Today's best fishing in Comox: 7 AM to 10 AM
This page is full of real data to show you what you can see with ReelCaster in Comox.
The next 14 days in Comox
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCasterTwo weeks ahead
Most forecasts stop at the weekend. This one runs a full 14 days, so you can pick the day before you book the time off.
One number, out of 100
The best score anything in Comox reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
8,736 scores behind it
26 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.
Hour by hour today at Hump 1.3 km W of Maple Bay
All times PDTOne real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Hump 1.3 km W of Maple Bay, the most fished mark in Comox, scored for Chinook Salmon.
Six readings, one clock
Tide, current, wind, sea, air and sky, all lined up on the same hour, so you can see what is actually driving the score.
Currents, not just tides
Modelled flow for the water off Comox, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.
The spots people actually fish in Comox
20 more on the mapA year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Comox comes first.
Today's number too
Beside each name is the best score that spot reaches today, so you can weigh a proven mark against a good forecast.
Every mark has a page
Its own chart, its own species and its own rules, worked out the same way as everything above.
- 90Hump 1.3 km W of Maple BayKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Mid flood · Flat · Rock reef
- 90Hump 0.5 km W of Favada PointKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Early flood · Flat · Rock reef
- 90Hump at 49.86326, -124.81004Known markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late flood · Flat · Rock reef
- 90Rebecca RockKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Early flood · Flat · Rock reef
- 90Hump 0.9 km W of Favada PointKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Early flood · Flat · Rock reef
- 90Montgomery BankKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Early flood · Flat · Mixed bottom
Every spot we score in Comox
Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCanReal charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
26 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around Comox, each one carrying its own number for today.
Point at any of them
The name, how busy a mark it is, and the tide, sea and seabed at its best hour.
Create custom spots
Our full model on your custom private spots.
- Drop a pinAnywhere on the water. The ledge you found, the bay nobody talks about.
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- Choose speciesPick what you fish there, and it starts scoring from the next run.
What you can keep in Comox today
- Chinook SalmonKeep in places2 a day · min 62 cmOpen at 25 of 26 spots we cover
- HalibutKeep in places2 a dayOpen at 19 of 26 spots we cover
- Coho SalmonKeep2 a day · min 30 cmOpen at all 22 spots we cover
- LingcodKeep in places1 a day · min 65 cmOpen at 18 of 25 spots we cover
- Black RockfishClosedShut at all 7 spots we cover
Rules differ between PFMAs and change in season. Check DFO for the PFMA you are fishing before you keep anything.
That was one day. Pro opens the next fourteen.
Every spot on this map, hour by hour, two weeks out, with alerts when your water crosses the score you set.
$0 today, then $33 CAD a year, which is $2.75 a month. Card required, cancel any time.
When to fish Comox
Each row is shaded against that species' own best month here, so a dark cell means a good month for that fish rather than a comparison between them.
| Species | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Halibut | ||||||||||||
| Coho Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Lingcod | ||||||||||||
| Black Rockfish |
Chinook Salmon: January poor, February poor, March fair, April good, May excellent, June peak, July peak, August peak, September good, October poor, November poor, December poor. Halibut: January none, February poor, March excellent, April peak, May peak, June peak, July peak, August excellent, September fair, October poor, November none, December none. Coho Salmon: January none, February none, March poor, April poor, May good, June peak, July peak, August peak, September peak, October poor, November none, December none. Lingcod: January fair, February good, March good, April fair, May fair, June good, July good, August good, September good, October fair, November fair, December fair. Black Rockfish: January fair, February fair, March good, April fair, May good, June good, July excellent, August good, September good, October fair, November fair, December fair.
- Chinook Salmon. Comox (northern Strait of Georgia near the Comox Bar and Cape Lazo) holds resident 'winter' feeder Chinook through the colder months at moderate levels, with the dominant peak in July–August as mature Fraser and local Puntledge-bound fish stage and migrate through. A secondary spring build-up (April–June) reflects immature feeders fattening on herring and needlefish before the summer surge tapers in fall after the run passes.
- Halibut. Pacific halibut in the Strait of Georgia near Comox are most abundant spring through early summer as fish move onto shallower feeding grounds following herring and other baitfish, peaking around April–June. Numbers taper through late summer and fall as many fish move offshore and deeper toward winter spawning grounds, leaving a lower but non-zero baseline presence in winter.
- Coho Salmon. Comox-area coho peak in late August through September as mature fish stage in the Strait of Georgia and approach the Courtenay/Puntledge systems, with the strongest abundance mid-Sept before rivers pull them in. A secondary summer rise reflects feeder/immature coho building through July–August, while winter and spring show only scattered juveniles and low presence as most fish are absent from local salt water.
- Lingcod. Lingcod are resident year-round in Comox-area waters around Cape Lazo and the Strait of Georgia reefs, so abundance stays near baseline all year. The late-winter to early-spring peak (Feb–Apr) reflects males aggregating on nest sites and guarding egg masses in shallower rocky structure, making fish highly concentrated and catchable, with a modest secondary rise as summer feeding intensifies.
- Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are resident, non-migratory reef dwellers in the Salish Sea near Comox, so abundance stays fairly flat year-round with no true absence. A modest summer-to-early-fall peak reflects warmer water pushing fish shallower and more active feeding, while winter fish sit deeper and less concentrated but remain present.
Before you go
Water around Comox falls into 7 areas, and the rules can differ between them. Fisheries and Oceans Canada sets them.
- 14-7
- 14-9
- 14-11
- 14-12
- 14-13
- 14-14
- 14-15
Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence
Fisheries and Oceans Canada · 2026-27
Annual, Canadian resident, 16 to 64: $25.86
Salmon Conservation Stamp $7.39, required to keep any salmon. Releasing does not need it.
This is the federal tidal licence. Fishing fresh water in BC needs a separate provincial licence, and one does not cover the other.
Fishing Comox
Comox sits on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island, fronting the sheltered waters of the Strait of Georgia and the shoals and banks that spread offshore. The area holds 26 fishing spots that produce Chinook Salmon from June through August, Pacific Halibut from March through July, and Lingcod through much of the year, with peaks from January to March and again from May to September. Many of the spots cluster around the exposed banks, shoals, and humps that break the open strait, while others follow the points and spits closer to the inner shoreline. Anglers work the Chinook fishery largely by trolling across these grounds, timing their trips to the summer months when salmon move through. Coho Salmon and Pacific Cod round out the catch, extending the productive stretch from late spring into early fall.