Where and when to fish for Summer Chinook in Puget Sound

Great looking fish guys.  Nice work.  Keep them coming!

Area 9 reopening tomorrow 8/6.

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=2379

Area 9 reopening tomorrow 8/6.

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=2379

Thanks for the news workhard.  I've been working PNP hard (4:15-4:30 launch) for several days,  on and off.  Still,  only (2) small keepers and a sore body.  Some veteran PNP moochers have been doing well,  but it's a tricky place to fish in a paddle yak.  Might have to try it again on Wens. 

Hit the oil docks area hard yesterday, saw a handful of nets flying but only bottom fish for me besides a shaker on the way out there.  Lots of jigging in the morning, then mixed in some mooching and dragging a hoochie around once the water started moving a bit.

Didn't mark a ton of bait but there did seem to be a decent mix of fish around and saw a lot of jumpers (pinks?) later in the day way out in the middle channels.

2 for 3 this morning in MA10. Big Tomics and big spoons.

Jeff Head going off today chinook, coho. Hoochies (greens) and cut plug.

Neighbor said lots of pinks Lincoln Park.

2 for 3 this morning in MA10. Big Tomics and big spoons.

Nothing better than kayakers killing Chinook in Puget Sound. Lovin it.

Good one this morning. Big Tomic plug dropped down to 110’ and was back on the beach in half an hour.

Yes! Keep killing it!

No quick ones today. Had to put in 5 hours of hard pedaling to find this guy.

Gotta know your shit and work your ass off to consistently catch Chinook out there. Keep killing em man.

Good one this morning. Big Tomic plug dropped down to 110’ and was back on the beach in half an hour.

Nice! How far back are you running the plug from your weight/rigger?

To add to the reports, I got my ass kicked by a biggun on Saturday at GG, by the fight feel I'm calling it a chinook.

Not the biggest of the season, but any Chinook in the kayak is a good day. Caught on hoochies and herring at Shilshole Saturday.

Yesterday was an all Coho limit, no bumps from the big guys. Looked like the Pink bite was really starting to turn on too.

Hit Lincoln Park Sat early, lost a large. Finder screenshots (PB) are from GG Sunday, only got bit by pinks and coho. This morning back to Lincoln Park, nice chinook in 30 mins (pic), didn’t see anyone else catching but some good bait. Green splatter hoochie with red racer flasher has been the ticket for me recently.

It was fast today at Redondo.