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PFMA 19-5Chinook Salmon · Open

Sidney Spit

48.65°N · 123.33°W

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

Now 17 · 10 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
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Sidney Spit chinook very slow; one…

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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
17
Tough
Tide
5.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
13 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.1 m
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
56% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 17 Tough. Tide 5.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 13kn SSE G14. Sea 0.1m Calm. Air 14.3°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.3 kn light
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
Canary Rockfish Catch & releaseCoho Salmon Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseFlounder / Sole (Flatfish) ClosedDungeness Crab ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCod Retention openChum salmon Retention openHerring ClosedPink salmon Retention openHalibut ClosedLingcod Closed
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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
7-49 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Flat
Mid

Sidney Spit is a mid-exposure sand flat off Sidney, British Columbia, within DFO subarea 19-5, where the bottom runs from about 5 to 50 feet. The flat holds Chinook Salmon through their June to August peak and Coho Salmon from May into September, alongside Chum salmon, resident Pacific Herring, and Flounder or Sole working the sand. Chinook respond to downrigger trolling with anchovy in a teaser head, trolling spoons, or flashers, while Coho come to trolled spoons, hootchies, and cut-plug herring across the shallower edges. Chum favor trolling with green flashers and green hoochies, and both salmon can be worked with metal jigs when fish stack over structure. Dungeness Crab share the same sand bottom and take crab traps or ring nets baited with herring, clams, or fish carcasses.

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