Here's a picture of a nice 21 pound King that Lance caught this past weekend off Jefferson Head. The fish fell to a flasher/green hoochie combination at 85 feet.
With the Puget Sound king fishery going hot and heavy since last weeks opener in Marine Areas 9 & 10 the fishing has continued to be quite good to say the least. In my estimation it is perhaps the best fishery that we have seen in quite some time. Though the fishing has settled down since the first days of the fishery it has continued to produce good numbers of fish. We still have around ten days before the fishery typically peaks,which is around the 4th or 5th of August, and fishing should continue for a few weeks after that.
The tides are not the best this weekend with big minus tides which equate to lots of tidal movement and dispersing the bait and in turn the salmon. With the tides the way they are besides contending with the water volume we also do not have a tide change just after dawn or just before dark which is also a plus. If it were me, I would fish the early evening high tides and continue fishing the milder evening tide. My choice would be either Point No Point or the Satchet Head side of the Possession Bar area. You will undoubtedly be battling lots of dog fish if you fish a tad bit too slow or are inclined to fish bait.
Many of the anglers that have fished the evening tides the past few days have been fishing Tomic Plugs in 602, 603 or 632 colors in 5 inch models. Also productive have been the Silver Horde Ace Hi Flies in 12 , 140 & 142 colors fished behind a Glow White or Glow Green Hot Spot Flasher. Fish the 90 - 120 foot zones on the edge of the bar and try to keep you offering close to the bottom. Only at the last light have the fish been coming up shallower.
