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Lawyer Islands

54.23°N · 130.50°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
80/100
GOOD

Now 40 · 8 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
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
40
Tough
Tide
12.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
13 kn
ESE · gusty
Sea state
Choppy
1.0 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Rain
0.4 mm/h
Hour 8 PM. Score 40 Tough. Tide 12.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 13kn ESE G38. Sea 1.0m Chop. Air 12.6°.
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
Chinook Salmon Retention openSablefish Retention openLingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openChum salmon Catch & release
Always check with DFO ↗

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
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-200 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Outer Exposed

Lawyer Islands sits in the sheltered waters off Prince Rupert, a cluster of rocky islets and reefs where depths run from 40 to 200 feet over broken bottom and kelp-edged structure. Lingcod and aggregate rockfish hold on the harder ledges through February to July, while Chinook Salmon push through in two windows from February to April and again from April to July, followed by Coho Salmon building from May into September. Anglers work the deeper reef edges with metal jigs and leadhead jigs with swimbaits for lingcod and rockfish, dropping into the 100 to 200 foot band where current wraps the structure. Chinook come to downrigger trolling with whole herring, anchovy in teaser heads, and hootchies behind flashers along the tide lines between the islands, and Coho respond to trolling spoons and bucktail flies worked closer to the surface as summer progresses. Tidal exchange around the islets concentrates bait against the rock faces, keeping fish stacked on predictable pieces of structure.

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