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Shore spot · BeachPFMA 17-18Coho Salmon · Open

Blueback Beach

49.25°N · 124.04°W

Shore spot · BeachPFMA 17-18Coho Salmon · Open

Blueback Beach Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Nanaimo: Coho

Coho fishing at Blueback Beach looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 12 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Blueback Beach 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 · 8 AM

84/100

GOOD

Now 82 · 7 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW

7 AM-12 PM

Tide ebbing

DFO · PFMA 17-18 · 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

7 PM

Now

Score

Good

Tide

12.4 ft ▼

Ebbing

Current

—

Ebb

Wind

5 kn

NW · steady

Sea state

Easy

0.2 m chop

Air temp

12°

Mild

Weather

Rain

0.7 mm/h

Time

7 PM

Score

Tide

12.4 ft ▼

Current

—

Wind

5 kn

Sea state

Easy

Air temp

12°

Weather

Rain

Why this score

Light

Low sun

Prime

Tide

Mid ebb

Tough

Current

0.3 kn light

Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Coho Salmon

Retention open

Daily limit: 2 per day
Possession: 4 in possession
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.

Other species here

Chinook Salmon Catch & releaseDungeness Crab Retention openSurfperch Retention openFlounder / Sole (Flatfish) Retention open

Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 17-18 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Coho Salmon

~1 more week at peak

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SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM

Beach

ACCESS

On foot

No boat needed

GETTING THERE: Reached by a signed public beach access and stairway off Blueback Drive with only roadside parking. The stairs are steep, and the gravel beach fishes best on a rising tide into the drop-off.
HOW IT'S FISHED: Casting spoons from the beach