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Shore spot · BeachPFMA 28-7Coho Salmon · Open

Spanish Banks

49.28°N · 123.22°W

Shore spot · BeachPFMA 28-7Coho Salmon · Open

Spanish Banks Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Vancouver: Coho

Coho fishing at Spanish Banks looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 1 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Spanish Banks 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 7 AM

87/100

GOOD

Now 81 · 7 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW

7 AM-1 PM

Tide ebbing

DFO · PFMA 28-7 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 30 cm · barbless hook and line

14-Day Forecast

Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions · now

Time

7 PM

Now

Score

Good

Tide

13.1 ft ▼

Ebbing

Current

—

Ebb

Wind

2 kn

WNW · steady

Sea state

Easy

0.3 m chop

Air temp

13°

Mild

Weather

Heavy rain

3.2 mm/h

Time

7 PM

Score

Tide

13.1 ft ▼

Current

—

Wind

2 kn

Sea state

Easy

Air temp

13°

Weather

Heavy rain

Why this score

Light

Sunrise

Prime

Tide

Slack high

Prime

Current

Slack

Prime

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. DFO closes Mouth of the Fraser River Salmon Closure (part of 29-3, 28-7, 29-10) Aug 1 to Sep 30. Check DFO's map.

Other species here

Dungeness Crab Retention openSurfperch Retention openFlounder / Sole (Flatfish) Retention open

Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 28-7 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

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SHORE PROFILE

FISHED FROM

Beach

ACCESS

On foot

No boat needed

GETTING THERE: Pay parking lots along NW Marine Drive put you right on the sand at Spanish Banks East and West. The flats dry far out on big low tides, so work the incoming water; long waders help.
HOW IT'S FISHED: Wading the flats with a crab ring