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Exeter Shoal

49.66°N · 124.66°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 16 · 10 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-11 AM
Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
16
Tough
Tide
10.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
13 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.2 m chop
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
78% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 16 Tough. Tide 10.1ft Falling ▼. Current -1.5kn Ebb. Wind 13kn SE G19. Sea 0.2 m chop Flat. Air 15.1°.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
0.3 kn light
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 62 cm
Gear
barbless hook and line
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Hatchery and wild combined. Annual coastwide limit of 10. Must immediately and permanently record all retained chinook.
Other species here
Halibut ClosedLingcod ClosedBank Rockfish ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedCanary Rockfish Closed
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Chinook Salmon is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Chinook Salmon
~2 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Exeter Shoal is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Comox, British Columbia, rising through water that runs 60 to 180 feet deep. The structure holds Pacific Halibut through their March to July peak and Lingcod across two windows, January to March and May to September, alongside Bank Rockfish, Canary Rockfish, and Pacific Cod. Anglers work the rock with drift jigging for halibut using leadhead jigs, swimbaits, and metal jigs, or drop bottom baits like whole herring, salmon bellies, and octopus over the deeper edges. Lingcod respond to jigging with metal jigs and swimbaits tight to the pinnacle, or bait fishing with live greenling and squid. Chinook Salmon move through from June to August and Coho from May to September, both taken by trolling spoons, hootchies, and bait teasers with anchovy across the exposed shoal.

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