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BoatPFMA 4-2Chinook Salmon · Open

Bell Passage

54.22°N · 130.81°W

BoatPFMA 4-2Chinook Salmon · Open

Bell Passage Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Bell Passage is fair today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 10 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Bell Passage 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 · 8 AM
72/100
FAIR

Now 63 · 9 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-10 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 4-2 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 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
Time
9 AM
Now
Score
63
Fair
Tide
13.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
15 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
0.5 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
11°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
86% cloud
Hour 9 AM. Score 63 Fair. Tide 13.5ft Falling ▼. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 15kn SSW G18. Sea 0.5 m @ 5 s W Choppy. Air 10.5°.
Why this score
Light
Sunrise
Prime
Current
0.3 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
Chum salmon Catch & releaseCod Retention openSablefish Retention openLingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openHalibut Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-2 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Off seasonOff season for Chinook Salmon
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-200 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Mid

Bell Passage is a tidal channel near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with working depths of 50 to 200 feet over mixed bottom and current-swept structure. Pacific Halibut hold along the deeper contours from April through August, while Chinook Salmon push through in two windows, February to April and again April to July, followed by Coho Salmon from May into September. Anglers work halibut with drift jigging using leadhead jigs and soft plastics or heavy metal jigs, switching to bait fishing on anchor with whole herring, salmon heads, or octopus when the tide slackens. Chinook and Coho respond to downrigger trolling with whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, trolling spoons, and hootchies behind flashers, and mooching cut-plug herring produces on Chinook holding tight to bait balls on the tide change.

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