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Area 8-1 Deception Pass Fishing Reports

By: scotrobe
Posted: 8/3/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I put out the pots starting at 10:30am and pulled them up at about 1pm. At first, only one pot had crab it in. (We think the other pot was put in too shallow.) However, that pot had 3 good ...
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By: cobrar543
Posted: 7/23/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/23/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Went out to grab some fresh crab for Crabcakes for dinner tonight. Dropped two pots and one came up with enough keepers to get out after an hour soak. BUT the other one came up empty except for this l...
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By: rseas
Posted: 7/20/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got crabs? We did; launching out of Coronet Bay late Saturday morning we worked over the north end of Marine Area 8-1 and kicked Dungeness booty. Not a lot of science; started with a sting of trap...
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Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I spent a few days up in the Deception pass area and went crabbing on the 5th and the 9th. I took my parents out on the boat on the 5th and we dropped pots in the southwest area of Similk bay. I must ...
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Posted: 5/29/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Stepping out of my car into the cool, salt tinted air of a late spring morning along the shores of Puget Sound, my eyes are greeted by the hills of Whidbey Island back lit with the rose glow of a swif...
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By: Muffintop
Posted: 9/9/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/9/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Got to the beach at around 8am, heard of one guy pulling one in, but only saw one other coho being landed on the beach. the boats were not doing any better either. most people were using the green rot...
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By: trixy408
Posted: 8/25/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2014
Hot Spots: 0
killed them today. my dad mom brother and I hit the water around 5:30 it was a short ride out to deception pass where some other small boats where out out trying to do the same thing we are. power mo...
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By: racfish
Posted: 8/25/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Very tough day crabbing. weather was great. scenery is always nice.We set pots out at noon- 7pm. We (3 of us) caught one nice keeper. That was it. Lots of small ones . Some of our sets had no crabs at...
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By: racfish
Posted: 7/20/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Three of us went crabbing. The weather was fair. The water was a lil rough . Got to the launch at 9:30 and lots of parking. Our first pots when in at 10:15. At 11:00 we started pulling up pots. Lots o...
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By: rseas
Posted: 7/7/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Crabs, a day at the beach and one heck of a fireworks display! Truck loaded with two kayaks, enough fireworks to keep us busy for hours, the equivalent of weeks worth of gear (for one day at the beach...
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Posted: 7/5/2014
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Put 4 pots out baited with turkey legs Thursday after work with Dad. Friday morning my daughter, mom, dad, and I all loaded up to check the pots. I got a little ways from the launch and the motor died...
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By: rseas
Posted: 5/19/2014
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/18/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Clams? Clams anyone? Ok after our screw up on the lake Stevens Kokanee derby it was supposed to be a no nonsense chores day. Well, I needed a beach excuse so I declared that the dogs needed their week...
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Posted: 12/14/2013
Species: Smelt
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to Cornet Bay today and bounced #4 smelt jugs. Had some meal left over from Lk Shannon and just added some mackerel for chumming. Ended up with 5 smelt. Had better days, but who cares just ...
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By: wolff
Posted: 9/19/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got this 6.2lb silver early this morning. Stayed until 10:30am and saw 2 others caught. Slow morning. Quite a few people lining the beach. No humpies to the beach today. Saw a few caught yesterday....
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By: wolff
Posted: 9/13/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/13/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Took the quick 10 minute drive down to the beach at 4pm today. Not expecting much as I got nothing yesterday and saw only a handful caught. At the beach, my buddy(who fishes this beach only, (42 o...
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Posted: 9/11/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Deception Pass for the first time in 4 years with a buddy. Launched my little 14ft boat out of bowman bay so i didnt have to deal with the pass. Hit the water at 10 (11:42 low slack). Started arou...
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By: wolff
Posted: 9/11/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 9/11/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went 2-2(pinks) today off of 8-1 beach after taking a few days off. Real slow day for bankies where I was. Either the smoker or salmon patties for this guy. Many people seem to have had their fill of ...
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Posted: 9/8/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the beach about an hour before high tide. Beautiful sunny day, except in the pass itself... it was completely fogged in. Very strange. It was pretty crowded but we found a spot down the beach ...
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By: wolff
Posted: 9/5/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Pretty hot morning for most fisherman. Not too crowded. Saw 3-4 leaving with limits, and most with one or more. No seiners today. The people closet to me went 2-7, 3-6, 4-4. I went 4-7. Buddy dow...
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By: wolff
Posted: 9/3/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a blast this am at Deception. Beach I fished was deserted, relatively speaking. What a relief after the crowded weekend. Hooked 6, landed 3 in 1.5 hours. Quit and went to Ace to get another ...
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By: wolff
Posted: 9/2/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Finished dinner(pink salmon burgers) and said, 'what the heck, go fishing'. Had a line in at the Pass(West Beach) 15 minutes later. Tossing green/white BB with pink hoochie, with hope of gettin...
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By: racfish
Posted: 8/31/2013
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a stellar day crabbing. Thre of us limited on big dungies in the 7"size. We had 2 sets of 35 and 33 crabs per pot. We limited in 3 hours, Gorgeous weather great crabbing . We used pink headsand bo...
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By: readynow
Posted: 8/31/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Been casting buzz bombs anchored north of Strawberry Point for 3 days straight from around 7AM to 10AM, several strikes but ZERO fish. Many foot long fish jumping whatever they are. Didn't see anyone...
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Posted: 8/27/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
anchored in 12 feet of water,hit several schools of pinks, first time for special friend, she picked up the buzz bomb thing fast an it was great too fill the boat an come in in the dark. great fishin...
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By: vlamb
Posted: 8/25/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My son and I hit strawberry point and anchored up near the rock pile. He had one in the boat within 10 minutes the bite was good for the first hour then slowed down. Lost three and ended up with thre...
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