Northwest Fishing Magazine May 2025 Volume 4 Issue 8 - Flipbook - Page 20
Those who fish for salmon
regularly in Puget Sound
marine areas – especially
in the Tacoma region –
know that dogfish can be
an issue in the summer.
To avoid pesky schools of
dogfish, anglers will jig or
troll with downriggers and
meat liners using plugs,
spoons or a plastic hoochie
squid. If you drop a whole
or cut plug herring, make
sure you’ve got plenty
of extra leaders tied. The
sharp teeth and abrasive
sandpaper-like skin of a
dogfish will fray leaders.
Lesson learned, I’ve burned
through more than a dozen
in a matter of a couple of
hours.
In Marine Area 11, look for
Chinook lurking around
the Clay Banks to Owen
Beach at Point Defiance
Park in Tacoma, the Slag
Pile off the Tacoma Yacht
Club, the “Flats” outside of
Gig Harbor, Quartermaster
Harbor, and Point Dalco
on the southwest side of
Vashon Island.
In the northern part of
Marine Area 11, try Dolphin
Point and Point Robinson
on the northeast side of
Vashon Island, south of
the Southworth Ferry
Landing, Colvos Passage,
Dash Point, and Apple Tree
Cove to Redondo Beach.
Keep in mind that the
salmon fisheries mentioned
above for Marine Area 10
and Marine Area 11 are
only for June, and that
additional salmon fishing
opportunities will occur
in both areas. Anglers
should check the WDFW
North of Falcon webpage
for additional season
information.
Another June option for
hatchery Chinook is south
of the Tacoma-Narrows
Bridge in Marine Area
13 (South Puget Sound),
which is open seven days
per week. Look for fish are
Gibson Point, the concrete
dock off Fox Island’s east
side, Hale Passage, Johnson
Point and Point Fosdick.
