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Pill Point / Loudoun Channel

48.96°N · 125.09°W

BoatPFMA 23-6Chinook Salmon · Open

Pill Point / Loudoun Channel Fishing Forecast

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What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Pill Point / Loudoun Channel looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Pill Point / Loudoun Channel 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.

Species
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Best score for the day · 5 PM
83/100
GOOD
BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 23-6 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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Conditions
Time
5 PM
Now
Score
83
Good
Tide
9.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
2 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 m @ 6 s W
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 5 PM. Score 83 Good. Tide 9.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 2kn WSW G3. Sea 0.5 m @ 6 s W Flat. Air 12.2°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
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
Coho Salmon Retention openLingcod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openHalibut Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-6 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-300 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Pill Point marks a rocky drop-off along the outer-exposed Loudoun Channel near Bamfield, British Columbia, where the bottom falls away through depths of 40 to 180 feet. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August, while Coho Salmon hold from May to September and Rockfish stack up over the structure across the same window. Trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, or hootchies works the salmon along the edge of the drop, and mooching whole or cut-plug herring covers the mid-depths when fish sit deeper. For Rockfish, jigging metal jigs, leadhead jigs, or soft plastic swimbaits over the rock reaches the fish holding tight to the structure. The exposed setting and hard bottom keep both salmon and bottomfish concentrated along the contour where shallow water breaks into deeper channel.

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