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Orlebar Point

49.20°N · 123.82°W

Shore spot · Rocky shorePFMA 17-10Chinook Salmon · Open

Orlebar Point Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Nanaimo: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Orlebar Point looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 12 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Orlebar Point 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 8 AM

86/100

GOOD

Now 81 · 7 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW

7 AM-12 PM

Tide ebbing

DFO · PFMA 17-10 · 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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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions · now

Time

7 PM

Now

Score

Good

Tide

11.8 ft ▼

Ebbing

Current

—

Ebb

Wind

6 kn

NW · steady

Sea state

Easy

0.3 m chop

Air temp

12°

Mild

Weather

Rain

1.4 mm/h

Time

7 PM

Score

Tide

11.8 ft ▼

Current

—

Wind

6 kn

Sea state

Easy

Air temp

12°

Weather

Rain

Why this score

Light

Low sun

Prime

Current

0.4 kn light

Prime

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

Coho Salmon Retention openSurfperch Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention open

Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 17-10 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Chinook Salmon

~1 more week in shoulder

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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM

Rocky shore

ACCESS

On foot

No boat needed

GETTING THERE: On Gabriola Island (foot passenger ferry from downtown Nanaimo), reached by road-end access near Gabriola Sands Provincial Park and a short walk onto the sandstone shelf. Strong tidal current sweeps the point, so fish the slack-to-flood and stay off the shelf in swell.
HOW IT'S FISHED: Casting metal jigs into the current