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Swiftsure Bank

48.55°N · 125.01°W

BoatPFMA 121-2Chinook Salmon · Open

Swiftsure Bank Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Swiftsure Bank is slow today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 3 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Swiftsure Bank 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 · 7 AM
52/100
POOR

Now 44 · 7 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-3 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 121-2 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
7 PM
Now
Score
44
Tough
Tide
8.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
11 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
2.3 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
11°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 7 PM. Score 44 Tough. Tide 8.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.5kn Ebb. Wind 11kn NW G14. Sea 2.3 m @ 9 s W Lumpy. Air 10.8°.
Why this score
Light
Dawn
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
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
DFO closes Swiftsure Bank Salmon Closure (part of 121-1, 121-2, 121-3) Jul 15 to Oct 31. Check DFO's map. DFO closes Swiftsure Bank (part of 121-1, 121-2) year round. Check DFO's map.
Other species here
Albacore tuna Retention openHalibut Retention openLingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 121-2 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
120-360 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

Swiftsure Bank is an outer-exposed sand flat off Bamfield, British Columbia, where the bottom runs from 120 to 240 feet. The bank holds Pacific Halibut, which peak from March through August, alongside Chinook Salmon from May through August and Coho Salmon from May through September, with Albacore Tuna moving through offshore. Halibut hold on the sand across this depth range and respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or metal jigs, while bottom bait fishing with whole herring, salmon heads, or octopus covers the same ground. Chinook fishing centers on trolling anchovy and herring behind flashers, with mooching cut-plug herring as an alternative through the flat's exposed water. Coho hit trolled hootchies, spoons, and flashers, and bucktailing works when fish sit near the surface.

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