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Oak Bay Flats

48.41°N · 123.27°W

BoatPFMA 19-4Chinook Salmon · Open

Oak Bay Flats Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Oak Bay Flats 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 75 · 2 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 19-4 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line
Recent reports
Updated 11 days ago

Chinook and Coho Salmon at Oak Bay Flats lately

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

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Conditions
Time
2 PM
Now
Score
75
Good
Tide
8.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 75 Good. Tide 8.2ft Falling ▼. Current +0.0kn Slack. Wind 7kn N G10. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 14.6°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
1.0 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
sand lance Retention openHerring Retention openFlounder / Sole (Flatfish) Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseSculpin Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-74 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Mid

Oak Bay Flats is a sand-bottomed flat off Victoria's eastern shoreline in DFO subarea 19-4, sitting in mid-exposure water along the approach to Haro Strait. Depths across the flat run from 20 to 75 feet, offering a broad, gently sloping bottom that holds bait through the summer months. Chinook salmon dominate the fishery from June through August, with coho salmon building alongside them and extending the peak window into September. Tidal flow over the flat concentrates fish along the depth transitions, making the shallower sand edges and deeper drop-offs the productive zones to work.

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