This is Artificial Lure with your Puget Sound fishing report.

We’re riding big rain and wind this week. National Weather Service marine forecast calls for southwest winds 15–25 knots in central Puget Sound with gusts near 30 and persistent rain, and a Small Craft Advisory up for much of the day, so smaller boats should pick windows carefully. FOX 13 Seattle reports an atmospheric river over western Washington with river flooding concerns, so expect dirty water in the lower rivers and lots of debris in the Sound.

Sunrise around Seattle is about 7:50 a.m. with sunset near 4:18 p.m., so the prime low‑light bites are short but sharp around first light and that last hour of daylight.

Tides from NOAA for Elliott Bay show a decent morning flood pushing bait up onto the points, then an afternoon ebb that should fire up current seams off West Point, Alki, and Restoration. Work those edges hard as the water starts to move; slack has been noticeably slower.

Fishing-wise, it’s classic winter mix. Washington Fishing Report Today notes solid winter crabbing across Puget Sound, with Marine Areas north of Ayock Point producing near four Dungeness per pot for many crews. Pots baited with oily salmon heads or clams are doing best, dropped on clean sand in 60–120 feet and soaked a good 2–3 hours.

Resident blackmouth have been spotty but improving. Best action has been mid‑Sound humps and breaks—Jeff Head, West Point, and the Kingston bar. Troll 3–3.5 inch spoons in green glow or Irish cream behind an 11‑inch flasher, 80–140 feet on the wire. Bait folks are scoring on herring in a helmet, slow‑trolled just off bottom. Shorten leaders in this dirty water to keep things tight and thumping.

Sea‑run cutthroat along the beaches have liked the chop. Fly anglers are doing well with small white/olive baitfish patterns, and gear anglers tossing 1/4‑oz kastmasters or soft plastics in smelt colors are picking up fish on flooding tides around Lincoln Park, Golden Gardens, and the east side of Bainbridge.

Two hot spots to circle today:
- **Jeff Head/Kingston bar** for blackmouth if you’ve got the boat and the weather window. Stick to 2–2.5 knots, gear just off bottom.
- **Alki to Lincoln Park shoreline** for beach cutthroat and a shot at bonus coho, especially on the morning flood.

With all this runoff, bright and glowy is the name of the game: chartreuse and glow spoons, UV hoochies, and scent‑ed baits. On the beaches, go a size up and don’t be afraid to fish tight to the breakers; fish are following bait right into the wash.

This is Artificial Lure reminding you to watch the marine forecast, keep an eye out for logs, and give the crab pots a little extra line in this swell.

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