By Wayne Kruse
For The Herald
The Seattle Boat Show, which opens Friday and runs through Feb. 3, has added an additional venue this year. For the first time in the show’s 71-year history, there will be three locations — indoors at the CenturyLink Field Event Center, afloat at south Lake Union and, the new venue, Bell Harbor Marina.
Bell Harbor, on the waterfront at Pier 66, right below the Pike Place Market, offers free parking all nine days of the show with purchase of an e-ticket. There also will be free parking on weekends at the south Lake Union site.
A free shuttle will run continuously between all three locations.
The additional venue provides room for a record number of boats — more than 1,000 recreational vessels — and more than 400 exhibitors. For full information on the show, or to purchase e-tickets, visit www.seattleboatshow.com.
Salmon anglers will want to take a look at the $65,000 grand prize for this year’s Northwest Salmon Derby Series, a KingFisher 2025 Falcon. It’s powered with a Honda 150 and a 9.9 trolling motor, comes with an EZ-Loader galvanized trailer, and is fully equipped with Scotty downriggers, Raymarine electronics, WhoDat tower and a Dual Electronics stereo.
One of the most popular features at the show, year in and year out, is the extensive lineup of free boating and fishing seminars and the advanced training classes, for a fee, through Boat Show University. The show offers more than 200 seminars this year, on everything from sailing around the world to transiting the Ballard Locks.
On the fishing stage there will be 55 free seminars, including some new faces and new topics. Here is the lineup:
Friday, Jan. 26
2 p.m.—Puget Sound Shrimping, TJ Nelson; 3 p.m.—Crabbing in Washington, Clyde McBrayer; 4 p.m.—San Juan Islands Chinook, TJ Nelson; 5 p.m.—Salmon in North Puget Sound, Gary Krein; 6 p.m.— Fantastic Fishing in Central Washington, Dave Graybill; 7 p.m.— Halibut on the North Coast and the Strait, Mike Jamboretz.
Saturday, Jan. 27
Noon—Saltwater Structure Strategies, TJ Nelson; 1 p.m.— Columbia River Kings: Buoy 10 to Brewster, Mark Gavin; 2 p.m.— Dirty Downrigger Tricks, TJ Nelson; 3 p.m.— Crabbing in Washington, Clyde McBrayer; 4 p.m.— Halibut on the North Coast and Strait, Mike Jamboretz; 5 p.m.— Crabbing in Washington, Clyde McBrayer; 6 p.m.— Fly Fishing Puget Sound, Keith Robbins.
Sunday, Jan. 28
1 p.m.— Dirty Downrigger Tricks, TJ Nelson; 2 p.m.— Crabbing in Washington, Clyde McBrayer; 3 p.m.— Fantastic Fishing in Central Washington, Dave Graybill; 4 p.m.— Triple Threat Salmon Fishing, TJ Nelson; 5 p.m.— Live Bait for Tuna Off the Washington Coast, Tommy Donlin.
Monday, Jan. 29
2 p.m.— Trophy Kokanee in Lake Roosevelt, Austin Moser; 3 p.m.— Lingcod in Puget Sound, Gary Krein; 4 p.m.— Tuna for Anyone Off the Washington Coast, Tommy Donlin; 5 p.m.—Halibut on the North Coast and Strait, Mike Jamboretz; 6 p.m.— Salmon in Puget Sound, Nick Kester; 7 p.m.—Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish Year Around, Mark Gavin.
Tuesday, Jan. 30
2 p.m.— Columbia River Springers, TJ Nelson; 3 p.m.— Salmon in Puget Sound, Gary Krein; 4 p.m.— San Juan Islands Chinook, TJ Nelson; 5 p.m.— Live Bait Tuna Off the Washington Coast, Tommy Donlin; 6 p.m.— Puget Sound Shrimping, TJ Nelson; 7 p.m.— Kayak Fishing in the Northwest, Brad Hole.
Wednesday, Jan. 31
2 p.m.— Columbia River Kings: Buoy 10 to Brewster, Mark Gavin; 3 p.m.— Puget Sound Shrimping, TJ Nelson; 4 p.m.— Lingcod in Puget Sound, Nick Kester; 5 p.m.— World Championship Tuna Off the Washington Coast, Tommy Donlin; 6 p.m.— Halibut on the North Coast and Strait, Mike Jamboretz; 7 p.m.— Saltwater Structures Strategies, TJ Nelson.
Thursday, Feb. 1
2 p.m.— Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish Year Around, Mark Gavin; 3 p.m.— Triple Threat Salmon Angling, TJ Nelson; 4 p.m.— Learn to Mooch Puget Sound Salmon, Keith Robbins; 5 p.m.— Dirty Downrigger Tricks, TJ Nelson; 6 p.m.— Salmon in Puget Sound, Gary Krein; 7 p.m.— Kayak Fishing the Northwest, Brad Hole.
Friday, Feb. 2
2 p.m.— Crabbing in Washington, Clyde McBrayer; 3 p.m.— San Juan Islands Chinook, TJ Nelson; 4 p.m.—Learn to Mooch Puget Sound Salmon, Keith Robbins; 5 p.m.— Crabbing in Washington, Clyde McBrayer; 6 p.m.— Kayak Fishing in the Northwest, Brad Hole; 7 p.m.— Salmon in Puget Sound, Gary Krein.
Saturday, Feb. 3
Noon—Winter Blackmouth, John Keizer; 1 p.m.— Crabbing in Washington, Clyde McBrayer; 2 p.m.— Maximize Your Marine Electronics, John Keizer; 3 p.m.— Dirty Downrigger Tricks, TJ Nelson; 4 p.m.— Salmon, Coast and Puget Sound, John Keizer; 5 p.m.—Fly Fishing Puget Sound, Keith Robbins; 6 p.m.— Lingcod in Puget Sound, Nick Kester.
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