All Rates Include:

  • Modern, “State of the Art” custom designed fishing boats
  • Premium equipment, bait, and tackle needed during your trip
  • Top quality Okuma Rods & Reels
  • Patient, professional, licensed, and insured Guide or Captain
  • Deckhand on Defiance boats (Westport)
  • Your fishing questions answered
  • Most trips are 6- 8 Hours, Tuna & Halibut trips are 8-10 Hours

You Bring:

  • Polarized sunglasses on river trips, rain or shine.
  • Sack lunch and drink for the day, no coolers.
  • Dress for the forecasted weather, that could mean rain gear
  • Left hand retrieve reels if you require them.
  • Anglers meet us at the water.

Additional:

  • Fishing licenses are sold on the boats for $10 required for 15 and older, complimentary for private parties of 6 on Defiance Boats only.
  • Fishing filleting, $1-$5 per fish on Westport trips, all other locations complimentary.
  • 15%-20% Gratuity for the crew is customary.
  • Please read our DEPOSIT POLICY carefully.

Saltwater Ocean Trips – Westport, WA

  • 29′ Defiance Pilothouse, 6 Anglers – Twin Outboards, Bench Seating, Sit-down Head or Bucket.
  • 42′ Defiance Pilothouse, 6 Anglers – Equipped with triple outboards, suspension seating, full-size head, and a SEAKEEPER Gyro-Stabilizer resulting in an ultra stable fishing platform, greatly reducing the possibility of seas-sickness, stumbling, or even falling.

Westport, Washington – Pacific Ocean

  • INSHORE Ocean Lingcod & Rockfish:

    29′ Defiance Pilothouse | $240 per Angler, March 9th – July 7th, 7 days per week

    42′ Defiance Pilothouse | $295 per Angler, March 9th – July 7th, 7 days per week

  • DEEP WATER Ocean Lingcod & Rockfish:

    29′ Defiance Pilothouse | $380 per Angler, June 1st – June 15th, 7 days per week

    42′ Defiance Pilothouse | $450 per Angler, June 1st – 15th, 7 days per week

  • OFFSHORE Ocean Halibut & Lingcod:

    2024 Halibut Season: MAY 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 28th, 30th, and if quota allows: JUNE 13th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 30th.

    29′ Defiance Pilothouse | $460 per Angler – Twin Outboards, Bench Seating, Sit-down Head or Bucket

    42′ Defiance Pilothouse | $560 per Angler – Triple Outboards, Suspension Seating, Full-Size Head, SEAKEEPER Gyro-Stabilization

  • OCEAN Chinook ‘King’ or Coho Salmon Fishing:

    29′ Defiance Pilothouse | $240 per Angler, Typically opens around June 15th, Please Inquire

    42′ Defiance Pilothouse | $295 per Angler, Typically open around June 15th, Please Inquire

  • OCEAN Salmon & Rock Fish Combo:

    29′ Defiance Pilothouse | $320 per Angler, Typically mid June – late July, Please Inquire

    42′ Defiance Pilothouse | $395 per Angler, Typically mid June – late July, Please Inquire

  • One Day Express Style Albacore Tuna: July – October (ask about limited load pricing)

    29′ Defiance Pilothouse | $460 per Angler – Click to go to our Tuna Specific Site : www.WashingtonTunaCharters.com

    42′ Defiance Pilothouse | $560 per Angler – Triple Outboards, Suspension Seating, Full-Size Head, SEAKEEPER Gyro-Stabilization


Saltwater Puget Sound Trips, Seattle, 6 anglers | 30′ Allied Pilothouse, 29′ & 25′ Defiance Pilothouse, 27′ North River Pilothouse

Seattle, Washington – Puget Sound, Shilshole Bay Marina

  • Puget Sound Salmon Fishing, 6 hour morning trip

    $280 per Angler | July 1st – September,  7 days per week

  • Puget Sound Salmon Fishing, 4 hour afternoon trip

    $240 per Angler | July 1st – September,  7 days per week


River Trips | 20′-23′ Jet Boats, 3-6 Anglers

We consider ourselves the “new school” type of fishing charter. Our fishing methods are hands-on and interactive. We like to involve you in the trip! These boats feature an open deck design for maximum fishing and casting room. Fitted with a jet pump instead of a propeller, these sleds can run in as little as 6″ of water! That means we can get you to the hardest to reach fishing spots.

  • Snohomish, Skykomish, Skagit or Cowlitz Fishing Trip

    $250 per Angler: 6-8hr River Fishing Trip, Seattle area or SW Washington Rivers

    3 Angler minimum, 5 to 6 Angler max, We Accept Parties, 5+ boats available, Dates vary. Please Inquire

    $280 per Angler: Bouy 10 and all Columbia River trips, Dates Varied, Please Inquire

    (March – November) 4 Angler minimum, 6 Angler max, We Accept Mixed Parties

Boat Details


River Trips | 16′ Drift Boats, 2-3 Anglers

This classic boat design was one of the first to float down our Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead rivers. Our drift boat trips offer a very cool, very private experience for 2 anglers. You can expect to float 8-16 miles of free-flowing river each day with your guide. All the while taking in our NW scenery and wildlife, and catching a fish too! We have as many as 5+ boats available to accommodate larger groups.

  • Olympic Peninsula, Skykomish, Skagit Salmon & Steelhead Fishing Trips

    $280 per Angler, or $560 for a Private Boat for up to 2 Anglers.  Larger groups will utilized multiple boats.

    September-March – Please Inquire – 5+ Boats Available

Boat Details


Current Specials!

Book 6 anglers on any of our ARSC DEFIANCE BOATS and we’ll buy your fishing licenses!

Active Duty U.S. Military: We buy your fishing license for each day of fishing! Discount good for the individual only.

Book 3 *boats w/ one deposit and Party Leader receives their trip FREE. *ARSC DEFIANCE BOATS ONLY

Book 4 *boats w/ one deposit and Party Leader receives their trip FREE, and complimentary swag package. *ARSC DEFIANCE BOATS ONLY