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Bowyer Island (Howe Sound)

49.44°N · 123.27°W

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

Now 70 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 28-2 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · angling, spear fishing while diving
14-Day Forecast
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
70
Fair
Tide
14.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
20°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 70 Fair. Tide 14.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 9kn SSE G17. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 19.8°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other
Daily limit 1. Annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027). No halibut greater than 112 cm head-on length (85 cm pectoral length head-off). Possession limit equals daily limit.
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseCopper Rockfish ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 28-2 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~3 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-300 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Inner Protected

Bowyer Island sits in the inner-protected waters of Howe Sound northwest of Vancouver, within DFO subarea 28-1, where rocky drop-offs plunge from shoreline structure into 40 to 200 feet of water. The island's steep contours hold Chinook Salmon through their June to August peak and Coho Salmon from June into September, with Rockfish available across the full calendar year. Anglers work the drop-off edges with downrigger trolling for both salmon species, running anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, or trolling spoons behind flashers along the 60 to 150 foot band. Rockfish come off the rock structure on leadhead jigs with soft plastics, metal jigs, and swimbaits dropped tight to the bottom. Tide changes around the island concentrate bait against the walls, and mooching cut plug herring is a productive supporting approach when salmon stack on the slower flows.

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