I will get the coordinates next time I go to my boat and then send you a PM. I don't feel like giving coordinates to the world wide web, but will help anybody that asks so remind me to PM them to you. With the amount of OT I am putting in, it may be some time before I go back to the boat.
However, I can tell you a little (or a lot depending on how much you want to know) about Swiftsure. For those of you that don't know, Swiftsure is a bank located about 20 miles from the port of Neah Bay and mostly in Canadian waters. You need a Canadian fishing license that you must get in person, from a Canadian vendor in Canada...get that? I buy a yearly non-resident license...it is only $108 or so and is worth every penny. About the bank: There is a series of humps that come up to about 100', but that area is closed so don't try to fish there. Check the Canadian site for the waypoints of the closure. It is a DIAMOND shape. The southern border follows the US/Canada border. They do enforce the regulations regarding this closure area so don't be stupid.
FAQ answered:
NO...you can not bring back a yelloweye no matter what.
NO...you can not catch a halibut limit in Canada and then in the US
NO...you do not have to check in with customs if you do not touch land (either by making port or throwing anchor) - this according to discussion with aux. coast guard at boat show. NOT OFFICIAL. I do keep hearing about this phantom I-9 form but know nothing about it???
You can only use 32 ounces of lead to get down.
You can use as many poles as you like. We run five. Four off the back one off the front.
You can NOT bring back Canadian salmon on a day that salmon is closed in Washington. The regs. are wrong, the WAC is right.
Basically, you want to fish around the closure. Go up to the line but don't cross it. The SW corner up to about halfway up the west side boundary has been most productive for us. however, there are some spots on the NE corner that have produced too. I prefer NE corner early in the season and SW corner later in the season. SE corner is too deep. NW corner - Fished their once didn't catch any. Might be good just haven't needed to go there. If you drift long enough at Swiftsure....you will catch halibut. We have never been skunked there. Another thing...if the long liners move in...then you need to move out.
It is my supreme goal to spend every weekend at Neah Bay until I migrate to Westport in late July. PM before you head up there or give a holler at the dock. I will be on C-Dock (most likely) on HANG'M HIGH, which is the only 35' Albin usually in the marina. I am the young buck, not the old man. You can call me TOMMY GUNS (Tommy is fine too)...6'1" 280 lbs....you can't miss me. I would be glad to run with you, show you my rigs, keep in contact when we're at the bank, help where I can or have you help me, etc. if we create a good network up there, there is no reason we shouldn't be in the good quality fish every time.
Oh and one more thing....I have not found a buoy that accurately gives wave/wind data for Swiftsure so if you know of one...let me know.