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PFMA 29-3Chinook Salmon · Open

The Bell Buoy

49.29°N · 123.27°W

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Best score for the day · 6 AM
82/100
GOOD

Now 20 · 9 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-9 AM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 29-3 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 62 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 5 days ago

A few springs showing at the Bell…

14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
9 PM
Now
Score
20
Tough
Tide
14.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
15 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.2 m
Air temp
18°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 9 PM. Score 20 Tough. Tide 14.5ft Falling ▼. Current -0.3kn Slack. Wind 15kn ESE G16. Sea 0.2m Rippled. Air 18.0°.
Why this score
Light
Sunrise
Prime
Current
0.4 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
2 in possession
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Mouth of the Fraser River Salmon Closure (portion of Subarea 29-3). Aug 1 to Sep 30.
Season
Aug 1 to Sep 30
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseCoho Salmon Retention openHalibut ClosedCod ClosedLingcod ClosedPink salmon Closed
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 29-3 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Chinook Salmon
~1 more week at peak
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease onlyClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
50-200 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

The Bell Buoy sits off Vancouver in DFO subarea 28-7, marking an outer-exposed sand flat that drops through 80 to 180 feet. The spot holds Chinook Salmon through their June to August peak and Coho Salmon from June into September, both drawn to the bait that stacks along the open bottom. Downrigger trolling dominates here, with anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, and trolling spoons run behind flashers at depth for Chinook, and smaller spoons or hootchies worked higher in the column for Coho. When fish suspend or hold tight to structure, mooching cut plug or whole herring and jigging metal jigs or soft plastic swimbaits cover the deeper end of the range. Bucktail flies and small casting spoons take Coho when they push near the surface on the exposed edge.

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