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Longback Rocks

50.12°N · 127.55°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
89/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 2 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
2 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
9.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
4 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.8 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
11°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
88% cloud
Hour 2 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 9.2ft Rising ▲. Current +1.0kn Flood. Wind 4kn N G10. Sea 0.8 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 10.9°.
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
Not published
Other
Possession limit equals daily limit (not doubled). Annual limit: no more than 10 halibut Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027. No halibut greater than 112 cm head-on length (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Must record all retained halibut.
Other species here
Copper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openCanary Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO
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Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
27-284 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Longback Rocks is an exposed offshore pinnacle off Kyuquot, British Columbia, where rock structure climbs through a water column running from 25 to 285 feet. The pinnacle draws Chinook Salmon at their peak from May through August and Coho Salmon from June through September, with both species targeted by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, and hootchies across the upper water and along the current lines that form over the structure. Deeper on the rock, Lingcod hold through their spring and summer peaks in March to May and June to August, worked with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs. Pacific Halibut move onto the surrounding bottom from March through August, taken by drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits or bottom bait fishing with whole herring, octopus, and squid. Canary Rockfish, Copper Rockfish, and Pacific Cod round out the mixed catch across the rock at depth.

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