Puget Sound King Fishing

The king salmon fishing here in our part of the Sound has been nothing but stellar to say the least! I have not seen a season like this in many years. With the minus tides going away the fishing will get better this week. We have "Great" AM outgoing tides this week which will make for good fishing at places like Point No Point and Mid Channel Bank. The guys we spoke with this AM had good fishing on the Possession Bar with many limiting out quite quickly on the early AM flood tide. Most of the fish that we have been seeing have been in the 7 - 13 pound range with a fair number in the teens to low twenties. There has been a wide array of tackle that has been producing well! The Silver Horde Gold Star Ace Hi Flies have been producing well when fished behind a Hot Spot Flasher or an F-4 Piscator Flasher (especially the dark green spatterback pattern). We have had a hard time keeping this flasher in stock recently. The most popular Ace Hi patterns have been the 12, 140 and 142 colors. Tomic 5 inch plugs have really gained popularity lately as the dog fish numbers have been overwhelming and at least the plugs have cut back on the numbers of doggies you are having to contend with. The popular 600, 602, 603 and 632 colors have been the most popular. Fish them fast! Many of the larger fish are coming from the plugs. Spoons have been especially popular with Silver Horde Gold Star Coho Killer spoons and Kingfisher 3.5 and 4 Lights in White Lightning, White Lightning Cream, Cookies and Cream, Irish Cream, Grape Cream, Lemon Cream and Lemon Lime Cream being some of the most popular finishes. Everyone has had different stories on which one is the best. Today I had a gentleman that had a handful of Lemon Lime Cream Kingfishers and said it out fished the Cookies and Cream 4:1. Everyone is enjoying different results with all the colors.

We still have a few more weeks of good king fishing to come. We peak out here in our section of the Sound around the 4th or 5th of August.