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David Cove Hump

48.87°N · 123.25°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 81 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide ebbing
14-Day Forecast
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
81
Good
Tide
5.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
7 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Easy
0.3 m chop
Air temp
18°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 81 Good. Tide 5.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 7kn S G10. Sea 0.3 m chop Easy. Air 18.0°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 kn light
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
10 per year
Other species here
Quillback Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openCanary 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

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~2 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
167-493 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Aitken Point
4.6 km away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Mid
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

The David Cove Hump is a rocky pinnacle in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, rising from a mid-exposure bottom that runs 165 to 495 feet deep. Lingcod hold tight to the structure here and peak from February through April, while Pacific Halibut work the deeper margins from March into August. The pinnacle also holds Quillback, Rougheye, Canary Rockfish, and Pacific Cod, with Chinook Salmon moving through May to August and Coho building from June into October. Anglers jig metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs over the rock for Lingcod, or drop live greenling, whole herring, and squid on bait. For Halibut, drift jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs and soft plastics, or herring covers the deeper water, while Chinook and Coho respond to trolled spoons, hootchies, and cut-plug herring worked along the structure.

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