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Cowichan Bay Reef

48.74°N · 123.57°W

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

Now 21 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-10 AM
Tide ebbing
14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
4.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Calm
est. from wind
Air temp
17°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
45% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 4.3ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 5kn S G8. Sea Calm (est. from wind). Air 17.3°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.3 kn light
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 combined total daily limit. No more than: 1 hatchery marked ≤80cm, 0 hatchery marked >80cm, 1 wild unmarked ≤80cm, 0 wild unmarked >80cm. Annual coastwide limit of 10. Must record all retained chinook on licence.
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openChum salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedHalibut ClosedCod Retention openGiant Pacific Octopus ClosedLingcod Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Chinook Salmon
~6 more weeks at peak
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Inner Protected

Cowichan Bay Reef is an inner-protected rocky drop-off in Cowichan, British Columbia, where the bottom falls from 20 down to 120 feet. Chinook Salmon hold along this structure through their June to September peak, while Coho Salmon run strong from June into October. Downrigger trolling works the drop-off edge for Chinook, with anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers covering the depth range where fish stage against the rock. Mooching cut-plug or whole herring and jigging metal or soft plastic jigs offer close-in options over the same terrain. For Coho, trolling hootchies, spoons, anchovies, and flashers along the reef takes fish near the surface, with bucktailing flies and mooching herring as supporting approaches.

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