There's been quite a bit of action near Tacoma at Point Defiance. Point Defiance fishes best mooching a cut-plug herring on an outgoing tide. But if you like to troll, you can work the Slag Pile area. When the tide turns to incoming, the pack of boats heads over to Point Dalco on the southwest tip of Vashon Island. This again works well mooching a cut-plug herring.
Trollers generally work outside the pack of moochers.
As of press time, the quota has not been reached and anglers are wading through several native coho to find some keepers. The limit is two per day. Of course, there's bottom fish for the taking, too. Elliott Bay has two short openings for chinook. The first opened Friday and closes Monday.