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Area 7 San Juan Islands Fishing Reports
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By: rseas
Posted: 9/1/2020
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/30/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, a fitting end to our local chinook fishery and one for the record books. Going to bed Saturday night I hadn’t settled on a plan for fishing Sunday. 2:00 alarm and a quick look at “Windy” and plan...
By: rseas
Posted: 9/28/2020
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/28/2020
Hot Spots: 0
This report is the second day of a 2-day fish-a-polusa. It is also the second day of 2 days off in a row, a rare event this summer. Due to a unfavorable wind forecast the trip was squishy but either w...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 5/1/2021
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/1/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to area 7 for the lingcod opener. Unfortunately the tides were not in our favor for opening day. We went anyway and had a great time. We fished around Blakley island and a couple other spots....
By: rseas
Posted: 5/16/2021
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Ok, I know that it has been ages since I posted a report. September 28th, 2020 to be exact. Unfortunately, it’s not because I’m holding out on sharing fishing information. Basically, I haven’t been fi...
By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 7/17/2021
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
The wind and small craft advisories finally allowed for the shrimping trip on Saturday after scuttling it on Friday. Launched out of Cornet bay and headed over to find a spot to drop the crab pots, f...
By: rseas
Posted: 8/29/2021
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/29/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Ok gang, I’m not sure where to go with this one. On a request, Sunday I had agreed to take a friend out to learn the ropes as applicable to the Bellingham Bay Fishery. The fishery is a sub-fishery of ...
By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 5/26/2022
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2022
Hot Spots: 0
I was happy to find the spot shrimp were still where I left them last year, me and my buddy limited in three drops. Dropped the first pot at 2 and were done by 3:30 throwing back all the small ones. ...
By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 8/1/2022
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/30/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Beat the heat on Saturday out on the water and managed to catch a couple kings as a bonus, one had to go back with too many fins, but the big one was a keeper! It was a battle to keep the lines in th...
By: 4n6fisher
Posted: 9/6/2022
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/5/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Planned to hit Samish bay to try and jig for some Kings, so me and a buddy plan a 5:30 departure. Just pulling the boat out and I hear crash bang, downrigger swivel mount just broke in half and downr...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 6/28/2023
Species: Shrimp
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/25/2023
Hot Spots: 0
This report is a bit late but sometimes life gets busy. I had a chance to get out to Area 7 and take the family out for spot prawns. My cousin was visiting from out of state and this was her first ti...
