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Hudson Bay Passage

54.46°N · 130.90°W

BoatPFMA 4-1Chinook Salmon · Open

Hudson Bay Passage Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Hudson Bay Passage looks good today.
The best time to go is 5 PM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Hudson Bay 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 · 6 PM
78/100
GOOD

Now 17 · 7 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
5 PM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 4-1 · 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
7 AM
Now
Score
17
Tough
Tide
14.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
S · gusty
Sea state
Choppy
1.3 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
8°
Cold
Weather
Rain
0.3 mm/h
Hour 7 AM. Score 17 Tough. Tide 14.4ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 11kn S G21. Sea 1.3 m @ 9 s W Choppy. Air 8.3°.
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
Lingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openHalibut Retention openSablefish Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-1 · 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
30-300 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

Hudson Bay Passage is a deep tidal channel near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with working depths from 60 to 300 feet over mixed rock and current-swept bottom. Lingcod hold on the structure through a long window from February to July, while Pacific Halibut move onto the flats and edges from April into August. Chinook Salmon push through in two pulses, February to April and again April to July, followed by Coho Salmon from May into September. Anglers work the deeper rock with leadhead jigs and metal jigs for lingcod, and drift jig soft plastics or set salmon heads and octopus on anchor for halibut along the same contours. Salmon fishing centres on downrigger trolling with whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, and spoons behind flashers, with cut-plug herring mooching effective on Chinook when tides ease through the passage.

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