Puget sound Spear fishing

[Jaksonbrown]

Does anyone on this forum do any spear fishing in the Puget Sound area? What are you primarily hunting.... I know that Ling cod is the big thing around here, but there is only about a 35-40 day season....
As a potential speargun enthusiast,..can anyone from around here shed some light on whats avail to hunt and seasons, etc........


Samson-

 

[VooDooGasMan]

kelp greenling and afew other bottom fish right now, and later comes cabezon season which is long.


Happy Diving

 

[VooDooGasMan]

The coast has a long ling season, not sure ,but I think you can shoot rockfish on the coast.
look at the reg book it will tell ya.

The sufperch, big flounder, and there may be a few other you might like to eat.

There's no reason not to take a gun and shoot dinner, what ever the fish is.


Samson I'm sorry that I cleaned out the puget sound, But it will restock by jan 09.


Happy Diving

 

[Jaksonbrown]

I am going to start diving some sites I hope to hunt this spring.... I want to do some exploring around for some good Ling, Cabby, etc... hunting grounds......
Any Puget sound divers care to do some boat diving, exploring for the upcoming spearfishing season?? Any Scooter diving/spearfishing dudes or dudettes around??

Samson-

 

[Jaksonbrown]

I see that area 4 Neah Bay is open right now for rockfish, and cabbys.... I want to plan a trip for an upcoming weekend. We can rent a hotel and get in a couple days of diving and hunting.... Its only a 3 hour drive from Seattle.......

Anybody up for a fun diving/spearfishing weekend soon???

Samson

 

[wkyongae@aol.com]

If you have never dove up there be careful. Watch the tide exchanges very carefully as currents can drag you out to sea. Also, stay far away from any Makaw fishing nets they have issues about that. Make sure you are west of the Sekiu river when doing any spearfishing. Ling opener is in April I think. Freediving is a blast up there in the summer months when the weather settles down.