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Five Finger Island

49.22°N · 123.91°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 23 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-12 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 17-12 · Lingcod openRegulations ↗1 per day · min 65 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
Recent reports
Updated 2 days ago

Coho solid, chinook patchy, lingcod…

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
23
Tough
Tide
11.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
11 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.2 m
Air temp
18°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
28% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 23 Tough. Tide 11.5ft Rising ▲. Current -0.7kn Ebb. Wind 11kn SE G17. Sea 0.2m Rippled. Air 17.5°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Lingcod
Retention open
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.
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openHalibut ClosedSablefish Retention openChinook Salmon Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 17-12 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~17 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
33-131 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Mid

Five Finger Island sits in DFO subarea 17-12 off Nanaimo, British Columbia, a mixed rock-bottom structure at mid exposure with depths running from 35 to 130 feet. Chinook and Coho Salmon are the summer draws here, both peaking from June through September, while Pacific Halibut holds through the spring and summer stretch from March into August. Lingcod fishes strongest in March and April and again from May through August, and Rockfish stay catchable across the full calendar. Trolling spoons, flashers with hoochies, and cut-plug herring cover the salmon over this ground, while jigging metal jigs and leadhead jigs works the rock structure for Lingcod and Rockfish. For Halibut, drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or bait fishing whole herring and octopus reaches the deeper end of the range.

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