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Portland Inlet Mouth

54.66°N · 130.48°W

BoatPFMA 3-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Portland Inlet Mouth Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Portland Inlet Mouth looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 10 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Portland Inlet Mouth 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
79/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 7 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-10 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 3-3 · 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
26
Tough
Tide
15.6 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
8°
Cold
Weather
Rain
0.8 mm/h
Hour 7 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 15.6ft Falling ▼. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 5kn SW G12. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 8.0°.
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
Not published
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Halibut Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 3-3 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-400 ft
STRUCTURE
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Portland Inlet Mouth sits at the confluence of Portland Inlet and Chatham Sound northwest of Prince Rupert, a deep tidal junction where currents sweep across bottom structure ranging from 60 to 400 feet. The spot holds Pacific Halibut through the April to August peak, Chinook Salmon in two windows spanning February to April and April to July, and Coho Salmon from May into September. Halibut anglers work the deeper edges 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 tide slackens. Chinook hold along the current seams and respond to downrigger trolling with whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, or hootchies behind flashers, while mooching cut-plug herring covers the shallower transitions. Coho track bait through the upper column and take trolling spoons, hoochies, and cut plug herring on downriggers, with bucktailing productive across surface rips.

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