Your Retention List Right Now: Coho, Chum & Late Chinook

What You Can Keep This Week

Let's lead with the question everyone's asking at the dock: what can you take home right now? The answer is a good one. Coho are open and peaking, chum are just starting to fill in, and late Chinook are still hanging around the tide lines of Discovery Passage. There are no urgent DFO regulation changes to report today, so the plan stays simple — but always double-check your daily limits and any in-season notices before you launch, because fall is when boundaries and bag limits can shift quickly. Know your marks, carry your license, and we'll handle the rest on board.

This Morning's Conditions

We rolled out to about as clean a picture as Campbell River gives you. It's sitting at 10°C under clear skies, with a light NW breeze at just 8 km/h and wave height essentially flat at 0.0m. We're working the morning slack sliding into the flood — that transition window is exactly when the bite tends to switch on. Glassy water, cool air, and moving tide is a coho angler's dream setup.

Coho at Their Peak

The stars of the show are the coho, running 10 to 15 pounds and eating with real aggression right now. These are big-shouldered fish that will chase down a surface fly or crush a spoon without hesitation. Keep your gear moving, stay on the tide lines through Discovery Passage, and don't be afraid to fish shallow — coho love to come up and slash at something flashy near the top. Chum are arriving to add variety, and the late Chinook still lurking down deeper can give you a heavier surprise on any given pass.

What to Expect This Week

With the coho run at full peak and chum pushing in behind them, the fishing should hold strong through the coming days. Calm mornings like this one are the ones to target — time your trip around the slack-to-flood window and you'll put yourself right in the action. Between Discovery Passage and the reaches toward Johnstone Strait, there's plenty of water to cover and plenty of fish to find.

Book Your Seat

These peak coho days don't last forever, and the calm conditions are lining up perfectly. If you want a shot at a chrome 15-pounder on a spoon this week, now's the time to get aboard. Reach out and let's get you on the water.

Ready to experience world-class fishing in Campbell River? Book your charter trip with Fishing Storie Charters today. Captain Jason and the crew are ready to put you on fish.