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Kelp Patch

50.65°N · 127.18°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
0.2 m
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 0.2 m Flat. Air 11.7°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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
Kelp Greenling Retention openQuillback Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Copper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChina Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Chinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

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
40-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Kelp Patch is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Port McNeill, British Columbia, rising through waters that run 40 to 120 feet deep. The structure holds a strong resident population of Lingcod, which peak from February to March, June to July, and August to September, alongside China, Blue, Copper, and Quillback Rockfish and Kelp Greenling. Anglers work the rock with jigging using metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs for Lingcod, and drop metal jigs or leadhead jigs with soft plastics to the same broken bottom for Copper Rockfish. The pinnacle also draws Pacific Halibut from May to August, taken by drift jigging with leadhead jigs and plastic swimbaits or salmon belly across the deeper edges. Chinook Salmon (May to August) and Coho Salmon (May to September) pass through the exposed water and respond to trolling with whole herring, spoons, or flashers with hootchies.

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