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Puget Sound Salmon Bonanza: Massive Runs, Epic Angling Ahead in 2025

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 Artificial Lure here with your Puget Sound fishing report for Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

The Sound is buzzing with excitement this week thanks to epic forecasts for returning salmon. Over 6 million salmon are expected to push into Puget Sound this season, and we’re already hearing about strong early showings—especially pink salmon, with a massive run of around 7.7 million forecasted for 2025, nearly double the usual numbers. Chinook and coho are in the mix as well, and things are just getting fired up for the summer[3][4].

Today’s weather is classic late May: expect partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 60s, light wind out of the west, and only a slight chance of a passing shower. Sunrise was at 5:23 AM and sunset comes at 8:45 PM, giving you a full window for morning and evening bites—prime time for salmon and sea-run cutthroat to get active.

Tide-wise, we’re looking at a moderate morning ebb transitioning to a rising tide by midday, which is perfect for targeting salmon moving up on points and beaches. The spot shrimp opener is creating a ton of buzz today, with several marine areas opening up. Check your regulations, since areas like the eastern portion of Admiralty Inlet (Marine Area 9 east of Possession Point to Apple Cove Point), Marine Area 10, and most of South Sound are either closed or have limited shrimping due to low abundance this year[2].

On the salt, reports from the creel surveys show anglers catching a mix of Chinook and coho from the West Port Angeles Ramp (Area 6) and steady action near Sekiu and Pillar Point (Area 5), with local limits hit quickly during openers[1]. Early pink salmon have been taken on pink hoochies, buzz bombs, and small spoons retrieved with a sharp twitch. Coho are hitting small flashers paired with green or white hoochies behind a downrigger set 50 to 80 feet. For chinook, stick with 3.5-inch herring-pattern spoons or trolling whole herring in the top 60 feet early, then dropping deeper as the sun climbs.

If you’re after sea-run cutthroat or resident coho, the beaches between Dash Point and Browns Point and the shorelines around Edmonds and Mukilteo have produced well on olive-and-white Clouser minnows, small spoons, or soft plastics.

A couple of hot spots to circle on your map:
- Sekiu and Pillar Point for early salmon, especially pinks and coho, trolling along the kelp beds and points
- West Point near Shilshole for chinook and coho, especially on the first of the incoming tide

Live herring remains the best bait for chinook, while shrimp bits are sought after if you can get in on the opener. Pink lures and buzz bombs are the ticket for pinks, and don’t overlook traditional flashers and hoochies for coho.

That’s your report for today. Tight lines and good luck out there—looks like it’s going to be a historic season on the Sound.
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