Bentinck Island
48.31°N · 123.54°W
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Current regulations
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- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- 2 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 65 cm
- Gear
- angling, spear fishing while diving
- Annual quota
- 10 per year
- Other
- Inside waters — generally open May 1 to Sep 30. Annual limit of 10 lingcod from Areas 12-19 (excl. 12-14), Subareas 20-5 to 20-7, and 29-5 combined. Must record all retained lingcod. Spear fishing while diving closed in Pacific Rim National Park.
Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 20-5 · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Lingcod is best at this spot
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Bentinck Island sits off Sooke, British Columbia, where a kelp-covered rock reef rises through mid-exposure water at depths of 20 to 80 feet. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from September through May, alongside a resident Rockfish aggregate that works the same rocky bottom year-round. Chinook Salmon move through in summer, with the strongest window running June through August. Anglers target Lingcod and Rockfish by jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs tight to the reef, while Chinook are taken by trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, or hootchies over the same ground. The rock and kelp concentrate fish along the reef edges, making the transitions between structure and open water the productive zones to fish.
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