PFMA 23-5Halibut · Open

Diplock Island

48.94°N · 125.12°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 66 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-6 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 23-5 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
66
Fair
Tide
5.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
9 kn
SSW · gusty
Sea state
Light chop
0.5 m
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Rain
1.1 mm/h
Hour 8 PM. Score 66 Fair. Tide 5.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.4kn Ebb. Wind 9kn SSW G22. Sea 0.5m Light. Air 15.4°.
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
Annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027). Max size 112cm head-on. Possession limit equals daily limit. Spear fishing while diving closed in Pacific Rim National Park. Non-residents must obtain paper licence for Areas 121, 23 and 123.
Other species here
Kelp Greenling Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-5 · synced 6 days ago

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

Diplock Island sits off Bamfield on the outer coast of British Columbia, a kelp-covered rock reef exposed to open water where depths run from 20 to 80 feet. Chinook Salmon hold along this structure from May through August, while Coho Salmon move through the same water from May into September. Trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies covers the reef edges for Chinook, and the same species responds to mooching whole or cut-plug herring over the rock. For Coho, trolling hootchies, spoons, cut-plug herring, and flashers works the upper water column, with bucktailing and drift jigging as alternatives when fish sit tight to the kelp. The mix of exposed reef and steady depth transitions concentrates both species across the peak summer months.

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