Puget Sound Fishing Report Highlights Coho Action, Strong Tides & Ideal Autumn Conditions

Artificial Lure here, serving up your Wednesday Puget Sound fishing report for Seattle and the surrounding waters, October 22, 2025. **Sunrise today was at 7:39 a.m., sunset hits at 6:06 p.m.** Daylight is ticking down, so plan those casts accordingly. Seattle’s tidal activity is running high—expect strong currents with a morning high tide at 6:48 a.m. (10.8 ft), midday low at 12:12 p.m. (6.0 ft), and another high tide at 5:25 p.m. (10.5 ft). Good water movement means combative fish, especially near the mouths of rivers and harbors where bait piles up. According to Tides4Fishing, the coefficient today is 82, putting us in the prime range for big swings and energetic bites. **Weather:** Mild, typical mid-fall sets the scene, with cloudy skies and scattered drizzle predicted. Light winds, mostly from the southwest, calm but keeping clouds hanging low. Temp hovers in the upper 40s to low 50s. No major systems pushing through, so expect easy boating and good visibility until dusk. NOAA’s marine forecast shows stable conditions—no nasty chop, but bring that rain gear for passing squalls. **Fish Activity:** We’re in the tail-end of historic salmon runs—coho are transitioning from saltwater to rivers, but plenty remain in nearshore waters. Chinook reports taper, but a few fresh kings still cruise the deeper shipping channels. Recent catches have been solid, with anglers near Edmonds, Shilshole, and Point Defiance reporting limits of bright coho averaging 5-8 lbs, with the occasional 10-pounder. Beach cast reports from Lincoln Park and near Mukilteo pier show coho are aggressive on the change in tide, especially early and late. **Best Lures & Baits:** Holy Moly Outdoors highlights their top-5 coho jigs for this transitional season—try palmered marabou jigs with rabbit fur tails, blue and black colors with a hot pink or chartreuse Mad River worm tail. These combos breathe in the current and get coho fired up, especially when retrieved erratically. Rubber-skirted bass jigs with soft-plastic tails also produce. For trolling, mini-hoochie squids behind a white flasher or classic green/blue spoons. If you’re soaking baits, cured herring or anchovy get most consistent results, especially when fished off deep mooching rigs on the ebb. Gone Fishing Northwest also recommends Buzz Bombs in pink and chartreuse for pink salmon and aggressive coho. **Hot Spots:** Edmonds Pier has seen hot salmon action at high tide, with major bite windows aligning with tidal peaks. Shilshole Marina area—especially the north end—continues to produce both boat and bank limits, with bigger coho pushing through. Point Defiance is firing on afternoon outgoing tides, and the Green River mouth has also delivered scattered chinook and tons of silvers for those fly fishing or throwing jigs. If you’re more crab-minded, crabbing remains excellent just outside the shipping lanes off Alki and north Bainbridge. **Other catches:** Lingcod are out of season, but black rockfish and kelp green This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.