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!

an angler poses with a freshly caught coho salmon while onboard WInd knot guides Morning salmon charter.

August 8th Coho Salmon!

Cutting table with three freshly caught Coho Salmon with several mooching boats in the background.  Seattle Washington August 7th 2026

Freshly caught Silver salmon fishing a tidal rip!

Smokey sunset Wind Knot Guides dock at Shilshole Marina August 7th 2026

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

Fresh Salmon fillets on Wind Knot Guides salmon mooching charter boat at Shilshole Bay Marina.

Fresh resident coho salmon!

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Puget Sound Hatchery Chinook Opener was crowded and fishy!