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Area 12 Hood Canal Fishing Reports

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Posted: 7/19/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/19/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Took a drive out to hoodsport today to check if the kings have made it this far yet. In the half hour I was there I counted 2 kings about 16-18 inches heading to the ladder at finch creek. Hopefully a...
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Posted: 9/24/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Oh man... Spent 8 hours fishing Coho via a Kayak in Hood Canal. Currently I think I need a chiropractor! The weather conditions were great. The water visibility was quite poor, about 3'. A fair am...
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Posted: 9/25/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/24/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to fish between the Hood Canal Bridge and Dabob Bay this weekend with 2 other friends. Launched out of Salisbury Point and headed south. We fished the first incoming tides of the day. The ...
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By: SpencerJ
Posted: 10/31/2016
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/31/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Hit the water around 11 and dealt with the wind and waves (they look taller from a kayak). Paddled around the shoal and started out with a purple/silver blue fox spinner. Still have yet to catch anyt...
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Posted: 11/5/2016
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
The chums are definitely in. It was a wet, but great day of fishing, and people watching. The tides were a little on the high side today, so bank anglers were limited to the sides of the hatchery. ...
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By: lohans4
Posted: 4/17/2017
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/15/2017
Hot Spots: 0
My brother in law, myself & 2 grandkids headed to Hoods Canal to get some fresh oysters & clams. We decided that Wolfe state park would be our destination. Glad we picked it since we wern't disappoint...
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By: hlindsay
Posted: 7/18/2017
Species: Crab
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/17/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Put in a Potlach around 530 and dropped 2 pots near the park, then headed toward Union and put 2 in near the mud flats. Tried 30 to 80 FOW. Pulled the pots near the park in an hour and nothing. Moved ...
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Posted: 9/2/2017
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/1/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Launched out of triton cove at 530 am. Went up to quilicene bay and dropped down riggers. Ran shallow with other boats early on running gear at 20-30 foot, no pick ups. Saw some fish jumping but not ...
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Posted: 9/22/2017
Species: Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 9/21/2017
Hot Spots: 0
This trip was mainly to give my new kayak a spin on the saltwater. I went out of Belfair State Park and trolled around the river mouths and estuaries. Not much going on, didnt see much of any fish a...
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Posted: 11/13/2017
Species: Oysters
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/11/2017
Hot Spots: 0
We went to my In-Laws on the Hood Canal (private beach) for Veterans Day weekend and tore up the oysters and clams. Easy pickings and the oysters were fantastic. We plucked about 5 dozen and enjoyed t...
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Posted: 1/2/2018
Species: Clams
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/31/2017
Hot Spots: 0
Plucked a few clams to make clam chowder and fried clam strips. What a way to finish the year. Yummmm!
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By: lohans4
Posted: 5/12/2019
Species: Oysters
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2019
Hot Spots: 0
Took my son in law, brother in law, and 4 grandkids to Wolfe state park on Hoods Canal for some clam digging & oyster shucking. The weather was great and we hit the ferries at Edmonds and Kingston at ...
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By: JoshH
Posted: 11/3/2019
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/2/2019
Hot Spots: 0
I participated in the 2019 Salmon Slayride benefitting Heroes on the Water, and actually won! 60 kayak anglers from all around the Pacific Northwest showed up to have a ton of fun and to help out ...
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Posted: 2/15/2020
Species: Clams
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/14/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Got some Manila clams and little necks a few cockle clams and 1 eastern softshell clam. Me and my dad also got limit of oysters. We put in egg and breadcrumbs and fried it soo good. We will cook clams...
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Posted: 10/2/2020
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/2/2020
Hot Spots: 0
Was excited to find out a winter crab season was opened. Like the good old days when it was part of the typical crab season. Hood Canal is where I crab. I moved back to WA 5 years ago and could not b...
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Posted: 8/2/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/2/2021
Hot Spots: 0
You know you are getting old when you want to start a post by saying, ...I remember back when...... Crabbing is not the same as decades past as evident of the closures in lower 12 and 13, not to menti...
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Posted: 10/2/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/2/2021
Hot Spots: 0
I love winter Dungeness crab season. Was planning on Friday afternoon but plans change. Headed out Saturday and had the boat in the water just after noon (Pleasant Harbor). Was planning on dropping th...
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Posted: 10/31/2021
Species: Chum Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/31/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Halloween Chum run on Hood Canal, it was an absolute bloodbath! The bilge pump kicked on and left a blood trail behind the boat on the way back to the dock! A similar event earlier this year is how Sh...
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Posted: 11/20/2021
Species: Crab
Rating: 4
Fished: 11/20/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Was looking forward for this day for about a week. The forecast looked good and good crabbing tides. End ov November and no rain so hewaded out to Hood Canal, North of Ayok Point :) Got a late start s...
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Posted: 8/7/2022
Species: Crab
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/7/2022
Hot Spots: 0
First day crabbing this summer season. Can't believe I wasn't out on opening day. I was out before the best tides. Got tons of rock crab but onyl a few Dungies and only 1 keeper :( Many many many soft...
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Posted: 9/26/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/21/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Skokomish Tide Flats with my friend and dog. The Creel Reports have been showing super-hot fishing there the last 3 seasons. Parked along the side of the river just south of power lines whe...
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Posted: 9/27/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/26/2022
Hot Spots: 1
Insane fishing out on the Skokomish Tide Flats again! Lots of Coho Salmon running hard. Pretty much looked liked everyone limited very quickly. Not sure why more people are not out there seeing as ...
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Posted: 10/6/2022
Species: Crab
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/3/2022
Hot Spots: 0
That is 2 lbs of Dungeness crab meat. Went crabbing Monday ?? north of Ayok Point. Winter season opened on the 1st. First pull almost gave me a heart attack. Largest Dungeness crab I’ve ever caught an...
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Posted: 10/20/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/18/2022
Hot Spots: 3
MONSTER HOOKNOSE COHO COMING UP THE SKOKOMISH TIDE FLATS! WOW! Fished one of the river mouth channels with a pink spinner and landed this coho-zilla. Probably what 16+ lbs? Directions to how to ...
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By: Nook2387h
Posted: 7/22/2023
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/21/2023
Hot Spots: 0
Took the wife down to the Skokomish tide flats due to seeing people getting chinook down there from the creel reports. Used the directions from the previous area 12 report on skokomich tide flats. ...
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