Open and legal to keep In our
area October 1 thru the winter till
April 30 each year.
Limit is two hatchery (fin
clipped) fish per day per person.
Blackmouth Salmon are immature
King Salmon not going up the rivers
to spawn, Mostly 2 to 3 year old
(Chinook) King salmon that are
feeding and growing till they are
mature enough to make their river
spawning run.
King Salmon in their teenage
years of their life cycle.
Number one
and most important rule is find
the bait and you will find these
fish.
Blackmouth are teenage king
salmon and are just like teenage
people
If the refrigerator is full that
is where you will find them
They might eat any time of the
day and some days it is all day
long.
Trolling for Puget
Sound (Blackmouth) King Salmon.
Time of Day
Tides and Currents
Locations
Tackle
Time of Day
King Salmon adults bite early
dawn and late evening, not
necessarily so for Blackmouth as
lots of the best bites occur in
the middle of the day. Tides and
currents play a very important
role in concentrating the bait
fish and making for good
Blackmouth Salmon fishing.
Tides and Currents
One of the most important
factors in Successful Blackmouth
salmon catching is studying the
water movement as it reacts to
the bottom contour.
Bait fish - Herring, Candlefish
do not like fighting strong
currents and will seek refuge
from the currents along ledges,
drop offs and behind points that
form back eddies. These are the
places to look for
concentrations of baitfish and
feeding Blackmouth
Location to name a few
Area 8.1
Baby Island, Green Bank, North
Bluff, Onamac
Area 8.2
Elger Bay, Camano Head, Race
Track, Gedney Island
Area 9
Possession Bar, Double Bluff,
Point No Point, Mid Channel Bank
Area 10
Kingston, Jefferson Head, West
Point
Tackle
Spoons, Plugs, Flasher and
Squids are
all used to catch these
Blackmouth.
I like
Plugs when they will catch the
Blackmouth.
Plugs work best
when fished in and around lots
of bait fish.
Flasher and Spoons are very
productive for these fish
Spoons can be fished by them
self or behind a flasher or
dodger.
Best Luck is
fishing them 38 inches
behind an 11 inch flasher.
Gold
Star king fishers are good producers.
Many colors will
work, but some green in them has
been best.
You likely will see Seals, Sea Lions, and
numerous birds such as Eagles, Sea Gulls and
diving birds. You also have a good chance to
see Whales and Porpoise.
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