Puget Sound Spring Bite: Salmon Flooding In, Lingcod Open, Tide Rips Prime

Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your Puget Sound angling guru, comin' at ya live from the misty docks of Seattle on April 24th, 2026, at 3 AM. Dawn's breakin' soon—sunrise at 6:05 AM, sunset 'round 8:10 PM, per NOAA tides. Weather's classic spring: partly cloudy, highs in the low 60s, light winds from the southwest at 5-10 knots, water temps hoverin' 52°F. Tides today? Low slack at 4:30 AM (-1.2 ft Elliott Bay), floodin' strong by 7 AM peakin' +11 ft mid-mornin', then ebbing hard after noon—prime for current rips, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. Fish are wakin' up! Chinook and coho salmon pushin' in from the Strait, limits reported off Mukilteo yesterday—20-30 fishers boated 15 keepers on herring mooched deep. Cutthroat trout tearin' it up in shallows, rockfish steady on the bottom. Lingcod open season now, 5-15 pounders slammin' jigs near Possession Bar. Dungeness crab pots full, pots haulin' 2-3 doz per drop. Recent hauls: WDFW creel survey shows 200+ salmon landed last weekend Elliott Bay, perch and flounder thick too. Best plays? Incoming tide, hit the flood with **mooched whole herring** or green label Buzz Bombs in chartreuse—salmon can't resist. For lings and rockfish, **leadhead jigs** with curly tail grubs or strips of squid. Live bait? Sand shrimp or squid chunks on a sliding sinker rig for bottom dwellers. Artificials killin' it: **Yo-Zuri crystal minnows** in pink for cutts, spoons like Krocodile for trolling. Hot spots? **Golden Gardens** for shore salmon on the flood—cast from the pier. Boat guys, **Jefferson Head** or **West Point** rips, 60-100 ft depths, drift with electronics on bait balls. Tight lines, stay safe out there—check regs at fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov. Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for daily 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.