Chinook Salmon · Open

Genoa Bay Area

48.76°N · 123.60°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
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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
48% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 4.3ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 5kn S G7. Sea Calm (est. from wind). Air 16.8°.
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
Not published
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Annual quota
Not published
Other
No scraped regulation for this area/species — treated as closed until the regulatory area is activated and scraped. Not a statement that the fishery is closed.
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openLingcod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCod ClosedHalibut Closed
Always check with DFO

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
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease onlyClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-80 ft
Mud
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

Genoa Bay Area is an inner protected bay in the Cowichan region of British Columbia, set over a mud bottom in waters that run from 20 to 80 feet. The bay holds Chinook Salmon through its peak from June to September and Coho Salmon from June to October, giving the area a long summer-into-fall window. Downrigger trolling is the primary approach for Chinook, working anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers across the protected depths. Anglers targeting Coho troll the same water with hootchies, spoons, anchovies, and flashers, and bucktailing near the surface takes fish through the same months. In the calmer conditions of the inner bay, mooching cut-plug or whole herring holds gear in the productive 20-to-80-foot band for both species.

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