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Area 13 South Puget Sound Fishing Reports

Posted: 12/2/2018
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/1/2018
Hot Spots: 0
The boys and I went out to nisqually Delta to check in on the chum run seen zero salmon caught a couple flatties.I would think that the chum or somewhere there was probably 60 sea lions at the mouth t...
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Posted: 11/18/2018
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 11/18/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Had another wonderful day out on the water with friends and family the kids were definitely good luck today
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Posted: 11/10/2018
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/10/2018
Hot Spots: 0
My father-in-law my father and my son and I went out today tons of fish lots of fun holy cow catching salmon on a bobber is the best ??
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Posted: 10/28/2018
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 10/28/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Went out today with my son for the first time in the saltwater had a blast lots of fish. Super fun catching Chum in the saltwater with a bobber
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Posted: 12/31/2017
Species: Flounder
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/30/2017
Hot Spots: 0
A buddy and I launched out Luhr's Landing and fished around Anderson Island from 12-4. Caught around two dozen sole and one big Starry flounder. We kept 16 of the rock sole; released the bigger clearl...
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By: Snostyl
Posted: 12/6/2017
Species: Squid
Rating: 4
Fished: 12/5/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Gigged for 5-9, hot and heavy from 7-9. Nice market size.
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Posted: 8/3/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Got out out to solo point early was using spoons didn't get anything switched to off the bottom and caught 3 good sized sculpin nasty looking fish
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By: chrmax
Posted: 7/24/2017
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/23/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Well, I finally caught a Chinook in the Nisqually reach by the red can. Caught down the wire at 70 feet, green hoochie in 150 ft of water. Had a ton of eggs in her. Caught her right at tide change, a...
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By: 502300
Posted: 7/9/2017
Species: Other
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Took the kayaks out again, in search of some good old catch and release, sea run cutthroat. Started with kastmasters and switched to single point barbless wedding rings. The cutthroat were feeding on ...
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By: obryan214
Posted: 1/19/2017
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/19/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Made a quick stop with the new flyrod at Luhr Beach. 1 cutthroat about 11 to 12 inches released. A recent storm destroyed the pier there.
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By: SpencerJ
Posted: 10/29/2016
Species: Flounder
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/29/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Couldn't wake up when I'd planned to and started the day with chores since I missed the tide. Launched in the Yak about 3 from Luhr's and made my way out near the shelf drop-off. Trolled out pulling a...
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Posted: 10/1/2016
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/30/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took my twin boys out on the Allyn Pier for some fishing fun. Mom was there to enjoy the sun, no fishing for her today but she had fun watching us catch fish. Started in the afternoon right after lo...
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By: bjperry
Posted: 8/29/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 8/28/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Took my brother and the kids out to try our luck at the hatchery chinook in the south sound. Full disclaimer, this was my first attempt at this type of fishing so wasn't expecting too much luck. We st...
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Posted: 8/24/2016
Species: Crab
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/22/2016
Hot Spots: 2
For the last 3 years crabbing in the Reach has sucked. Small young crabs, females, no legal males. I guess the sea lions target them too. :) Anyway, decided to work around the Can (gone but not forgo...
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Posted: 8/24/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/22/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Caught a 24" football king jigging at the green marker (aka green can) in 50 ft of wat using a 4 oz Wilson dart. I caught a few more but they were under sized. It was 15 minutes after low tide. I've ...
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Posted: 8/22/2016
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/19/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Went and dropped two pots in about 70 feet of water each just to the west of Jarrell Cove. Limited out on Red Rock Crab, the largest of which weighing in at 2.048 pounds and 7 1/2". Caught dozens of D...
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Posted: 7/23/2016
Species: Clams
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/23/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Knowing that the tide was perfect for clamming around 2 p.m., I figured I'd take a day to take the family clamming. I live in Lacey so I focused my efforts in Area 13. I moved here from Alaska last y...
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By: noreaster
Posted: 7/17/2016
Species: Crab
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/16/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Nice day on the water. Overcast and cool to start with, then the cloud cover weakened and it warmed up nicely. Light winds and fairly calm. We left Swantown at low tide, around 11:30. and ran out to Z...
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Posted: 7/9/2016
Species: Crab
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/8/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Although it was raining, wind was low so I decided to try my first attempt at crabbing. Got my inflatable Mariner 4 with 3hp and dropped a pot in 60' near the launch. Prior to this, I spent countless ...
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By: Larry3215
Posted: 5/5/2016
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Went looking for Lings Tuesday with zero luck. The day started out bad because we missed the morning slack due to non-fishing issues. Then we were way too early on the afternoon slack because I mis-re...
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Posted: 3/26/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/26/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Put my saltwater hands to use for the first time this year. I decided to make to the trip to the South Sound today in search of the area's famed "SRC's" or Sea-Run Cutthroat. The weather was going ...
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Posted: 2/6/2016
Species: Flounder
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Nisqually Delta with a group of kayak fishermen. The fishing started off slow with it heating up as the wind died around 11 AM. Drifting over 12-30 FOW I caught 5 Starry Flounder. Had qu...
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Posted: 9/27/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/27/2015
Hot Spots: 2
Made it out to fish for silvers. Launched out of zittils and made a run down to between harstine and squaxin island. Trolled for an hour with no luck and then ran over the mcmicken island for clams a...
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Posted: 8/27/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 8/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another dissapointing day in the marine waste land known as area 13! I started off on johnson point, ran to anderson island for a bit then all the way back to fish trap not one take down anywhere. Af...
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By: nwtoolman
Posted: 8/21/2015
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I went out on my kayak, expecting a limit of crab! Guess what got it, was out for less than an hour my secret is to have the pot sitting during slack tide! 1 pull and over a limit of red rocks, only r...
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