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Cree Island

48.84°N · 125.34°W

BoatPFMA 23-8Chinook Salmon · Open

Cree Island Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Cree Island looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 1 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Cree Island 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
78/100
GOOD

Now 78 · 9 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-1 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 23-8 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 7 weeks ago

Chinook Salmon and Coho Salmon 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
9 AM
Now
Score
78
Good
Tide
8.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
2 kn
NNE · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
1.9 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
7°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 9 AM. Score 78 Good. Tide 8.5ft Falling ▼. Current -0.6kn Ebb. Wind 2kn NNE G3. Sea 1.9 m @ 9 s W Lumpy. Air 7.1°.
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
Lingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openHalibut Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-8 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Off seasonOff season for Chinook Salmon
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-130 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

Cree Island sits off Bamfield on the outer coast of British Columbia, an exposed kelp reef built over rock structure in 20 to 80 feet of water. Lingcod hold on the reef year-round with peaks from February through April and again from July through September, working best on jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs, or on live greenling and herring worked close to the rock. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and respond to trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies, while Coho Salmon run May into September and take trolling spoons and hootchies along the same edges. Rockfish gather across the reef from May through September and come to jigs and leadhead-rigged soft plastics fished near the bottom. The outer-exposed setting keeps current moving over the structure, concentrating fish along the kelp margins and rock ledges.

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