Salmon runs, limits and closures for Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island · DFO Area 19
Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island sits in DFO Pacific Area 19 on the Victoria Area coast. This page covers when salmon run here and the recreational salmon limits and closures in effect. For live wind, waves, tides and an hourly fishing score, see the Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island forecast.
Chinook use this corridor both as winter residents on the local banks and as summer migrants moving through toward the Fraser. Coho pass later in the season. The islands and reefs concentrate bait, so the fishing tends to be tied to structure and tide rather than spread evenly across the area.
chinook 2 per day in 19-1, 19-3 and 19-4, closed in 19-2, 2 per day in 19-5 to 19-11, non retention in 19-12; chum 2 per day; coho 2 per day; pink 4 per day; sockeye non retention.
Four salmon closure areas are in effect today, including Christmas Point, Esquimalt Harbour and Ogden Point and others. A closure overrides the area-wide limit where they overlap.
See the full Area 19 regulations for the complete limits tables and subarea boundaries. Openings change in-season - always confirm on DFO before fishing.
The full Discovery Island to D'Arcy Island guide covers the setting, hazards and how the water behaves, with the live forecast and fishing score. See which areas are calmest tomorrow or this weekend, or browse fishing by species and all BC locations.