PFMA 23-7Halibut · Open

Kirby Point

48.85°N · 125.21°W

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

Now 18 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-2 PM
Tide flooding
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
18
Tough
Tide
2.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
8 kn
S · gusty
Sea state
Rough
1.2 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 18 Tough. Tide 2.6ft Rising ▲. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 8kn S G27. Sea 1.2m 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 openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCabezon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-7 · synced 4 days ago

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-100 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Outer Exposed

Kirby Point sits on the outer exposed coast near Bamfield, British Columbia, a mixed rocky spot where the bottom drops through a range of 10 to 60 feet. Chinook Salmon are the main draw here from May through August, with Coho Salmon following through a May to September peak. Trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, and hootchies covers the water over the rock structure and holds Chinook, while mooching whole or cut-plug herring and jigging metal jigs work the same depths. For Coho, trolling hootchies, spoons, cut-plug herring, and flashers is the dominant approach, backed by bucktailing and drift jigging when fish sit higher in the column. The rock bottom and exposed setting keep bait and current moving across the shallower shelf and the deeper edge alike.

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