Can anyboby give me some info on area 12?
I live in Silverdale and was wanting to try area 12 but don't know were to fish or the type of fishing and were to launch my boat? Any advice would be helpful.

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Seabeck Marine, Inc. Seabeck
WA 206-830-5179
Their is great salmon fishing close to their marina. Try off Hazel point for silvers and good blackmouth in 100 to 130 foot depths now.

are they mooching or trolling?

We have been trolling around Hazle point three oz lead 20 pulls in 20 to 40 foot water 1.9 - 2 mph. Down rigging by Seabeck 100 to 135 foot water flasher and spoons.

Lyle, It's bizarre to hear you say that fishing 20-40ft. for blackmouth. But, I just found the same thing last week when I was out. Also saw lotsa fish busting just below the surface. I say bizarre because common practice says to fish right off the bottom.

Yes,
It was unusal as we were trolling by the marker at the point in 120 foot water when we saw fish swirling close to shore. I told my fish buddy I wanted to go in and try for them. He said "your crazy" but like the good guy he is pulled up the rigs and changed them over to lead weights and put them back out. I pulled in about 25- 30 yards from shore and picked up a nice 5lb blackmouth. We went around a couple more times and he was shaking his head saying something about "DUMB LUCK" when we caught the twin to the first one. Now he wants to try that place first and then go back to the deeper water next time out.
Hope the weather calms down soon
Lyle

Don't get me started!

The idea that blackmouth are found at or near the bottom, typically in 120-200' of water, is probably the THE single biggest and most universally accepted fallacy in all of salmondom.

Yes, it's true they can often be caught there, but this is only one of many places that BM will be found. In fact, if I don't hit fish at that depth fairly quickly, I won't waste much more of my time there. Maybe trolling back and forth all day long at that depth just reminds me too much of roadhunting the back roads for deer or elk. I mean sometimes you just have to park it and go where the game lives.

Giving up this stubbornly held misconception has without a doubt helped me to become a more successful BM fisherman. So much so, I am embarrassed to admit how long I bought into that crock.

Many years ago a well known "guide", who hates to troll, took me to a place where we could cast from the bank or drop a cartopper in to fish for BM casting pencil lead and bait in shallow water (30-60') with phenomenal results. Over the years, I have found quite a number of these places around the Sound with similar results. In fact I can easily say that my biggest BM have consistently come from depths of less than 60', some even at midday. This year has been no exception either. If this tells you anything; the 120' shelf was my last stop when I fished derbys (it's been awhile).

My point is only that saying BM are only on the bottom, like some preach ad nauseam, is like saying that bass are only in the lilypads. One good thing about both bass and BM though is they are both usually pretty aggressive. If you're not hitting fish, it's probably because they're not there. So why not forget about switching lures or bait and try switching locations instead. You might be pleasantly surprised.

I think sand lance are spawning in the shallows about now.

Thanks for the support on shallow blackmouth fishing. "IT WAS JUST DUMB LUCK". I keep telling him the "harder I work the luckier I get". We did not see them chaseing any bait or any birds over there but one had some remains of a small narrow fish in his gut. too decomposed to say what it was.
Lyle-t