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Bligh Island

49.65°N · 126.52°W

BoatPFMA 25-6Chinook Salmon · Open

Bligh Island Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Bligh Island looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 12 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Bligh Island 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
81/100
GOOD

Now 69 · 2 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-12 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 25-6 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line

14-Day Forecast

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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
2 PM
Now
Score
69
Fair
Tide
7.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
7 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Easy
0.8 m @ 17 s W
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 69 Fair. Tide 7.8ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 7kn SE G15. Sea 0.8 m @ 17 s W Easy. Air 9.4°.

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 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
10 per year
Other species here
Halibut Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openQuillback Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openSablefish Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 25-6 · synced yesterday

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
330-1310 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Bligh Island

Bligh Island sits off Gold River on the outer coast of British Columbia, a rock drop-off exposed to open water where the bottom falls from 330 to 1310 feet. The steep structure holds Chinook Salmon from May through September and Coho Salmon from June into October, with both species best worked by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, or hootchies along the edge. Lingcod stack on the rock in two windows, February through April and again in August and September, and respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs. Pacific Halibut move through from March to August and are taken by drift jigging leadhead jigs tipped with soft plastics or herring over the deeper contours. Quillback Rockfish, Pacific Cod, and Sablefish round out the bottom fishery across the same rocky drop.

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