August Coho Fishing has been excellent despite the smokey conditions!

August morning and afternoon trips have seen a very hot resident coho bite. These fish are feeders meaning they are crushing herring and gaining size each week! We have seen a fair number of chinooks in the mix. Today we netted several early returning Ocean-run Coho Salmon! We should see large number of these ocean fish in the next few weeks, this year’s Silver Salmon run is estimated at over 875,000 fish which is a double digit increase vs the 10-year average! It will be an awesome coho season well into October!

August 8th Coho Salmon!

Freshly caught Silver salmon fishing a tidal rip!

The area has been impacted by forest fire smoke but it quickly dissipating!

Fresh resident coho salmon!

Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Opener was crowded and fishy!

Area 9 and Area 10 opened for hatcher Chinook salmon retention on Puget Sound. We had great action most trips although the hatchery vs wild mix was not in our favor on a few trips. It’s still an experience of a fishing lifetime to get tight on these spectacular fish! The fish should be around through August in good numbers. Doubtful the retention quota will last much longer but the Coho salmon are just around the corner. While fishing for coho we will continue to catch and release Chinooks.

Puget Sound Dungeness Crab!

July kicks off the opening of the Dungeness and Rock Crab fisheries on Puget Sound. Using crab pots tied to marker buoys and baited with fresh salmon carcasses, we reel in these incredibly tasty creatures of the Sound! This year, our crab fishery is open on Sundays and Mondays in Area 10, and from Thursday through Monday in Area 9. The season ends September 7th.h.

We offer crabbing as an add-on to our trips, which you can select when booking. If you’re just interested in crabbing, call Captain Dave at 206-972-5146 to discuss a custom trip.

Hatchery Chinook Salmon

Puget Sound Hatchery salmon

July is the kickoff off for Hatchery Chinook fishing on Puget sound! The fish appear to be a tad larger this year which is always fun! Lots of resident coho are being retained. They start off small in June and by mid-July they start to fill out! We have July and August dates open and are based out of Shilshole Marina in Ballard, Washington. Its a great time of year to catch a salmon.

2026 is off to a great start

The 2026 Salmon Season is off to a fast start. Resident coho have been transitioning from Krill and other small foods to herring! These fish are growing fast and pounding baits most days. The weather has been excellent, and we are looking forward to the Chinook run!

Great Ocean Coho Run this year!

The pink salmon have hit the rivers; the Coho Salmon action has been fantastic most days! These Silver Salmon should be around for a while!

Puget Sound is full of Pink Salmon! Coho Salmon are just around the corner!

We are seeing more Pink Salmon, or Humpy Salmon, entering the Salish Sea each day! Coho Salmon, also known as Silver Salmon are just around the corner!

We are still catching and releasing Chinook Salmon and expect to for a few more weeks!

Chinook and Pinks

Chinook fishing in area 10 has been tougher the past week. We are working hard to get them and are starting to see pinks each day in the catch! The weather seems to change each day and we hope to get back into a consistent weather pattern.

More chinooks are arriving each day and I expect the pink salmon to be in the sound in great number in the next ten days.

Chinook Salmon are early and larger than the past few years

Its been a busy few weeks! We have fished nearly every morning and afternoon the past two weeks.

Chinook catch and release has been outstanding. The fish are larger than recent years. We have have weighed fish up to 24 pounds and have valid reports of up to 29lbs! For Puget Sound that is much larger than the past 5 years.

We are doing so so on the resident coho. Some days they are biting other days we don’t see any.

Pink salmon are starting to appear. This past week we caught our first one and several more the following day. Smaller than normal so maybe these are just lost one year fish?

Should be a great summer

Invasion of the sea lions!

Sea lions have always been around in small numbers but in recent years there are more of them, and they seem to stay a lot longer! Check out this story in the local paper!

They actually visit the Puget Sound Later winter and early spring to graze on Herring during their annual spawn! It’s great to see an apparent rebound in herring! This is great news for the ecosystem including salmon as Herring is a huge calorie resource.

The California and Stellar sealions provide great entertainment for the guests!

Sea lions take over Shilshole Marina’s guest docks—again – My Ballard

The Resident Coho fishery is off to a fast start!

The season opened June first and fishing has been great! We’re seeing a decent amount of resident coho in the box and there are alot of chinook around, Chinook are not open and are released unharmed.

Should just get better as the summer approaches!

The local seals are cruising the marina providing some great entertainment.

Puget Sound Salmon Fishing. The run home after filling the bucket!

Seattle Harbor Seal cruising Shilshole Marina entertaining the guest!

Salmon Seasons are set and we are ready for a great summer

The state has set the salmon season for 2025 and we expect a great season. This year an expected 7m pinks are forecasted to return to Puget Sound. If the forecast proves accurate i would expect to start seeing them as early as the beginning of July.

We have spent the month of May chasing lingcod and are looking for to the June 1st resident coho salmon fishery!

Should be a great year Salmon Fishing on the calm, gorgeous waters of Puget Sound!

Chinook Salmon on the left, Coho Salmon on the right.

April Springer Fishing was excellent!

The 2025 salmon season kicked off April 2nd with a short Hatchery Chinook Salmon season. The fishing was excellent, and the quota was hit in record time!

The salmon forecast for 2025 is over 6M fish expected to return to Puget Sound. There will be tight chinook salmon retention regulations as chinook in Puget Sound and the entire west coast including Canada are struggling. It is now largely a catch and release fishery. for King Salmon.

Pink and coho should be off the charts!

Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Salmon April 2025

Coho Salmon Fishing on Puget Sound at its best!

The first week of September was red hot fishing most trips! Great weather and even better fishing. I expect this to continue well into October!

Coho Salmon Fishing is going strong!

Morning trips have been limiting most days while the afternoons have been a little harder. Its been a great start to the coho run and we expect the hot action to continue well into October!

The Ocean Coho have arrived in decent numbers early!

The Ocean Coho have arrived already! A bit early and a bit larger than normal we are super excited for the next 6-8 weeks! September looks to be on fire for these fun to catch Silver Salmon! Seattle Salmon Charters are a great way to enjoy a crisp September morning on Puget Sound!

2024 has been a great Chinook Salmon Season!

It has been a very action filled Seattle Salmon Fishing Charter season. The Puget Sound has produced some great fish! The fish are heading into the rivers quickly which only means the Seattle Coho Fishing is about to get hot! We are starting to see Ocean fish caught and its just a matter of days before the bulk of the run enters Puget Sound! Coho fishing is a great way to spend time on the Puget Sound and is usually pretty fast action!

Hatchery Chinook Catch and release is going strong!

While the chinook season has been reduced, we are still catching and releasing large chinook! Really good year so far and we are very early in the migration! Super fun challenge to catch this large fish on light gear. We are seeing fish ranging from 24 inches to 38 inches so far. This is a wider range than normal I believe.

Summer weather has finally arrived!

Summer has arrived! Great view of the mountains on the run out of the Marina! The Chinook fishing is starting to heat up as well!

Dungeness Crabbing Trips

If the crabbing is good, we can add on a crab pot pull to your trip. Its super fun to see what comes up and if we get keepers they are great to cook up. Contact us for more information if you are interested. Check with the captain to see which days are available for crabbing.