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Whittlestone Point

48.81°N · 125.19°W

BoatPFMA 23-7Chinook Salmon · Open

Whittlestone Point Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Whittlestone Point looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Whittlestone 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 · 5 PM
81/100
GOOD

Now 80 · 8 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-12 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 23-7 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 6 weeks ago

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
8 AM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
9.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
1.9 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
7°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 AM. Score 80 Good. Tide 9.0ft Falling ▼. Current -0.2kn Slack. Wind 3kn N G4. Sea 1.9 m @ 9 s W Lumpy. Air 6.5°.
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
Lingcod Retention openCoho Salmon 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

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-90 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Bay
Outer Exposed

Whittlestone Point sits on the outer, exposed coast near Bamfield, British Columbia, a mixed-bottom bay where depths run from 15 to 80 feet. The spot holds Chinook Salmon through their peak from May to August and Coho Salmon from May into September, drawing fish over its varied structure. Trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, or hootchies works the water column across the bay's depth range and remains the dominant approach for both species. For Chinook, mooching whole or cut-plug herring covers the shallower structure, while jigging metal jigs reaches fish holding deeper. Coho respond to trolling spoons and cut-plug herring, with bucktailing and drift jigging as supporting tactics along the exposed edges.

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