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Bold Bluff

48.79°N · 123.54°W

BoatPFMA 18-7Chinook Salmon · Open

Bold Bluff Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Bold Bluff looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Bold Bluff 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 · 9 AM
82/100
GOOD

Now 23 · 10 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 18-7 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 62 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
23
Tough
Tide
5.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 23 Tough. Tide 5.8ft Falling ▼. Current -1.0kn Ebb. Wind 3kn NW G11. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 8.5°.
Why this score
Tide
Mid flood
Fair
Light
Low sun
Prime
Tide swing
5.0 ft range today
Prime

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 species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseSablefish Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openDarkblotched Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedSixgill Shark ClosedCod Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 18-7 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
50-120 ft
STRUCTURE
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Bold Bluff sits along the Cowichan shoreline in DFO subarea 18-7, where the seabed drops through a working depth of 50 to 120 feet. Chinook salmon are the primary target here, holding through a peak run from June to September. Downrigger trolling covers the bulk of the water at this spot, working anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers along the sloping bottom. Anglers also mooch cut-plug and whole herring or drop metal and soft plastic jigs to reach fish staged in the deeper part of the range. The bluff's steep contour concentrates fish through the summer months, making the 50-to-120-foot band the zone to focus on.

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