About Foam Reefs

Foam Reefs is a rock pinnacle off Tofino, British Columbia, rising through an outer-exposed stretch of coast where depths run 40 to 120 feet. The structure holds Copper Rockfish from February through October alongside China Rockfish, Quillback Rockfish, and Lingcod, the latter peaking May through August. Chinook Salmon move through the same window of May to August, with Coho Salmon following from June into October and Pacific Halibut concentrated between March and June. Anglers work the rockfish and lingcod with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits over the pinnacle, while salmon respond to trolled anchovy, herring, hootchies, and spoons through the water column above the structure. For halibut holding on the bottom, drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or metal jigs covers the deeper margins of the reef.