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Passage Island

49.34°N · 123.30°W

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

Now 69 · 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
69
Fair
Tide
14.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.2 m
Air temp
18°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 69 Fair. Tide 14.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 11kn SE G18. Sea 0.2m Rippled. Air 18.4°.
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
Chinook Salmon ClosedBocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseLingcod ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openSablefish Retention open
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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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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-250 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Passage Island sits at the western entrance to Howe Sound off West Vancouver, a rocky outer-exposed drop-off within DFO subarea 28-2 where the bottom falls from 40 to 200 feet. Chinook Salmon hold through the June to August peak, Coho Salmon push through from June into September, and Rockfish are available across the full calendar year. The steep rock structure and tidal current sweeping past the island concentrate baitfish along the edges, and downrigger trolling with anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, or trolling spoons behind flashers covers the salmon window efficiently. Mooching cut plug herring works the same contours when Chinook hold deep against the wall. For Rockfish, jigging leadhead jigs with soft plastics or metal jigs down the face of the drop-off targets fish tight to the structure.

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