PFMA 23-8Halibut · Open

Cree Island

48.84°N · 125.34°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 18 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-2 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 23-8 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
Recent reports
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Cree Island fishing well for both…

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
18
Tough
Tide
2.5 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
18 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Rough
1.4 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 18 Tough. Tide 2.5ft Rising ▲. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 18kn SSE G25. Sea 1.4m Rough. Air 13.1°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other
Areas 23 and 123. Coastwide annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026–Mar 31 2027). Max 112 cm head-on. Possession limit equals daily limit. Spear fishing while diving closed in Pacific Rim National Park. Non-residents must obtain in-person licence for Areas 121, 23, 123.
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-8 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-130 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

Cree Island sits off Bamfield on the outer coast of British Columbia, an exposed kelp reef built over rock structure in 20 to 80 feet of water. Lingcod hold on the reef year-round with peaks from February through April and again from July through September, working best on jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs, or on live greenling and herring worked close to the rock. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and respond to trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies, while Coho Salmon run May into September and take trolling spoons and hootchies along the same edges. Rockfish gather across the reef from May through September and come to jigs and leadhead-rigged soft plastics fished near the bottom. The outer-exposed setting keeps current moving over the structure, concentrating fish along the kelp margins and rock ledges.

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