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French Creek Hump

49.38°N · 124.36°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
91/100
GOOD

Now 25 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-9 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 14-3 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
25
Tough
Tide
12.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
8 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
17°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 25 Tough. Tide 12.3ft Rising ▲. Current -0.7kn Ebb. Wind 8kn SE G13. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 17.4°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
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.
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openChinook Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 14-3 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
90-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

French Creek Hump is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Nanaimo, British Columbia, rising through water that runs 80 to 180 feet deep. The structure holds Chinook Salmon and Coho Salmon, both peaking from June through September. Trolling is the dominant approach here, with anchovy, herring, flashers paired with hoochies, and trolling spoons worked along the pinnacle's edges and depth breaks. Anglers targeting Chinook also mooch cut-plug or whole herring, while metal jigs produce for both species over the rock. The pinnacle concentrates fish against its slopes, making depth control across the 80-to-180-foot range the key to staying in the strike zone.

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