Puget Sound Fishing Update: Pink Salmon Bonanza, Bottomfish Bites, and Crabbing Opportunities.

Good morning anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound and Seattle fishing report for October 28th, 2025. Out on the Sound today, we've got a classic late-October feel: partly cloudy and cool, with air temps in the upper 40s ramping toward the low 50s by midday. Winds are mild but picking up to 10 knots from the south in the afternoon, so keep an extra layer handy and watch for that breeze if you’re heading out in a smaller craft. Sunrise hit at 7:48 am and sunset’s expected at 5:57 pm, giving you a solid window for both morning and evening bites, especially with active tide movement during prime hours. Let’s check today’s tides for Seattle Puget Sound: low tide at 3:39 am (0.1 ft), rolling up to a high tide at 11:30 am (10.4 ft), then back down for another low at 5:33 pm (7.87 ft), followed by a late-evening high at 8:59 pm (8.17 ft). That strong midday high paired with a slow fall through afternoon spells out good current and water movement for chasing salmon and bottomfish all around Elliott Bay and Shilshole Bay. The hot talk this fall has been the historic run of pink salmon. Recent reports out of the greater Puget Sound area say rivers and the nearshore are flush with pinks, lighting up the waters all through October. Local anglers in the Everett and Tacoma corridors have been stacking up 3- to 5-pounders pretty much every trip, especially on the morning incoming tide. Silvers (coho) are still showing in respectable numbers around Point No Point and down toward Lincoln Park, with the best action concentrated at dawn and dusk as fish move in with cooler water[3]. Pink salmon have been smashing anything flashy, but the consistent winner is a 1.5- to 2-inch pink or chartreuse Buzz Bomb, fished with a hoochie skirt for extra action. For the fly folks, a Clouser Minnow or Rolled Muddler in pink or white will get hit, especially as the water clears toward midday. Shore anglers working classic spots from Edmonds pier, Mukilteo, and Lincoln Park are finding success with small spoons in pink or copper, as well as jigs tipped with Berkley Gulp. If you’re planning a trip for bottomfish, blackmouth (resident Chinook) are taking smaller herring or anchovy trolled behind a green or chartreuse flasher. Drop a candlefish jig or light metal near the drop-offs at West Point for a legit shot at a keeper. Dungeness crab action is still steady off Alki and Shilshole—try chicken backs or salmon heads in your pots for best results as we close out the main crabbing season. A couple of hot spots worth hitting today: - **Shilshole Bay:** Big tide swings plus schooling baitfish—perfect for pinks, coho, and blackmouth. Find the rips and fish the tide turns for best results. - **Lincoln Park (West Seattle):** Excellent walk-on access. Cast buzz bombs or twitch jigs right at the edge of the kelp beds; coho and pinks are pushing in tight. - Close second: Mukilteo Pier for its salmon mix, or for solitude, push north to Richmond Beach for a shot at late-bit This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.