Puget Sound

Porter2 said:
Oh yeah? It’s Christmas time. Do share. 😜.
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I came as close to it as I’m willing on the internet. Places where S rivers hit the salt water, and where sizable creeks run in, are often good places to start.

Add to that a map or two from the internet showing eelgrass beds and places where they are trying to reestablish or have established native oyster stock…there's some overlap in north Sound.

Not all of those overlapping places will work out, but keep on it and you’ll find them...eventually.
 
Stonedfish said:
Good job getting out.
Catching a searun every month of the year on the east side of the sound would be a good challenge if someone was up for it.
Say from 8-2 northward…….
Probably doable but many skunks would be expected at this time of the year.
SF
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Funny you speak of challenges. Wednesday or Thursday, I am thinking of trying the west side MA 9,10,11,12,13 src caught in a day challenge. It was that or maybe drive out to the coast for the first time in 7 years and see if I could luck into an early hatchery steelhead. Since the rivers will likely be blown and my chances of catching a steelhead…are, well we all know that, I think the west side 9,10,11,12,13 src caught in a day challenge may be on!

Not sure why I need a challenge. Thought it might be something fun to do.
 
jasmillo said:
Funny you speak of challenges. Wednesday or Thursday, I am thinking of trying the west side MA 9,10,11,12,13 src caught in a day challenge. It was that or maybe drive out to the coast for the first time in 7 years and see if I could luck into an early hatchery steelhead. Since the rivers will likely be blown and my chances of catching a steelhead…are, well we all know that, I think the west side 9,10,11,12,13 src caught in a day challenge may be on!

Not sure why I need a challenge. Thought it might be something fun to do.
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Might as well make it on a single fly, call it the Sum Sound Single fly challenge :)
 
@jasmillo
You are certainly on the correct side when it comes to those first few marine areas. Should get easier as you head south. 😉
Good luck….and bring a headlamp in case you run out of daylight. 😂
SF
 
Stonedfish said:
@jasmillo
You are certainly on the correct side when it comes to those first few marine areas. Should get easier as you head south. 😉
Good luck….and bring a headlamp in case you run out of daylight. 😂
SF
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Famous last words but I think 9 and 10 are a lock! A couple of spots I have been hitting recently have kicked out fish consistently. 11 has me a bit concerned. I think that’s where I may need to work hard for a fish. If I can knock out an eastern shore 12 fish on my way to 9, it’ll save me a bunch of time not having to drive around. That’s a toss up though.

I think it’s doable. I might even be able to knock it out in time for dinner :). We’ll see.
 
jasmillo said:
Famous last words but I think 9 and 10 are a lock! A couple of spots I have been hitting recently have kicked out fish consistently. 11 has me a bit concerned. I think that’s where I may need to work hard for a fish. If I can knock out an eastern shore 12 fish on my way to 9, it’ll save me a bunch of time not having to drive around. That’s a toss up though.

I think it’s doable. I might even be able to knock it out in time for dinner :). We’ll see.
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A confident fucker with a rod ….


And a reel
 
Oh I wasn’t smacking on you. I like the attitude and your results. Please don’t take that comment the wrong way. Enjoy your wisdom/pics/reports. We need more fuckers with rods and reels 😉 😜
 
Porter2 said:
Oh I wasn’t smacking on you. I like the attitude and your results. Please don’t take that comment the wrong way. Enjoy your wisdom/pics/reports. We need more fuckers with rods and reels 😉 😜
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No worries, I did not take it that way!
 
jasmillo said:
Famous last words but I think 9 and 10 are a lock! A couple of spots I have been hitting recently have kicked out fish consistently. 11 has me a bit concerned. I think that’s where I may need to work hard for a fish. If I can knock out an eastern shore 12 fish on my way to 9, it’ll save me a bunch of time not having to drive around. That’s a toss up though.

I think it’s doable. I might even be able to knock it out in time for dinner :). We’ll see.
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I had 9 locked in well enough that I never felt the need to leave that one beach, but for various reasons cannot access it anymore. For some reason the beaches just a few miles north or south don’t produce even half the fish the other one did, but I am sure I’ll find them again with a little exploration
 
Kashf said:
I had 9 locked in well enough that I never felt the need to leave that one beach, but for various reasons cannot access it anymore. For some reason the beaches just a few miles north or south don’t produce even half the fish the other one did, but I am sure I’ll find them again with a little exploration
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I believe you are on the east side of the sound, correct? I have not spent much time at all fishing over there but I think west side sound 9 and 10 beaches fish much better in winter. I still head south most of the time because the quality and quantity is better but I have a few close by spots up that will kick out fish through the winter. Nice to have if I only have a couple of hours to get out.

I am really glad I ended up in this side when I moved here. Was not my first choice. So many solid src and salmon options fairly close by.
 
Hopefully the wind dies down before the high tomorrow morning.
It could get real interesting in some places with tides of 16’+.
SF

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Good tide on Friday too over by your neck of the woods @jasmillo
You can do a lot of damage on this tide, grab lunch on that high, perfect ;)

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Big December king tides, high river flows into Puget Sound, plus low pressure system storm with west winds spells flooding. The climate change folks will be snapping their annual coastal flooding photos all week.
 
Northern said:
Yeah - the neighbor's cabin on HC that I stay at - a foot of water inside this morning. First time it's gotten that high, ever.😟
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That sucks!
Just talked to my buddy who lives on the canal. Huge logs floated way in with this mornings high tide past his place. He said eel grass is stacked nearly 3’ high in spots. One neighbor took on heavy water in his basement. He said another neighbor’s yard is covered with oyster shells, big logs etc and someone’s boat that floated in.
They had to close the main road due to water over the roadway. Some crazy shit out there today.
SF
 
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