Star,

The Hat Island (Gendy Island) the everyone is talking about is in Everett. The 'Race track' runs between the North end of Hat and the South tip of Camano. If you launch out of Everett when you come to the end of the Jetty Hat will be directly to your right about two miles out. Coming from the Edmonds area Hat is directly East of the Kingston. ferry dock.

The King fishery actually starts in June at the Tulalip Bubble. It started in June last year and the year before. So either your friend had his dates messed up on he was fishing at the wrong time. The Bubble fishery is an entire hatchery scene. The kings are planted by the Tulalips and are programmed just to come back to the Bubble. Once they get there they have no place to go so they either get caught, netted or end up dying. There is no place for them to spawn. There is an expected return of 6000 kings there this year. If your landlord got 30+ kings there last year he did better than anyone else I heard of. I fished there every Friday and Saturday from June 1 till the silver started showing and it was a mediocre fishery at best.


Hope this helps