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PFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Brotchie Ledge

48.41°N · 123.39°W

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

Now 22 · 11 PM PDT

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

Coho running shallow at Brotchie…

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

24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
22
Tough
Tide
4.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.2 m
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
69% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 22 Tough. Tide 4.8ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 5kn SE G7. Sea 0.2m Calm. Air 13.9°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.4 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
Yelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseHalibut ClosedLingcod ClosedCod ClosedKelp 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
30-123 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Brotchie Ledge is a rocky pinnacle just off Victoria's inner harbour entrance in DFO subarea 19-3, rising out of outer-exposed water with working depths from 30 to 125 feet. The structure holds Chinook Salmon from June through August and Coho Salmon from June into September, with both species tracking bait along the ledge's edges. Pacific Halibut move through from March to August, while Lingcod peak from November to March and again from April to June over the same rocky ground. Yelloweye Rockfish, Pacific Cod, and Kelp Greenling round out the resident species holding tight to the pinnacle and its broken rock margins. Strong tidal flow across the ledge concentrates bait and stacks fish along the up-current faces, with the shallower crown and the deeper skirts fishing differently through the stages of the tide.

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