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BoatPFMA 124-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Plover Reefs

49.18°N · 126.08°W

BoatPFMA 124-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Plover Reefs Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Plover Reefs looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Plover Reefs 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
79/100
GOOD

Now 67 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-11 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 124-3 · 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
1 PM
Now
Score
67
Fair
Tide
6.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
0.9 m @ 17 s W
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Clear
17% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 67 Fair. Tide 6.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Flood. Wind 11kn SE G16. Sea 0.9 m @ 17 s W Lumpy. Air 9.1°.

Why this score

Light
Sunrise
Fair
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Quillback Rockfish Retention openHalibut Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChina Rockfish Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 124-3 · synced yesterday

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
40-120 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

About Plover Reefs

Plover Reefs is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Tofino, British Columbia, rising through depths of 40 to 120 feet where current sweeps hard structure and holds fish tight to the rock. Lingcod dominate the reef from May through August, sharing the pinnacle with Pacific Halibut that peak March through June and a mix of Copper, Black, Quillback, China, and Canary Rockfish, with Copper Rockfish active February through October and Black Rockfish concentrated May through September. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and Coho follow from June into October. Anglers work the rock with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits for lingcod and rockfish, while drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or metal jigs covers the deeper edges for halibut. Salmon come to trolled anchovy, herring, hootchies, and spoons across the exposed water above the structure.

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