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Cherry Point Hump

48.72°N · 123.55°W

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Best score for the day · 6 PM
88/100
GOOD

Now 85 · 1 PM PDT

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
85
Good
Tide
5.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
4 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
20°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
42% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 85 Good. Tide 5.8ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 4kn ESE G5. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 20.2°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
Not published
Other
DFO closes Outer Cowichan Bay (part of 18-7, 18-8) Aug 1 to Oct 15. Check DFO's map. DFO closes Cowichan Bay and Satellite Channel (part of 18-7, 18-8) Aug 1 to Oct 15. Check DFO's map.
Other species here
Sablefish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openDarkblotched Rockfish Retention openShortraker Rockfish Retention openRougheye Rockfish Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Off seasonOff season for Halibut
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
260-660 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch at Arbutus Ridge Marine Facility
2.8 km away
PEAK
Off season
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Mid
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY
  • Boat launch at Arbutus Ridge Marine Facility
    2.8 km
    Directions
  • Boat launch at Musgrave Landing
    2.9 km
    Directions
  • Boat launch at Cherry Point Marina
    3.4 km
    Directions

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Cherry Point Hump is a rocky pinnacle in Cowichan waters, rising from a mid-exposure seabed with depths running from 260 to 660 feet. The structure holds Lingcod through their June to August peak and Pacific Halibut from March into July, while Chinook Salmon move through between June and September. Deeper water over the rock also supports Rougheye, Shortraker, and Darkblotched Rockfish alongside Sablefish. Anglers work Lingcod with jigging using swimbaits, metal jigs, or bucktail jigs, and drop drift jigs with swimbait tails or heavy metal jigs for halibut holding near the pinnacle's base. Chinook come to downrigger trolling with anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, or flashers worked across the structure.

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