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Haddington Reefs

50.62°N · 127.00°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
13.9 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 13.9ft 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
Lingcod Retention openChina Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
1-81 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Haddington Reefs is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Port McNeill, British Columbia, rising through water from the surface down to about 80 feet. The structure holds a dense rockfish community, with Black Rockfish peaking March through September alongside Blue, Canary, and China Rockfish, while Lingcod concentrate over the rock in February and March and again from June through September. Jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, or soft plastic swimbaits works the pinnacle for both Black Rockfish and Lingcod, and bait fishing whole herring or squid pulls larger Lingcod off the harder edges. Pacific Halibut move through from May to August and respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and plastic swimbaits over the deeper broken bottom. Chinook Salmon run May through August and Coho from May through September, both taken by trolling flashers with hootchies, trolling spoons, or cut-plug herring across the exposed reef.

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