Puget Sound Fishing Report: Mellowing Conditions, Blackmouth and Migrating Salmon Bites

This is Artificial Lure coming to you with your Friday, November 7th, 2025 Puget Sound fishing report, live from Seattle. We finally get a breather after this week’s rowdy conditions. Last night brought lingering showers, gusty southern winds, hail, and even a few lightning flashes across the Sound. Storm drains had a hard time keeping up, leaving some standing water about, but thankfully, the weather’s mellowing into the weekend. According to KOMO News, we’re heading into a stretch of partly sunny, crisp autumn days starting today—with morning fog possible, especially in the south Sound. Expect highs in the low 50s, lows edging into the 40s, and light southerly winds around 5 to 10 knots. The sky will show off sunrise at 7:01 AM and sunset at 4:41 PM. Tide tables from NOAA have us riding a mixed tide today: low at 6:03 AM (0.46 feet) and 5:30 PM (0.43 feet), highs at 11:14 AM (2.59 feet) and 11:09 PM (3.02 feet). That means solid current movement late morning through noon and again just before dark. All that recent wind and rain has stirred the water, but fishing action is picking up as things settle. Reports from local guides and tackle shops say blackmouth (resident Chinook) have started showing across mid-Sound—Elliott Bay and Shilshole are giving up keeper fish for those running flasher-hoochie combos right along the drop-offs in 120-180 feet of water. Green and chartreuse are the hot colors after all this rain and cloudy water. Scent up your lures; herring strips or a dab of anise oil is bringing more hits, according to regulars at Ballard’s docks. The migrating chum salmon are plugging through the northern Sound—try Point No Point and the Edmonds oil docks. Most folks throwing purple/chartreuse Vibrax spinners or pitching cut-plug herring under a float are scoring as the tide builds. Some surprisingly bright coho are still straggling in at the beach, with a few late hatchery silvers grabbing 2.5" pink/white Buzz Bombs at Lincoln Park and the west side of Alki. Lingcod and cabezon action is slowing as temperatures drop—still, seasoned anglers tossing white curly tail jigs around the breakwaters at Shilshole and the pilings off Pier 86 have picked up a few decent fish near slack tide. For bottom fishing, Elliott Bay and the mouth of the Duwamish are best for flounder and true cod. Try a drop-shot rig with sandworms or shrimp bits—small hooks, light gear, and a slack tide window for the most bites. Crabbing is closed now for most areas around Seattle, but shrimpers are having some luck with spot prawns in deeper troughs out by Kingston when the weather lets up. If you’re looking for a couple of hot spots to try this weekend, don’t pass up: - **Point Wells**—good blackmouth action on the outgoing morning tide, with anglers trolling 3-inch silver/green spoon setups running just off bottom. - **West Seattle’s Lincoln Park shoreline**—beach casters have nabbed both coho and chums during morning twilight, especially at the mouth of Fauntle This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.