bait folks are scoring on herring in a helmet, slow‑trolled just off bottom. Shorten leaders in this dirty water to keep things tight and thumping.

Sea‑run cutthroat along the beaches have liked the chop. Fly anglers are doing well with small white/olive baitfish patterns, and gear anglers tossing 1/4‑oz kastmasters or soft plastics in smelt colors are picking up fish on flooding tides around Lincoln Park, Golden Gardens, and the east side of Bainbridge.

Two hot spots to circle today:

- **Jeff Head/Kingston bar** for blackmouth if you’ve got the boat and the weather window. Stick to 2–2.5 knots, gear just off bottom.

- **Alki to Lincoln Park shoreline** for beach cutthroat and a shot at bonus coho, especially on the morning flood.

With all this runoff, bright and glowy is the name of the game: chartreuse and glow spoons, UV hoochies, and scent‑ed baits. On the beaches, go a size up and don’t be afraid to fish tight to the breakers; fish are following bait right into the wash.

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We’re riding a big winter tide swing this morning. Tide-Forecast’s Seattle table shows an early **low of about -2.9 feet just after midnight and a strong morning high around 8:15 a.m. pushing 13 feet**. That big flood will have bait and gamefish tight to structure and current seams. Sunrise is right around 7:50 a.m. with sunset just after 4:15 p.m., so you’ve got a short, punchy winter window to work with.

NOAA’s marine forecast for Puget Sound and Hood Canal is calling for **breezy conditions with Small Craft headlines rolling into Gale-level winds later today**, so anyone leaving Shilshole, Elliott Bay, or Des Moines in a small boat needs to watch that forecast and pick leeward shorelines. FOX 13 Seattle is also talking about an atmospheric river and steady, heavy rain over the lowlands, which means colored water in the shallows but good movement in the rips.

Catch reports the last week have been classic early-winter Puget Sound:

- **Resident coho and early blackmouth** have been picked up off West Point, Jeff Head, and Kingston on 3–3.5" silver/green or cop-car spoons and glow hoochies behind 11" flashers run 80–140 feet down.

- **Pile perch and flounder** have been steady for folks soaking pile worms or pieces of shrimp from the Seattle waterfront piers and down around Des Moines.

- **Squid** are the star of the show. A recent Bashi Fishing video shot in early December at a West Seattle water taxi pier showed fast daytime action and 4–5 pounds of “banana” squid in about an hour and a half, using blue and green jigs worked deep.

On the lure front, think **small and bright** in this dark, rainy water. For salmon, run 2.5–3.5" spoons in Irish cream, Herring Aid, or green/glow patterns, or white/glow hoochies with a short 28–32" leader. Tip them with a sliver of herring strip if you want extra scent. For shore guys chasing sea‑run cutthroat or resident coho, toss **chartreuse/white clousers, small olive baitfish flies, or 1/4 oz metal jigs** in herring colors.

For **bait**, herring and anchovy are still king behind the downrigger; sand shrimp or pile worms for bottom fish, and a small piece of shrimp or smelly jelly on your squid jig can make a difference when the bite is finicky.

Couple of **hot spots** to consider today:

- **West Seattle / Elliott Bay piers**: Good cover from the worst of the wind, solid squid action, and a shot at flounder or a bonus shaker blackmouth on a herring strip off the bottom.

- **Edmonds and Mukilteo area**: Tide-Forecast shows a similar strong morning high around 8:10–8:15 a.m.; those rips off the ferry lanes and the oil docks can stack resident coho and early blackmouth. Run your gear just off bottom on the flood and along the drop-offs as the tide turns.

Fish that **first light into the peak of the flood** for salmon, then slide inshore or to the piers for squid and bottom fish as the wind ramps up and the barometer drops.

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We’re riding a big winter tide this morning. Tide-Forecast’s Seattle table shows a **high around 7:30 a.m. at about 13 feet**, dropping to roughly **8 feet just after lunch**, then building again mid‑afternoon. Tides.net for Shilshole Bay mirrors that with a **morning high near 7:28 a.m.** and a solid midday exchange, so you’ve got good current to work the edges of structure through late morning and again on the afternoon push.

According to NOAA’s Seattle tide predictions, **sunrise is about 7:43 a.m. and sunset about 4:17 p.m.**, giving you a tight winter window. Low light at first light and last hour before dark is prime for chinook and blackmouth inside the Sound.

Marine Weather Service has a small‑craft advisory tone: southwest winds 15–25 knots with gusts around 30 early, easing some later, with 2‑foot chop and on‑and‑off rain. It’s very fishable for bigger boats, but this is not a great day for small skiffs too far off the beach. Pick your lee shores and dress for sideways rain.

Fish activity has been classic early‑winter Puget Sound. Local radio outlets like The Outdoor Line on 710 Seattle Sports have been talking winter ops: blackmouth salmon inside the Sound, squid in Elliott Bay at night, and good crabbing where seasons are open. Recent reports from regulars around Jeff Head and Kingston have put **legal blackmouth in the 5–8 pound class** in the box, with most boats grinding for a fish or two but a few getting three or four when they stay on bait and current.

Best bet for salmon right now is **mooching or trolling herring**. Run **green‑label herring** on a 6‑foot leader behind an **11‑inch glow or green flasher**. Popular blades like Onyx, Herring Aid, and Irish Cream-style spoons have been consistent producers. Add a little UV — this gray ceiling makes that pop. If you’re closer to town, 3.0–3.5 spoons in cop car or green/white patterns behind a flasher have been solid off West Point and Fourmile.

Bottomfish and resident lings around hard structure are still an option where open. Deception Pass tide data shows strong morning and evening current, so fish the softer ends of that flow with **3–5 ounce lead, 4–6 inch swimbaits in herring or sand‑lance colors**, and keep them ticking bottom.

For shore‑based and small‑boat anglers, **squid and surfperch style outings** have been good. Local piers in Elliott Bay and around the central waterfront have seen **tubes 3–6 inches** most evenings on **small white and pink jigs** under a lighted float. Tip with a strip of scent‑soaked squid for extra grabs.

A couple of hot spots today:

• **Jeff Head / President Point:** Classic winter blackmouth grind. Work 90–140 feet, keep your gear just off bottom, troll with the tide.

• **West Point / Fourmile Rock:** Close to Seattle, fishes well on the flood. Hug the contour lines and watch for bait balls on the sounder.

If you’re further north, **Possession Bar** is wort

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Morning, folks. Art here, your Artificial Lure, with the lowdown on Puget Sound and Seattle fishing this morning.

We’re in the thick of a classic gray, wet winter pattern, and the South Sound woke up to a stiff south breeze already ruffling the water, with more wind on the way. Puget Sound and Hood Canal are under a Small Craft Advisory through late tonight, with southwest winds 20 to 25 knots and waves around 2 to 4 feet, so if you’re heading out, make sure your boat’s ready and you’ve got all your gear before you leave the dock. Conditions will ease a bit after midnight, but it’s still a day to respect the water.

Tide-wise, we’ve got a big one this morning. In Seattle, high tide is at 6:41 a.m. at 13.12 feet, and low tide follows at 11:43 a.m. at 8.13 feet. That’s a serious push, and it’s going to drive a lot of current, especially in the narrows and channels. For fishing, that means focus on the outgoing tide around slack and the first few hours of the ebb, when the water’s moving but not too violent. The big tides are stacking fish up, and they’re feeding.

Sunrise is around 7:42 a.m. and sunset about 4:18 p.m., so we’ve got a short window of daylight. Get on the water early and make the most of it.

Fish activity has been solid. Chinook and coho are still scattered in the main basins and around the usual haunts near the Seattle waterfront, Elliott Bay, and the Duwamish. There’s been a decent number of hatchery kings and silvers caught trolling with cut plug herring and flasher combos, but the bite is hit or miss. The real action lately has been on bottomfish – lingcod, cabezon, and some nice rockfish – especially around Bainbridge Island, Colvos Passage, and the deeper holes near the Tacoma Narrows. Budd Inlet and the Olympia Shoal area are also producing, with anglers pulling in rockfish and some winter perch.

For lures, stick with what works in the cold, dirty water. For salmon, try green or chartreuse hoochies, Buzz Bombs, and small spoons like Kwikfish or Flatfish in bright colors with a little flash. For bottomfish, leadheads in 1–2 oz with plastic tails in white, pink, or green are money, especially when tipped with a bit of shrimp or squid. Jigs like the Gulp! Sand Shrimp or the local favorite, the Pink Shrimp, are also killing it on the bottom.

If you’re looking for a couple of hot spots, I’d hit the Seattle seawall and the piers around the central Sound early in the morning, then move to the deeper water off Bainbridge Point or the Colvos Passage ledges as the tide turns. The outgoing tide around slack is prime time for both salmon and bottomfish.

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South Sound folks woke up to a classic gray, wet winter pattern, with a stiff south breeze already ruffling Puget Sound and more wind on the way this afternoon. Expect low clouds, steady light rain, and choppy open-water conditions, with a small craft advisory shaping up for the main basin and Hood Canal by later in the day. Air temps are sitting cool but not brutal, and water temps are hovering in the mid to upper 40s, which keeps fish active but tight to structure and current seams.

First light came on the late side and the window between dawn and the onset of the stronger afternoon wind is the prime shot today. That early gray light around the morning tide change is when the rods have been going off. The evening fade offers a second, shorter window, but plan to be back in before the breeze really stacks the tide against the wind.

Winter blackmouth (resident chinook) have been the main show in the central Sound lately, with anglers quietly picking up legal fish mixed with a lot of shakers off Jeff Head, West Point, and the oil docks. Most keepers have been running in that 5–8 pound class, with a few into the low teens for those grinding the contours hard. Bait sign has been tight to the bottom in 80–140 feet, so you want your gear dragging just off the deck, not riding mid-column.

Standard winter metal is getting it done: 3–3.5 inch spoons in muted greens and glow whites, hootchies in army truck or glow with a strip of herring, and small anchovy or herring behind a green or chartreuse flasher. Downriggers set just a couple feet off bottom have outfished everything else. If you’re mooching, run cut-plug herring with a slow, steady drop and lift, letting the boat’s drift do most of the work.

Out toward Tacoma and the Narrows, the resident coho and sea-run cutthroat bite has been decent on the softer tide phases. Fly anglers and light-tackle folks are seeing action on small baitfish patterns, olive-over-white clousers, and 2–3 inch soft plastics in candlefish colors. Focus on current breaks, beach points, and the edges of eelgrass beds; fish are cruising tight to shore, especially on the flooding tide.

For those thinking bottomfish, it’s mostly a lingcod and rockfish scratch game around deeper rock and wreck structure where open, so check current regs carefully. When you do find them, 4–6 ounce jigheads with grub tails or metal jigs bounced slowly along the bottom in 60–120 feet have produced a few solid lingcod alongside the usual cabezon and incidental rockfish.

Two solid “hot spots” to put on the list today: Jeff Head for blackmouth if your boat and experience are up to the building wind and chop, and Point Defiance/Tahlequah area in the Narrows for a mix of blackmouth and resident coho when the tide mellows. Beach anglers should look at Lincoln Park and the south end of Vashon for sea-run cutts on the flood, working parallel to shore with light gear and keeping on the move.

Given the weather and the advisory, this is a day for good rain

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