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Gower Point

49.38°N · 123.53°W

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Best score for the day · 6 AM
90/100
GOOD

Now 75 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-9 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 28-1 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · angling, spear fishing while diving
Recent reports
Updated 3 weeks ago

Slow at Gower right now, but one…

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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
75
Good
Tide
14.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
10 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
19°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 75 Good. Tide 14.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 10kn SE G15. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 19.0°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 kn light
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 & releaseChinook Salmon ClosedHerring ClosedDungeness Crab Retention openLingcod ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 28-1 · 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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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-120 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Bay
Mid

Gower Point is a mixed-bottom bay on the outer approach to Howe Sound, sitting in mid-exposure water off the Sunshine Coast within DFO subarea 28-1. The point holds fishable structure from roughly 20 to 120 feet, with rockfish available through the year and lingcod concentrating from November through April. Chinook run strongest June through August and coho follow from June into September, both worked effectively with downrigger trolling using anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, trolling spoons, and flashers along the drop. Bottom anglers target lingcod and rockfish over the mixed substrate by jigging leadhead jigs with soft plastics, metal jigs, and swimbaits, with mooching cut or whole herring as a supporting presentation. The combination of shallow shoreline structure and quick access to deeper water lets anglers switch between salmon trolling passes and bottom sets without repositioning far.

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