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Nipple Rocks

49.95°N · 127.27°W

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Best score for the day · 9 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
9.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
1 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.1 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 9.6ft Rising ▲. Current +0.9kn Flood. Wind 1kn SE G2. Sea 1.1 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 12.3°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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
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
Rougheye Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Chinook Salmon Retention openDarkblotched Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Canary Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Chilipepper Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Lingcod Retention openCoho Salmon 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
~1 more week in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
35-384 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Nipple Rocks is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Kyuquot, British Columbia, rising through a water column that runs 35 to 385 feet. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from March through May and again June through August, alongside Pacific Halibut on the deeper margins from March through August. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and Coho follow June through September, working the same exposed water. Anglers target Lingcod over the rock with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or fall back on whole herring and live greenling when the fish sit tight to structure. Halibut come to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits across the pinnacle's base, while salmon respond to trolled anchovy, herring, and hootchies through the upper water.

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