Some good suggestions here, but don't hesitate to bring up your gear in the water column if you are certain that they are chasing bait up high.
Most of your BM fishing in the sound should be done right on the bottom but I've found bait in the top 40 feet of the water with fishy marks on the sonar. When I got the gear just under where I was marking bait, the fishing sometimes can be relatively fast.
Also, my hands down confidence salmon spoon for deep water is a cyotee with a long shank, short beaked SHARP siwash, in a 188 style, (Look for the last three digits in the stock number. Lime green/pearl glow/crome back. I also got a 40+ in the ocean on one in '02.) and with a touch of masking sent in the translucent form.

Go get 'em.