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Maude Island / Pylades Channel

49.10°N · 123.71°W

BoatPFMA 17-17Chinook Salmon · Open

Maude Island / Pylades Channel Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Maude Island / Pylades Channel looks good today.
The best time to go is 3 PM to 7 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Maude Island / Pylades Channel 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.

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Best score for the day · 5 PM
79/100
GOOD

Now 21 · 6 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
3 PM-7 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 17-17 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 62 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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Conditions
Time
6 AM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
5.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
5 kn
NW · gusty
Sea state
Flat
0.1 m
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 6 AM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 5.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 5kn NW G15. Sea 0.1 m Flat. Air 8.6°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
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 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Lingcod ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openSablefish Retention openCod Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

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

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-180 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Mid

Maude Island and Pylades Channel form a rock-bottom corridor near Nanaimo, British Columbia, where currents funnel through mid-exposure water running 40 to 150 feet deep. Lingcod hold along this rocky structure with peaks in March and April and again from May through August, while rockfish stay catchable year-round across the same terrain. Chinook and Coho Salmon move through the channel from June to September, with trolling spoons, herring, and flashers with hoochies worked along the corridor accounting for most fish. Anglers targeting lingcod and rockfish jig metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits over the rock, or fish whole herring and squid on the bottom. The channeled layout concentrates tidal flow, so drifting jigs and swimbaits through moving water covers the deeper edges effectively.

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