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PFMA 18-8Coho Salmon · Open

Cowichan Bay Flats

48.74°N · 123.61°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 25 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-8 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 18-8 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 30 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
25
Tough
Tide
4.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Calm
est. from wind
Air temp
17°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
69% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 25 Tough. Tide 4.3ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 4kn SSE G4. Sea Calm (est. from wind). Air 16.6°.
Why this score
Tide
Mid flood
Prime
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Tide swing
4.6 ft range today
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Coho Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 30 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
2 combined total daily limit. No more than: 2 hatchery marked, 0 wild unmarked. Possession limit is twice the daily limit when open.
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseChinook Salmon Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 18-8 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

No dataOff season for Coho Salmon
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
10-60 ft
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
—
STRUCTURE
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Cowichan Bay Flats sits in DFO subarea 18-8 off Cowichan, British Columbia, a shallow feeding zone where depths run from 10 to 60 feet over open flats. Chinook Salmon hold here from June through September, followed by Coho Salmon that peak across a longer window from June into October. Downrigger trolling covers the water most effectively for Chinook, working anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers through the 10-to-60-foot range, while mooching cut-plug or whole herring targets fish holding closer to the bottom. Coho respond to trolling the same shallow band with hootchies, spoons, anchovies, and flashers, and bucktailing with bucktail flies takes fish feeding near the surface. The gradual depth transition across the flats keeps both species within reach of a single trolling pass.

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