Puget Sound Angling Report: Rockfish, Lingcod, and Dungeness Crab Action in February

Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for all things Puget Sound angling. It's a crisp February morning in Seattle, sunrise hit around 7:15 AM and sunset's at 5:45 PM—plenty of daylight to chase bites before the chill sets in. Weather's lookin' steady: partly cloudy, temps in the low 40s, light winds from the south at 5-10 knots, per the marine forecast from marine.weather.gov. Tides today at Seattle: low at 4:02 AM (1.21 ft), super low minus 0.04 ft at 10:37 AM, high around 5:05 PM—NOAA Tides and Currents says fish the outgoing for best action. Winter slow-down in full swing, but rockfish and lingcod are active in 100-200 feet off the central Sound. Recent reports from local forums and WDFW traps show decent juvenile salmonids moving through creeks like Bingham, but adults are scarce—Queets sp/su Chinook still overfished per NMFS Federal Register, so ocean regs tight north of Falcon. Anglers pulled limits of black rockfish (10-20 per boat) and a few bucketmouth lings last weekend near Possession Bar. Crab's hot too—Dungeness pots fillin' steady, Gone Fishing NW tips say 18-24 pots for 20+ keepers. Best lures: Buzz Bomb jigs in chartreuse or glow for rockfish, 2-4 oz. Irish Mist spoons for lings. Bait? Sand shrimp or squid chunks on a spreader bar—deadly on the drop. Incoming tide with herring scent amps it up. Hit these hot spots: Elliott Bay wrecks for urban rockfish limits, or Shilshole Wall outbound—tight lines there. And don't sleep on Hood Canal for blackmouth if you got a downrigger. Thanks for tuning in, folks—subscribe for weekly updates! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.