Artificial Lure reporting for Puget Sound, Washington, Saturday, September 27th, 2025—let’s dig into today’s fall fishing conditions and hot tips for local anglers.
First off, it’s a classic early autumn day in the Sound: sunrise hit at 6:58 AM, sunset rolls in at 7:03 PM. We’re looking at mostly cloudy skies, light winds out of the SSW at 5–10 knots, and temps climbing from the upper 40s into the mid 60s. Should stay dry, with just enough cloud to keep fish active and close to surface. Tide today has an early morning low slack at around 6:30 AM, then starts to flood and peaks on the afternoon high at 12:41 PM. The flood is prime for pushing salmon and bait into the inlets, especially on those shoreline points and estuarine mouths.
Right now, fish activity is lit up with **coho** in the salt—September’s always peak season for this run. Plenty of boats between Edmonds and West Point are dragging in easy limits from the morning bite. Most fish are mid-teens, with some pushing over 10 pounds—strong fighters and aggressive, especially an hour before and after tide change. In addition, the **chum** are staging deeper, and you’ll see the first scattered winter blackmouth chinook starting to show in the south Sound. According to Spreaker’s “Puget Sound, Seattle Daily Fishing Report,” cutthroat remain active on the flats, popping surface flies and spoons near grass beds.
And for numbers—last week, Edmonds Marina recorded 75 coho, 7 blackmouth, and 16 cutthroat checked in; West Seattle saw similar returns, mostly coho at first light with a few bonus resident blackmouth landed by trollers working flasher-hoochie combos tight to bottom.
Headed up the rivers, Pacific Angler notes strong action in the tributaries: Chinook peaking, coho just getting started, and late-drifting pinks in the Snohomish and Duwamish. Chilliwack/Vedder water levels are low, but the bite’s steady—lots of pinks, rising numbers of chinook and coho, and trout following the aging salmon.
**Best lures and bait:** For coho, stick with **chartreuse and white flashers paired with purple haze or pink hoochies**, especially 36"–40" leaders off your downrigger. Herring strips in green or blue glow teasers are still top choice on overcast days. Cutthroat are smashing smaller spoons and spinners—think 1/8oz blue/silver Little Cleos and Rooster Tails around eelgrass. In the rivers, twitching jigs (pink, orange, and purple), Blue Fox Vibrax spinners, and small pink spoons are still the ticket for salmon; for coho, try dark olive and copper flies or Andre’s custom jigs. Don’t overlook cured shrimp under a float for chinook near the river mouths.
**Hot spots:** Edmonds Pier and Picnic Point riprap—action’s strong on the morning flood, especially for bank anglers tossing metal at staging coho. West Point’s drop-offs outside Shilshole have consistent chinook and fat coho on deep trolled flashers. Down south, Narrows Park and Dash Point remain classic for mixed-bag action on the outgoing. Tribal boundaries around Tulalip bubble and the Nisqually reach are seeing pushes of fresh fish daily. For shore fishers, Deer Creek and Mukilteo Ferry jetty will get afternoon coho running close.
A little local tip: Adjust your trolling speed—coho are higher up and chasing gear at 3–3.2 knots. Shorten your leader and swap colors until you find what’s getting slammed, as these fish switch moods fast with the clouds and tides.
That’s it for today—tight lines to everyone out there and don’t forget to keep an eye on the regs with run timing. Thanks for tuning in, be sure to subscribe for the freshest local fishing info. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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