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Newcomb Rocks

50.51°N · 127.68°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
90/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 3 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
3 AM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
10.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
2 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.9 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
11°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
98% cloud
Hour 3 AM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 10.8ft Falling ▼. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 2kn SW G5. Sea 0.9 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 11.4°.
Why this score
Current
0.4 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

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
Lingcod Retention openRougheye Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Sablefish Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openDarkblotched Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Shortraker Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check DFO ↗Cod Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
22-307 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Newcomb Rocks is an exposed pinnacle off Winter Harbour, British Columbia, where rocky structure rises through a depth range of 20 to 305 feet on the outer coast. The pinnacle holds Lingcod, which peak from February through April and again from June through August, alongside Pacific Halibut that come on strongest from May through August. Chinook Salmon move through the area from April into August, while the deeper rock supports Rougheye, Darkblotched, and Shortraker Rockfish along with Sablefish and Pacific Cod. Anglers work the rock for Lingcod by jigging metal jigs and leadhead jigs with soft plastics, and target Halibut with drift jigging over the broken bottom using leadhead jigs and swimbaits. Chinook trolling with anchovy, herring, or hoochies covers the water above the structure when salmon are staged over the pinnacle.

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