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Chatham Islands

48.45°N · 123.24°W

BoatPFMA 19-4Chinook Salmon · Open

Chatham Islands Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Chatham Islands looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Chatham Islands 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 · 8 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 21 · 3 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-12 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 19-4 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
3 AM
Now
Score
21
Tough
Tide
3.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
WNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.1 m chop
Air temp
11°
Mild
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 21 Tough. Tide 3.1ft Falling ▼. Current -0.5kn Ebb. Wind 5kn WNW G5. Sea 0.1 m chop Flat. Air 11.0°.
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 & releaseBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseWolf Eel Catch & releaseKelp Greenling Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openLingcod ClosedHalibut Retention open
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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

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
41-148 ft
Rock
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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