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PFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Middle Ground

48.38°N · 123.32°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 22 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-11 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 19-3 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day
14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
22
Tough
Tide
4.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
6 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.2 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
49% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 22 Tough. Tide 4.8ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 6kn SSE G8. Sea 0.2m Calm. Air 12.6°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
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
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
No scraped regulation for this area/species — treated as closed until the regulatory area is activated and scraped. Not a statement that the fishery is closed.
Other species here
Canary Rockfish Catch & releaseBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseKelp Greenling Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openHalibut ClosedCod Retention openLingcod Closed
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

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Chinook Salmon
~1 more week in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease onlyClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
66-197 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
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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