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Janson Island Hump

48.89°N · 125.51°W

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

Now 89 · 1 PM PDT

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
89
Good
Tide
9.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
4 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.0 m @ 6 s W
Air temp
14°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 89 Good. Tide 9.1ft Rising ▲. Current +1.4kn Flood. Wind 4kn SW G4. Sea 1.0 m @ 6 s W Flat. Air 13.7°.
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
Not published
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other species here
Copper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon 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

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Halibut
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
27-116 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Lyche Island
6.5 km away
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

The hump 0.8 km southeast of Janson Island is a rocky pinnacle rising through outer-exposed water off Ucluelet, with depths running from 25 to 115 feet. Its structure draws Pacific Halibut, which peak from April through August, alongside Lingcod that hold strongest from March into May and resident Copper Rockfish and Canary Rockfish across the year. Drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics works the halibut over the rock, while metal jigs and swimbaits reach the lingcod and rockfish tucked against the pinnacle. Chinook Salmon move through from May to August and Coho from May into September, taken by trolling anchovy, herring, and hootchies over the exposed edges. The rise from deep water to the pinnacle crown concentrates fish where current runs across the rock.

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