Northwest Fishing Reports

Hey Kwonkai,

Not sure if your goal is EXCLUSIVELY flounder. However, if you are open to other fish winter perch are great from the pier, drop rig with 2 small hooks and a piece of shrimp. If you get to the pier at incoming/slack, you should get some nibbles.

Hi All, Is anyone proficient with using Cast Nets? I went out Westport this weekend and did some throws with my new net since it is legal now. I think my circle was okay but I don't know what I am supposed to be looking for. Most videos just show people throwing into waves and catching stuff. Is it ...

Are you jigging for perch razorsan? Ever hit local piers for pile perch? I do, but I have started to stray away from it because it is supremely mediocre fishing most of the time. Winter the perch bite is supposed to be best. I don't really go for the small stripers because they are not as good to c...

Also figured I would post my perch set up, which did really well. Two size 4 hooks, small pieces of cheapo shrimp from an asian market because they have the best prices. Make sure you remove the shell so they can take a better bite at it. 7/8 oz weight or something similar at bottom, cast out near a...

Hello People, Hope everyones fishing has been going well. I know it might be weird to not be salmon fishing out in Westport, but I just don't like the taste of salmon. I was planning on catching some rockfish in addition to the surf perch. Does anyone have a good set up to use fishing off the jetty ...

Alright thanks for all the helpful advice, I will get some kastmaster lures. Having one active pole will make me a little more patient too. How often do you guys check the line to make sure it hasnt fallen off or been nibbled? I havent tried fishing in the evening yet. I have just done it at around ...

Ok, that is a really big deal actually. Makes sense, I will try to get the floating bait to the surface then.

The hook begins 23 inches from the swivel, I attached a pic of my setup hopefully.

I suppose I could put more weight on to get it out a bit further. I think those are 1/8 oz weights.

Hi, I am still new to fishing in the pacific northwest and I am having trouble catching anything around here. A friend of mine said Green Lake right now is pretty good. The fishing report a couple weeks ago shows that too, but I have gone four times and caught nothing. I read that the Fluorescent or...

Hi I figured this would be a good place to ask since this is a pretty recent topic. I plan on fishing either high tide or low tide with a float and pink maribou jig in the hoquiam river, its saltwater, I dont know if that makes a difference. I have been told they are right near the bottom so I am go...

Figured I would update since you guys have been so helpful. Perch have been killing it anywhere I've gone as long as theres a pillar or some kinda trough-like area for them to scavenge. Been using raw shrimp for the perch, just dropping it down with two hooks and a 3 oz weight. Last two times I've b...

I see many schools of baitfish around the pier when I have been fishing. Since saltwater fishing is new to me is there a legal way to scoop them up around here? I know cast nets are illegal so I have no clue. I sometimes bring em up when squid jigging but thats pretty inefficient.

No I have not had any trouble catching salmon in Ocean Shores, I caught 14 I believe which is a more than enough for a while. I just want something we can do now that we are back in Seattle. Alki beach was kind of a bust, nothing with a pyramid sinker 3 way swivel set up. Was using shrimp. Could hav...

I am in Seattle 99% of the time, was just in ocean shores for thanksgiving. Squid sounds pretty neat. That is not something I have done before but could be interesting. I will do more research. I am in the University district of seattle, but I don't mind driving a bit. I am just REALLY unfamiliar wi...

Hello, I am sure this type of question gets asked fairly often, but search yielded very little. I am inexperienced with surf fishing, and my wife gets too bored waiting for salmon because it has been hit and miss out here in Ocean Shores. I am looking for something that has alot of action and isn't ...