elliot bay salmon

[fishingmachine]

hey is anybody looking forward to salmon fishing elliot bay this year

[A9]

I believe area 10 is closed right now. EB king fishing in the summer is a difficult yet rewarding fishery. Getting a fish a day is a good day no doubt.

[fishingmachine]

yeah i was talking about this summer
sam did u fish elliot bay last year in the summer

[A9]

Yep no luck though...Only went once. Spent a lot of time fishing area 9 though. Much more productive for me...

[fishingmachine]

whats area 9 include cause me and my dad have 15 ft boot always looking for new areas

[racfish]

I too like areas 8.2 and 9 for salmon.Unfortunately 8.2 was no chinook or coho retention last summer.I do almost all my crabbing in 8.2 and dont like to leave my pots where I cant keep an eye on them.

[fishingmachine]

i think we may have a very good year for chinnok out of elliot bay this year last year was pretty good with lots of nice fish

[A9]

whats area 9 include cause me and my dad have 15 ft boot always looking for new areas

Admiralty inlet and the waters west of Whidbey Island. About all salmon that filter in to the sound must go through this stretch of water. The well known areas include Point No Point, Pilot Point, Double Bluff, Possession Point, Useless bay, Mutiny Bay, Bush Point, Fort Ebey....I do most of my salmon fishing in this area...

[fishingmachine]

well sam how rough is the water
and what do u usually use
what is the most productive spot
i live closer to elliot bay and see alot of promise in the king fishery

[A9]

Not very rough. It's still the inner Puget Sound, although that stretch can get rough. Usually it isn't. It's never too much worse then EB or area 10.

I use all sorts of stuff. Flashers, dodgers in front of lures such as coyote spoons and coho killers, sonic edges, etc. I don't love hootchies but the new Ace Hi Fly has my attention and I like that.

Most productive spot? Any of them are good. Depending on the species of salmon. I could list off a dozen or so spots, but some are my secret spots. Point No Point, Possession Point, are all popular spots and aren't much more then a 15 minute ride from the Edmonds launch or Mukilteo.

If you think the EB king fishery is promising, you will be shocked at how much more productive area 9 is. Every king that turns the corner to the north sound and every king that heads south to the south sound passes through this section of water....

I fish it a lot in a 12 foot aluminum with a 15 horse motor and it's usually calm enough for me to run across from Possession to PnP or somewhere else....

[fishingmachine]

well where is the most productive spot for kings out there
yeah me and my dad usually fish coho killers and coyote spoons too
how big is the average king out there usually
is there a large amount of natives compaired to hatchery
is it oretty much the same regs as area 10

[Anonymous]

well where is the most productive spot for kings out there
yeah me and my dad usually fish coho killers and coyote spoons too
how big is the average king out there usually
is there a large amount of natives compaired to hatchery
is it oretty much the same regs as area 10

The most productive spot will change with the runs of fish. I think Sam summed it up real succinctly in his previous post(s). No one spot is going to be good day after day after day, but Area-9 as a whole one of the best areas in the state...I also love areas 3 and 4



But with those aside, you should find ample opportunity right out there this summer when the regulations allow for fishing. Remember to follow the regs. Coyote spoons are awesome, but there is something about a crippled anchovy that I just love...it gets the bigger fish up in Barclay Sound in the summer months off Cree Island and Kirby Point...all well known salmon hot spots in the summer months...just too many areas to fish and not enough time. I would say the ratio can be 1:3 for the kings on the hatchery to native ratio, 3 being native, 1 being hatchery...Average king can change as well as certain runs come thru...I would say 20 pounds is a good fish during the summer, however, high 40's have been taken in inner Elliot Bay. EB is a good fishery...you must be out there at like 4am though with your lines in the water...many times the salmon will strike at 4:45am or 5:00am and then the bite dies off until around 7-8am and then it gets good again and then just shuts off until late in the day 7-9pm...it can then come on again then. In between that window you can catch fish, it's just not qutie as productive.

[A9]

well where is the most productive spot for kings out there
yeah me and my dad usually fish coho killers and coyote spoons too
how big is the average king out there usually
is there a large amount of natives compaired to hatchery
is it oretty much the same regs as area 10

I'm not gonna tell you my most productive spot out there. Point No Point and Pilot Point were quite popular and productive, as was Possession. Average wild fish was usually over 15 lbs. Those had to be released. Hatchery fish were anywhere from the barely legal hatchery blackmouth to some of the upper teens and into the 20lb range.

Similar regs as Area 10, but don't just take it as a shortcut. Check those regs before you go out. Most of the fish that came in and bit my line last summer were hatchery. But probably 60-40. (60 % clipped, so keepable.)

I've seen some fish in the 30lb range taken last summer. I'd be willing to bet a few of those big kings were headed down to EB..

[fishingmachine]

yeah those are good odds of getting a hatchery
out in elliot bay it was legal to reatin wild last year so the biggest king landed out there was 48 pounds
so is poss. point or point no point the best for kings besides your spot

[A9]

yeah those are good odds of getting a hatchery
out in elliot bay it was legal to reatin wild last year so the biggest king landed out there was 48 pounds
so is poss. point or point no point the best for kings besides your spot

You can ask probably 10 saltwater anglers what their "best spot" is and I'd be willing to be you would get probably 5 different answers. Possession point and Point no Point are popular for good reason. They produce fish.

[produce2troutcat]

Elliot Bay works great for me since its 10 minutes away.Easy for me to fish before work or after work.