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Russell Reef Hump

48.82°N · 123.15°W

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Best score for the day · 3 PM
82/100
GOOD

Now 80 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
5.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Easy
0.3 m chop
Air temp
18°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
27% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 5.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 9kn SSW G12. Sea 0.3 m chop Easy. Air 18.1°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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 species here
Rosy Rockfish Retention openQuillback Rockfish Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCanary 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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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Aitken Point
7.0 km away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Mid
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Russell Reef Hump is a rocky pinnacle in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, rising through mid-exposure water at depths of 40 to 120 feet. The structure holds a strong bottom fishery, with Lingcod peaking from February through April and resident rockfish—Quillback, Copper, Canary, and Rosy—available year-round. Anglers work the rock with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs for Lingcod and Copper Rockfish, backing them up with live greenling, whole herring, or squid on the bottom. Pacific Halibut move over the deeper edges from March through August and respond to drift jigging with metal jigs and leadhead jigs tipped with soft plastics or herring. Chinook Salmon run from May through August and Coho from June through October, taken by trolling anchovy, herring, hootchies, and spoons across the pinnacle.

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