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Chatham Islands

48.45°N · 123.24°W

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Best score for the day · 6 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 23 · 10 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-10 AM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 19-4 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
23
Tough
Tide
5.9 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.2 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
90% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 23 Tough. Tide 5.9ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 7kn SSE G10. Sea 0.2m Calm. Air 12.8°.
Why this score
Light
Sunrise
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
1 Combined Total. No more than: 1 Hatchery marked 75cm or less, 0 Hatchery marked over 75cm, 1 Wild unmarked 75cm or less, 0 Wild unmarked over 75cm. Annual coastwide limit of 10. Must record all retained chinook.
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseKelp Greenling Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseWolf Eel Catch & releaseLingcod ClosedHalibut Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 19-4 · 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 only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
41-148 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Mid

The Chatham Islands sit off Victoria's eastern shore in DFO subarea 19-4, a mid-exposure cluster of rocky reefs and kelp-fringed structure dropping into 40 to 150 feet of water. The ground holds Kelp Greenling and Yelloweye Rockfish year-round, with Pacific Halibut moving through from March to August and Lingcod peaking from November to March and again April through June. Current pushes hard around the island edges on flooding and ebbing tides, concentrating bait along the rock walls and pinnacle tops. Anglers work the broken bottom and transition zones where reef meets sand, with the deeper edges producing the larger halibut and lingcod.

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