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Baron Island (North End)

54.46°N · 130.75°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
65/100
FAIR

Now 20 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
2 PM-9 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 4-5 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
20
Tough
Tide
4.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
8 kn
SE · gusty
Sea state
Rough
1.3 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
34% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 20 Tough. Tide 4.2ft Rising ▲. Current -0.3kn Ebb. Wind 8kn SE G22. Sea 1.3m Rough. Air 12.7°.
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
1 per day
Possession
1 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 from Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027. Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Must record retained halibut on licence/NRLS.
Other species here
Chum salmon Catch & releaseCod ClosedNearshore Rockfish ClosedChinook Salmon Retention openLingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
Always check with DFO

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-5 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Halibut
~1 more week at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-150 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Outer Exposed

Baron Island's north end sits in exposed water off Prince Rupert, where kelp-edged reef and current-swept structure drop into 40 to 150 feet. Pacific Halibut hold on the deeper flats and gravel edges through the April to August peak, taken on drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastic or heavy metal jigs, with bait fishing on anchor using whole herring or salmon heads working the slack tides. Chinook Salmon push through in two windows, February to April and again April to July, with downrigger trolling whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, and hootchies behind flashers along the tide lines off the point. Coho Salmon follow from May into September and respond to trolling spoons and hoochies on the downriggers, with bucktailing the surface chop when fish show up top. Tide changes concentrate bait against the island's north face, and most productive drifts run parallel to the structure rather than over the shallowest pinnacles.

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