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Bamfield Inlet / Mouth

48.84°N · 125.14°W

BoatPFMA 23-7Chinook Salmon · Open

Bamfield Inlet / Mouth Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Bamfield Inlet / Mouth looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 10 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Bamfield Inlet / Mouth from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Chinook. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.

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Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
77/100
GOOD

Now 73 · 11 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-10 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 23-7 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 6 weeks ago

Chinook Salmon and Halibut in the latest reports from this spot

14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
73
Fair
Tide
7.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.6 m @ 8 s W
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 73 Fair. Tide 7.7ft Falling ▼. Current -0.6kn Ebb. Wind 3kn N G5. Sea 1.6 m @ 8 s W Flat. Air 11.9°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Halibut Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openLingcod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-7 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-150 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

Bamfield Inlet / Mouth is a mixed-bottom drop-off along the Bamfield shoreline of British Columbia, holding depths from 20 to 120 feet at moderate exposure. Pacific Halibut work the deeper edges from March through August, while Chinook Salmon peak May through August and Coho Salmon run May into September. Rockfish hold along the structure from May through September, taking metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits worked close to the bottom. Halibut respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics over the drop, and salmon come to trolling with anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies through the mid-depth water. The transition between the inlet and open water concentrates fish where the bottom changes and current moves bait across the slope.

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