Bamfield Fishing Report

Conditions

Water

9°C

Wind

5 kt from the E

Daylight readings across the spots that scored. Wind is the mean, not the gust.

Best windows today

Each window is the forecast at the spot leading that species today. Fishable hours are a count, and they can fall outside the peak window when the bite splits.

• Coho SalmonPeak window 8 AM to 7 PM11 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Breaker Beach

  trolling (hootchies, trolling spoons, cut-plug herring)

• Flounder / Sole (Flatfish)Peak window 8 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Breaker Beach

  bottom fishing (pile worms, sand shrimp, clam)

• HalibutPeak window 8 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Vernon Bay / Stopper Islands

  drift jigging (leadhead jigs with soft plastics, metal jigs, salmon belly)

• HerringPeak window 8 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Bamfield West Public Dock

  jigging (herring jigs (sabiki), small metal jigs)

• LingcodPeak window 8 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Vernon Bay / Stopper Islands

  jigging (metal jigs, swimbaits, leadhead jigs)

• Rockfish (Aggregate)Peak window 8 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Vernon Bay / Stopper Islands

  jigging (metal jigs, leadhead jigs, soft plastic swimbaits)

• SurfperchPeak window 8 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Bamfield West Public Dock

  bait fishing (sand shrimp, mussel, pile worms)

• Chinook SalmonPeak window 4 PM to 7 PM9 fishable hours

  Leading spot: Bamfield West Public Dock

  trolling (anchovy, herring, flashers)

Tides

Read from Tofino. Bamfield has no tide gauge of its own; this is the station most of its spots use.

• low tide12:08 AM · 2.3 ft
• high tide6:50 AM · 9.8 ft
• low tide12:22 PM · 6.2 ft
• high tide6:13 PM · 10.4 ft