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Point Atkinson

49.33°N · 123.26°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
89/100
GOOD

Now 65 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 28-7 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · angling, spear fishing while diving
Recent reports
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Mostly slow at Point Atkinson, a few…

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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
65
Fair
Tide
14.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
12 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
19°
Warm
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 65 Fair. Tide 14.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.6kn Flood. Wind 12kn ESE G16. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 18.8°.
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 & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseKelp Greenling Retention openCod ClosedChum salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCabezon ClosedChinook Salmon ClosedLingcod ClosedCanary Rockfish ClosedCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 28-7 · 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
10-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Mixed
Outer Exposed

Point Atkinson marks the rocky headland at the entrance to Burrard Inlet, an outer-exposed point in DFO subarea 28-7 where mixed structure and current-swept ledges draw feeding salmon within reach of Vancouver. Chinook peak from June through August, followed by Coho holding through the summer into September, both concentrating along the drop-offs between roughly 10 and 120 feet. Downrigger trolling is the dominant approach here, working anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, and trolling spoons behind flashers along the contour breaks. Mooching cut plug herring and jigging metal jigs or soft plastic swimbaits produce on Chinook staging tight to the rock, while bucktail flies and small casting spoons take Coho when fish push to the surface on the tide lines wrapping the point.

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