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Francisco Point Hump

50.00°N · 125.13°W

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Best score for the day · 11 AM
89/100
GOOD

Now 89 · 1 PM PDT

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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
89
Good
Tide
8.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
3 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
31% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 89 Good. Tide 8.3ft Rising ▲. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 3kn ESE G3. Sea 0.0 m Flat. Air 14.2°.
Why this score
Current
0.6 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other species here
Copper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChina Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOChinook Salmon Retention openOcean Perch Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
37-268 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Willow Point
6.8 km away
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Francisco Point Hump is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Campbell River, rising through a depth range of 35 to 270 feet. The structure holds Pacific Halibut from April through September and Lingcod through their May–June and August–September peaks, alongside resident Pacific Ocean Perch, China Rockfish, and Copper Rockfish. Anglers work the deeper flanks with drift jigging using leadhead jigs, swimbaits, and metal jigs for halibut, and target lingcod over the rock with metal jigs, leadhead jigs with swimbaits, or bait such as whole herring and live greenling. Chinook Salmon move through from June to August and Coho from May to September, taken by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, and hootchies across the pinnacle's edges. The exposed position and steep rock relief concentrate fish along the current-swept structure, making depth control central to fishing it well.

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