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Fortune Channel Hump

49.21°N · 125.76°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
90/100
GOOD

Now 90 · 1 PM PDT

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
90
Good
Tide
8.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
2 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 m @ 4 s W
Air temp
16°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
97% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 90 Good. Tide 8.9ft Rising ▲. Current +1.4kn Flood. Wind 2kn SW G3. Sea 0.5 m @ 4 s W Flat. Air 15.7°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

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
10 per year
Other
DFO closes Entrance to the Warn Bay (part of 24-10) Aug 1 to Oct 31. Check DFO's map.
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openQuillback Rockfish Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openDarkblotched Rockfish Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

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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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
79-423 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Auseth Point
11 km away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Fortune Channel Hump is a rocky pinnacle on the outer exposed coast off Tofino, rising through water that runs from 80 to 425 feet. The structure holds Pacific Halibut, which peak from March through June, alongside Lingcod that come on strong from May through August. Chinook Salmon share the same May-through-August window, while Coho build through the summer and hold into October, and the rock also supports Canary, Darkblotched, and Quillback Rockfish along with Pacific Cod. Halibut respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics, metal jigs, or salmon bellies worked across the pinnacle, with whole herring or salmon heads fished on the bottom as a backup. Lingcod hold tight to the rock and take metal jigs, soft plastic swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, while salmon are worked over the same ground by trolling anchovy, herring, hootchies, or spoons.

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