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BoatPFMA 27-7Chinook Salmon · Open

McNiffe Rock

50.52°N · 127.61°W

BoatPFMA 27-7Chinook Salmon · Open

McNiffe Rock Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at McNiffe Rock looks good today.
The best time to go is 9 AM to 7 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at McNiffe Rock 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 5 PM
85/100
GOOD

Now 84 · 10 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
9 AM-7 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 27-7 · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 45 cm · barbless hook and line

14-Day Forecast

Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
84
Good
Tide
8.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
2 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Flat
est. from wind
Air temp
6°
Cold
Weather
Partly cloudy
55% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 84 Good. Tide 8.7ft Falling ▼. Current -0.6kn Ebb. Wind 2kn N G5. Sea Flat (est. from wind). Air 5.6°.

Why this score

Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

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
Lingcod Retention openCod Retention openHalibut Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 27-7 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
17-156 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

About McNiffe Rock

McNiffe Rock is an outer-exposed pinnacle off Winter Harbour, British Columbia, rising over rocky bottom with depths ranging from 15 to 155 feet. The structure holds Chinook Salmon through their April to August peak and Coho Salmon from May into September, with trolling anchovy, herring, hoochies, and spoons working the water column over the pinnacle. Lingcod concentrate here in the February to April and June to August windows, taking metal jigs and leadhead jigs with soft plastics dropped tight to the rock. Pacific Halibut move onto the deeper margins from May through August, where drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits covers the bottom. Canary and Copper Rockfish, along with Pacific Cod, round out the mixed catch across the rocky relief.

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