PFMA 23-7Halibut · Open

Edward King Island

48.82°N · 125.21°W

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

Now 19 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-1 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 23-7 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
19
Tough
Tide
2.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
15 kn
S · gusty
Sea state
Rough
1.4 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 19 Tough. Tide 2.6ft Rising ▲. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 15kn S G25. Sea 1.4m Rough. Air 13.2°.
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 openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openChinook Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-7 · synced 4 days ago

Seasonality

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
35-110 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

Edward King Island's Scotch Bay is an inner, protected bay near Bamfield, British Columbia, set over mixed bottom in water running 10 to 60 feet deep. The bay holds Chinook Salmon through their May to August peak and Coho Salmon from May into September. Trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies works the shallower structure for Chinook, while mooching whole or cut-plug herring covers the same range at a slower pace. Coho respond to trolled hootchies, spoons, cut-plug herring, and flashers across the protected water, with bucktailing an option when fish hold near the surface. The sheltered exposure and moderate depths keep both species within reach of jigging metal jigs over the mixed bottom.

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