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Shore spot · Rocky shorePFMA 14-1Coho Salmon · Open

Dorcas Point

49.31°N · 124.19°W

Shore spot · Rocky shorePFMA 14-1Coho Salmon · Open

Dorcas Point Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Coho fishing at Dorcas Point looks good today.
The best time to go is 4 PM to 8 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Dorcas Point from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Coho. 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 7 PM

84/100

GOOD

Now 21 · 1 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW

4 PM-8 PM

Tide ebbing

DFO · PFMA 14-1 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 30 cm · barbless hook and line

14-Day Forecast

Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions · now

Time

1 AM

Now

Score

Tough

Tide

8.6 ft ▲

Flooding

Current

—

Flood

Wind

7 kn

WNW · steady

Sea state

Flat

0.1 m chop

Air temp

11°

Cold

Weather

Rain

0.4 mm/h

Time

1 AM

Score

Tide

8.6 ft ▲

Current

—

Wind

7 kn

Sea state

Flat

Air temp

11°

Weather

Rain

Why this score

Light

Golden hour

Prime

Current

0.2 kn light

Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Coho Salmon

Retention open

Daily limit: 2 per day
Possession: 4 in possession
Size: Minimum 30 cm
Gear: barbless hook and line
Annual quota: Not published
Other: Daily limit: 2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked 1 - Wild - unmarked.

Other species here

Black Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openSurfperch Retention open

Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 14-1 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Coho Salmon

~2 more weeks at peak

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SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM

Rocky shore

ACCESS

On foot

No boat needed

GETTING THERE: Reached from the public road end off Dorcas Point Road in Nanoose Bay; walk down to the sandstone shore and stay below the high-water mark past the private frontage. Deeper water sits close in off the tip.
HOW IT'S FISHED: Casting metal jigs from the rocks