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BoatPFMA 17-6Chinook Salmon · Open

Danger Reefs

48.92°N · 123.62°W

BoatPFMA 17-6Chinook Salmon · Open

Danger Reefs Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Danger Reefs looks good today.
The best time to go is 3 PM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Danger Reefs 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
79/100
GOOD

Now 75 · 10 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
3 PM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 17-6 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 62 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
75
Good
Tide
6.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
5 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
99% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 75 Good. Tide 6.4ft Rising ▲. Current +1.0kn Flood. Wind 5kn NW G11. Sea 0.0 m Flat. Air 13.1°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
Slack
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
Lingcod ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCabezon Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 17-6 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-120 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Mid

Danger Reefs is a mid-exposure kelp reef off Cowichan, British Columbia, where rock bottom drops through depths of 40 to 120 feet. The reef holds Lingcod at their strongest from June through August and Chinook Salmon from June into September, while Rockfish work the structure year-round. Anglers targeting lingcod jig swimbaits, metal jigs, and bucktail jigs over the rock, or drift live greenling and small rockfish along the edges. Chinook come to downrigger trolling with anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, spoons, and flashers, with mooching cut-plug herring a productive alternative over the same depths. For rockfish, metal jigs, leadhead jigs with soft plastics, and swimbaits worked close to the reef stay effective across all twelve months.

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