Glass-Calm 3 km/h North Wind Sets Up a Prime Coho Flood

Dead-Calm Water and a Building Flood

If you've been waiting for a window to get out on the water, this is it. We're looking at 9°C under a blanket of overcast skies this morning, with north winds barely nudging the needle at 3 km/h. Wave height is sitting at a glassy 0.0m — about as flat as Discovery Passage ever gets. The morning slack is easing into a flood tide, and that's exactly the kind of movement that gets coho fired up and feeding along the tide lines.

Coho at Peak, Chum Right Behind

The coho run is firing on all cylinders right now, with fish in the 10–15 lb range stacking up on the inshore spots. These are big-shouldered, hard-fighting salmon that test your gear and your arms. Chum salmon are rounding out the day nicely as a supporting species, and the sheer volume of fish moving through means there's rarely a dull stretch. The overcast ceiling is a gift — low light keeps these fish aggressive and holding higher in the water column, so you don't have to dig deep to find them.

Dialing In the Bite

With flat water and a gentle flood, this is textbook bucktailing weather. Skate a fly shallow across the surface and hang on — coho hit it like a freight train. If the surface bite slows, drop green or glow spoons down to 30–40 feet and work the current seams where bait gets pushed around. The key today is being on the water as the flood builds, when the tide lines sharpen up and concentrate the feed. Inshore structure around Campbell River and the mouths feeding into Discovery Passage are the places to be.

What to Expect This Week

Both coho and chum are at their absolute peak right now, and conditions like today's calm, overcast flood make for some spectacular fishing. If you can handle a bit of crisp fall air, you're going to be rewarded. The inshore grounds are stacked, Johnstone Strait is still pushing fish down the pipe, and these windows don't stay open forever — the run is at its height today.

Lock In Your Seat

This is peak season and the fish are here now. Days this good book up fast, so if you want in on the action, don't wait. Reach out to Fishing Storie Charters and let's get you on the water while the coho are biting hard.

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