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Yorke Island

50.45°N · 125.98°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 23 · 1 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
1 AM
Now
Score
23
Tough
Tide
5.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.0 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 AM. Score 23 Tough. Tide 5.1ft Falling ▼. Current -0.3kn Ebb. Wind 4kn WSW G9. Sea 0.0 m Flat. Air 13.1°.
Why this score
Current
0.4 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

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
10 per year
Other
Possession limit equals daily limit (not twice). Annual limit 10 halibut (Apr 1 2026–Mar 31 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Spear fishing while diving closed in Discovery Passage/Campbell River year round.
Other species here
Sablefish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openDarkblotched Rockfish ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention open
Always check with DFO

Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~2 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
1-277 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Inner Protected

Yorke Island sits in the inner protected waters near Sayward, British Columbia, where a rock bottom drops off sharply through depths ranging from the surface to 275 feet. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and Coho Salmon follow from June to October, with both species targeted by trolling anchovy, herring, hootchies, and spoons along the drop-off edge. Lingcod hold tight to the rock structure and peak from February to April and again in August and September, taken by jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs. Pacific Halibut occupy the deeper water from April to August, where drift jigging leadhead jigs, metal jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits works over the bottom. Pacific Cod, Darkblotched Rockfish, and Sablefish round out the mix along the same rocky slope.

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