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Otter Point

48.35°N · 123.82°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
86/100
GOOD

Now 20 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-11 AM
Tide ebbing
DFO · PFMA 20-5 · Lingcod openRegulations ↗1 per day · min 65 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
Recent reports
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Chinook and coho both going well at…

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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
20
Tough
Tide
4.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
2 kn
WNW · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
16°
Mild
Weather
Rain
0.4 mm/h
Hour 11 PM. Score 20 Tough. Tide 4.1ft Rising ▲. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 2kn WNW G6. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 16.2°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Lingcod
Retention open
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.
Other species here
Coho Salmon Retention openHalibut ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openPink salmon Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 20-5 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~17 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-150 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Otter Point is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Sooke, British Columbia, where the bottom falls from roughly 80 to 250 feet. Lingcod hold on this structure through most of the year, peaking from September to May, while Pacific Halibut move through the deeper flats from March to August. Chinook Salmon run strongest from June to August and Coho Salmon from June to October, with Pink Salmon and aggregate Rockfish rounding out the mix. Anglers work the drop-off for Lingcod with metal jigs and swimbaits or drift live greenling and herring over the rock, and target Halibut by drifting salmon bellies, herring, and octopus along the deeper contours. Salmon fishing centers on trolling anchovy, herring, spoons, and hootchies across the exposed water, with mooching cut-plug herring a productive alternative.

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