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Stephens Island (Avery Island / Butler Cove)

54.21°N · 130.76°W

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Stephens Island (Avery Island / Butler Cove) Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Stephens Island (Avery Island / Butler Cove) looks good today.
The best time to go is 5 PM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Stephens Island (Avery Island / Butler Cove) 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
80/100
GOOD

Now 20 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
5 PM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 4-2 · 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
11 PM
Now
Score
20
Tough
Tide
11.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
NNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 m @ 8 s W
Air temp
10°
Cold
Weather
Partly cloudy
57% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 20 Tough. Tide 11.7ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 5kn NNW G7. Sea 0.5 m @ 8 s W 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
Lingcod Retention openHalibut Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openSablefish Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-2 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-200 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Bay
Mid

Stephens Island sits west of Prince Rupert, with Avery Island and Butler Cove forming a network of rocky shoreline, kelp edges, and shelf drops that hold structure-oriented fish across depths of 40 to 200 feet. Lingcod work the reef edges from February through July, while Pacific Halibut settle onto the deeper flats and gravel bottoms from April into August. Chinook Salmon move through in two windows, February to April and again from April to July, with Coho Salmon following from May through September along the tide lines. Downrigger trolling with whole herring, anchovies in teaser heads, or spoons behind flashers covers the salmon along current seams, while drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or heavy metal jigs targets halibut over the deeper bottom. Lingcod respond to jigging along the shallower rock structure with leadhead jigs and swimbaits or metal jigs worked close to the bottom.

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