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Fresh Rock

50.60°N · 126.70°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
91/100
GOOD

Now 27 · 4 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
4 AM
Now
Score
27
Tough
Tide
13.9 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
2 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
99% cloud
Hour 4 AM. Score 27 Tough. Tide 13.9ft Falling ▼. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 2kn SW G5. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 12.2°.
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
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 10 (Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027). Max size 112cm head-on (85cm pectoral/head-off). Must record all retained halibut.
Other species here
Rougheye Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openDarkblotched Rockfish Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openSablefish Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
7-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Fresh Rock is an outer-exposed pinnacle off Port McNeill, British Columbia, where rock structure drops through a range of 5 to 180 feet. The steep relief holds Pacific Halibut and Chinook Salmon through their May–August peaks, along with Coho Salmon into September and Lingcod that come on strong in late winter, midsummer, and again in late summer. Anglers work the pinnacle's deeper rock for halibut with drift jigging using leadhead jigs and plastic swimbaits or metal jigs, and switch to bottom bait fishing with whole herring, salmon heads, or squid when the drift slows. Lingcod hold tight to the same structure and respond to jigging with metal jigs and swimbaits, while Chinook and Coho hunt the surrounding water and are targeted by trolling flashers with hootchies, trolling spoons, and whole or cut-plug herring. The exposed position and hard-bottom relief also bring up rougheye, darkblotched, and canary rockfish alongside sablefish from the deeper edges.

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