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Esquimalt Harbour Entrance

48.43°N · 123.44°W

BoatPFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Esquimalt Harbour Entrance Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Esquimalt Harbour Entrance looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Esquimalt Harbour Entrance 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 81 · 8 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-11 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 19-3 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 5 weeks ago

Coho and Chinook Salmon at Esquimalt Harbour Entrance lately

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

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Conditions
Time
8 AM
Now
Score
81
Good
Tide
5.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Flat
est. from wind
Air temp
7°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 AM. Score 81 Good. Tide 5.8ft Rising ▲. Current +1.6kn Flood. Wind 3kn W G3. Sea Flat (est. from wind). Air 7.2°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
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
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 45 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseGiant Pacific Octopus Retention openWolf Eel Catch & releaseKelp Greenling Retention openChum salmon Retention openDungeness Crab Retention openLingcod ClosedHalibut 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
25-90 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

Esquimalt Harbour Entrance is an outer-exposed corridor off Victoria's western shoreline, where tidal flow funnels between headlands over a mixed bottom in DFO subarea 19-3. Working depths run from 25 to 90 feet, with structure transitions and current seams concentrating bait along the entrance. Chinook Salmon push through from June to August, followed by Coho Salmon peaking June through September, while Lingcod hold on the rockier edges with peaks from November to March and again April through June. Dungeness Crab occupy the softer mixed patches adjacent to the corridor. Tide changes drive the bite here, as moving water stacks feed against the contours framing the harbour mouth.

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