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Wilby Shoals

49.98°N · 125.13°W

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Best score for the day · 7 PM
88/100
GOOD

Now 22 · 1 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
1 AM
Now
Score
22
Tough
Tide
5.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
NNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Clear
8% cloud
Hour 1 AM. Score 22 Tough. Tide 5.1ft Falling ▼. Current -0.3kn Ebb. Wind 5kn NNW G6. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 13.9°.
Why this score
Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
1.0 kn
Fair

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
4 in possession
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Possession limit is twice the daily limit. Annual coastwide limit of 10. Must permanently record all retained chinook on licence/NRLS.
Other species here
Halibut ClosedQuillback Rockfish ClosedCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedChina Rockfish ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedCanary Rockfish Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

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When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-39 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Wilby Shoals is an outer, exposed rocky pinnacle off Campbell River, British Columbia, rising through 25 to 40 feet of water where current sweeps across broken structure. The rock holds a steady population of Lingcod, which peak May through June and again from August into September, alongside Pacific Halibut that stay active April through September. Anglers work the pinnacle for Lingcod with metal jigs, leadhead jigs and swimbaits, or bucktail jigs over the high points, while Halibut drift jigging with leadheads, swimbaits and metal jigs covers the sand and rubble edges. Chinook Salmon move through in numbers from June through August and Coho from May into September, both taken by trolling herring, anchovy, spoons and hootchies along the exposed faces. The shoal also supports Canary, Copper, Quillback and China Rockfish, plus Pacific Cod, over the same rock and depth band.

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