Trolling for Puget
Sound King Salmon..
Time of Day
Tides and Currents
Locations
Tackle
Time of Day
Best bites are Early Morning,
Late Evening or shortly before
or after a tide change. If you
can fish when there is a tide
change just after daylight or
before dark that helps to
increase the chances.
Tides and Currents
Most of inner Puget Sound fishes
best for King Salmon when there
is some current and not so well
if there is no water movement.
The Tides control the current
and shortly before or after a
good high or low tide is when
the current works best for King
Salmon bites.
Locations
Lots of good spots for Kings to
be in Area 9 or Area 10 and
these are moving fish so Today’s
fish does not mean that they
will be in the same spot
tomorrow.
Some good spots in Area 9 are,
Mid Channel Bank, Point No
Point, and Possession Bar to
name a few, in Area 10 there is
Kingston, Jefferson Head and
Richmond Beach to the North of
Seattle and then West Point,
Meadow Point and other spots
west and south.
As I said these are traveling
fish so they can be found most
anywhere on a given day, then be
gone the next.
Tackle
Spoons, Plugs, Flasher and
Squids and of course Herring are
all used to catch these Kings.
Everyone has their favorite lure
or bait and I am no different as
the number one thing I like is
Plugs when they will catch the
Kings. Flasher and Spoons are
probably the most productive all
around lure in this area as they
will catch Kings at most
trolling speeds, which allows
for lots of boats to be
productive.
Two types of plugs are
available, the sport cut and
commercial cut. Gold Star makes
both types and Tomic makes
Commercial cut plugs. The sport
cut are better for trolling a
little slower. Plugs work best
when fished in and around lots
of bait fish, such as you see on
Possession Bar and Jefferson
Head in the summers.
Spoons can be fished by them
self or behind a flasher or
dodger. My best luck has been
fishing them for kings 40 inches
behind an 11 inch flasher.
There are several good spoons
out there, with Coyote and Gold
Star king fishers being my top
two 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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