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BoatPFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Middle Ground

48.38°N · 123.32°W

BoatPFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Middle Ground Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Middle Ground looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Middle Ground 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
87/100
GOOD

Now 85 · 6 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 19-3 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
6 PM
Now
Score
85
Good
Tide
7.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.1 m
Air temp
11°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 6 PM. Score 85 Good. Tide 7.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.3kn Slack. Wind 4kn W G5. Sea 0.1 m Flat. Air 10.7°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
2.0 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
Canary Rockfish Catch & releaseBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseLingcod ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openHalibut Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

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
66-197 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Flat
Mid

Middle Ground is a mid-exposure flat of mixed bottom off Victoria, sitting within DFO subarea 19-3 in the waters between Trial Island and the Victoria waterfront. The spot works depths from roughly 65 to 195 feet, a range that puts bait and bottom structure within reach across the tide cycle. Chinook Salmon peak from June through August and Coho Salmon ride a longer window from June into September, making summer the core salmon stretch. Pacific Halibut hold on the flat from March through August, while Lingcod fire through the late-fall to early-spring window of November to March and again from April into June. Strong tidal flow across the mixed bottom concentrates fish along the edges and pockets of the structure, with slack and the early stages of a building tide shaping the most productive periods.

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