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Kirby Point

48.85°N · 125.21°W

BoatPFMA 23-7Chinook Salmon · Open

Kirby Point Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Kirby Point 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
83/100
GOOD

Now 23 · 6 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-1 PM
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

Coho Salmon and Chinook 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
6 AM
Now
Score
23
Tough
Tide
8.5 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
1 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 m @ 8 s W
Air temp
11°
Cold
Weather
Clear
14% cloud
Hour 6 AM. Score 23 Tough. Tide 8.5ft Rising ▲. Current +0.9kn Flood. Wind 1kn ENE G2. Sea 1.5 m @ 8 s W Easy. Air 10.6°.
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 openCabezon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openHalibut 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

Off seasonOff season for Chinook Salmon
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-100 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Outer Exposed

Kirby Point sits on the outer exposed coast near Bamfield, British Columbia, a mixed rocky spot where the bottom drops through a range of 10 to 60 feet. Chinook Salmon are the main draw here from May through August, with Coho Salmon following through a May to September peak. Trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies covers the water over the rock structure and holds Chinook, while mooching whole or cut-plug herring and jigging metal jigs work the same depths. For Coho, trolling hootchies, spoons, cut-plug herring, and flashers is the dominant approach, backed by bucktailing and drift jigging when fish sit higher in the column. The rock bottom and exposed setting keep bait and current moving across the shallower shelf and the deeper edge alike.

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