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Bowyer Island (Howe Sound)

49.44°N · 123.27°W

BoatPFMA 28-2Coho Salmon · Open

Bowyer Island (Howe Sound) Fishing Forecast

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What's biting now around Vancouver: Coho

Coho fishing at Bowyer Island (Howe Sound) looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Bowyer Island (Howe Sound) from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Coho. 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
85/100
GOOD

Now 85 · 6 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 28-2 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 30 cm · barbless hook and line
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Conditions
Time
6 PM
Now
Score
85
Good
Tide
11.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
1 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 6 PM. Score 85 Good. Tide 11.3ft Falling ▼. Current -0.5kn Ebb. Wind 1kn NW G3. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 11.7°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Coho Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 30 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Daily limit: 2 Combined Total * Consisting of no more than: 2 - Hatchery - marked 0 - Wild - unmarked.
Other species here
Rockfish (Aggregate) ClosedBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedChinook Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 28-2 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-300 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Inner Protected

Bowyer Island sits in the inner-protected waters of Howe Sound northwest of Vancouver, within DFO subarea 28-1, where rocky drop-offs plunge from shoreline structure into 40 to 200 feet of water. The island's steep contours hold Chinook Salmon through their June to August peak and Coho Salmon from June into September, with Rockfish available across the full calendar year. Anglers work the drop-off edges with downrigger trolling for both salmon species, running anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, or trolling spoons behind flashers along the 60 to 150 foot band. Rockfish come off the rock structure on leadhead jigs with soft plastics, metal jigs, and swimbaits dropped tight to the bottom. Tide changes around the island concentrate bait against the walls, and mooching cut plug herring is a productive supporting approach when salmon stack on the slower flows.

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