Artificial Lure here, bringing you the local fishing report for Puget Sound and Seattle waters for today, November 16, 2025. It’s crisp out there this morning—typical November. Water temps are hovering right around 49°F and clouds are thin at just 5%, with light winds around 6 mph and gusts nudging 12 mph. Expect a high today near 57°F, with humidity at 76%. Sunrise came at 7:07 am and you’ll have until 4:39 pm to chase a bite before sunset.

For tides, we started with a low at 12:38 am at -2.43 ft, saw the morning high at 8:25 am at a solid 10.99 ft—prime for a morning run! Next low comes at 1:43 pm (7.25 ft), and the last push is a 9.02 ft high at 5:51 pm. Today’s fishing peaks line up with the major lunar bite from 6:45 to 8:45 am and the evening run from 7:24 to 9:24 pm. If you need to squeeze it in, a minor window runs late morning from 11:54 to 12:54 pm. According to Tideschart.com, fish activity should be average today—expect some bites, but you’ll work for them.

On the water, reports from The Outdoor Line this weekend say anglers are still finding quality chum salmon in the rivers, but the last coho are hanging in nearshore. With cooler water and ebbing crowds, the resident blackmouth (immature king salmon) are showing up in central sound hotspots. Lingcod season is closed now, but cabezon and flounder can keep things lively on the rock piles. A few late-run sea-run cutthroat are being caught near the river mouths—look for moving tides around the Duwamish, Sammamish Slough, and Dash Point.

For lures and bait, local regulars are pulling blackmouth by trolling 3-inch spoons in patterns like Cop Car or Irish Cream, or Tomics fished slow behind a flasher. Needlefish hoochies in white or chartreuse and herring strip teasers are consistent producers. For cutthroat, try a small Dick Nite spoon or a sparse Clouser Minnow if you’re on the fly rod. Bait anglers are sticking with plug-cut herring or a chunk of squid if you’re after flounder off the bottom. For those fishing off piers in Seattle or Edmonds, a basic herring setup under a bobber or a metal jig bounced near the pilings is your best bet.

Recent reports from locals and fishingreminder.com show that catches are mixed—bank and boat anglers around Point Defiance and Marine Area 10 are still hitting a few keeper blackmouth. Most fish are sub-legal, but a keeper or two have been landed in the deeper troughs. Shore fishers off the Des Moines Pier have picked up surf perch and the odd flounder. Those hitting early at Shilshole report some sea run cutts, but nothing red hot. Hatchery coho are just about done—last good bunch came through the Ballard Locks about a week back.

Hot spots to focus on this week: try Jeff Head early on the flood tide for blackmouth, then slide south to the Narrows or Point Defiance for the afternoon tide change. For shorebound anglers, Lincoln Park Beach at the south end of West Seattle and the Edmonds Marina pier are solid bets—both offer good moving current and access to deeper water without a boat.

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