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Arnet Island

49.16°N · 125.90°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
90/100
GOOD

Now 69 · 8 PM PDT

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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
69
Fair
Tide
2.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
WNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.0 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Clear
15% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 69 Fair. Tide 2.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.8kn Ebb. Wind 3kn WNW G6. Sea 1.0 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 13.1°.
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
Annual aggregate limit 10 (Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Possession limit equals daily limit. Must record all retained halibut on licence.
Other species here
Copper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openBlack Rockfish Closed
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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
~2 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
330-1310 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Arnet Island is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Tofino, British Columbia, where the bottom falls away through depths of 330 to 1310 feet. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and Coho Salmon hold from June to October, both taken by trolling anchovy, herring, hootchies, or spoons across the edge. The deeper structure supports Pacific Halibut, strongest March through June, worked with drift-jigged leadhead jigs and soft plastics or metal jigs along the bottom. Lingcod and Black Rockfish peak May through August and May through September respectively, with Copper Rockfish present across a longer February-to-October window, all responsive to metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits fished tight to the rock. The steep contour concentrates fish where the drop-off breaks, making depth control over the structure the central concern.

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