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Enterprise Reef (Stuart Channel)

48.88°N · 123.63°W

BoatPFMA 17-9Chinook Salmon · Open

Enterprise Reef (Stuart Channel) Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Enterprise Reef (Stuart Channel) looks good today.
The best time to go is 3 PM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Enterprise Reef (Stuart Channel) 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
81/100
GOOD

Now 21 · 3 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
3 PM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 17-9 · 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
3 AM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
2.5 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 2.5ft Rising ▲. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 3kn WSW G7. Sea 0.0 m Flat. Air 8.5°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

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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
DFO closes Chemainus River (part of 17-9) Jul 15 to Oct 31. Check DFO's map.
Other species here
Kelp Greenling Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish ClosedLingcod Closed
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 17-9 · 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

Enterprise Reef is a mid-exposure kelp reef in Stuart Channel off Cowichan, British Columbia, where rock structure rises through water running 40 to 120 feet deep. Lingcod peak from June through August and hold tight to the reef's rock, responding to jigging with swimbaits, metal jigs, and bucktail jigs, while aggregate rockfish stay catchable year-round on metal jigs and leadhead jigs with soft plastics. Chinook salmon move through from June to September and take well to downrigger trolling with anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, and flashers along the reef edges. Coho follow from June into October, worked with trolling spoons and hootchies or bucktail flies over the same structure. The kelp and rocky bottom concentrate baitfish here, making the reef margins and depth breaks the most productive water to fish.

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