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Tatchu Rocks

49.88°N · 127.18°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 2 AM PDT

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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
2 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
9.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
2 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Easy
1.2 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 2 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 9.4ft Rising ▲. Current +1.0kn Flood. Wind 2kn SE G4. Sea 1.2 m @ 5 s W Easy. Air 12.4°.
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
Quillback Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOCopper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOLingcod Retention open
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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
40-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Tatchu Rocks is an exposed rocky pinnacle off Kyuquot on British Columbia's outer coast, where the bottom rises through depths of 40 to 180 feet. Chinook Salmon hold here from May through August and Coho Salmon follow from June into September, both taken by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, and hootchies along the structure. The pinnacle's rock relief holds Lingcod, which peak in spring and again through summer and respond to metal jigs and swimbaits worked near the bottom, alongside Black Rockfish that stay active from March into September. Pacific Halibut move onto the surrounding flats from March through August and take leadhead jigs and swimbaits drifted across the seabed. Copper and Quillback Rockfish share the same rocky ground, making this an outer-exposed spot that fishes across the full water column from the shallows to deep bottom.

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