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PFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Albert Head

48.39°N · 123.47°W

Species
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Best score for the day · 7 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 23 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-11 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 19-3 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day
Recent reports
Updated 3 days ago

Coho showing at Albert Head, Chinook…

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

24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
23
Tough
Tide
4.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
1 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.1 m
Air temp
16°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
36% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 23 Tough. Tide 4.8ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 1kn SW G5. Sea 0.1m Calm. Air 15.7°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.6 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
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
No scraped regulation for this area/species — treated as closed until the regulatory area is activated and scraped. Not a statement that the fishery is closed.
Other species here
Canary Rockfish Catch & releaseBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseHalibut Retention openLingcod Retention openCod Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 19-3 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Chinook Salmon
~1 more week in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease onlyClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-148 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Albert Head is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off on the southwest side of Victoria, British Columbia, falling from roughly 25 to 150 feet within DFO subarea 19-3. The headland's steep edge and current-swept structure concentrate baitfish along the contour, drawing Chinook Salmon through their June to August peak and Coho Salmon from June into September. Tidal flow wraps the point hard on both the flood and the ebb, stacking fish along the rockface and the deeper shelf below. Anglers working the area focus on the transition between the shallower reef top near 25 feet and the sharper break out toward 150 feet, where salmon hold against the structure.

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