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Whittlestone Point

48.81°N · 125.19°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
89/100
GOOD

Now 18 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-6 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 23-7 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
Recent reports
Updated 4 days ago

Whittlestone producing Chinook…

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
18
Tough
Tide
2.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
13 kn
SSE · gusty
Sea state
Rough
1.4 m
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 18 Tough. Tide 2.6ft Rising ▲. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 13kn SSE G27. Sea 1.4m Rough. Air 14.2°.
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
Possession limit equals daily limit (not twice). Annual limit 10 halibut Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027. Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Must record all retained halibut on licence. Non-residents must obtain licence in-person from a licence vendor in Canada for Areas 121, 23 and 123.
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 23-7 · synced 7 days ago

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-90 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Bay
Outer Exposed

Whittlestone Point sits on the outer, exposed coast near Bamfield, British Columbia, a mixed-bottom bay where depths run from 15 to 80 feet. The spot holds Chinook Salmon through their peak from May to August and Coho Salmon from May into September, drawing fish over its varied structure. Trolling anchovy, herring, flashers, or hootchies works the water column across the bay's depth range and remains the dominant approach for both species. For Chinook, mooching whole or cut-plug herring covers the shallower structure, while jigging metal jigs reaches fish holding deeper. Coho respond to trolling spoons and cut-plug herring, with bucktailing and drift jigging as supporting tactics along the exposed edges.

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