Discovery Passage Stacked With Chinook on Today's 0.1m Flood
Chinook are stacked in Discovery Passage along the Quadra shorelines, Coho are peaking, and today's glassy flood tide sets up prime trophy Tyee odds.
Where the Fish Are Holding Today
Discovery Passage is the address to remember this morning. Fish are stacking tight along the Quadra Island shorelines and pushing hard through the narrows of Discovery Passage, staging before they fan out toward Johnstone Strait. The reason is simple: bait is holding thick against these shorelines, and the big Chinook are following the groceries. When you find the bait balls, you find the fish — and right now they are concentrated exactly where our guides want them.
Today's Conditions
We are looking at a beautiful day on the water. It's 14°C with partly cloudy skies, and the NW wind is a gentle 10 km/h — just enough to put a light texture on an otherwise glassy surface sitting around 0.1m. We're moving off morning slack into the flood, and that tide change is the trigger. The first hours of the flood are when the current pushes bait up against the Quadra shorelines and gets the big Chinook feeding with confidence.
What's Running and Why
Trophy Chinook are the headline. Most fish are running 12-16 lbs, but August gives us the season's best odds at a genuine 30-35 lb Tyee — and retention is open, so those fish are going home with our guests. Chinook limit is one per day, between 62 and 80cm. Coho are peaking right now too, typically 12-16 lbs, and Pink Salmon are rounding out what might be the best month of the year for sheer variety. Multi-species days are the norm.
Technique Hints
Match the depth to the bait. We're running anchovy in the shallower zone and glow hootchies deep to cover the water column while fish move through Discovery Passage on the flood. Stay mobile, watch your sounder for bait, and be ready to drop back into the strongest current seams. The flood does the work — your job is to put a good bait in front of a moving fish.
What to Expect This Week
With Chinook still biting hard, Coho at their peak, and Pinks adding numbers, this is prime time out of Campbell River. Expect steady action, real shots at a trophy Tyee, and fish in the box. The calm forecast and productive tides mean comfortable, fishy mornings all week long.
Days like this don't sit open long. If you want in on Discovery Passage Chinook and peaking Coho, now is the time to book your seat.
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