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Hump 0.8 km SW of Burial Islet

48.76°N · 123.57°W

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Best score for the day · 1 PM
86/100
GOOD

Now 19 · 3 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
12 PM-2 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
3 AM
Now
Score
19
Tough
Tide
4.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
4 kn
S · gusty
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 19 Tough. Tide 4.8ft Rising ▲. Current +0.9kn Flood. Wind 4kn S G14. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 12.1°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 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
Annual limit 10 (Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on. Possession limit equals daily limit. Must record retained halibut. Closed in Cowichan Bay and Satellite Channel Aug 1 to Oct 15.
Other species here
Kelp Greenling Retention openQuillback Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOCopper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOLingcod Retention openChina Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOChinook Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOCanary Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-150 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Off season
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Mid

Hump 0.8 km SW of Burial Islet is a rock pinnacle in the Cowichan waters of British Columbia, rising through a mid-exposure water column that runs 30 to 150 feet. The structure holds a strong rockfish population, including China, Black (peak May–Aug), Copper (year-round), Quillback, and Canary Rockfish, alongside resident Lingcod that peak from June through August. Chinook Salmon move through from June to September, and Pacific Halibut work the surrounding bottom from March to July. Lingcod respond to jigging with swimbaits, metal jigs, and bucktail jigs over the high rock, while live bait drifting with greenling or herring covers the same terrain. Chinook are taken on downrigger trolling with anchovy in a teaser head, hootchies, or spoons behind flashers, and halibut hold to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbait tails along the deeper margins.

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