Northern Puget Sound [Marine Catch Area 9] will close for hatchery-marked chinook fishing after this Sunday, as the area is nearing the 4,000 fish catch guideline. Catches in the hatchery chinook fishery in northern Puget Sound [Marine Catch Area 9] picked up this past week, to the point where state Fish and Wildlife officials will close it after this SundayAug. For those looking to get their last licks in Area 9, try Midchannel Bank [mainly a troll show using Coho Killers or Coyote spoons as baitfish anglers were getting into hordes of pesky dogfish], Lip Lip Point, Point No Point, Possession Bar, Double Bluff and Pilot Point. The Des Moines Salmon Derby, hosted by the South King County Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, was last Saturday, and drew about 500 anglers who weighed-in 66 fish. read more