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Sangster Island Hump

49.43°N · 124.21°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
90/100
GOOD

Now 89 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
89
Good
Tide
9.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.1 m chop
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 89 Good. Tide 9.1ft Falling ▼. Current -0.8kn Ebb. Wind 4kn ESE G5. Sea 0.1 m chop Flat. Air 15.3°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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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
Not published
Other species here
Quillback Rockfish Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChina Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
28-184 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near French Creek
14 km away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Mid
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

The Sangster Island Hump is a rocky pinnacle rising through mid-exposure water off Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, with depths spanning roughly 30 to 185 feet. The structure holds resident lingcod, which peak from January through March, alongside Copper, Quillback, and China rockfish across the same rocky terrain. Anglers work the pinnacle for lingcod by jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs over the rock, or by fishing whole herring, squid, and live greenling near the bottom. Pacific halibut move through from March into August, taken by drift fishing whole herring, salmon bellies, and octopus across the deeper edges, while Chinook salmon peak from July to September and Coho from June through October, both worked by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, and hootchies over the structure. The mix of shallow rock and deep flanks lets crews target bottomfish and passing salmon on the same tide.

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