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BoatPFMA 123-8Chinook Salmon · Open

Big Bank

48.64°N · 125.78°W

BoatPFMA 123-8Chinook Salmon · Open

Big Bank Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Big Bank is slow today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 8 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Big Bank 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 · 7 AM
40/100
POOR

Now 40 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 123-8 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
40
Tough
Tide
6.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
2 kn
NNE · steady
Sea state
Rough
2.5 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 40 Tough. Tide 6.7ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Slack. Wind 2kn NNE G2. Sea 2.5 m @ 9 s W Rough. Air 8.8°.
Why this score
Light
Dawn
Fair
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 open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 123-8 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
130-300 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Big Bank sits off La Perouse in the outer exposed waters near Bamfield, British Columbia, a rocky pinnacle that rises through depths of 120 to 240 feet. The structure holds lingcod, which peak from February through April and again from July through September, alongside Pacific halibut that move through from March to August. Chinook and coho salmon run the surrounding water from May into late summer, with coho extending through September. Anglers work the pinnacle and rock bottom with metal jigs and swimbaits for lingcod, while drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or metal jigs covers the deeper flats for halibut. Salmon come to trolled anchovy, herring, and flashers along the exposed edges, with hootchies and trolling spoons producing on coho.

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