Salmon Fishing - Area 9 & 10

Things have been quite busy and have been behind on getting things posted with all of the fishing opportunities going on at the present time.  I would have to say that overall we have seen better Chinook fishing in Area 9 & 10 than what the WDFW had predicted preseason. We have had some very good reports coming out of the Port Townsend (Mid Channel Bank) area for the past few days.  Both Mid Channel and the Craven's Rock areas have been putting out some fairly good consistent fishing.  Yesterday, we had one of the regulars in that had just got off the water from fishing Craven's Rock on the last couple of hours of the incoming time and was rewarded for his effort by landing a couple in the mid twenties and a couple in the upper teens, all hatchery fish!  He was fishing right on the bottom in 90 - 120 feet of water fishing Hot Spot Flashers and needlefish hoochie combinations.  He mentioned that all the fish were stuffed with 2 inch candlefish.  If you fish this area definitely stick with candlefish offerings such as the needlefish hoochies, coho killers or Grand Slam Bucktails in the needlfish patterns.  The peal white or green color patterns have been the ticket in the Grand Slams.  Try the Coho Killers in the White Lightning or Cookies N Cream patterns. 

The Possession Bar area was a little slow over the weekend but we did have a few decent reports yesterday.  Here it has been a little more of a herring show as far as the bait so larger offerings such as your standard 35 sized squids or 3.5 or 4 Kingfisher Spoons have been more the norm.

The Kingston / Pilot Point are has been turning out some fish but has not been a real barn burner by any means.

The Edmonds / Richmond Beach area has been fairly good for those than have been consistently putting in there time.  One nice thing about this area it is close to home and those with a budget or a minimum time to fish find it to be just fine.

We should continue to see some fair king fishing for the next couple of weeks then taper off toward the end of the month when the king season closes.