Northwest Fishing Reports

It's spelled Linc's. Its a very cool small tackle shop in Seattle. It kinda reminds me of the small shops that were around when I was a kid. I nlove the jigs they sell there, especially the small ones. My youngest has an appointment at Seattle Children's Hospital next week, I'm going to check this ...

I normally spend my lunch breaks in a spot near NAS Whidbey Island. While I was gone most of September overseas, I have yet to see one salmon jump this year in the waters off Whidbey. Normally around the last week of September and October, you can still see some. November 1st cannot come quick enoug...

One thing I did not know about winter crabbing, since I've never tried it, is if you had a summer license for crabbing, all you have to do is go and get the winter license from whomever you want to issue it (I use the hardware store). I was not aware that you pay once for the whole year, even though...

I use a combination of whole chicken wings (or really, whatever is cheapest or on sale and not from the frozen food section seems to work, although I have used the frozen foods section chicken) and a can of Friskies whitefish and tuna. I out-crab my friends every time with this combo. A pack of 6-8 ...

What jig are you using for Squid? Just being curious.... Can you post a link to it or a picture of it? I unfortunately can't take any pictures as they have been deep sixed. I can describe them, however. I picked them up at Ace Hardware in Oak Harbor (they are the only ones on the island that I have...

Just so we are talking the same pier, it's the one to the north side of the ferry terminal, that has a shelter and no lighting on it, and it about half the span of the ferry landing... There is a gate that prohibits crabbing and fishing beyond a certain point. I'm just making sure that you do not th...

I don't know the area well enough to know the homeless camps, unless we are talking the Jungle under I-5! After this years crap with salmon fishing, I was really turned on to other types of sea creatures. I've ventured into squidding and now crayfish (Crawdad's/Crawfish/mud bugs, whatever you all pr...

Ah... I'm guessing I was able to get in last time because I went in during normal working hours, and stayed until about 8:30 or so. No issues leaving once I was in. When I tried last night, the gate was most definitely locked and you had to have access via the IDS system on the gate. For what it's w...

While we are at it, what about Island and Skagit Counties?

I am still waiting for an answer to the question. My thought is no because there are no docks with water deep enough and that have any kind of vegetation under them that would attract squid to start with. How did you access the dock after hours? You have a boat moored there? The gate was open when ...

First time poster.... Sorry Salmon King, you have competition for squid on Whidbey Island, specifically, Oak Harbor! I tried fishing the marina tonight. I used three chemlights tied together, as well as a 2500 lums flashlight (which proved to be difficult jigging and holding the light). I ended up w...