Puget Sound

Bagman · Feb 26, 2023

Vandelay Industries said:
Not PS but still saltwater.
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There are tracks but they do not look human, a dream find for sure

Divad · Feb 26, 2023

It also looks like the sand says "Bye"

Vandelay Industries · Feb 26, 2023

Bagman said:
There are tracks but they do not look human, a dream find for sure

Those are most definitely human tracks.

Many people were present at this popular location. Just happened to be able to take a photograph without anyone in it.

Still a dream location for sure.

Matt B · Mar 2, 2023

Salish Sea Model provides insights on circulation and residence times

The amount of time water circulates and "resides" in Puget Sound is of intense interest to regulators and emergency response officials who want to understand how quickly wastewater is flushed out of Puget Sound and into the ocean. A paper in the journal Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science reports that contrary to expectation, flushing of deeper waters may take longer in wintertime in large fjord-like basins such as Hood Canal. A new, higher resolution version of the Salish Sea Model shows that increased amounts of freshwater from rain-swollen rivers result in stronger stratification during that period reducing vertical diffusion and mixing. The paper is co-authored by PSI affiliates Lakshitha Premathilake and Tarang Khangaonkar. View the paper.

Emphasis mine. Thought that was interesting.

Stonedfish · Mar 4, 2023

Headed south as I had family business to take care of down there.
Started fishing at 7:30 and called it a day at 11:30. 32° when I started fishing and 37° when I quit. Cold damp day but fun catching fish while it is snowing.
Fishing was better than I had expected. I saw a fish rise before my first cast. Proceeded to hook and lose it. The first hour was good with half a dozen fish to hand and about the same amount lost. Things got worse the longer I fished.
Did see a few really nice size fish rise, but they had no interest in what I was throwing.
Sorry for the less than stellar photos. My hands weren’t functioning very well even with the nitriles on.
SF

Bambooflyguy · Mar 4, 2023

I’m finally on the board! I fished a couple of hours on the high incoming, nothing jumping but 1/1 on a smaller SRC.

IHFISH · Mar 4, 2023

Man, I did a double take on that oyster shell in the upper right of your last picture SF -- thought it was a fish head for second.

Buzzy · Mar 4, 2023

Brian, the last fish is a beast, very nice. Do I see a little snow on the back of your nitrile'd hand in one pic?

Stonedfish · Mar 4, 2023

Buzzy said:
Brian, the last fish is a beast, very nice. Do I see a little snow on the back of your nitrile'd hand in one pic?

Pat,
Yes, that is snow. It snowed pretty much all morning.
It sure was beautiful today with the beach and trees all being covered with snow.
Winter doesn’t want to turn things over to spring quite yet……
SF

Kfish · Mar 5, 2023

Nice plump fish Brian, mines were a bunch of snakes this morning. Got them all on the little chum fry.

Fished 4 beaches, 4/6 at the first, 1/1 at second, and blanked out on the last 2 but it was really nice and sunny by then so no huge surprises there.

Dr. Magill · Mar 5, 2023

Kfish said:
Nice plump fish Brian, mines were a bunch of snakes this morning. Got them all on the little chum fry.

Fished 4 beaches, 4/6 at the first, 1/1 at second, and blanked out on the last 2 but it was really nice and sunny by then so no huge surprises there.

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Those are a bit thin but cool AF either way

Stonedfish · Mar 5, 2023

Kfish said:
Nice plump fish Brian, mines were a bunch of snakes this morning. Got them all on the little chum fry.

Fished 4 beaches, 4/6 at the first, 1/1 at second, and blanked out on the last 2 but it was really nice and sunny by then so no huge surprises there.

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Lou,
Good job. It’s getting to be peak spawning time so some skinny fish are kind of expected I’d guess. That one buck has an impressive head.
Did you see any chum fry? I didn’t see any yesterday. It’s just a bit early still but I was thinking there might be some summer chum fry around since they return earlier.

I fished a different beach today. Very dead.
If anyone is missing part of their lawn chair, one floral flip flop, red cross fire sunglasses or cleaning scrubber, please send me a pm.

SF

Kfish · Mar 5, 2023

Stonedfish said:
Lou,
Good job. It’s getting to be peak spawning time so some skinny fish are kind of expected I’d guess. That one buck has an impressive head.
Did you see any chum fry? I didn’t see any yesterday. It’s just a bit early still but I was thinking there might be some summer chum fry around since they return earlier.

I fished a different beach today. Very dead.
If anyone is missing part of their lawn chair, one floral flip flop, red cross fire sunglasses or cleaning scrubber, please send me a pm.
SF

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I didn't see any chum fry Brian. Water was clear, smooth and under sunny condition they would be easily spotted if around.

Gary Knowels · Mar 6, 2023

I had a half day window and the weather was great so off I went trying to get on the board for 2023. I fished 3 beaches in MA13 and only had action at one of them. It was pretty slow but I spied 1 fish rooting around in the shellfish beds in about 1 foot of water. 2 casts with a euphasid pattern later and we were in business. It was a pretty skinny fish and was pretty lethargic, but I was glad to have it.

I missed one other at the same beach before the tide quit moving. No chum fry spotted , despite being near a known spawning stream.

Divad · Mar 6, 2023

Gary Knowels said:
I had a half day window and the weather was great so off I went trying to get on the board for 2023. I fished 3 beaches in MA13 and only had action at one of them. It was pretty slow but I spied 1 fish rooting around in the shellfish beds in about 1 foot of water. 2 casts with a euphasid pattern later and we were in business. It was a pretty skinny fish and was pretty lethargic, but I was glad to have it.
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I missed one other at the same beach before the tide quit moving. No chum fry spotted , despite being near a known spawning stream.

That is some cool spotting towards the caudal, distinctively different from the rest of the fish. Congrats on the ‘23 grab!

Bambooflyguy · Mar 6, 2023

We’re tied now Gary........we’re killing it!

Gary Knowels · Mar 6, 2023

Bambooflyguy said:
We’re tied now Gary........we’re killing it!

Maybe we should hit the water together and break the tie!

Bambooflyguy · Mar 6, 2023

Game on Gary!

Stonedfish · Mar 11, 2023

Hit a couple of MA 10 beaches today. Non fishing, just enjoying the weather.
Apparently at one, the cutthroat bite was hot on orange 4” long buzz bombs.

SF