Early Summer Salmon Transition: Coho Moving In, Work the Tide Lines Around Jeff Head and Point No Point

This is Artificial Lure with your Puget Sound fishing report. We’re sitting on a classic early-summer pattern around Seattle. Light morning marine layer, calm to a slight breeze, then clearing to sun and a bit more wind in the afternoon. Air temps running cool at first light, then comfortable in the 60s to low 70s by mid‑day. Sunrise is right around 5:10 a.m., with sunset close to 9:10 p.m., giving you a long window to work the tides. Tides today are running on a decent swing: a solid morning flood pushing in through the central Sound, then an afternoon ebb that will really move water off the points and rips. Around Alki, you’ll see good current on the edges of the flood, and off Point No Point that ebb will stack bait along the drop‑offs. Plan your sets around the peak movement—an hour on either side of the highs and lows. Salmon-wise, we’re in the transition zone. Resident coho and a few early ocean fish have been showing with better consistency, along with a mix of blackmouth and shakers. Recent reports from local tackle shops and clubs say anglers are seeing small to mid‑teens coho and legal chinook in the 8–12 pound class, plus plenty of undersize fish you’ll need to shake off carefully. Best producers have been small **white or glow hoochies** and **3–3.5 inch spoons** in Irish cream, cop car, and green/glow patterns behind an 11‑inch flasher. Add a strip of herring or scent if you like. If you’re running bait, plug‑cut herring in a tight roll on a 6‑foot leader behind a flasher is still the local standard. Keep your gear down in that 80–140 foot range in the main channels, a bit shallower on the edges at first and last light. Bottomfish remain steady. Lingcod is wrapping or wrapped for many areas, but folks working structure where it’s still open have picked up fish in the mid‑20s inch range on **white and motor‑oil swimbaits**, large curly‑tail grubs, and live or whole herring. Kelp greenling and rockfish (where legal) are hitting sand shrimp, small herring strips, and 2–3 inch jigs tipped with a bit of bait. For shore anglers, sea‑run cutthroat are a good bet in the South Sound and along quieter beaches. Small olive and white clousers for the fly folks, and 1/8–1/4 ounce spoons or tiny soft plastics on a jig head for gear anglers are putting fish in the net. Work moving water on the outgoing tide, especially around creek mouths. Couple of hot spots if you’re heading out: • **Jeff Head** – Classic early‑summer salmon ground. Work the contour lines, keep an eye on bait balls, and troll with the tide. The morning flood has been good for resident coho and the occasional chinook. • **Point No Point** – On a strong ebb, fish stack along the edge here. Start a bit shallower at first light, then slide deeper as the sun gets up. Spoons and hoochies behind flashers have been the go‑to. Closer to town, **Alki Point** and the **Edmonds oil docks area** have produced mixed‑bag salmon and bottomfish for those willing to grind it out through the shakers. That’s the word from the water. 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