Elliot Bay - King Fishery

The Inner Elliot Bay Chinook Fishery opened yesterday! Overall, the reports that we received were not all that bad. We heard of a mix of blackmouth and mature kings being caught. Didn't hear of any exceptionally large fish, but fish into the upper teens were landed. From what we heard, there was perhaps a fish landed for every other boat on Friday and one for every five boats today. Nothing "Red" hot but at least considerably better than what we have been seeing at the Tulalip Bubble up here in Area 8-2.

Talked with Pete our WDFW checker at the Elliot Bay Ramp and this is what he told me that went on during his AM shift.

Friday: 42 boats checked - 19 Chinook (11 Blackmouth and 8 Adults)
Saturday: 52 boats checked - 10 Chinook (5 Blackmouth and 5 Adults)

Remember, this fishery is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through August 8th.

This fishery should get progressively better as time goes on and should peak during the last couple of weeks of the season.