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Pedder Bay

48.33°N · 123.54°W

BoatPFMA 20-5Chinook Salmon · Open

Pedder Bay Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Pedder Bay is fair today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Pedder Bay 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 · 9 AM
66/100
FAIR

Now 22 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-12 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 20-5 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 11 days ago

Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and Dungeness crab at Pedder Bay lately.

14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
22
Tough
Tide
5.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
6 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.1 m chop
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Clear
1% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 22 Tough. Tide 5.2ft Rising ▲. Current -0.7kn Ebb. Wind 6kn W G9. Sea 0.1 m chop Flat. Air 9.3°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
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
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseHalibut Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openGiant Pacific Octopus Retention openHerring Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedLingcod ClosedDungeness Crab Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 20-5 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-115 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

Pedder Bay is an inner, protected bay near Sooke, British Columbia, within DFO subarea 20-5, with a mixed bottom and depths running from 25 to 115 feet. Chinook Salmon hold here from June through August and Coho Salmon peak from June into October, both taken by trolling anchovies, herring, spoons, or hootchies through the water column, with mooching cut-plug or whole herring as a supporting approach. Lingcod stack up over the mixed bottom and rocky structure from September through May, worked with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs along the deeper edges of the bay's depth range. Dungeness Crab move through the protected shallows in two windows, March to June and September to November, and respond to traps baited with fish carcasses, herring, chicken, or turkey. The bay's sheltered exposure keeps conditions workable across a range of tides, making it a consistent option for both salmon and bottom fishing.

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