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PFMA 19-4Dungeness Crab · Open

Oak Bay Flats

48.41°N · 123.27°W

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Recent reports
Updated 10 days ago

Oak Bay Flats: mostly slow for…

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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
5.9 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.2 m
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 5.9ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 5kn S G6. Sea 0.2m Rippled. Air 14.6°.
Why this score
Current
0.9 kn
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Dungeness Crab
Retention open
Daily limit
4 per day
Possession
8 in possession
Size
Minimum 16.5 cm
Gear
dip net, hand picking, hand picking while diving, ring net, trap
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Min size 165mm carapace. Closed at Ogden Point (diving, hand picking while diving, spear fishing while diving, year round). Female Dungeness prohibited. Carapace must remain attached until residence or consumed. Crab traps not to be set/hauled from 1hr after sunset to 1hr before sunrise.
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseChinook Salmon Retention openHalibut Retention openSculpin Retention opensand lance Retention openFlounder / Sole (Flatfish) Retention openHerring Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 19-4 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Dungeness Crab is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Dungeness Crab
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-74 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
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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