Seadna, since you will be bottom fishing BC waters and you cannot bring back U.S. protected rockfish to a U.S. port.............Will you be using a descending device to put bloated rockfish back down ??? Only other choice is to let them float away dead.....I hope you will respect the BC fisheries and send them back down with a descending device..............Personally I think you should be thankful for any advice you get from a Canadian to a yankee......You are launching out of Neah, and going back to Neah,...... pillaging BC fish without spending a dime into their economy except your license.........If I were from BC I would hesitate to give any info to a yankee that only comes to take their fish and spend no money in their country..........and those that have given you advice are just trying to keep you from making the common mistakes that occur by yanks crossing over to catch BC fish............Here's an idea. If you like fishing BC in your own boat, just drag it across the island and stay for a week or so and wherever you end up, the locals are usually happy to give you advice on fishing spots. You'll likely run into other wing nuts (WN on the boat) while you're there and make some new friends, and the money you spend goes into the economies of small towns on the island that depend on revenue from fishermen just like yourself.........Barclay sound (Bamfield, Ukee), Nootka, Esperanza, Port Hardy, Campell river, Sooke.....and more, the possibilities are almost endless and much more fun & relaxing staying there instead of just crossing over to fish then going back......There are also many great independent guides and lodges all up and down both sides of the island, and leaving the boat at home to go with a guide or lodge is a wonderful thing, They know all the regulations, have the best gear, and they will know where to get pacific cod or whether it's even worth wasting time trying for them................. you might try it sometime, well worth it IMO......................BTW, Neah bay is a tribal reservation and the money you spend there only helps enable them to continue their documented out-of-control overharvesting with little disregard for federally mandated quotas.............Tight Lines BV