The Pinks are in (Humpies), Ocean run Coho (Silvers) are starting to show and there are still a few Kings Salmon around. Fin clipped Kings can still be kept through August 31^st.  I expect the Pink run to last through the end of August along with some Coho and then we will be focusing almost exclusively on Coho in September as run usually reaches its peak in mid to late September. October 1st marks the opening of the winter King salmon season which is slated to remain open through April 2010.

It has been a mad dash in and out of the marina to run two trips a day with limits of 4 salmon in the morning and limits or near limits for the afternoon groups. That’s right. The limit is four for Pink salmon. Only two of your 4 fish retained may be Kings or Silvers. Check out www.fishingseattle.com/page5.html for a chart of the Salmon seasons. Most other times the limit is 2 Salmon per person. The huge Lingcod opens next May 1st, 2010 and will likeley remain open for 6 weeks. Please plan ahead you would like to participate in Lingcod fishing.

As is typical for May, we have been catching some nice Lingcod every trip out. This fishery is avilable only through June 15th. The end of June will be Salmon and Flounder Combo trips as Salmon must be released until July 1st but we can keep 10 Flounder per person. Salmon opens July 1st for 2 Coho Salmon per person, release all Kings until July 16th. July 16 to August 30 we will be allowed to keep Kings of hatchery origon identified by the missing adipose fin on about 70% of all adult Kings landed. In addition to the daily bag limit of 2 salmon per person we will be allowed to take 2 more Pink Salmon per person. We might expect to see a substantial number of Pink Salmon mid August to early September. September will also mark the peak of the Coho Salmon run (Silvers).

This father and son team from Olympia, Washington landed 5 “keeper size” Blackmouth (juvenile King Salmon) 22 to 28 inches in length on their fishing trip this week. We departed from Seattle and fished near Pilot Point which is north of Kingston. The action came in about 130 feet of water right near bottom on size 1 dodgers and green glow squids. They released another dozen or more that were just under the size limit. This action is pretty typical of what you can expect for late winter Blackmouth in area 9 Feb through April although larger fish are caught some days going 32 inches or more and weighing up to 16 lbs. We are only getting out fishing about two days a week in February as business is typically slow this time of year even when fishing is good.

We have been experiencing some good consistent winter Blackmouth fishing. For over a month now we have continued to see these nice 3 year old King Salmon "keepers" averaging about 8 to 9 lbs and 29 inches. We are also seeing a high number of "shaker" Salmon under the 22" size limit providing lots of additional action. We will continue to catch these fish until mid to late April with Dec Jan and Feb usually being the peak. May 1st will mark the opening of Ling Cod Season. One very succesful recent afternoon trip we landed 7 keeper size Salmon in 2 hours last Friday afternoon pictured below. We don't usually expect to catch that many keepers on such a short trip but it worked that day! Most trips lately are yielding 4 to 6 keepers and 20 or more "shakers" for a normal 6 hour trip.

The average Coho in September is 7 or 8 lbs and Some of the Silvers are really getting big right now like the 14 lb fish here caught by "Mario" on his Seattle fishing charter trip last weekend. Look for this run to continue through September and perhaps half of October. After that winter Kings will open October 16th.

The fishing has improved in late August and into September with a fresh push of Ocean Coho Salmon (Silvers) like the ones shown below caught in the afternoon on Aug 25th By Nick N of Maple Valley, Washington. We are seeing a nice mix of these Ocean Coho and local Coho ranging from 3 to 13 lbs. We are averaging close to two Salmon per person on the morning trips and over 1 Salmon per person in the afternoon. Look for this run of Sivers to last through September. After that October 16th will be the opener for winter King Salmon (Blackmouth) which will remain open all winter and into early spring.

Aussie Olive farmer Paul Miller released this oversize Ling Cod that he caught less than 5 minutes from our slip at the marina!! The maximum size that you can keep is 40 inches and this fish was about 43 inches and over 30 lbs. This large Ling Cod dined on a whole, live Flounder!

Now that Ling Cod season is over, we are out playing with salmon and releasing a mix of Coho (Silver) and Chinook (King) salmon.

On July 1^st we can start keeping 2 Salmon per person. Until then we have to release the salmon but we can catch and keep 10 Flounder per person.