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Wizard Rock (Barkley Sound)

48.86°N · 125.16°W

BoatPFMA 23-4Chinook Salmon · Open

Wizard Rock (Barkley Sound) Fishing Forecast

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What's biting now around Bamfield: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Wizard Rock (Barkley Sound) looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 1 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Wizard Rock (Barkley Sound) 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
82/100
GOOD

Now 79 · 6 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-1 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 23-4 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
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Conditions
Time
6 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
9.6 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
WNW · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.5 m @ 8 s W
Air temp
11°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 6 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 9.6ft Falling ▼. Current +0.2kn Slack. Wind 5kn WNW G9. Sea 1.5 m @ 8 s W Easy. Air 10.8°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

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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 openHalibut Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-4 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-120 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Wizard Rock is an exposed pinnacle in Barkley Sound off Bamfield, British Columbia, where rock structure rises through depths of 40 to 120 feet along the outer coast. Lingcod hold on the rock through their peaks in February to April and again from July to September, worked with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or with live greenling and herring dropped tight to the pinnacle. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and respond to trolling with anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies, while Coho Salmon run May to September and take trolled spoons, hootchies, and cut-plug herring. Rockfish stack over the same rock structure from May to September, caught by jigging metal jigs and soft plastic swimbaits or by bottom fishing with cut herring and squid. The exposed setting and steep rock relief concentrate fish across the full depth range, making it a spot where technique shifts with the target and the season.

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