Fishing / Wildlife —
Fishing — Summer is well underway and Fall is
getting closer. Local Crabbing and shrimping has been very good and Fishing has been "off
the hook" for those tasty sanddabs aka "fillet of sole", greenling and cabezon. Lingcod and
seabass seasons are currently closed in Port Townsend but our charters are still taking some
really nice lingcod with phenomenal black seabass action on our Sekiu and La Push trips.
Local flyfishing has been consistent on the Sea run Cutts and we are anticipating a good run
of coho salmon to provide more angling entertainment in the next couple months.
Wildlife Watching — Plenty of Harbor Seals
about and many new mothers with young pups out on the islands. Sea Lions, Harbor Porpoises
and the occasional local whale sighting out in the shipping lanes. Migratory birds aplenty
as they begin their migration back up north — Black Brant, Harlequin ducks, Longtails,
Scoter, Mergansers, Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Scaup and more. Flocks of alcids feeding on bait
at MidChannel Bank and the waters off of Protection Island - Murres, Rhino auklets, Pigeon
Guillemots, Murrelets with the Tufted Puffins arriving soon.
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