Ballenas Islands
49.35°N · 124.17°W
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- 1 in possession
- Size
- Maximum 112 cm
- Gear
- angling, spear fishing while diving
- Annual quota
- 10 per year
- Other
- Annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026–Mar 31 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Possession limit equals daily limit.
Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 14-3 · synced 4 days ago
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Halibut is best at this spot
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The Ballenas Islands sit in the outer, exposed waters off Nanaimo, British Columbia, where a rocky bottom and kelp reef structure drops through depths of 20 to 120 feet. This terrain holds Lingcod, which peak from March through April and again May through August, alongside Pacific Halibut running strong March through August and a year-round aggregate rockfish fishery. Chinook and Coho Salmon move through from June to September, drawing anglers who troll anchovy, herring, and flashers with hoochies through the passages. Over the rock and reef, jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs works the resident Lingcod and rockfish, while drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or herring covers the deeper halibut ground. The exposed setting and steep depth changes reward working the structure edges where these species stage.
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