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Trap Shack

48.32°N · 123.68°W

BoatPFMA 20-5Chinook Salmon · Open

Trap Shack Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Trap Shack looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 1 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Trap Shack 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
84/100
GOOD

Now 68 · 7 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-1 PM
Tide ebbing
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
7 AM
Now
Score
68
Fair
Tide
4.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
NNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.4 m @ 9 s W
Air temp
8°
Cold
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 7 AM. Score 68 Fair. Tide 4.7ft Rising ▲. Current +1.6kn Flood. Wind 3kn NNW G4. Sea 0.4 m @ 9 s W Flat. Air 7.5°.
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
Canary Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedCopper Rockfish ClosedHalibut Retention openCod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

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
40-120 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Trap Shack is an outer-exposed rock drop-off off Sooke, British Columbia, where the bottom falls away through depths of 80 to 200 feet. The structure draws Chinook Salmon, which peak from June through August, alongside Coho Salmon that hold from June into October. Trolling works the drop-off edge with anchovy, herring, trolling spoons, and hootchies, tracking the transition where the rock breaks into deeper water. Mooching a cut-plug or whole herring along the same contour targets Chinook holding tight to the structure, while jigging metal jigs reaches fish stacked in the deeper part of the range. For Coho, trolling spoons, hootchies, anchovies, and flashers cover water across the exposed face, with bucktailing offering a surface option through the summer peak.

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