Puget Sound, WA
Washington · Salt + fresh
Puget Sound salmon and Lake Washington bass — a two-water fishery in one city.
Today's plan for Puget Sound, WA
The plan engine builds today's bite windows, target species, rigs and baits for this region from solunar cycles, the season, live weather and water temperature.
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Main targets
Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Acrobatic and aggressive, coho are the shore angler's salmon. They push baitfish against beaches in the fall and hit fast-moving lures.
Rockfish (Sebastes spp.)
Sebastes spp.
Dozens of species share one habit: structure. Rockfish are the reliable backbone of BC bottom fishing and perfect for new boat anglers.
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
Ambush predators of warm, weedy water. Bass reward anglers who fish cover precisely and slow down when the sun is high.
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
Pound for pound the hardest-fighting freshwater fish in the Northwest. Smallmouth live on rock and eat crawfish imitations year-round.
Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
The smallest and most numerous Pacific salmon, famous for huge schooling runs every second year. Pinks bite small pink lures willingly and are the easiest salmon for beginners to catch from shore.
Steelhead
Oncorhynchus mykiss
The sea-run form of rainbow trout and one of the most prized river fish in North America. Steelhead hold in fast, broken water, take a wide range of drifted and swung offerings, and fight with long runs and jumps.
Starry Flounder
Platichthys stellatus
A hardy flatfish of estuaries and sandy bays that even ventures into fresh water in lower rivers. Starry flounder are easy for shore anglers to catch on small baits fished on the bottom.
Commonly caught here
Where the fish hold
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Tides & weather
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