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Hudson Bay Passage

54.46°N · 130.90°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 4-1 · 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
1.5 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 1.5m 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
Coho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openSablefish Closed
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 4-1 · 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
30-300 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

Hudson Bay Passage is a deep tidal channel near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, with working depths from 60 to 300 feet over mixed rock and current-swept bottom. Lingcod hold on the structure through a long window from February to July, while Pacific Halibut move onto the flats and edges from April into August. Chinook Salmon push through in two pulses, February to April and again April to July, followed by Coho Salmon from May into September. Anglers work the deeper rock with leadhead jigs and metal jigs for lingcod, and drift jig soft plastics or set salmon heads and octopus on anchor for halibut along the same contours. Salmon fishing centres on downrigger trolling with whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, and spoons behind flashers, with cut-plug herring mooching effective on Chinook when tides ease through the passage.

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