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PFMA 19-5Chinook Salmon · Open

James Island

48.61°N · 123.34°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
86/100
GOOD

Now 25 · 9 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-10 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 19-5 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 62 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
9 PM
Now
Score
25
Tough
Tide
6.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.1 m
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
38% cloud
Hour 9 PM. Score 25 Tough. Tide 6.4ft Falling ▼. Current -1.4kn Ebb. Wind 10kn SSE G10. Sea 0.1m Calm. Air 14.4°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.8 kn
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 Combined Total. No more than: 1 Hatchery marked ≤80cm, 0 Hatchery marked >80cm, 1 Wild unmarked ≤80cm, 0 Wild unmarked >80cm. Annual coastwide limit of 10. Must record all retained chinook.
Other species here
Cod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openSablefish Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseCoho Salmon Retention openHalibut ClosedLingcod Closed
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 19-5 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Chinook Salmon
~1 more week in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
33-148 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Mid

James Island sits off Sidney in DFO subarea 19-5, a mixed-bottom corridor at mid exposure where depths run from 35 to 150 feet. The moving water through this channel concentrates baitfish and holds a rotating mix of salmon and bottomfish through the year. Coho Salmon peak from May through September and Chinook Salmon from June through August, with anglers working the corridor by trolling spoons, hootchies, or cut-plug herring for Coho and running anchovy in a teaser head behind downriggers for Chinook. Pacific Halibut hold over the mixed bottom from March through August, taken on drift-jigged metal jigs, leadhead jigs with soft plastics, or a spreader bar with bait. Lingcod fill the colder stretch from November through March, responding to metal jigs, swimbaits, and soft plastics worked close to the structure.

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