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Sooke Basin / Sooke Harbour Entrance

48.35°N · 123.73°W

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Sooke Basin / Sooke Harbour Entrance Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Sooke Basin / Sooke Harbour Entrance looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 1 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Sooke Basin / Sooke Harbour Entrance 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 · 6 PM
85/100
GOOD

Now 68 · 7 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-1 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 20-6 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 7 weeks ago

Coho Salmon and Halibut in the latest reports from this spot

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

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Conditions
Time
7 AM
Now
Score
68
Fair
Tide
5.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
NE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.4 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
7°
Cold
Weather
Partly cloudy
42% cloud
Hour 7 AM. Score 68 Fair. Tide 5.8ft Rising ▲. Current +1.6kn Flood. Wind 3kn NE G3. Sea 0.4 m @ 9 s W Flat. Air 7.0°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.9 kn
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
Coho Salmon Retention openCanary Rockfish ClosedHalibut Retention openChum salmon Retention openDungeness Crab Retention openLingcod Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 20-6 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-80 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

Sooke Basin and the Sooke Harbour Entrance form an inner, protected bay along the southern coast of Vancouver Island, with a mixed bottom and depths running 10 to 60 feet. The basin holds Dungeness Crab through two peak windows, March to June and again September to November, with crab trapping the standard approach using chicken, fish carcasses, herring, or turkey. Chinook Salmon move through the harbour entrance from June to August, worked by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, or hootchies, with mooching cut-plug or whole herring a supporting option over the deeper mixed ground. Coho Salmon follow a longer run from June to October, taken on trolled spoons, hootchies, anchovies, and flashers, or targeted near the surface with bucktail flies. The protected water and shallow-to-moderate depths keep both crab traps and salmon gear in play across the tide.

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