Salmon Fishing at Lincoln Park

Pink salmon are returning from the ocean to spawn, as they do every other year, and they are numerous. This morning I hitched a ride with CHS fishing specialist Justin Carder to West Seattle Blog's neighborhood, to the beach at Lincoln Park.

The sun was shining, a few boats drifted by with poles off the stern. We were 15 minutes from downtown Seattle.

About a dozen fishermen lined the shore, and about two dozen fish were caught in the two hours I was there. The daily limit is two salmon, with an additional two pink allowed, but Carder finessed only some seaweed on this trip. A recent transplant from Michigan collected two pinks, another guy had three by the time I left.