EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 3 MIN
Spring Tides and Glassy Mornings: Puget Sound Salmon and Bottomfish Report
from Puget Sound Seattle Fishing Report Today · host Inception Point AI
Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Puget Sound fishing report around Seattle. We’re on a **big spring tide** cycle right now, with a strong morning ebb and a good afternoon flood pushing bait around the points and rip lines. That moving water is your friend: plan to fish the last half of the ebb and the first half of the flood for the best shot at active fish. Weather around the central Sound is classic early summer: cool, marine layer early, then breaking to partly sunny, light wind in the morning, picking up to a moderate westerly in the afternoon. Air temps are sitting in the low 50s early and climbing into the 60s later. Sunrise is early, sunset late, giving you a long low‑light window at both ends of the day. Those gray, glassy mornings have been money. Salmon-wise, resident **blackmouth and smaller feeder Chinook** have been showing in pockets, with the occasional legal fish mixed in. Most of the action has been coming 80–140 feet down over 150–250 feet of water, working contour breaks and bait balls. Productive gear has been **3–3.5 inch spoons** in green/white or Irish cream patterns, and **small hoochies** behind an 11-inch flasher in glow green or UV purple. Run herring strips if you’ve got them—natural scent is making a difference in the clearer water. **Lingcod** and **cabezon** reports from the rock piles and ledges around the islands and deeper points are still decent when the current allows. Big white or root-beer **swimbaits**, 4–6 ounce jig heads, and pipe jigs bounced close to the bottom are getting bit. Tip those plastics with a strip of herring or squid if you can; just enough to add smell without killing the action. For the bank and small-boat crowd, **sea‑run cutthroat** fishing has been solid on the incoming tide around creek mouths and gravel beaches. Stripped **clouser minnows**, small baitfish patterns, or 1/4‑ounce metal spoons in olive/white and sand lance colors are the ticket. Keep those retrieves erratic and cover water. A couple of hot spots to circle on your chart: • **Rich Passage and South Bainbridge edges** – The current lines there have been stacking bait, and trollers working tight S‑turns along the 150–200 foot contour are seeing the most consistent Chinook and blackmouth action. • **Possession Bar** – Still a standout hump in the central Sound. Work the edges on the drift with jigs or slow‑troll spoons just off bottom. When the bait shows on your sounder, hang on. Bait-wise, **fresh or properly brined herring** is still king on the salt. Green or red label on a tight roll behind a flasher will out‑fish almost anything when the fish get picky. On the bottomfish side, strips of squid, herring belly, or sand shrimp fished on sturdy leaders are all producing. Timing is key: be on your spot as that tide starts to move, especially around first light. Once the wind stacks up against the afternoon flood, things get bumpy and the bite usually tapers. That’s the word on the water from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Puget Sound fishing report around Seattle. We’re on a **big spring tide** cycle right now, with a strong morning ebb and a good afternoon flood pushing bait around the points and rip lines. That moving water is your friend: plan to fish the last half of the ebb and the first half of the flood for the best shot at active fish. Weather around the central Sound is classic early summer: cool, marine layer early, then breaking to partly sunny, light wind in the morning, picking up to a moderate westerly in the afternoon. Air temps are sitting in the low 50s early and climbing into the 60s later. Sunrise is early, sunset late, giving you a long low‑light window at both ends of the day. Those gray, glassy mornings have been money. Salmon-wise, resident **blackmouth and smaller feeder Chinook** have been showing in pockets, with the occasional legal fish mixed in. Most of the action has been coming 80–140 feet down over 150–250 feet of water, working contour breaks and bait balls. Productive gear has been **3–3.5 inch spoons** in green/white or Irish cream patterns, and **small hoochies** behind an 11-inch flasher in glow green or UV purple. Run herring strips if you’ve got them—natural scent is making a difference in the clearer water. **Lingcod** and **cabezon** reports from the rock piles and ledges around the islands and deeper points are still decent when the current allows. Big white or root-beer **swimbaits**, 4–6 ounce jig heads, and pipe jigs bounced close to the bottom are getting bit. Tip those plastics with a strip of herring or squid if you can; just enough to add smell without killing the action. For the bank and small-boat crowd, **sea‑run cutthroat** fishing has been solid on the incoming tide around creek mouths and gravel beaches. Stripped **clouser minnows**, small baitfish patterns, or 1/4‑ounce metal spoons in olive/white and sand lance colors are the ticket. Keep those retrieves erratic and cover water. A couple of hot spots to circle on your chart: • **Rich Passage and South Bainbridge edges** – The current lines there have been stacking bait, and trollers working tight S‑turns along the 150–200 foot contour are seeing the most consistent Chinook and blackmouth action. • **Possession Bar** – Still a standout hump in the central Sound. Work the edges on the drift with jigs or slow‑troll spoons just off bottom. When the bait shows on your sounder, hang on. Bait-wise, **fresh or properly brined herring** is still king on the salt. Green or red label on a tight roll behind a flasher will out‑fish almost anything when the fish get picky. On the bottomfish side, strips of squid, herring belly, or sand shrimp fished on sturdy leaders are all producing. Timing is key: be on your spot as that tide starts to move, especially around first light. Once the wind stacks up against the afternoon flood, things get bumpy and the bite usually tapers. That’s the word on the water from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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