A trip here is self-guided, but following the North Creek Trail is simple to do and always a good walk. If salmon are hard to find, look under the bridges—this is where they often hide. One of the best places in the greater Seattle area to see salmon returning to spawn upstream is Issaquah Creek.
What makes this location stand out is a hatchery to keep the salmon returning here year after year. Running from October through December, with November typically being the best month, the salmon are best seen at the bridge that crosses the creek in Arroyo Park.
A post shared by Uprising Seeds uprising. Just outside of Bellingham is the Nooksack River, the salmon run brings in one of the most incredible displays of eagles anywhere in the contiguous United States from mid-November through January. As the chum salmon slowly start to decompose after arriving in freshwater and spawning, eagles from around the Pacific Northwest flock to the region in hopes for serious sustenance.
This amazing display is visible from the road, and is the perfect weekend trip. The bridge at Mosquito Lake Road just off Mount Baker Highway near Deming is the ideal spot to see dozens, if not hundreds, of bald eagles feasting on the remains of spawned-out salmon.
Each year, this small creek becomes a salmon-spawning paradise, with naturalist-led walks and a salmon celebration taking place each year. In late November and early December, the easy-to-explore park is open for you to see the salmon on your own. Fennel Creek , a large tributary to the Puyallup River near Tacoma, has estimated run of 15, salmon returning each year.
Starting in late September and lasting through the month of November, watching the salmon here can feel surreal: This somewhat hidden trail system to the stream is surrounded by homes and developments and not quite the wilderness views one may expect, standing in contrast to the dense salmon run.
McLane Creek becomes nearly stuffed to the gills get it? Splashing and jumping over logs, the spawning season is short and sweet, visible from numerous lookouts along the creek. Related Topics Animals. Free Fun. Share this article with your friends! About the Author. Other articles by this author.
Leave a Comment. Hide Comments. You Might Also Like. Rainbow trout are also released into several nearby lakes. In summer, juvenile fish too young to migrate are kept in ponds and fed until they can be released next spring. Rainbow trout are usually on display in the glassed-in holding ponds. Fall is the most active time of year.
During the fall spawning season, a fish ladder gets visitors a close-up view of returning salmon. The hatchery also raises rainbow trout, which are usually on display in the fall. You might see Chinook, Coho, and sockeye salmon.
W eekends in October , see spawning salmon at any of the following locations throughout the Renton and Maple Valleys:. Kokanee are one of the few native salmon populations in Washington State. Unlike anadromous salmon that migrate to the ocean and back to fresh water to spawn, kokanee spend their entire life in freshwater.
From early November to late January you might see kokanee salmon spawning runs in a handful of streams that flow into Lake Sammamish—see the list of locations below. The Duwamish river system begins in the forests of Mount Rainier and travels through agricultural, residential, and industrial areas.
Due to a century of industrial and urban activity along the river, the Duwamish became heavily polluted. In , it was designated a Superfund Site by the U. Since then, many local groups, governments, and federal agencies have worked to develop and implement a cleanup plan that will reduce the levels of dangerous toxins and restore the health of the water. The Duwamish River Cleanup Plan is expected to take at least until the year to achieve an effective cleanup.
In spring, salmon in their juvenile stage rest in the inlets on both sides of the Duwamish river during their journey to Puget Sound and a life at sea. September-January , adult salmon can be seen returning to the river to spawn through fall and into winter.
There are several good salmon viewing spots along the Duwamish River:. L ate September to early November peak season usually during October you can see salmon and other anadromous species spawning in several rivers on the Olympic Peninsula. Here are a few suggested locations for spelunking on your own:. This list includes salmon spawning viewing periods as well as other salmon related events such as festivals featuring salmon, salmon bakes, museum exhibits, and other events.
Skip to primary navigation Skip to secondary navigation Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to footer. Search this site Worth a splurge? Choose from daily, weekly, and monthly lists: Click here to subscribe. Where to see salmon spawning in Seattle Parks When. October 2, -November 28, Multiple locations ,. Multiple locations. Please enter all required fields. In the most recently released catch records, the area rivers with the best pink salmon runs include the Nisqually, Puyallup and Green Duwamish from Seattle south toward Olympia, and the Snohomish, Skykomish and Nooksack rivers heading north from Everett to Bellingham.
Not counting the many kokanee lakes, fishing for the anadromous version of sockeye salmon is for practical purposes limited to a single hot spot on the north side of the region. In fairly recent years, since about , Baker Lake in Whatcom County east of Bellingham has been a good to great sockeye salmon fishery many years.
A relatively small number of sockeye also are caught in saltwater around the San Juan Islands and occasionally elsewhere as they make their way toward Baker Lake, but this is primarily an incidental catch while anglers target other fish. Washington and Oregon share the lower end of great river of the West, which offers a tremendous run of fall Chinook salmon starting in August in the estuary and lower river, as well as offshore in the late summer.
Over the late summer and early fall, the fishery moves upstream past Vancouver, over multiple fish ladders at massive hydroelectric dams, and on up into arid Central Washington. In the mid- and upper Columbia, anglers often intercept Chinook near river mouths and below dams, where these fish tend to tap the brakes just a bit to concentrate their numbers. In the upper Columbia River, some of the best areas are in the stretch from the Interstate Bridge in Tri-Cities up to Priest Rapids Dam, which includes several productive spots and the Hanford Reach, the only long undammed stretch of the big river in this inland area.
At times the Yakima River can offer decent fall Chinook fishing as well, if runs are sufficient to allow an in-season opener. The Kalama River and sometimes the Lewis River can be nice options for smaller river spring Chinook fishing.
These giants regularly topped 50 pounds and arrived on the heels of the spring run. There are some remnant salmon that do enter the Columbia between the spring and fall runs, and on occasion the states will open fisheries during those months, but it tends to be a minor fishery compared to the spring and especially big fall fisheries.
The fishing gets going in the heart of the summer out on the open ocean, where charters and private boats work the newly arrived coho salmon, which are busily slashing through baitfish like anchovies and sardines while packing on the weight for their spawning runs. Coho will wash in and out of this estuary for some weeks before heading farther upstream.
The coho fishing will hang on through much of September, even while many anglers will have moved upstream on the big river to chase the earlier-moving Chinook. Coho are tougher to catch than Chinook up there, although they are caught in modest numbers, especially near the mouths of major tributary streams. The Cowlitz is a decent coho bet in October and November, filling the lull between fall Chinook and winter steelhead, and the Tilton River and Cispus River tributaries can be nice small stream spots to catch silvers.
Wild coho are increasingly making a comeback in some of these streams, and these later-arriving fish can offer pretty good catch-and-release fishing in November and December.
Into the Columbia River Gorge, the Klickitat River and Little White Salmon River will tend to have decent coho returns some years, following in on the heels of the more popular Chinook runs. The mouths of these tributary streams as well as some of the Oregon-side tributaries also can be moderately productive at times for boaters.
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