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Port Renfrew / San Juan River Mouth

48.56°N · 124.42°W

BoatPFMA 20-2Chinook Salmon · Open

Port Renfrew / San Juan River Mouth Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Port Renfrew / San Juan River Mouth looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Port Renfrew / San Juan River Mouth 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 · 5 PM
82/100
GOOD

Now 22 · 9 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 20-2 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
9 PM
Now
Score
22
Tough
Tide
7.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
1 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.9 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 9 PM. Score 22 Tough. Tide 7.0ft Falling ▼. Current -1.5kn Ebb. Wind 1kn SE G2. Sea 1.9 m @ 9 s W Easy. Air 8.9°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
0.3 kn light
Tough

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
Lingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openHalibut Retention openQuillback Rockfish Retention openPink salmon Retention openCod Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 20-2 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-120 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Bay
Outer Exposed

Port Renfrew's San Juan River mouth sits at the edge of an outer-exposed bay over mixed bottom, where depths run from 10 to 60 feet. Pacific Halibut hold across this ground from March through August, while Chinook Salmon peak from June to August and Coho Salmon push through from June into October. Drift fishing with salmon bellies, herring, or octopus works the mixed bottom for halibut, and jigging with leadhead or metal jigs covers the same structure when currents allow. Chinook respond to trolling with anchovy, herring, or spoons, and mooching cut-plug herring fits the shallower flats near the river outflow. Coho follow trolled spoons, hootchies, and flashers through the exposed water, with bucktailing an option for fish holding near the surface.

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