Ok here goes....

Crabbing:
The best place to harvest dungies is right in front of Cultus bay. Cultus bay sits on the very south end of Whidbey between the possession and sachet head markers. As you approach the bay, you will see the red and green cans marking the entrance to the sandy hook boat basin. about 200 yards out from those cans, in about 15 - 25 feet of water is a great place to drop your pots or rings. I have done very well here on a consistant basis. In fact the comercial guys also fish this area.

Possession salmon basics:
On the out going tide, I like to fish the west side of the bar starting near the sachet head marker and working my way south. depending on the speed of the curent, I will either jig or mooch cutplugs. I try and stay in about 110 - 130 feet of water. The method I use is to constantly drift ovet the ledge. Starting in about 90' and ending my drift in about 150 - 175'. If the tide changes and I start drifting up onto the ledge, I move to the inner horse shoe. See below...

On the incoming tide, I will stay on the west side, just fishing further south, or I will move to the inner "horse shoe". To locate the inner horse shoe you will need a chart to start off with. Or you can run straight south from the west side of cultus bay untill you get into about 90' feet of water, the head due west and look for the depth to come up to about 60'. This inner horse shoe produces well trolling or mooching.

#1 tip:
Find the fish!!!!!!!!
I can not stress this enough. If I'm not getting into fish in 10 - 15 minutes, I move! Possession is a HUGE area, and there are always fish available. You just have to find them. Look for the standard markers like birds, and bait. I will usually not move from the west side to the east side, I just move further along the west side.

As you can tell I am biased towords the west side. Probably because I have always done so well there, and as a result I put in alot more time fishing this area.

I figure I have many hundered if not thousands of hours fishing possession. When I lived in Cultus bay, I was a merchant seaman, and I had 6 months a year off to fish. For three years, I was on the water 350 days a year and 170 of those were on on possession. If any of you are new to this area, and want a private tour, let me know, and I might be willing to join you for a day on possesion, and share my knowledge.