Hatch Point
48.69°N · 123.53°W
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Current regulations
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- 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
- Annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Possession limit equals daily limit. Spear fishing while diving closed at Ogden Point year round. Must record all retained halibut.
Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 19-7 · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Halibut is best at this spot
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Hatch Point is a rocky drop-off in DFO subarea 19-7 off Sidney, British Columbia, where the bottom falls through a mid-exposure zone between 40 and 180 feet. The structure holds Chinook Salmon through their June to August peak and Coho Salmon across a longer May to September window. Downrigger trolling anchovy in a teaser head, trolling spoons, hootchies, and flashers works the Chinook along the steeper sections of the ledge, while mooching cut-plug or whole herring covers the same water at a slower pace. Coho respond to trolling spoons, hootchies, flashers, and cut-plug herring near the top of the drop, with bucktailing an option higher in the water column. Metal jigs work the deeper edges when fish sit tight to the rock.
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