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Haddington Island

50.60°N · 127.03°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
89/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 4 AM PDT

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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
4 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
14.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m chop
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
99% cloud
Hour 4 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 14.7ft Falling ▼. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 4kn SSW G7. Sea 0.0 m chop Flat. Air 11.7°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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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
Quillback Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOCopper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
330-1310 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Haddington Island sits off Port McNeill in British Columbia, an outer-exposed rock drop-off where the bottom falls from roughly 330 to 1310 feet. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and Coho Salmon from May to September, drawing anglers who troll whole herring, anchovy, trolling spoons, or flashers with hootchies along the edge, with mooching cut-plug herring a productive supporting tactic. The rock structure holds Lingcod, which peak in late winter and again through summer into early fall, and Copper Rockfish that fish best from June to September; both respond to jigging metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits worked close to the bottom. Pacific Halibut show from May to August and take drift-jigged leadhead jigs with plastic swimbaits or bottom baits like whole herring and squid over the deeper stretches of the drop-off. The exposed position and steep contour concentrate fish where the structure meets deep water, rewarding presentations kept tight to the rock.

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