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Sooke Bluffs

48.33°N · 123.73°W

BoatPFMA 20-5Chinook Salmon · Open

Sooke Bluffs Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Sooke Bluffs looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Sooke Bluffs 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 · 8 AM
86/100
GOOD

Now 82 · 5 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 6 weeks ago

Coho Salmon and Chinook Salmon 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
5 PM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
6.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.4 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 5 PM. Score 82 Good. Tide 6.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.3kn Ebb. Wind 3kn WSW G3. Sea 0.4 m @ 9 s W Flat. Air 12.7°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
1.6 kn
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
DFO closes Juan de Fuca Strait Salmon Closure (part of 20-4, 20-5) Aug 1 to Oct 31. Check DFO's map.
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCoho Salmon Retention openCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & release
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 20-5 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
50-100 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Sooke Bluffs is an outer-exposed rock drop-off in DFO subarea 20-5, off Sooke on the southwest coast of British Columbia. The structure falls from roughly 35 feet down to 130 feet, with a hard rock bottom that shapes how current moves along the face. Its open exposure means the site sits directly in the reach of outer-coast swell and wind, and the drop-off concentrates water movement as the tide runs across the bluff. The steep transition from shallow to deep water gives anglers a compact zone to work along the contour. Depth changes here are abrupt, so reading the break between the shallow shelf and the deeper edge is central to fishing the spot.

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