Sooke Fishing Report
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Slow day around Sooke on November 1, 2026. Dungeness Crab, peak window 8 AM to 6 PM, 10 fishable hours.
Forecast scores cover 29 of 29 spots around Sooke today.
Conditions
- Water
- 10°C
- Wind
- 4 kt from the E
Daylight readings across the spots that scored. Wind is the mean, not the gust.
Best windows today
Each window is the forecast at the spot leading that species today. Fishable hours are a count, and they can fall outside the peak window when the bite splits.
Leading spot: Pedder Bay
crab trapping (chicken, fish carcasses, herring)
Leading spot: Jordan River Mouth
drift fishing (salmon bellies, herring, octopus)
Leading spot: Jordan River Mouth
jigging (metal jigs, swimbaits, leadhead jigs)
Leading spot: Jordan River Mouth
jigging (metal jigs, leadhead jigs with soft plastics, swimbaits)
- SurfperchPeak window 8 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours
Leading spot: Creyke Point
bait fishing (sand shrimp, mussel, pile worms)
- Flounder / Sole (Flatfish)Peak window 9 AM to 6 PM9 fishable hours
Leading spot: Billings Spit
bottom fishing (pile worms, sand shrimp, clam)
Leading spot: Race Rocks
trolling (anchovy, herring, trolling spoons)
Leading spot: Creyke Point
trolling (trolling spoons, hootchies, anchovies)
- HerringPeak window 10 AM to 6 PM8 fishable hours
Leading spot: Sooke Marine Boardwalk
jigging (herring jigs (sabiki), small metal jigs)
In a strong month
These species rate good or better in November on the season curves for Sooke. A species with no curve is left off, not called closed.
- Lingcod · good
- Dungeness Crab · good
- Chum salmon · peak
Tides
Read from Victoria Harbour. Sooke has no tide gauge of its own; this is the station most of its spots use.
- low tide2:25 AM · 1.6 ft
- high tide12:35 PM · 8.8 ft
11 recent reports of fish landed around Sooke in the last 21 days across 6 spots. Counted from posts that reported a landing, not from a count of fish.
What you can keep in Sooke today
- Chinook SalmonKeep2 a day · min 45 cmOpen at all 27 spots we cover
- Coho SalmonKeep4 a day · min 30 cmOpen at all 29 spots we cover
- HalibutKeep2 a dayOpen at all 17 spots we cover
- LingcodKeep in places3 a day · min 65 cmOpen at 5 of 22 spots we cover
- Rockfish (Aggregate)Keep in places3 a dayOpen at 4 of 20 spots we cover
- Dungeness CrabKeep4 a day · min 16.5 cmOpen at all 6 spots we cover
- SurfperchKeep8 a dayOpen at all 9 spots we cover
- Flounder / Sole (Flatfish)Keep8 a dayOpen at all 5 spots we cover
- HerringKeep20 a dayOpen at all 3 spots we cover
- Chum salmonKeep4 a day · min 30 cmOpen at all 4 spots we cover
Rules differ between PFMAs and change in season. Check DFO for the PFMA you are fishing before you keep anything.
Common questions about Sooke
›What is the Sooke fishing report for November 1, 2026?
Slow day around Sooke on November 1, 2026. Dungeness Crab, peak window 8 AM to 6 PM, 10 fishable hours.
›Which species is the forecast scoring around Sooke today?
Dungeness Crab, Halibut, Lingcod, Rockfish (Aggregate), Surfperch, Flounder / Sole (Flatfish), Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon and Herring have a forecast window or fishable hours around Sooke on November 1, 2026.
›What is the water temperature in Sooke today?
The daylight water reading for Sooke on November 1, 2026 is 10°C.
›How is the wind for fishing in Sooke today?
The daylight mean wind around Sooke on November 1, 2026 is 4 kt from the E.
›Which species are in a strong month around Sooke in November?
On the season curves for Sooke, Lingcod (good), Dungeness Crab (good) and Chum salmon (peak) rate good or better in November. A species with no curve is left off, not called closed.