Area 7 6 5 King opener

[hhack]

Anyone else going out on Thursday. Can’t decide if I should hit hein or the west side San Juan getting pretty jacked.

[blackpowderhunter]

ill be camping up on jones island july 5-7, running up from everett or seattle.
so ill be fishing area 7 

[Stein]

I want to try it this year, any tips on a few places to start other than finding the fleet? 

[CP]

ill be camping up on jones island july 5-7, running up from everett or seattle.
so ill be fishing area 7 

Be prepared for hordes of aggressive, thieving raccoons. 

[treeclimber2852]

I hear raccoons make good crab bait. 

[jamesfromseattle]

I want to try it this year, any tips on a few places to start other than finding the fleet?

Conventional wisdom is that the east side of the archipelago is better early in the month.  The west side of Cypress will get pounded by boats on whichever side of Tide Point the eddy forms on (north side on a flood and south side on an ebb), but there are some other pockets elsewhere around there that hold fish sometimes.  I think tide point is popular because it is really pronounced and easy to find, but if it is too crowded I usually try to find another point where the water is doing the same thing and fish that instead.  I.e., treat it like a river and look for the back eddy.

West side of San Juan is nice, though, because it can absorb a ton of boats and not feel too crowded. 

[jamesfromseattle]

I'm also going to qualify my previous post by saying I have slightly better than average success in the islands but not much better than average.  The old idiom about 10% catching 90% really holds true up there.  I fish up there a few times each year but I'm admittedly definitely not in the 10%, so I'll defer to any better advice out there.

[MADMAX]

How’s fishing boys ?

[hhack]

Fishing on west side of San Juan has been unreal. Lots of big wilds around. Don’t think the 1400 fish quota is gonna last through the weekend.

[Stein]

Many keepers or all they Canadian "wild" fish?

[blackpowderhunter]

Fishing on west side of San Juan has been unreal. Lots of big wilds around. Don’t think the 1400 fish quota is gonna last through the weekend.

watching for an update on the quota....shooting to head back out sunday through monday or tuesday.

[blackpowderhunter]

ill be camping up on jones island july 5-7, running up from everett or seattle.
so ill be fishing area 7 

Be prepared for hordes of aggressive, thieving raccoons.

only saw 1...my lab running around camp may have helped 

[Tball77]

It closes today in 7.

[hhack]

This blows can’t believe it’s over already. Got a feeling area 9 is only gonna be open for a week.

[Stein]

Depends, last year the fishing was lousy and it stayed open a long time.  If it's anything decent then yeah it will be over in a few days.

[Limhangerslayer]

We fished Hein in the opener, there were not that many boats in the morning, tons of bait and we had 4 take downs landed 3.  2 kings one halibut and lost another king in about an hour of fishing before some is the crew got sick!  Tons of bait and fish, most I’ve seen in a while

[hhack]

I hope it’s another terrible year in 9 for your average joe. Last year was great to me in area 9. I’m gonna be pissed if it’s only a week.

[Jake Dogfish]

Area 7 closing

https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/erule.jsp?id=2693