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Nanoose Bay Entrance

49.26°N · 124.09°W

BoatPFMA 17-19Chinook Salmon · Open

Nanoose Bay Entrance Fishing Forecast

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Nanoose Bay Entrance 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
82/100
GOOD

Now 79 · 9 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-12 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 17-19 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 62 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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Conditions
Time
9 AM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
8.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
4 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Flat
est. from wind
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 9 AM. Score 79 Good. Tide 8.9ft Rising ▲. Current +1.6kn Flood. Wind 4kn W G11. Sea Flat (est. from wind). Air 8.7°.
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 ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedSablefish Retention openCod Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 17-19 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-180 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Nanoose Bay Entrance is an outer-exposed drop-off near Nanaimo, British Columbia, where mixed bottom structure falls away through depths of 40 to 180 feet. The drop-off draws Chinook and Coho Salmon through their peak from June to September, while Rockfish hold over the bottom structure year-round. Anglers work the salmon with trolling using anchovy, herring, flashers with hoochies, and trolling spoons, and shift to mooching cut-plug herring or jigging metal jigs along the deeper edges. Rockfish come to jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits worked close to the mixed bottom, or to bait fishing with herring and squid. The steep depth transition concentrates fish where the shallows break into the deeper water, giving anglers a defined structure to target across the full 40-to-180-foot range.

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