Last Week For Terminal Area Steelhead Fishing On Puget Sound Streams
We are getting down to the wire on the last of our winter steelhead fishing here on our Puget Sound steelhead streams. With February 15 looming on the horizon if you are wanting to get any last minute fishing in you have through that date to get it done. Overall the hatchery areas that have remained open are just fair fishing at best as the bulk of the hatchery fish have already come though. We have had some of the hard core guys still fishing a few days a week and are managing to land a hatchery fish or two a day for their efforts. Every once and awhile a nice native fish is caught and released in these areas also. Make sure to read over the "Emergency" steelhead regulations if you are not sure of where is legal to fish.
Posted by www.tedssportscenter.com at 6:49 PM
Smelt & Herring Jigging - Coronet Bay & Oak Harbor
If you are wanting something to do when you have a few hours to kill you just might want to do a little smelt and herring jigging at Coronet Bay or Oak Harbor. We have had some fair reports from both places recently. This is a winter pastime for many of us here in North Puget Sound. A few hours spent fishing smelt on a nice winter day (like those we have had recently) make for a nice outing for the family, not to mention a "Great" meal for those that have been successful. If you fish Coronet Bay make sure that you have your "Discovery Pass" as this is a state park! You don't want a citation! Oak Harbor is a city marina and they are very nice about the parking as well as accomidating anglers on the public pier. If you have any questions just stop by and I'll be glad to fill you in on what you'll need etc. Monday, February 6, 2012
Sturgeon Fishing
With the weather being nothing short of spectacular the past few days we did have a couple of the guys get out and try the local sturgeon fishing over the weekend. This is normally the time that it gets started. One group that tried the Priest Point area off the mouth of the Snohomish over the weekend managed to land one that was a tad oversize but was a good tussel none the least. The next couple of months might just be your last opprutunity to retain a legal sized fish in our Puget Sound region as the WDFW has proposals to curtail the retention fishery in the near future. We should find out in the next couple of months.
Posted by www.tedssportscenter.com at 10:33 AM
Area 9 Salmon Fishing
With the best weather we have had since area 9 opened the middle of last month there was a fair number of individuals out salmon fishing over the weekend. the reports that we have had were not outstanding by any means but at least there were a few fish caught. The vaste majority of the fish were sub legals or just barely over the 22 inch mark. We did hear of a few nice fish that were in the lower teens but were few and far between. In talking with the more successful anglers that did manage to land larger fish it was overwhelming that plugs accounted for the greater number of the better fish. Light colored, glow in the dark finishes such as Silver Horde 60, 61or 62 or Tomic 600. 602 or 603 dig the job. The Possession Bar area produced as well as anywhere with the reports out of Port Townsend's Mid Channel Bank being disappointing.
Posted by www.tedssportscenter.com at 10:24 AM
Friday, February 3, 2012
Reiter Ponds - Steelheading
With the main stem Skykomish river having closed there is just the section from the High Bridge (Big Eddy) to the forks at Index remaining open through the 15Th of February. Though the bulk of the hatchery fish are finished there are a few still to be caught in this section of the river. We had one of the customers in this afternoon that between himself and his son managed to land five in this section of the river. They managed to pick these fish on floats and jigs. Dark red jigs seemed to be the ticket for the action they had. I also had another individual in that also had been doing well on dark red jigs this past week. With the outstanding weather that we will have this weekend it would be a "Great" day to be on the water.
Posted by www.tedssportscenter.com at 6:28 PM
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Many Rivers Closing The End Of The Month
Make sure to read over the emergency closures on the Puget Sound and Straits of Juan De Fuca rivers. Most of the smaller rivers as well as the main stem rivers will be closing after January 31. There will still be fishing in the terminal hatchery areas of many streams. Make sure to take a look at the emergency regulations on the WDFD website or scroll back in our reports to January 7th to take a look at them.
Posted by www.tedssportscenter.com at 4:39 PM
Last Minute Reminder - Winter Crab Catch Records Due By End Of Month
Just a friendly reminder to all of you that have still not sent in your Winter Crab Catch Record Cards that you only have to the end of the month to get them in. You can either send them in or do your reporting on line. Just remember that if you fail to report you will be donating $10.00 to the state when you you get your new ones this next licence year. It's better to keep the $10.00 for something you want rather than give it to the state.


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