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Skeena Bar

54.13°N · 130.10°W

BoatPFMA 4-15Chinook Salmon · Open

Skeena Bar Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Skeena Bar looks good today.
The best time to go is 9 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Skeena Bar 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
79/100
GOOD

Now 73 · 3 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
9 AM-12 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 4-15 · 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
3 PM
Now
Score
73
Fair
Tide
11.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
5 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
10°
Cold
Weather
Rain
0.5 mm/h
Hour 3 PM. Score 73 Fair. Tide 11.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.8kn Flood. Wind 5kn SSE G12. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 9.9°.
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
Chum salmon Catch & releaseSockeye salmon Catch & releaseCoho Salmon Retention openPink salmon Retention openLingcod Retention openHalibut Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-15 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-80 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Inner Protected

Skeena Bar sits at the mouth of the Skeena River near Prince Rupert, a broad tidal shelf where river outflow meets saltwater and concentrates baitfish along the drop. Chinook Salmon are the primary draw, with peak windows running February through April and again April through July, followed by Coho Salmon holding through May to September. Most fishing works water between 20 and 80 feet, with tide changes pushing bait and salmon across the bar edges. Downrigger trolling dominates for both species, pulling whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, trolling spoons, and hootchies behind flashers for Chinook, and spoons, hoochies, plastic squids, and cut plug herring for Coho. Mooching cut-plug herring and jigging metal or soft plastic swimbaits cover Chinook on slower tides, while bucktailing and casting spoons or metal jigs take surface-oriented Coho.

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