Puget Sound Fishing Report: Windy Weekend, Salmon Slow, Bottomfish Steady - Stay Safe Out There

Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure with your Puget Sound fishing report for Saturday morning. Winds are kicking up south at 15-20 knots with gusts to 25, and rain's steady all day per the National Weather Service marine forecast—small craft advisory through afternoon, so watch those 2-foot seas if you're heading out. Sunrise was around 8 AM, sunset by 4:15 PM, keeping it short this time of year. Tides at Seattle per NOAA show low at 0.09 feet around midnight last night, high 3.80 feet at 7:10 AM, low 0.11 feet at 1 PM, and high 3.21 feet at 7:27 PM—fish the incoming for best action. Winter pattern's holding mild, no ice locking up lakes nearby says Fishin' Magician reports, but Puget Sound's slow on big hauls lately. Chinook and coho are spotty with low returns forecasted into '26 per NOAA Fisheries updates, steelhead moderate risk but showing in rivers. Recent catches: small resident chinook, cutthroat, and blackmouth off Seattle—limits of 5-10 fish boats from charters, per local pod updates. Bottomfish like rockfish and lingcod steady if you hit 100-200 feet. Go artificials in this slop: white or chartreuse hoochies behind flashers for salmon, Buzz Bombs or small jigs for cutthroat. Live bait? Sand shrimp or herring strips on slow trolls shine. Get gear before docking, check Amazon links for essentials. Hot spots: Elliott Bay near the shipping lanes on incoming tide, or Possession Bar in central Sound for bottom bouncers—stay safe out there. Thanks for tuning in, subscribe for daily tips! 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.