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By: Toni
Posted: 8/31/2025
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/28/2025
Hot Spots: 1
We launched at the Point just before 9am and saw jumping salmon as we rounded the rocks that are below the yacht club. We stopped and caught a few. But within the hour it slowed. We stayed for a while...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/20/2025
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2025
Hot Spots: 1
We were fishing from about 10am to 2pm. It was going to be a nice day. Sunny and mid 70’s. The low tide was at 8:22am at -1.3 and high was going to come at 4:34pm 11.4 feet. We went over to the Owens ...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/16/2025
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2025
Hot Spots: 1
I told my son that we were going to troll until we saw fish jumping and as soon as we rounded the slag pile, looking toward Vashon, there were fish jumping. So, we went out toward them at about 350 fe...
By: Toni
Posted: 8/5/2025
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/4/2025
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I tried crabbing and trolling for salmon. Along Owens beach and the Slag Pile. Only caught 2 under sized Chinook and 3 undersized red rock. First time in the salt this year. On the water fr...
By: jcrockett72
Posted: 7/19/2025
Species: Crab
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2025
Hot Spots: 1
dropped pots around 7am let soak for a few hours, sat with pots since I could not find my descending device to bottom fish for flounder, totaled maybe 5 crab 1 red rock male and one keeper male dungie...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/6/2024
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/8/2024
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I fished out of Point Defiance from about 8am to 12 pm. The tides were high 9:15am at 9.8 feet with low at 5.8 feet 2:40pm. Water temp was 57 degrees. It was mostly cloudy around 70 degrees...
By: Toni
Posted: 11/4/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 1
Fished: 11/3/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I got there at high tide, 11Am- 11.9 feet. Low was going to be at 5:18pm at 7.7 feet. No one was on the dock except a seagull, until 12:30. There was a kayak and a boat on the water most of the time I...
By: Toni
Posted: 10/22/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/21/2023
Hot Spots: 1
This is the first time I have been out trying for squid in 2 years. Also, first time on dock since 2020. It was a trial to see if I could pull my fishing gear out there using a cane. I did it!
I alwa...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 10/12/2023
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/11/2023
Hot Spots: 0
So,I was talking to a friend about fishing... My buddy that I fished with last week called at the same time. He wanted to go try Redondo again. Weather looked good at the moment (he drove by Redondo...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 10/7/2023
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2023
Hot Spots: 0
I had coho fishing on the mind and was thinking of heading to the Puyallup river. One of my buddies gave me a text at 9am and invited me to go fish on his boat out of Redondo. He had a half day of wor...
By: Bay wolf
Posted: 10/2/2023
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/1/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Fished with a couple friends of mine for some late season Coho off Pt. Defiance. We used White and Green Ace High Flies with twinkle skirts and Green Hornet flashers with lights. The fish were deep ...
By: igotfishon
Posted: 9/30/2023
Species: Squid
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Work in healthcare is hard since Covid is still around, but got off of work early. What better to do then go squid fishing since it's therapeutic for me. So off I went to a new fishing pier in search ...
By: Tiny Tyee
Posted: 9/16/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/14/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Well, this is more of a info report rather than my success. Launched the Tiny Tyee down at Dash Point( this is not a place that has boat launch access). Small boats and kayaks are not a problem. Want ...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/11/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/9/2023
Hot Spots: 1
My son Adam and I started fishing around 9am. We quit at 1pm.
The tide was incoming. Low was at 7:35 AM 0.6 feet with High at 3:59 PM being 11.1 feet.
The weather was sunny with highs in the upper ...
By: MrShades
Posted: 9/6/2023
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/5/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Finally got to get the Hobie out on Vashon after area 11 opened up again on August 1st. Fortunately, the pinks are still here and there's a fair number of them in Colvos Passage. Launched out of the b...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/3/2023
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/2/2023
Hot Spots: 1
My son Adam and I launched out of Point Defiance and started fishing about 9am. It was an outgoing tide; high was at 6:59 AM 11.1 feet and the low was 1:13 PM at 0.5 feet. The weather was great if y...
By: Toni
Posted: 9/1/2023
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Hannah and Chris were fishing for me since I have a “companion card” which allows someone else to harvest my catch. The “companion card” is not really a card but an endorsement that is attached to the...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/18/2023
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2023
Hot Spots: 1
I was planning on going salmon fishing on Sunday the 16th but as in the last 2 years when I plan to go salmon fishing, WDFW closes it. This year, I was retired, so I was able to go crabbing and my son...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/13/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/13/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Caught 2 Silvers today fishing the rips at Delco today started at 50ft and ended at 80ft Gibbs Skinny G did the job!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/7/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Claybanks early today and my cousins husband ended up with 1 King and 1Silver I on the other hand caught a real nice native so I had to wave bye to him and better luck for me next time! Both...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2023
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/1/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took my nephew salmon fishing for the first time and he landed a 7lb King off the Slag Pile using my go too Gibbs Skinny G he also lost 2 very wild Silvers dew to wild jumps and the barbless hook not ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/1/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/1/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Flats today and my buddy caught one half way between Pt Defiance and Pt Delco 200ft deep 65ft on wire with Purple Haze flasher and hoochie!
By: Anonymous
Posted: 9/23/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/23/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Started my day at Redondo nothing happening so I moved to Vashon just past the ferry landing in 250ft of water I was 60ft out on the wire and scored on a nice silver with purple haze flasher and Gibbs...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/27/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/26/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the flats in MA 11 again today after getting limits yesterday and got a nice silver at daylight and then got blown off the water so it was a short day Purple Haze flasher with a white glow squi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/25/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Started at the Slag Pile at daylight not even a nibble so we went to the flats between Vashon and Gig Harbor and had out limits by noon using a white glow squid and a Gibbs green skinny g both worked ...