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Seabird Rocks

48.75°N · 125.16°W

BoatPFMA 123-1Chinook Salmon · Open

Seabird Rocks Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Seabird Rocks looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 9 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Seabird Rocks 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
76/100
GOOD

Now 20 · 4 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-9 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 123-1 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
4 AM
Now
Score
20
Tough
Tide
6.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
NE · steady
Sea state
Rough
2.1 m @ 8 s W
Air temp
7°
Cold
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 4 AM. Score 20 Tough. Tide 6.6ft Rising ▲. Current +1.6kn Flood. Wind 3kn NE G3. Sea 2.1 m @ 8 s W Rough. Air 7.3°.
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 openHalibut Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 123-1 · 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
50-180 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

Seabird Rocks is an outer-exposed kelp reef off Bamfield, British Columbia, where rocky bottom structure rises through depths of 20 to 80 feet. The reef holds Lingcod, which peak from February through April and again from July through September, alongside Rockfish that concentrate over the rock from May into September. Chinook Salmon move through the surrounding water between May and August, and Pacific Halibut work the deeper edges from March into August. Anglers target the Lingcod and Rockfish with jigging over the structure, running metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits close to the rock, while Chinook are taken by trolling anchovy, herring, and flashers through the exposed outer water. On the deeper margins, drift jigging with leadhead jigs and salmon belly reaches Halibut holding along the bottom.

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