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Baron Island (North End)

54.46°N · 130.75°W

BoatPFMA 4-5Chinook Salmon · Open

Baron Island (North End) Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Baron Island (North End) looks good today.
The best time to go is 9 AM to 10 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Baron Island (North End) 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 · 9 AM
80/100
GOOD

Now 18 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
9 AM-10 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 4-5 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
18
Tough
Tide
15.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
SW · gusty
Sea state
Choppy
0.8 m @ 7 s W
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Rain
0.3 mm/h
Hour 8 PM. Score 18 Tough. Tide 15.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.2kn Ebb. Wind 10kn SW G19. Sea 0.8 m @ 7 s W Choppy. Air 9.0°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.2 kn light
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 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openChum salmon Catch & releaseHalibut Retention openLingcod Retention openCod Retention openNearshore Rockfish Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-5 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-150 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Outer Exposed

Baron Island's north end sits in exposed water off Prince Rupert, where kelp-edged reef and current-swept structure drop into 40 to 150 feet. Pacific Halibut hold on the deeper flats and gravel edges through the April to August peak, taken on drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastic or heavy metal jigs, with bait fishing on anchor using whole herring or salmon heads working the slack tides. Chinook Salmon push through in two windows, February to April and again April to July, with downrigger trolling whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, and hootchies behind flashers along the tide lines off the point. Coho Salmon follow from May into September and respond to trolling spoons and hoochies on the downriggers, with bucktailing the surface chop when fish show up top. Tide changes concentrate bait against the island's north face, and most productive drifts run parallel to the structure rather than over the shallowest pinnacles.

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