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Race Rocks

48.30°N · 123.52°W

BoatPFMA 19-3Chinook Salmon · Open

Race Rocks Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now around Victoria: Chinook

Chinook fishing at Race Rocks looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Race Rocks 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 · 5 PM
87/100
GOOD

Now 80 · 2 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide ebbing
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
2 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
8.6 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 8.6ft Falling ▼. Current +0.0kn Slack. Wind 4kn SSE G5. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 14.2°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
1.3 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
Yelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseLingcod ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseHalibut Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openSixgill Shark ClosedGiant Pacific Octopus Retention openSablefish 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
16-131 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Race Rocks is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle in DFO subarea 19-3 off Victoria, British Columbia, with structure rising through depths of roughly 15 to 130 feet. The pinnacle holds Lingcod, which peak from June through August, alongside Chinook Salmon that run strongest from June into September. Anglers work the rock for Lingcod by jigging swimbaits, metal jigs, and bucktail jigs over the structure, and drift live greenling, small rockfish, or herring across the deeper edges. Chinook fishing centers on downrigger trolling with anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers, while mooching cut-plug or whole herring covers the water column when fish hold higher. The exposed position and hard rock bottom concentrate baitfish and predators through the summer window.

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