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Shore spot · BeachPFMA 18-5Coho Salmon · Open

Mortimer Spit

48.77°N · 123.26°W

Shore spot · BeachPFMA 18-5Coho Salmon · Open

Mortimer Spit Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Coho fishing at Mortimer Spit looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 8 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Mortimer Spit from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Coho. 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 · 7 AM

78/100

GOOD

Now 21 · 1 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW

7 AM-8 AM

Tide ebbing

DFO · PFMA 18-5 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 30 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 · now

Time

1 AM

Now

Score

Tough

Tide

6.8 ft ▲

Flooding

Current

—

Flood

Wind

5 kn

NNW · steady

Sea state

Easy

0.2 m chop

Air temp

12°

Mild

Weather

Rain

0.7 mm/h

Time

1 AM

Score

Tide

6.8 ft ▲

Current

—

Wind

5 kn

Sea state

Easy

Air temp

12°

Weather

Rain

Why this score

Light

Sunrise

Prime

Tide

Late ebb

Tough

Current

Slack

Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Coho Salmon

Retention open

Daily limit: 2 per day
Possession: Not published
Size: Minimum 30 cm
Gear: barbless hook and line
Annual quota: Not published
Other: Daily limit: 2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked 0 - Wild - unmarked. DFO closes Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) Recreational Salmon Fishing Closure (part of 18-9, 18-2, 18-4, 18-5) Jun 17 to Nov 30. Check DFO's map.

Other species here

Copper Rockfish Retention openSurfperch Retention openFlounder / Sole (Flatfish) Retention open

Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 18-5 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Coho Salmon

~2 more weeks at peak

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SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM

Beach

ACCESS

On foot

No boat needed

GETTING THERE: Pull-out parking beside the bridge on Canal Road, North Pender, with a short walk onto the gravel spit. Current rips past the spit on the tide change, which is the time to fish it.
HOW IT'S FISHED: Casting spoons into the tidal current