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Albert Head

48.39°N · 123.47°W

BoatPFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Albert Head Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Albert Head looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Albert Head from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Chinook. 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 · 9 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 23 · 10 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 19-3 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 5 weeks ago

Chinook Salmon and Coho Salmon in the latest reports from this spot

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

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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
23
Tough
Tide
6.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.3 m
Air temp
9°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 23 Tough. Tide 6.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.0kn Ebb. Wind 4kn W G4. Sea 0.3 m Flat. Air 9.1°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
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
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Canary Rockfish Catch & releaseBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseKelp Greenling Retention openLingcod ClosedCod Retention openHalibut 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

Off seasonOff season for Chinook Salmon
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-148 ft
Rock
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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