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Kyuquot Fishing Report & Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Grogan Rock looks good today.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Grogan Rock 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 around Kyuquot, scored

Each number is today's best score out of 100 at that spot. The card walks the most-fished spots.

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The next 14 days in Kyuquot

Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

  • Two weeks ahead

    Most forecasts stop at the weekend. This one runs a full 14 days, so you can pick the day before you book the time off.

  • One number, out of 100

    The best score anything in Kyuquot reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.

  • 12,432 scores behind it

    37 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.

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Hour by hour today at Grogan Rock

All times PDT

  • One real spot

    A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Grogan Rock, the most fished spot in Kyuquot, scored for Chinook Salmon.

  • Six readings, one clock

    Tide, current, wind, sea, air and sky, all lined up on the same hour, so you can see what is actually driving the score.

  • Currents, not just tides

    Modelled flow for the water off Kyuquot, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.

Conditions
Time
9 AM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
8.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
0.7 m @ 18 s W
Air temp
6°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 9 AM. Score 80 Good. Tide 8.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.7kn Ebb. Wind 5kn E G10. Sea 0.7 m @ 18 s W Easy. Air 5.7°.

The spots people actually fish in Kyuquot

31 more on the map

  • A year of catch reports

    The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Kyuquot comes first.

  • Today's number too

    Beside each name is the best score that spot reaches today, so you can weigh a proven mark against a good forecast.

  • Every spot has a page

    Its own chart, its own species and its own rules, worked out the same way as everything above.

Every spot we score in Kyuquot

Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCan

  • Real charted seabed

    Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.

  • 37 spots, all scored

    Every spot we cover around Kyuquot, each one carrying its own number for today.

  • Point at any of them

    The name, how busy a mark it is, and the tide, sea and seabed at its best hour.

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What you can keep in Kyuquot today

  • Chinook SalmonKeep2 a day · min 45 cmOpen at all 34 spots we cover
  • Coho SalmonKeep2 a day · min 30 cmOpen at all 36 spots we cover
  • HalibutKeep2 a dayOpen at all 30 spots we cover
  • LingcodKeep3 a day · min 65 cmOpen at all 37 spots we cover
  • Black RockfishKeep3 a dayOpen at all 22 spots we cover
  • SurfperchKeep8 a dayOpen at all 6 spots we cover
  • Flounder / Sole (Flatfish)Keep8 a dayOpen at all 2 spots we cover
  • HerringKeep20 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover

Rules differ between PFMAs and change in season. Check DFO for the PFMA you are fishing before you keep anything.

All 36 spots in Kyuquot

Every spot we cover around Kyuquot has its own page, with the tide, the wind and the next 14 days.

That was one day. Pro opens the next fourteen.

Every spot on this map, hour by hour, two weeks out, with alerts when your water crosses the score you set.

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When to fish Kyuquot

Each row is shaded against that species' own best month here, so a dark cell means a good month for that fish rather than a comparison between them.

Relative abundance by month for each species around Kyuquot
SpeciesJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Halibut
Lingcod
Black Rockfish
Surfperch
Flounder / Sole (Flatfish)
Herring

Chinook Salmon: January none, February poor, March fair, April fair, May excellent, June peak, July peak, August peak, September fair, October poor, November poor, December none. Coho Salmon: January none, February none, March none, April poor, May fair, June peak, July peak, August peak, September peak, October none, November none, December none. Halibut: January none, February poor, March excellent, April peak, May peak, June peak, July peak, August excellent, September fair, October poor, November none, December none. Lingcod: January fair, February fair, March fair, April good, May good, June good, July good, August good, September good, October fair, November fair, December fair. Black Rockfish: January fair, February fair, March good, April good, May good, June good, July good, August good, September good, October fair, November fair, December fair. Surfperch: January fair, February good, March good, April fair, May fair, June good, July good, August good, September good, October good, November fair, December fair. Flounder / Sole (Flatfish): January fair, February fair, March fair, April good, May good, June good, July good, August excellent, September good, October good, November fair, December fair. Herring: January peak, February peak, March peak, April poor, May poor, June poor, July poor, August poor, September poor, October fair, November good, December excellent.

  • Chinook Salmon. Kyuquot Sound sits on the outer west coast of Vancouver Island where feeder (winter) Chinook hold offshore over reefs and banks through winter and spring, giving a moderate baseline. Abundance climbs sharply from June as migratory Chinook stage along the coast heading to the Fraser and mainland rivers, peaking in mid-to-late July when large returning fish stack up before tapering through late August into fall.
  • Coho Salmon. Kyuquot coho are a strong summer-fall fishery; feeder/immature coho build offshore through June-July with the peak abundance arriving late July into September as maturing fish stage along the coast before their fall river runs, then numbers crash by October once fish enter freshwater. Winter and early spring are near-absent as the stock is at sea and dispersed far offshore.
  • Halibut. Pacific halibut off Kyuquot are most abundant late spring through summer as fish move onto the shallower continental shelf banks to feed after their deep-water winter spawning migration. Abundance peaks in June-July, tapers through fall, and bottoms in winter (Dec-Feb) when adults are offshore in deep spawning grounds, though some fish remain present year-round.
  • Lingcod. Lingcod are resident, structure-oriented bottomfish present year-round off Kyuquot, so abundance never drops to zero. A modest late-winter/spring dip reflects the guarding phase and post-spawn dispersal, while the strong summer peak (Jul–Aug) marks aggregation over reefs and pinnacles as warmer water and abundant baitfish concentrate feeding fish on the exposed West Coast Vancouver Island banks.
  • Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are non-migratory residents of Kyuquot's rocky reefs and kelp beds year-round, so abundance stays relatively flat with no true biological absence. A modest late-spring through summer rise reflects warming nearshore water and adults moving shallower and becoming more active/aggregated over structure, while winter cold pushes fish slightly deeper and less concentrated.
  • Surfperch. Surfperch are resident year-round along Kyuquot's surf zones and estuaries, so abundance never drops to zero. The strong spring peak (late Feb–April) reflects shiner and redtail perch congregating inshore to give live birth in shallow warming waters, with a secondary autumn bump as fish feed heavily before winter.
  • Flounder / Sole (Flatfish). Flatfish are resident year-round in Kyuquot's sandy bays and estuary flats, so abundance stays fairly flat with no true zeros. Numbers dip slightly in cold winter months when fish move to deeper offshore water, then build through spring spawning and peak in late summer/early fall (Aug–Sep) when warm shallow flats hold the highest densities before dispersing again.
  • Herring. Pacific herring in Kyuquot Sound peak sharply in late February through April when mature adults school into nearshore waters to spawn on kelp and eelgrass. Post-spawn adults disperse offshore and juveniles remain scattered through summer and fall, giving a lower, flatter baseline outside the spring spawning aggregation.

Before you go

Management areas

Water around Kyuquot falls into 4 areas, and the rules can differ between them. Fisheries and Oceans Canada sets them.

  • 26-1
  • 26-6
  • 26-7
  • 126-1
Licence you need

Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence

Fisheries and Oceans Canada · 2026-27

Annual, Canadian resident aged 16 to 64: $25.86

Salmon Conservation Stamp $7.39, required to keep any salmon. Releasing does not need it.

This is the federal tidal licence. Fishing fresh water in BC needs a separate provincial licence, and one does not cover the other.

Do I need a licence in Kyuquot?Buy from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fishing Kyuquot

Kyuquot sits on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, fronting the exposed waters of the outer coast and the sheltered channels behind its scattered islands and reefs. Across roughly 40 spots, anglers target Lingcod, which peaks from March through August, Chinook Salmon through the May-to-August stretch, and Pacific Halibut across the spring and summer months. The fishing spread ranges from rocky headlands and open reefs facing the Pacific to the more protected inside waters among the islands, where Coho Salmon fill out the run from June into September. Chinook are worked mainly by trolling along productive tidelines and structure. The core fishery carries through spring and summer, with the busiest months falling between May and August.

Common questions about Kyuquot

›Do I need a fishing licence in Kyuquot?

Yes. Fishing around Kyuquot needs the Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. $25.86 a year for a Canadian resident aged 16 to 64 in 2026-27. The Salmon Conservation Stamp ($7.39) is required to keep any salmon. Releasing does not need it. This is the federal tidal licence. Fishing fresh water in BC needs a separate provincial licence, and one does not cover the other.

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