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PFMA 29-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Whale Channel

49.29°N · 123.30°W

Best score for the day · 7 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 58 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-10 AM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 29-3 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 62 cm · barbless hook and line
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
58
Fair
Tide
14.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
16 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
18°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 58 Fair. Tide 14.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 16kn ESE G18. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 18.0°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.5 kn light
Prime

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 & release
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
66-328 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Mid

Whale Channel is a mid-exposure corridor of sand bottom running through DFO subarea 29-3 off Vancouver, with working depths from 65 to 330 feet. The channel funnels Chinook Salmon through the summer, with the fishery peaking from June through August. Downrigger trolling is the dominant approach here, pulling anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, or trolling spoons behind flashers along the depth breaks. Anglers working the tide seams also mooch cut plug or whole herring, and vertical jigging with metal jigs or soft plastic swimbaits produces on fish holding deeper in the water column. Tide movement through the corridor concentrates bait, and adjusting downrigger depth to match active feeding zones is central to the presentation.

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