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Nordstrom Cove Hump

50.47°N · 127.92°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 86 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
9.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.9 m @ 6 s W
Air temp
15°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 86 Good. Tide 9.6ft Rising ▲. Current +1.3kn Flood. Wind 3kn SW G9. Sea 0.9 m @ 6 s W Flat. Air 15.1°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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 species here
Black Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Halibut
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-339 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Salmon Islands
8.5 km away
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Nordstrom Cove Hump is a rocky pinnacle in the outer, exposed waters off Winter Harbour, rising through a depth range of 25 to 340 feet. The structure holds lingcod, which peak from February through April and again from June through August, alongside black rockfish that stack up from May into September and steady numbers of copper and canary rockfish. Pacific halibut work the deeper flanks from May through August, while Chinook salmon pass through from April to August and coho build from May into September. Anglers target lingcod and rockfish over the pinnacle with metal jigs and leadhead jigs tipped with soft plastic swimbaits, dropping down to the rock and working the up-current edges. For halibut, drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits covers the deeper bottom, and salmon respond to trolling anchovy, herring, and spoons through the exposed water around the high spot.

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