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Area 8-1 Deception Pass Fishing Reports
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By: JoshH
Posted: 9/24/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/24/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Have the week off from work to get the last of my coho fishing in before most everything shuts down. It's a shame there has been no asjustment of the season as it really looks like the coho forecast ...
By: JoshH
Posted: 9/15/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/15/2018
Hot Spots: 1
Been itching to do some beach fishing for coho. It's one of my favorite methods for coho fishing, and North Beach at Deception Pass is just such a pretty area.
I got to the beach about 7am. Maybe 1...
By: Muffintop
Posted: 9/9/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/9/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got to the beach at around 8am, heard of one guy pulling one in, but only saw one other coho being landed on the beach. the boats were not doing any better either. most people were using the green rot...
By: AJFishdude
Posted: 5/29/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Stepping out of my car into the cool, salt tinted air of a late spring morning along the shores of Puget Sound, my eyes are greeted by the hills of Whidbey Island back lit with the rose glow of a swif...
By: racfish
Posted: 8/25/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Very tough day crabbing. weather was great. scenery is always nice.We set pots out at noon- 7pm. We (3 of us) caught one nice keeper. That was it. Lots of small ones . Some of our sets had no crabs at...
By: readynow
Posted: 8/31/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been casting buzz bombs anchored north of Strawberry Point for 3 days straight from around 7AM to 10AM, several strikes but ZERO fish. Many foot long fish jumping whatever they are. Didn't see anyone...
By: racfish
Posted: 8/31/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a stellar day crabbing. Thre of us limited on big dungies in the 7"size. We had 2 sets of 35 and 33 crabs per pot. We limited in 3 hours, Gorgeous weather great crabbing . We used pink headsand bo...
By: racfish
Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
We launched at 11:00 am Really low but for my boat and a 4x4 it was good. We had our bait ready to go and let the first pot go in 58 ft of water. Next at 65 ft then 40 and 30 ft. We had four pots for ...
By: racfish
Posted: 7/15/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Crabbed on Sunday with moderate success. We managed 8 keepers for 3 guys and 4 pots.Not a great day but not a bad day either. West side of boat launch were females. East side were males. Lots of crabs...
By: kkleparek
Posted: 6/30/2007
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
We dug ghost shrimp for bait on my dads beach then, when the tide was high enough about 5, we rowed his boat out to his usual spot, anchored and dropped our handlines in. We were out there for about ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/1/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/1/2004
Hot Spots: 0
Launched at Camano Island State Park ran over to East Point on Whidbey Island, lines in the water at 8:30am. My brother gets a good fish on at 8:40, then his leader breaks, lost the fish. We troll...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/1/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 11/1/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Oak Harbor Chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers held their annual Balckmouth derby today. There were about seventy persons fishing in the derby. The largest fish was about 13 lb 10 oz which won $700...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/14/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/14/2003
Hot Spots: 0
George and I and our families made our annual president's day trip to a former colleague's place at Whidbey Shores. Weather turned out to be much better than predicted, but the fishing was very slo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/8/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/8/2003
Hot Spots: 0
My dad and I fished for three hr. at Baby Island and got these nice fish, the first one was 15 lbs. and the second one I got was 18 lbs. It was a good day for me. My dad got a six shakers. I was using...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/2/2003
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Rating: 4
Fished: 2/2/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Launched from Camano Island State Park for the short run to East Point. Hit the water around noon at change of the tide. My son got a hit from a 10 pound Black mouth within the first 20 minutes on...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/9/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 11/9/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Took my old Arima out for a quick trip up Saratoga Passage in search of blackmouth. The water was as flat as glass all day and the sun came out mid-morning. What a beautiful day!
As I left Ever...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/2/2001
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Rating: 2
Fished: 9/2/2001
Hot Spots: 0
If you want beach fishing for salmon, Ala Spit is hard to beat. I was up at the crack of dawn fishing on this beach with 100 of my closest friends. Salmon were thick, mostly pinks, but still bright ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/27/2005
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Rating: 5
Fished: 6/27/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Fished for about an hour and caught hundreds of little fish(I don't know what species). We used mussel guts and a size 12 hook. Lots of fun!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/17/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/17/2006
Hot Spots: 0
while it was very cold, the sun and light winds made it OK. We fished Friday through Monday morning. Overall slow, but we did catch three 8-10 pounders (two were wild and released) and lost one that...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 7/15/2006
Hot Spots: 0
I have been crabbing in Puget Sound waters, specifically Area 8-1 and 8-2 for the last 9 years. The area I crab each sport crabbing season has produced fantastic results every time out and is located...
By: Dave
Posted: 7/10/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Great crabbing continues in area 8-1. After an all night soak (11 hours) we (6 of us on board) pulled 4 pots and harvested exactly 30 big male keepers. We only handled a few females and a couple males...
By: chefjake99
Posted: 7/31/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/31/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Decent day got a little choppy around when the tide changed. A lot of crab thrown back that were either just barely under or ever so slightly soft still. Was a fun day and my son reeled in the dog fis...
By: Dave
Posted: 8/22/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/21/2010
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I met my fishin buddy Dan and his wife out on the water for some crabbing. We had our gear was in the water by about 11:30 am fishing the incoming tide. We tied our two boats together and ...
By: Dave
Posted: 9/5/2010
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2010
Hot Spots: 0
This morning I took my buddies Dan from work and Pradeep from WALakes.com and his son out for one final go at the 2010 summer Dungeness season. We soaked 8 pots twice for 1.5 hours each time and harve...
By: Dave
Posted: 7/8/2011
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/8/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Crabbed North Camano Island today. Very few boats or gear out today however we did see three big boats stacked to the brim with pots pass slowly by us headed towards Camano Island State Park. How nice...
