Entrance Island (Nanaimo)
49.21°N · 123.81°W
Now 26 · 11 PM PDT
Entrance Island firing on multiple…
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Current regulations
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- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- 2 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 65 cm
- Gear
- angling, spear fishing while diving
- Annual quota
- 10 per year
- Other
- Annual limit of 10 from Areas 12–19 (excl. 12-14), Subareas 20-5 to 20-7, and 29-5. Pectoral (head-off) minimum 53 cm.
Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 17-11 · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Lingcod is best at this spot
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Entrance Island sits off Nanaimo in DFO subarea 17-11, an outer, exposed rock reef where the bottom drops through 15 to 100 feet. The rock structure holds Rockfish year-round and Lingcod through their spring and summer peak from March into August, both of which respond to jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits worked close to the bottom. Pacific Halibut move over the deeper edges from March to August, where drift jigging with metal jigs or herring covers ground across the depth range. Chinook and Coho Salmon run through the area from June to September, taken by trolling anchovy, herring, flashers with hoochies, and trolling spoons along the exposed outer water. The mix of rock, depth, and open exposure keeps bottomfish and salmon tactics in play across much of the season.
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