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Digby Island Kelp Beds

54.28°N · 130.46°W

BoatPFMA 4-9Chinook Salmon · Open

Digby Island Kelp Beds Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Digby Island Kelp Beds is fair today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Digby Island Kelp Beds 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 · 6 PM
73/100
FAIR

Now 62 · 12 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-12 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 4-9 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
62
Fair
Tide
12.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
8 kn
SSE · gusty
Sea state
Easy
0.4 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
8°
Cold
Weather
Rain
0.6 mm/h
Hour 12 PM. Score 62 Fair. Tide 12.1ft Falling ▼. Current -0.7kn Ebb. Wind 8kn SSE G19. Sea 0.4 m @ 9 s W Easy. Air 8.4°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
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 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Halibut Retention openLingcod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openWolf Eel Catch & release
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-9 · 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
20-100 ft
Kelp
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

The Digby Island Kelp Beds sit just off Digby Island near Prince Rupert, a stretch of kelp-covered rocky reef and broken bottom running from 20 to 100 feet. Lingcod hold tight to the structure with a peak from February through July, while rockfish work the same reef edges across those same months. Chinook salmon transit the adjacent water in two distinct pushes, February through April and again April through July. Jigging metal jigs and leadhead jigs with soft plastics covers both lingcod and rockfish along the reef shoulders, and mooching whole or cut herring accounts for salmon and lingcod holding deeper in the column. Downrigger trolling whole herring or hootchies behind flashers works the salmon lanes running off the kelp edge.

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