Are the rivers out of shape? Who cares!! Winter Steelhead is not the only game in town when it comes to northwest winter game fishing. The Blackmouth (Juvenile King Salmon) fishing is as good as it gets right now as long as the wind isn't blowing 35 mph so get out on Puget Sound in area 9 or 10 and get your gear down 100 to 130 ft. Be prepared to release alot of fish as you won't want to go in with your limit too quick having this much fun.

The week of Nov 9th we are averaging 30 fish landed and around 10 keeper size Blackmouth 23 to 28 inches for 4 anglers.

While most people aren't thinking about fishing Puget Sound in Seattle Washington in February, it has been productive and enjoyable every trip out this winter aside from 2 cancellations when it was too windy. It does seem like it's slowing down a little bit but it's still good fishing.
Last Saturday we landed 7 keeper Chinook Salmon (King, Blackmouth) at Possesion Bar near south Whidbey Island Washington.
The avrerage keeper was 24" and 5 or 6 lbs with the largest wieghing in at 9.7 lbs and 29". The slower part is that we only released 4 or 5 fish that were Wild Chinook and had to be released or were undrsize and we would usualy have 10 or 15 releases this time of year. There have been plenty of fillets to bring home and some beautifull scenery to enjoy.

BONUS! This summer will have opportunity to keep Adult King Salmon (the BIG ones!) in Marine areas 9 and 10 (most of puget Sound) for the first time in over 10 years!. We will have a limit of 2 salmon per person that includes hatchery kings (release wild King salmon) and an additional 2 Pink Salmon per person for a possible limit of 4 fish per person when the Pinks are in. Most areas open for Salmon July 1st and we will be catching resident Coho Salmon right away. We can start keeping the Kings July 16th until August 15th or until a quota of 8,000 fish is caught. Pink Salmon are usually around August 10th until the 25th or so. May 1st will open for Lingcod. These ugly fish fight hard and taste great!

It was a very good winter for Blackmouth (juvenile King Salmon) and next year will be open Oct 16 until April 30 so plan at least one winter fishing trip if you like King Salmon fishing. For now we will focus on big ugly Lingcod fishing starting May 1st. Just look back in the reports to see some impressive photos of these hard fighting sea monsters.

Same old good fishin' as ten Microsoft clients split on two boats and the winter Blackmouth Salmon (King) keep biting. A few good fish in the box and bunch released on a calm day with a snowy backdrop. So busy I forgot to get action pics.

The fishing is really on fire for 5 to 7 lb resident King Salmon right now. There are a few larger fish around too. Saturday Feb 2^nd three anglers landed 14 legal sized Chinook Salmon over the 22” size limit and only 5 under 22” in less than 1 ½ hours of fishing at Possession bar on the south end of Whidbey Island. Pictured are 2 guests from Houston and one guest from Washington DC holding a few fish.