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Pam Rocks

49.45°N · 123.30°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
91/100
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
14.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.2 m
Air temp
20°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 70 Fair. Tide 14.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 9kn SSE G17. Sea 0.2m 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
Giant Pacific Octopus Retention openBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseChinook Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openLingcod ClosedWolf Eel 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
40-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Mid

Pam Rocks is an exposed rocky pinnacle in Howe Sound off Vancouver, rising sharply through the 40 to 120 foot range in DFO subarea 28-2. The structure holds Chinook Salmon through their June to August peak and Coho Salmon from June into September, while Rockfish work the broken bottom year-round. Downrigger trolling with anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, and flashers covers the salmon along the tide lines that wrap the pinnacle, and bucktailing takes surface-oriented Coho when they push shallow. Jigging metal jigs and leadhead jigs with soft plastics down the rock faces produces steady Rockfish action, and the same technique reaches Chinook staged deeper on the structure. Tide movement across the pinnacle concentrates bait and dictates where fish set up on any given drift.

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