Johnson Point is a drop-off in the inner protected waters off Olympia, Washington, within DFO subarea 13, where a mixed bottom falls away through depths of 20 to 120 feet. The structure holds Chinook Salmon through their June to September peak and Coho Salmon from July into October, with the deeper reaches also supporting Lingcod, Pacific Cod, and several rockfish species. Anglers work the Chinook by trolling flashers, cut-plug herring, trolling spoons, and hootchies along the break, switching to mooching whole or cut-plug herring when fish sit tight to the slope. Coho respond to trolling flashers with hoochies, trolling spoons, and cut-plug herring across the same edge, and jigging with metal jigs covers both species when they stack near the drop. The change in depth over a short distance concentrates bait and holds fish along the contour through the summer and early fall runs.

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