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Secret Cove

49.54°N · 123.99°W

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

Now 19 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-6 PM
Tide flooding
DFO · PFMA 16-2 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · max 112 cm · angling, spear fishing while diving
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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
19
Tough
Tide
11.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
12 kn
SE · gusty
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
17°
Mild
Weather
Clear
15% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 19 Tough. Tide 11.5ft Rising ▲. Current -0.7kn Ebb. Wind 12kn SE G23. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 17.4°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 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
1 in possession
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other
Possession limit equals daily limit (not twice). Annual limit 10 (Apr 1 2026 to Mar 31 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Must permanently record all retained halibut.
Other species here
Bocaccio Rockfish Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Catch & releaseYelloweye Rockfish Catch & releaseLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
Always check with DFO ↗

Source: DFO/MPO · PFMA 16-2 · synced 4 days ago

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
25-150 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Bay
Inner Protected

Secret Cove is an inner-protected bay on the Sunshine Coast side of Vancouver waters within DFO subarea 16-2, holding mixed bottom structure across depths of 15 to 90 feet. Chinook salmon move through from June to August, followed by coho from June into September, while rockfish hold on the structure year-round. Downrigger trolling with anchovy in teaser heads, hootchies, or trolling spoons behind flashers covers the salmon window, and bucktail flies worked near the surface pick up coho holding higher in the column. Anglers targeting rockfish drop leadhead jigs with soft plastics or metal jigs onto the mixed bottom, adjusting depth as the tide shifts inside the protected water. The sheltered exposure keeps the cove fishable when outer waters push up, making it a consistent option across the season.

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