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Sussex Reefs

50.90°N · 127.58°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 3 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
3 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
13.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
5 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.6 m @ 5 s NW
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
97% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 13.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 5kn SW G9. Sea 0.6 m @ 5 s NW Flat. Air 11.9°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 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 openCopper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openCanary Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO
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Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
33-100 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Sussex Reefs is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Port Hardy, British Columbia, rising through 35 to 100 feet of water in open, current-swept ground. Lingcod hold tight to the rock and peak from May through August, while Pacific Halibut work the surrounding bottom from March into August and Chinook Salmon move through the same window from May to August, followed by Coho peaking June through September. Anglers jig metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs with soft plastics for lingcod along the pinnacle's structure, and drift whole herring, salmon bellies, octopus, or squid for halibut across the deeper margins. Chinook respond to trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, or hootchies over the reef, with Coho taking trolled spoons, hoochies, and cut-plug herring higher in the column. Canary and copper rockfish, sablefish, and Pacific cod round out the mixed bottom fishery on the rock.

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