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Brotchie Ledge

48.41°N · 123.39°W

BoatPFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Brotchie Ledge Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Brotchie Ledge looks good today.
The best time to go is 12 PM to 7 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Brotchie Ledge 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 · 6 PM
83/100
GOOD

Now 21 · 8 PM PDT

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

Coho and Chinook Salmon at Brotchie Ledge lately

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

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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
7.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.1 m
Air temp
10°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 7.4ft Falling ▼. Current -0.6kn Ebb. Wind 4kn WSW G4. Sea 0.1 m Flat. Air 9.9°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

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
Yelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseHalibut Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openCod Retention openLingcod ClosedCoho 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

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-123 ft
Rock
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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