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Digby Island Kelp Beds

54.28°N · 130.46°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
79/100
GOOD

Now 24 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 4-9 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
24
Tough
Tide
4.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
4 kn
ESE · gusty
Sea state
Choppy
0.8 m
Air temp
12°
Mild
Weather
Rain
0.3 mm/h
Hour 11 PM. Score 24 Tough. Tide 4.2ft Rising ▲. Current -0.3kn Ebb. Wind 4kn ESE G17. Sea 0.8m Chop. Air 12.0°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 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
Lingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openWolf Eel ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-9 · 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
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-100 ft
Kelp
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

The Digby Island Kelp Beds sit just off Digby Island near Prince Rupert, a stretch of kelp-covered rocky reef and broken bottom running from 20 to 100 feet. Lingcod hold tight to the structure with a peak from February through July, while rockfish work the same reef edges across those same months. Chinook salmon transit the adjacent water in two distinct pushes, February through April and again April through July. Jigging metal jigs and leadhead jigs with soft plastics covers both lingcod and rockfish along the reef shoulders, and mooching whole or cut herring accounts for salmon and lingcod holding deeper in the column. Downrigger trolling whole herring or hootchies behind flashers works the salmon lanes running off the kelp edge.

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