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Portland Island

48.71°N · 123.36°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 22 · 10 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-12 PM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 18-6 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
22
Tough
Tide
5.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
12 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.1 m
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
90% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 22 Tough. Tide 5.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.6kn Ebb. Wind 12kn S G13. Sea 0.1m Calm. Air 15.2°.
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
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 10 (Apr 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Must record retained halibut on licence.
Other species here
Canary Rockfish ClosedBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseLingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openSablefish Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openChinook Salmon Catch & release
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 18-6 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~3 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
16-82 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Bay
Mid

Portland Island sits in a mixed-bottom bay near Sidney, British Columbia, within DFO subarea 18-6, holding water from 15 to 80 feet across mid-exposure ground. The bay draws Chinook Salmon from June through August and Coho Salmon from May into September, with Pacific Halibut moving through March to August and Lingcod holding over structure from November into March. Chinook fishing centers on downrigger trolling with anchovy in a teaser head, spoons, or flashers, while Coho respond to trolling spoons, hootchies, and cut-plug herring along the same drift. Over the mixed bottom, drift jigging with metal jigs or leadhead jigs and soft plastics targets Halibut, and the same broken ground gives Lingcod cover for jigging with swimbaits and soft plastics. The 15-to-80-foot range and mixed structure let anglers work salmon in the upper column and bottom species over the same bay through a single session.

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