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McAllister Islet

50.46°N · 127.99°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
89/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 3 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
3 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
10.6 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
2 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.0 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
11°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 10.6ft Falling ▼. Current +0.3kn Slack. Wind 2kn ENE G3. Sea 1.0 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 11.0°.
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
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Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
41-233 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

McAllister Islet sits off Winter Harbour on the outer, exposed coast of British Columbia, where a rock drop-off falls from 40 to 235 feet. Pacific Halibut hold along the deeper edges of this structure and peak from May through August, worked with drift jigging using leadhead jigs, swimbaits, or metal jigs, or with bottom bait fishing over the rock. Lingcod stack on the shallower rock through two windows, February to April and June to August, and respond to jigging with metal jigs and leadhead jigs rigged with soft plastics. Chinook Salmon run April through August and Coho Salmon build from May into September, both taken by trolling anchovy, herring, hoochies, and spoons across the exposed water above the drop. The mixed rockfish, Sablefish, and Pacific Cod that share this bottom round out the deep-water fishery along the same steep rock.

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