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Jones Rock

50.50°N · 127.86°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
89/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 3 AM PDT

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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
3 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
10.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
1 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.9 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
11°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 10.7ft Falling ▼. Current +0.3kn Flood. Wind 1kn SE G3. Sea 0.9 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 11.3°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
10 per year
Other
Possession limit equals daily limit (not double). Annual limit 10 (Apr 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Must record all retained halibut.
Other species here
Quillback Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOCopper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOLingcod Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOChina Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFOChinook Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
2-100 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Jones Rock is an exposed rock pinnacle off Winter Harbour on the outer coast of British Columbia, rising through water that runs from the surface down to about 100 feet. The rocky structure holds Lingcod, which peak from February through April and again from June through August, alongside Black Rockfish that hold strongest from May through September and a mix of Copper, Quillback, and China Rockfish. Anglers work the pinnacle with metal jigs, leadhead jigs with soft plastics, and swimbaits for Lingcod, while bait fishing with whole herring, live greenling, or squid covers the same ground. Chinook Salmon move through from April to August and Coho from May to September, both taken by trolling anchovy, herring, hoochies, and trolling spoons over the outer edges. Pacific Halibut hold along the deeper bottom from May to August, where drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits reaches them across the exposed rock.

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