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Secret Cove

49.54°N · 123.99°W

BoatPFMA 16-2Coho Salmon · Open

Secret Cove Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Vancouver: Coho

Coho fishing at Secret Cove looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Secret Cove 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 · 8 AM
80/100
GOOD

Now 74 · 3 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-12 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 16-2 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 30 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 13 days ago

Chinook and coho salmon at Secret Cove lately

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

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Conditions
Time
3 PM
Now
Score
74
Fair
Tide
12.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
WNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 3 PM. Score 74 Fair. Tide 12.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.5kn Ebb. Wind 7kn WNW G9. Sea 0.0 m Flat. Air 14.2°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

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
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedChinook Salmon Retention openLingcod Closed
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 16-2 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-150 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

Secret Cove is an inner-protected bay on the Sunshine Coast side of Vancouver waters within DFO subarea 16-2, holding mixed bottom structure across depths of 15 to 90 feet. Chinook salmon move through from June to August, followed by coho from June into September, while rockfish hold on the structure year-round. Downrigger trolling with anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, or trolling spoons behind flashers covers the salmon window, and bucktail flies worked near the surface pick up coho holding higher in the column. Anglers targeting rockfish drop leadhead jigs with soft plastics or metal jigs onto the mixed bottom, adjusting depth as the tide shifts inside the protected water. The sheltered exposure keeps the cove fishable when outer waters push up, making it a consistent option across the season.

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