EPISODE · Jun 15, 2026 · 4 MIN
Early Summer Puget Sound: Long Days, Moving Water, and Steady Bottomfish Action
from Puget Sound Seattle Fishing Report Today · host Inception Point AI
This is Artificial Lure with your Puget Sound fishing report. We’re rolling into a classic early-summer pattern around Seattle. Light morning marine layer, then partial clearing with highs in the mid‑60s to low‑70s, and a light onshore breeze most of the day. Typical Sound stuff: calmer early, a little chop and wind in the afternoon as the tide starts running. Around Seattle, sunrise is right around 5:10 in the morning, with sunset near 9:10 in the evening. That gives you long low‑light windows; first light to about 8 a.m. and then 7 p.m. to dark have been the best bite periods. Tides in central Puget Sound today are running a moderate exchange: a decent morning ebb, a softer mid‑day flood, then a stronger evening ebb. Think “fish the moving water” – the last half of the ebb and first half of the flood have been most productive. On the near‑slack turns, drop to the bottom for flounder, sand dabs, and the odd dogfish. Resident coho and sublegal blackmouth are still poking around. Most folks trolling from Shilshole down toward West Point have been seeing a mix of shaker chinook, small coho, and some nice sea‑run cutthroat closer to shore. Nothing red‑hot, but enough action to keep rods moving when you stick with it. Lingcod is wrapping up, but the structure spots are still holding fish. Anglers working the rocky humps outside Elliott Bay and off Fourmile Rock have been picking up lings and cabezon earlier in the day before the boat traffic wakes everything up. Closer to the beaches, pile perch, shiner perch, and the occasional greenling are giving shore anglers some steady fun. For numbers, bottomfish have been the most consistent: multiple reports of anglers boxing limits of flounder and sand dabs in 60–120 feet off Alki and Bainbridge edges, with by‑catch of small rockfish in the mix. Salmon catches are more scattered: a handful of legal‑size resident coho and a few keeper‑size blackmouth per boat on the better tides if you cover water and work the contours. Best lures right now: – For salmon: 3–3.5" white, herring‑aid, or Irish cream spoons behind an 11" flasher; small hootchies in UV white or glow green with a 30–36" leader. – For surf and beach cutthroat: olive‑over‑white Clouser minnows, small baitfish patterns, or 1/4 oz metal jigs in candlefish colors. – For lingcod and structure fish: 4–6" swimbaits in rootbeer, motor oil, or white, and 4–6 oz pipe jigs in glow or chrome. Best bait: – Herring, either plug‑cut or whole, is still king for trolling. – Sand shrimp and squid strips for perch and bottomfish off the piers. – A chunk of herring or squid on a sliding rig will find flounder fast on the flats. A couple of local hot spots to put on your list: – **West Point / Discovery Park**: Fish 80–140 feet on the edges for resident coho and blackmouth on the morning ebb, then slide shallower toward the beach in the evening for sea‑run cutthroat with light tackle or the fly rod. – **Alki Point to Alki Reef**: Troll the contour break for bait and salmon early, then drop bait rigs straight down for flounder and sand dabs once the sun gets higher. On calmer evenings, casting small metals from shore can surprise you with cutthroat and the occasional coho drive‑by. If you’re heading out from a kayak or smaller skiff, stick tight to shorelines early, watch those tide rips around points, and keep an eye on the afternoon wind bumps. That’s it from Artificial Lure today. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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This is Artificial Lure with your Puget Sound fishing report. We’re rolling into a classic early-summer pattern around Seattle. Light morning marine layer, then partial clearing with highs in the mid‑60s to low‑70s, and a light onshore breeze most of the day. Typical Sound stuff: calmer early, a little chop and wind in the afternoon as the tide starts running. Around Seattle, sunrise is right around 5:10 in the morning, with sunset near 9:10 in the evening. That gives you long low‑light windows; first light to about 8 a.m. and then 7 p.m. to dark have been the best bite periods. Tides in central Puget Sound today are running a moderate exchange: a decent morning ebb, a softer mid‑day flood, then a stronger evening ebb. Think “fish the moving water” – the last half of the ebb and first half of the flood have been most productive. On the near‑slack turns, drop to the bottom for flounder, sand dabs, and the odd dogfish. Resident coho and sublegal blackmouth are still poking around. Most folks trolling from Shilshole down toward West Point have been seeing a mix of shaker chinook, small coho, and some nice sea‑run cutthroat closer to shore. Nothing red‑hot, but enough action to keep rods moving when you stick with it. Lingcod is wrapping up, but the structure spots are still holding fish. Anglers working the rocky humps outside Elliott Bay and off Fourmile Rock have been picking up lings and cabezon earlier in the day before the boat traffic wakes everything up. Closer to the beaches, pile perch, shiner perch, and the occasional greenling are giving shore anglers some steady fun. For numbers, bottomfish have been the most consistent: multiple reports of anglers boxing limits of flounder and sand dabs in 60–120 feet off Alki and Bainbridge edges, with by‑catch of small rockfish in the mix. Salmon catches are more scattered: a handful of legal‑size resident coho and a few keeper‑size blackmouth per boat on the better tides if you cover water and work the contours. Best lures right now: – For salmon: 3–3.5" white, herring‑aid, or Irish cream spoons behind an 11" flasher; small hootchies in UV white or glow green with a 30–36" leader. – For surf and beach cutthroat: olive‑over‑white Clouser minnows, small baitfish patterns, or 1/4 oz metal jigs in candlefish colors. – For lingcod and structure fish: 4–6" swimbaits in rootbeer, motor oil, or white, and 4–6 oz pipe jigs in glow or chrome. Best bait: – Herring, either plug‑cut or whole, is still king for trolling. – Sand shrimp and squid strips for perch and bottomfish off the piers. – A chunk of herring or squid on a sliding rig will find flounder fast on the flats. A couple of local hot spots to put on your list: – **West Point / Discovery Park**: Fish 80–140 feet on the edges for resident coho and blackmouth on the morning ebb, then slide shallower toward the beach in the evening for sea‑run cutthroat with light tackle or the fly rod. – **Alki Point to Alki Reef**: Troll the contour break for bait and salmon early, then drop bait rigs straight down for flounder and sand dabs once the sun gets higher. On calmer evenings, casting small metals from shore can surprise you with cutthroat and the occasional coho drive‑by. If you’re heading out from a kayak or smaller skiff, stick tight to shorelines early, watch those tide rips around points, and keep an eye on the afternoon wind bumps. That’s it from Artificial Lure today. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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