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Late Spring Fishing Bonanza - Puget Sound 2025 Update

Late Spring Fishing Bonanza - Puget Sound 2025 Update

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 This is Artificial Lure checking in with your Puget Sound fishing report for Friday, May 23, 2025.

We’re kicking off the long weekend with classic Pacific Northwest late-spring conditions—expect morning clouds burning off to filtered sunshine, calm seas, and air temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. Sunrise came at 5:23 am this morning and sunset will be at 8:48 pm, giving plenty of daylight to chase fish. Tides are working in our favor: a morning high of around 12 feet at 7:26 am dropped to a -0.9 foot low at 1:43 pm, and another big high will swing in close to 13.5 feet just before 10 pm. Those tide changes are your best shot—fish move and feed with the water, especially around the bottom half of the outgoing and first push of the incoming tide[5].

Lingcod season is open and the bite has been reliable across Marine Areas 5 through 13, with hotspots around Point Defiance, Possession Bar, and the Tacoma Narrows. Anglers are reporting fish in the 28 to 34 inch range, mostly on lead-head jigs tipped with herring or curlytail plastics. Don’t forget: barbless hooks are mandatory and stick to shallower than 120 feet for bottomfish[2].

Chinook action continues on the upswing in the Tacoma-Vashon corridor and South Sound. Recent creel reports out of Point Defiance and the Tacoma boathouses show steady catch rates of hatchery kings, most caught trolling 3.5-inch herring J-plugs or anchovy rigs behind flashers. Early coho are showing sporadically and will pick up as we hit June[5].

The big story this season is the predicted return of nearly 7.8 million pink salmon—almost double the average. We’re not seeing pinks yet, but it’s shaping up to be an epic summer, so gear up with pink buzz bombs, mini-hoochies, and bead-chain spinners for when they arrive in force[3][5].

Halibut remains open in Marine Areas 5 and 6, and Sekiu plus the eastern Strait banks are solid bets. Drift a large herring or octopus-tipped jig right off the bottom on the deep edges for your best shot. Remember the daily limit is one fish of any size, and make sure your catch card is up to date[4].

Hot spots today: Point Defiance (for Chinook and lingcod) and Possession Bar (for lingcod and halibut). Early risers also had luck off Edmonds and Brown’s Point.

Best baits and lures: Herring and anchovy rigs, white and chartreuse curlytail jigs for bottomfish, and the trusty green or cop-car flasher for salmon. As summer heats up, have a few pink patterns ready for the pinks.

That’s the word on the water. Tight lines, everyone, and respect the limits—we’re in for a banner season.
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