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Sangster Island

49.42°N · 124.19°W

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Best score for the day · 6 AM
90/100
GOOD

Now 25 · 10 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-12 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
10 PM
Now
Score
25
Tough
Tide
13.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
8 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
18°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 25 Tough. Tide 13.1ft Falling ▼. Current -0.8kn Ebb. Wind 8kn SE G10. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 17.6°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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 openChinook Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 14-3 · synced 4 days ago

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~6 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
70-250 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Mid

Sangster Island sits off Nanaimo in British Columbia, a mid-exposure kelp reef built over rock structure in 20 to 80 feet of water. The reef holds Rockfish year-round, with Lingcod concentrating from March through April and again May into August, while Chinook Salmon move through between June and September. Lingcod and Rockfish respond to jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits worked close to the rocky bottom, and bait fishing with herring or squid takes fish along the same structure. Chinook are targeted with trolling using anchovy, herring, or flashers with hoochies through the mid-depth zone, with mooching cut-plug herring as a supporting approach. The kelp and broken rock give each species reliable holding cover across the reef's depth range.

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