Bentinck Island
48.31°N · 123.54°W
Bentinck Island Fishing Forecast
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Chinook fishing at Bentinck Island looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide ebbing.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Bentinck Island 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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Now 79 · 1 PM PDT
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- 4 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 45 cm
- Gear
- barbless hook and line
- Annual quota
- Not published
Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 20-5 · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Chinook Salmon is best at this spot
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Bentinck Island sits off Sooke, British Columbia, where a kelp-covered rock reef rises through mid-exposure water at depths of 20 to 80 feet. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from September through May, alongside a resident Rockfish aggregate that works the same rocky bottom year-round. Chinook Salmon move through in summer, with the strongest window running June through August. Anglers target Lingcod and Rockfish by jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs tight to the reef, while Chinook are taken by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, or hootchies over the same ground. The rock and kelp concentrate fish along the reef edges, making the transitions between structure and open water the productive zones to fish.
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