Northwest Fishing Reports

Talked with a friend in the know and the # of kings being caught is picking up.Hit Elliot Bay on Mon am and caught 2 keepers of 7# & 10 # at my honey hole.Went in at 10:30 and there were more fish caught than boats 12 boats 17 fish(kings).Hope the trend continues.
Mike

Thanks for the report man. Reports have been saying fishing has been slow, but that can change within a few days...Lets hope we are starting to see fishing pick up and not just a one day spike in the catches....The first few days of the Area 9 clipped king season were darn hot last year. I can't remember what the trends were for the more southern parts of the sound last year, but I know the fish are there this year.

Will be up north in Area 9 from Thursday night through Monday night. Then back up next weekend, I sure hope the quota isn't filled, otherwise it's CnR the kings (which isn't a bad thing, as long as I'm fishing for salmon, I'm happy) and try and find some resident silvers....

Planning on putting in at least 8 hours of trolling per day, crabbing in between. I'll report back with a report later, and hopefully lots of pictures of fish and a fridge full of fresh fillets....

Try and release those small 22"-26" clipped blackmouth fellas. 50%, or more of the quota was consumed by those sized fish, let those guys back to grow and try and get those 7-8+ lbers or even more. 15+lb clipped kings aren't uncommon there. Lets try and extend this season out longer, the best king fishing up in Area 9 was in the first week of August. I had to turn a lot of big (clipped and wild) fish back b/c the quota was full, lets try and keep the quota open for a while and be able to fill it with good sized kings.....