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Monas Island

49.18°N · 125.89°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
91/100
GOOD

Now 70 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
70
Fair
Tide
2.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
2 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.7 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Clear
2% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 70 Fair. Tide 2.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.8kn Ebb. Wind 2kn W G4. Sea 0.7 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 14.1°.
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
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
Spiny Dogfish Catch & releaseCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish Closed
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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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
0-41 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Monas Island is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Tofino, British Columbia, where the bottom falls through the 0 to 40 foot range and holds structure that concentrates both salmon and groundfish. Chinook Salmon peak from May through August and Coho Salmon run from June into October, with trolling anchovy, herring, hootchies, and spoons working the moving water along the edge. Lingcod and Black Rockfish both peak May through August and September respectively, and jigging metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits over the rock produces well through that window. Copper Rockfish hold along the same structure from February into October, taking jigs and cut bait fished close to the bottom. Pacific Halibut move through in the March to June window and respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and metal jigs across the deeper edge of the drop.

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