Skinner Point
48.76°N · 123.60°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. Possession limit equals daily limit. Must record retained halibut. Closed in Cowichan Bay and Satellite Channel Aug 1 to Oct 15.
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Seasonality
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Skinner Point sits off Cowichan, British Columbia, where a rock drop-off falls through outer, exposed water into depths of 260 to 660 feet. Chinook Salmon hold here through their June to September peak, with Coho Salmon following from June into October, and both respond to downrigger and standard trolling with anchovies, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers. Pacific Halibut work the deeper rock and bottom from March to July, taken on drift jigging with leadhead jigs and heavy metal jigs or on bait fished on the bottom with whole herring and salmon bellies. Lingcod and Black Rockfish stack on the structure through summer, from June to August and May to August respectively, and both come to jigged metal and leadhead jigs and soft plastic swimbaits along the rock. Copper Rockfish hold on the same broken bottom year-round, responding to jigs and bottom-fished herring or squid.
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