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BoatPFMA 19-4Chinook Salmon · Open

Discovery Island

48.42°N · 123.21°W

BoatPFMA 19-4Chinook Salmon · Open

Discovery Island Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Discovery Island looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 2 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Discovery Island 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
87/100
GOOD

Now 84 · 6 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-2 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
6 PM
Now
Score
84
Good
Tide
7.6 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
11°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 6 PM. Score 84 Good. Tide 7.6ft Falling ▼. Current -0.3kn Slack. Wind 5kn NW G8. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 11.0°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
1.9 kn
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
Halibut Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseLingcod ClosedGiant Pacific Octopus Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openWolf Eel Catch & release
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 19-4 · 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
25-115 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

Discovery Island sits off Victoria's southeastern tip in DFO subarea 19-4, a rocky corridor on the outer exposed coast where tidal currents sweep between the island group and the mainland shore. The structure holds Pacific Halibut through their March to August peak and Lingcod across a split window from November to March and again April through June, with Kelp Greenling resident on the reef and Chinook Salmon moving through from June to August. Working depths run 25 to 115 feet, with the rocky bottom and current edges concentrating fish along pinnacles, ledges, and drop-offs. Tidal exchange here is strong, and the bite windows track slack and the early stages of the flood and ebb. Exposure to southerly and easterly weather shapes which faces of the corridor fish best on any given day.

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