Q&A: Fishing and Foraging Near Puget Sound

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 24 Oktober 2012 | 17.35

Stacy Lewars

Dylan Tomine with children, Weston and Skyla.

A DECADE ago Dylan Tomine, 46, was an advertising copywriter living in a high-rise in Seattle. He spent whatever free time he had fishing in Puget Sound, but those weekends never seemed long enough.

"I felt like I was tourist," he said. "I wanted to feel more in tune with a specific place, its seasons, tides, weather patterns."

In 2004 he moved his family across the sound to Bainbridge Island, where they now grow their own vegetables, forage for clams and mushrooms and even run a blueberry farm. He still makes trips to Safeway (he hasn't gone totally local) but now he can tell you where to dig for geoduck clams. And he does so in his new book, "Closer to the Ground," which documents a year in his family's life.

Below are edited excerpts from a conversation with Mr. Tomine about how to fish and forage around Puget Sound. 

Q. How do visitors find out about places to forage?

A. Local organizations, and not tourist sites, are the best resources because they're the ones with the local knowledge. That would be true for any part of the country. The Web site of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has a ton of local information on clamming and crab harvesting, how and where to do it. It has maps of shellfish beaches and updates on the water quality so you know if it's safe to go digging.

The Puget Sound Mycological Society runs great field trips. The fall is great for those gorgeous chanterelles that roast so well. You go with a mushroom expert, and he shows you how to look for them under black huckleberry bushes and logs beneath big fir trees. And Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Recreation District has a number of one-day classes and excursions for shellfish foraging and berry picking and jam making.

Q. What about places to fish?

A. Salmon migrate and can be anywhere, which is why I recommend going on a charter boat. These guys are out there every day, they know the tides, and they have equipment. A few I recommend are Tyee Charters, A Spot Tail Salmon Guide and Bob Ball at Piscatorial Pursuits, who runs river float trips along the Olympic Peninsula. There are several places where you can fish offshore, too. A favorite of mine is Point No Point — yes, that's the official name — on the Kitsap Peninsula.

Q. Where do you recommend staying?

A. Doing this kind of wild-food-based traveling where you catch and eat your food from a hotel would be difficult at best, and at worst, you'd get thrown out. I suggest renting a house along Puget Sound or the Olympic Peninsula, and VRBO.com has a ton of listings all over. Port Townsend, an artsy community, has great access to fishing, and Bainbridge Island is only a 45-minute ferry ride from Seattle. Kalaloch Lodge, situated on this rocky headland that sticks out into the ocean, also has little cabins you can rent.

Camping's a great option, too. There are so many gorgeous sites on the Washington State Parks Web site (parks.wa.gov). To name a few I love: Fay Bainbridge Park on a gravel beach with beautiful views of Seattle; Fort Flagler on the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca; Scenic Beach State Park on Hood Canal. The best public oyster picking is on Hood Canal.

Q. Do your kids like fishing and foraging?

A. They're naturals, especially at foraging. It's everything kids love: You're outside, you're looking for something specific, and you bring home this prize.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: October 22, 2012

An earlier version of this article included a reference to a fishing guide from Florida instead of Washington State. The correct guide is A Spot Tail Salmon Guide, not Spottails Charters. 


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