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The Tulalip Bubble Fishery
(Marine Area 8-2) is open
through Sept. 1 with fishing
allowed from 12:01 a.m.
Fridays to 11:59 a.m. on
Mondays of each week,
and closed June 21. Before
going, anglers should
check the WDFW website
as intermittent closures
may be needed to ensure
the hatchery is meeting
spawning escapement
goals. Fishing is also open
Sept. 6 to 21 and allowed
Saturdays and Sundays
of each week. The bubble
fishery is open within the
terminal boundary only –
closed east of a line from
Mission Point to Hermosa
Point – and can be decent
for summer Chinook in
the 10- to 20-pound range,
and is mainly a trolling or
jigging show.
You can jig drop down a
glow, chartreuse, pearlwhite, green-nickel, bluepearl or blue-gold pattern
in three to six-ounce sizes
depending on the current
and wind. Remember,
store-bought jigs have a
treble hook, and they’re
illegal for salmon in all
marine areas. Only singlepointed barbless hooks and
one fishing line with up to
two hooks may be used.
Trolling is the popular
method with downriggers
and a flasher combined to
plug, spoon, and/or a plastic
hoochie squid. Before or at
daybreak, the fish tend to
be found from the surface
down to 90 feet, and as the
sun rises, they’ll go deeper
up to around 100 to 175 feet.
Many anglers are making
plans to visit the coastal
ports where Chinook and
hatchery coho fishing get
underway in late June.
The ocean salmon season
includes a recreational
Chinook quota of 53,750
(41,000 in 2024) and a
hatchery-marked coho
quota of 99,720 (79,800 in
2024).
