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Cowichan Bay Reef

48.74°N · 123.57°W

BoatPFMA 18-7Chinook Salmon · Open

Cowichan Bay Reef Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Cowichan Bay Reef looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Cowichan Bay Reef 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 · 8 AM
82/100
GOOD

Now 21 · 9 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-11 AM
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
9 PM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
6.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Flat
est. from wind
Air temp
10°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 9 PM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 6.3ft Falling ▼. Current -0.8kn Ebb. Wind 3kn N G7. Sea Flat (est. from wind). Air 9.9°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.5 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
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openChum salmon Retention openCopper Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedGiant Pacific Octopus Retention openCod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Closed
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 18-7 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Chinook Salmon
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-120 ft
Rock
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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