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Folger Pinnacles

48.81°N · 125.32°W

BoatPFMA 123-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Folger Pinnacles Fishing Forecast

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What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Folger Pinnacles 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 21 · 6 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-1 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 123-3 · 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
6 AM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
8.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
1 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
2.0 m @ 8 s W
Air temp
7°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 6 AM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 8.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.9kn Flood. Wind 1kn N G1. Sea 2.0 m @ 8 s W Lumpy. Air 7.2°.
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 123-3 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
50-180 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Folger Pinnacles is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Bamfield, British Columbia, rising through waters that run 80 to 180 feet deep. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from February through April and again from July through September, alongside Pacific Halibut that come on strong from March into August. Chinook and Coho Salmon move through the exposed waters over summer, with Chinook peaking May through August and Coho holding into September, while Rockfish work the rocky terrain from May through September. Anglers target Lingcod and Rockfish with jigging using metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits worked close to the pinnacle rock, while Halibut respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics across the deeper margins. Salmon are taken by trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies through the current lines that sweep this offshore structure.

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