Puget Sound Salmon Fishing from Piers?

[mr user]

I've been considering trying to catch some Salmon from some local piers, but don't really know what technique to use off of a pier.  Anybody have experience pier fishing or have an advice as far as what techniques to try?  Thanks!

[Kc_Kracker]

buzz bombs and or skirts work great, white for kings pinks for humpies, use a swivel because they twist your line bad, cast, let it drop and reel  every pier has different regs so check, all kings are legal so are silvers and pinks, kings do need to be 22" tho.

[sumbeech66]

I fished the Edmonds pier a little, some years ago. Its was a good time, definitely entertaining. All walks of life down there and what I would truly consider "combat fishing" It would get quite literally shoulder to shoulder.

A lot of people fishing for kings were using white/green Point Wilson Darts dipped in smelly jelly. I never had any luck down there (except a small cod) but saw salmon caught every trip down there If I remember correctly.


Checklist

1. PATIENCE
2. heavy duty rod (I snapped one in half my first day down there)
3. a few lures, you will get snagged
4. a crab ring for a net. ( I never had one and usually there were a few people more than happy to help land a fish)
I dont know how to do a side-side note but I will say watching people crab ring net fish is entertaining all in itself! 

Thats all I can think of. Go try it out!   

[Smossy]

All good info on here, These tactics do indeed work, I've used most of them from piers successfully for salmon. 

[backyard bucks]

grew up in Edmonds and we would fish it from light to dark and continue on til light again.. plenty of kings travel that path and we use to use 3" wide pink/white bombs and at night float herring with no weight.  great memories and times for sure... but like another said.. that was many many years ago and i'm sure you will see all kinds of folks down there now... if you have a drop net bring one but more than likely there will be someone there with one and they had no problem helping land fish (again though that was a long time ago) times could of changed some.   good luck 

[Kc_Kracker]

oh and piers are 24-7/356 days a year open 

[Smossy]

oh and piers are 24-7/356 days a year open 

Nope not all of them.

[gasman]

just go down to a pier that you plan on fishing at high tide, watch a learn the techniques that people are using.

Like mentioned before, buzz bombs, point Wilson darts, floating hearing, and even cut plug hearing under a bober.





Its been many years since I fish the piers around here and think I am going to get back at it. Went to Dash Point and joined the crowds ths AM for the pinks  now that was interesting