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April Point

50.06°N · 125.24°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 21 · 1 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
1 AM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
5.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
NNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
95% cloud
Hour 1 AM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 5.0ft Falling ▼. Current -0.3kn Ebb. Wind 5kn NNW G10. Sea 0.0 m Flat. Air 12.9°.
Why this score
Light
Sunrise
Prime
Current
0.6 kn light
Fair

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 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Possession limit is twice the daily limit. Annual coastwide limit of 10. Must permanently record all retained chinook on licence/NRLS.
Other species here
Halibut ClosedSablefish Retention openCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedCanary Rockfish Closed
Always check with DFO

Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
261-658 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

April Point sits off Campbell River, British Columbia, where a rock drop-off falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet along a mid-exposure stretch of water. Chinook Salmon peak from June through August and respond to trolling with anchovy, herring, trolling spoons, and hootchies, while Coho Salmon hold from May through September and take the same trolled spoons and hootchies. Pacific Halibut work the deeper bottom from April through September, where drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits covers the rock structure effectively. Lingcod stack over the same drop-off with peaks in May through June and again in August through September, taken on metal jigs and leadhead jigs with swimbaits worked close to the rock. The broken bottom also holds Canary and Copper Rockfish, Pacific Cod, and Sablefish across the deeper contours.

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