Rainy Fall Bite Delivers Mixed Bag Puget Sound Action

Artificial Lure here with your Saturday, October 11th, 2025 fishing report for Seattle and the greater Puget Sound. Get your rain gear handy—today’s weather is classic fall Sound: showers expected, south winds at 5-10 knots with waves about 2 feet or less. Wind’s forecast to pick up a bit in the afternoon, perfect for getting some water movement to stir up the bite. Sunrise hit at 7:24 AM and sunset’s at 6:28 PM, giving plenty of daylight for casting or dropping pots. Let’s talk tides: we started the day with a low tide around 1:58 AM at -1.71 feet, then a solid high at 9:28 AM peaking around 10.17 feet. Expect another low at 2:40 PM down to 6.69 feet, and we’ll finish off with a 9.25-foot high at 7:17 PM. Timing matters, so if you’re chasing salmon or bottom fish, focus your effort an hour before and after those tide swings. Those moving waters are prime for active bites, so fish smart around those changes. If you’re heading out for Dungeness crab, the fall season is rolling strong and catches have been downright bountiful. Folks have been hauling up limits—just remember, five male keepers per license, each at least six and a quarter inches with a hard shell. Turkey legs and salmon heads are top baits in the pots these days, according to local crabbing crews. Salmon action is still buzzing about that historic pink salmon run this year, with nearly eight million fish estimated throughout the Sound and up the rivers, but the tail end is upon us. Some late coho are showing up too, especially around the mouths of major systems like the Duwamish and the Snohomish. Recent catches near Edmonds Marina and Point No Point include chunky silvers and a few persistent pinks. Anglers are doing well trolling herring—blue label size is hot right now—with a small dodger or flasher, or working pink and chartreuse hoochies when the water’s a bit cloudy. Speaking of cloudy, the water’s still a little turbid from the week’s wind and rain. That means scent is king—try tipping your spoons with a bit of herring strip or using scent gels. Shore anglers are finding success at Shilshole Bay’s public pier and Lincoln Park with buzz bombs in pearl-pink and green, or tossing marabou jigs when the schools move in on the incoming tide. For the bottom dwellers—lingcod and rockfish—action continues strong in deeper structure off Alki Point and around the Edmonds oil docks. Leadhead jigs with twin-tail grubs in rootbeer color are getting hammered, especially near the drop-offs at dawn and dusk. Don’t overlook a chunk of squid or herring on a dropper rig for a mixed bag. And hey, keep your eyes peeled for some of the Sound’s odder residents, like the Pacific spiny lumpsucker. These little guys thrive in eelgrass beds and protected coves—they’re not a target species, but always a treat to spot by divers and curious anglers near shallow rock piles. Today’s hot spots: - Point No Point for salmon—troll herring shallow in the morning, deeper at mid-day. - Edmonds Marina breakwa This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.