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Duval Point

50.77°N · 127.48°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 3 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
3 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
13.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
3 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.3 m @ 5 s NW
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
95% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 13.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 3kn WSW G7. Sea 0.3 m @ 5 s NW Flat. Air 11.9°.
Why this score
Current
0.4 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other
Possession limit equals daily limit (not twice). Annual limit of 10 (Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Must record retained halibut on licence.
Other species here
Sablefish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openBlack Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOCanary Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO
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Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
261-658 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Duval Point is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Port Hardy, British Columbia, where the bottom falls away through depths of roughly 260 to 660 feet. The steep structure concentrates Chinook Salmon and Lingcod from May through August, with Coho Salmon building through the summer into September and Pacific Halibut running from March into late summer. Trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, and hootchies works the salmon along the edge, while mooching cut herring and jigging metal jigs cover the water column when fish hold deeper. Lingcod hold tight to the rock and respond to metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs dropped along the drop-off, and Black Rockfish stack over the same structure from May through September on jigs and soft plastic swimbaits. Halibut on the deeper flats below the break come to drift fishing with whole herring, salmon bellies, octopus, and squid.

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