REGION 1 - Vancouver Island - British Columbia

REGION 1 - Vancouver Island

CONTACT INFORMATION

Salmon Information:

Fish and Wildlife Regional Office

(250) 751-7220

2080A Labieux Rd

Nanaimo BC V9T 6J9

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

District Offices (DFO)

Central Coast

(Bella Coola):

Campbell River:

Daajing Giids:

Conservation Officer Service

Please call 1-877-952-7277 for recorded

information or to make an appointment at

any of the following Field Offices:

Black Creek, Campbell River, Duncan,

Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Port McNeill, and

Victoria

(formerly Queen Charlotte City)

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TO DATE:

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Check website for in-season changes or

7-29 7-30

7-27 dates for the 2023-2025

closure

season

7-22

7-28

at: .bc.ca/FishingRegulations

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(250) 283-9075

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(250) 720-4440

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(250) 949-6422

(250) 725-3500

(250) 363-3252

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Duncan:

Gold River:

6-216-16

Masset:

Nanaimo:

Port Alberni:

Port Hardy:

Tofino:

Victoria:

R

RAPP

Report All Poachers and Polluters

Conservation Officer 24 Hour Hotline

1-877-952-RAPP (7277) or rapp.bc.ca

(250) 799-5345

(250) 850-5701

(250) 559-4413

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NOTE: There is no freshwater fishing

permitted within Pacific Rim National Park

Reserve, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

(on Haida Gwaii) and Gulf Islands National

Park Reserve.

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regulations and fisheries management for

Haida Gwaii (Management Units 6-12 and

6-13) are now within Region 1. Refer to the

Region 1 section for angling regulations on

Haida Gwaii and contact Region 1 for any

Haida Gwaii freshwater angling enquiries.

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The Management Unit boundaries on the map above, and in the Water-specific Regulations tables, are only a reference to help anglers locate

waters in the region. For more precise Management Unit boundaries, please consult one of the commercial Recreational Atlases available for B.C.

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2023-2025 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

REGION 1 - Vancouver Island

Regional Regulations

General Regulations

Haida Gwaii Daily Quotas

Summer closure: No Fishing in any stream

in Management Units 1-1 to 1-6 from July 15Aug 31 (see water specific regulations table

for exceptions).

(See tables for exceptions):

Single barbless hook: must be used in all

streams of Region 1, all year.

Bait ban: applies to all streams of Region 1,

all year, with some important exceptions.

Check the tables.

Bait ban: applies to all streams in

Management Units 6-12 and 6-13, Nov

1-Apr 30.

Region 1 Daily Quotas

(excluding Haida Gwaii)

(See tables for exceptions)

Trout: 4, but not more than

? 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over

50 cm allowed, see table for exceptions)

? 2 from streams (must be hatchery)

And you must release:

? All wild steelhead

? All wild trout from streams

? All char (includes Dolly Varden)

NOTE: There is no general minimum size limit for

trout in lakes or hatchery origin trout in streams.

Bass: unlimited (see water specific

regulations table for exceptions and mercury

advisory on this page).

Crayfish: 25

Kokanee: 5 (none from streams)

Trout/char: 5, but not more than

? 1 over 50 cm

? 3 Dolly Varden

? 2 from streams

INVASIVE SPECIES ALERT

Atlantic Salmon

Please refer to the salmon section,

page 78

And you must release:

? Trout/char under 30 cm from streams

? All wild steelhead

Kokanee: 10 (none from streams)

Possession Quotas

Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas

Annual Quotas

Annual catch quota for all B.C.: 10 steelhead

per licence year (only hatchery steelhead

may be retained in B.C.)

Daily & Annual Quotas for Salmon

Please refer to the NOTICE on page 77 for

Salmon Regulations.

Cutthroat Trout Reward Tagging Program

Comox Lake, Cowichan Lake, Horne Lake

and Oyster River: $100 reward tags are

being used to assess the cutthroat trout

fishery. Refer to page 76 for instructions on

what to do if you catch a fish with a reward

tag.

MERCURY ADVISORY Mercury levels

in larger Smallmouth Bass in lakes on

Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands may

be above national guidelines. Mercury

levels tend to increase with the size of the

fish and larger Smallmouth Bass generally

have higher levels of mercury. The general

public, especially children and women of

child bearing age, including pregnant and

breastfeeding women, are recommended

to limit their consumption of Smallmouth

Bass. More information on mercury in fish

and fish consumption can be found in

the HealthLinkBC Food Safety: Mercury

in Fish at .

ca/healthlinkbc-files/mercury-fish. It

is advised to regularly check the online

Freshwater Fishing Regulation Synopsis for

more up-to-date information at .

bc.ca/FishingRegulations.

White Sturgeon: catch and release only

Yellow perch: unlimited

Wild Trout Release

All streams regulation

Anglers note there is a region wide

regulation (excluding Haida Gwaii)

requiring the release of all wild origin

trout in streams. This regulation allows

only hatchery origin trout in streams to

be harvested. In Region 1, hatchery origin

trout from streams can be distinguished

from wild origin trout by the presence

of a healed scar in place of the adipose

fin. Please note, this regulation does

not apply to lakes. For more information

please contact regional fisheries staff at

(250) 751-7220.

2023-2025 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

Wild Origin Trout

Hatchery Origin Trout

Adipose present

Healed scar in place

of adipose fin

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REGION 1 - Vancouver Island

Water-Specific Regulations

EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS

1-9

1-12

ASH RIVER

1-7

BAINBRIDGE LAKE

BEAR LAKE

BEAR RIVER

BEAVER LAKE

BENSON RIVER

?

¡°BIG QUALICUM¡± RIVER

BLACK CREEK

?

BLACKBURN LAKE

BLACKWATER LAKE

BONANZA LAKE

BOOT LAKE

BRANNEN LAKE

BROWNS RIVER

BUTTLE LAKE¡¯S TRIBUTARIES

(Lower) CAMPBELL LAKE¡¯S TRIBUTARIES

1-7

1-4

1-10

1-1

1-13

1-6

1-6

1-1

1-10

1-11

1-10

1-5

1-6

1-9

1-6

CAMPBELL RIVER

1-10

CARNATION CREEK

CATHERINE CREEK

CAYCUSE RIVER

?

1-3

1-10

1-3

CHEMAINUS RIVER

1-5

CHICADEE LAKE

CLAUD ELLIOTT CREEK

CLAUD ELLIOTT LAKE

CLEAR LAKE (Quadra Island)

CLUXEWE RIVER

COLQUITZ RIVER

COMOX LAKE

1-6

1-10

1-10

1-15

1-13

1-1

1-6

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please contact: Haig-Brown Fly Fishing

Association at haigbrown.ca

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Artificial fly only upstream of Eve River, to Hwy 19 bridge

Class II water Apr 1-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-June 30

Bait ban, single barbless hook, no trout over 50 cm

Trout daily quota = 2

No Fishing from upper falls downstream 1 km to (Bear River) logging road bridge 3 km from tidewater

No Fishing from mouth to falls about 4 km upstream, Dec 1-May 31

Artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook

Trout and kokanee release? Unnamed lake in the Walbran Creek Watershed approximately 7 km west/southwest of Mt. Walbran

No powered boats

No Fishing upstream of the boundary signs at the bridge crossing approximately 10 km from the mouth, Nov 1-Apr 30

No Fishing from Elsie Lake to Dickson Lake

No Fishing from Dickson Lake to signs 200 m downstream of Lanternman Falls, Dec 1-Apr 30

No Fishing from Dickson Falls downstream 30 m to signs

No angling from boats; Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4)

See Cowichan Lake

See Amor de Cosmos Creek

Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp), no towing on parts

Fly fishing only

See Qualicum River

No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 15-Aug 31

No powered boats

Trout daily quota = 2

Bait ban, single barbless hook, no trout over 50 cm

Bait ban, single barbless hook, trout daily quota = 2

Speed restriction on parts (60 km/h)

No Fishing

Fly fishing only; except Thelwood Creek is closed all year

No Fishing Feb 1-July 15 including Campbell River between Strathcona Dam and (Lower) Campbell Lake

No Fishing between Elk Falls and John Hart Dam Power Station

No Fishing from Strathcona Dam downstream 100 m

No Fishing from the boundary sign at the end of Maple Street downstream to the boundary sign at the cement block, Aug 1-Oct 31

No Fishing in any tributaries (except Quinsam River), Dec 1-May 31

From John Hart Dam Power Station to power line crossing approximately 200 m upstream of Quinsam River confluence: fly fishing only

year-round

Artificial fly only downstream of power line crossing approximately 200 m upstream of Quinsam River: Dec 1-May 31

No vessels between Elk Falls and John Hart Dam Power Station

No Fishing

No Fishing

No Fishing July 15-Aug 31, fly fishing only upstream of and including Hatton Creek

No Fishing downstream of Bannon Creek? July 1-Sept 30, No Fishing upstream of Bannon Creek? Dec 1-Sept 30

No Fishing from Copper Canyon Falls downstream 100 m to the fishing boundary signs

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

No Fishing

No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

No Fishing upstream of the West Main logging road bridge (approximately 7.5 km upstream of the Hwy 19 bridge), Dec 1-May 31

No Fishing

No wild rainbow trout over 50 cm

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1-15

1-13

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AHNUHATI RIVER

ALICE LAKE

AMOR LAKE

Stanley Cr

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2023-2025 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

REGION 1 - Vancouver Island

Water-Specific Regulations

WATER BODY | MGMT UNIT

EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS

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1-10

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QUALICUM

CREEK

RIVER

CW

6-12

1-6

COURTENAY RIVER

COUS CREEK

1-6

1-7

QUATSE RIVER

COWICHAN

LAKE (including Bear Lake) ?

1-13

1-4

QUENNELL LAKE

1-5

COWICHAN RIVER (see map below)

No Fishing downstream of boundary signs located approximately 100 m downstream of the hatchery counting fence

No Fishing from Skidegate

E&N to boundary

Lake tosigns

signslocated

at second

approximately

bridge 6 km100

upstream

m downstream

of tidal boundary,

of the hatchery

Feb 1-Apr

counting

30 fence, Aug 10-Oct 15

Bait

No Fishing

ban Nov

tributaries

1-Apr 30?; cutthroat trout release

Class

single IIbarbless

water Sept

hook,1-Apr

no hooks

30?;greater

Steelhead

thanStamp

15mm mandatory

from point toDec

shank

1-Apr 30?

No

Exempt

Fishing

fromDec

July1-Sept

15-August

30; speed

31 summer

restriction

closure,

on part

accessible

(8 km/h),fishing platform is located at the hatchery

No Fishing Nov

May 11-June

- Apr 30

15

Cutthroat

Hatchery steelhead

trout dailydaily

quotaquota

= 2 (none

= 1 over 50 cm); bait ban and single barbless hook, Nov 15-Apr 15

Speed

No Fishing

restriction

upstream

on parts

of the(8Quatse

km/h), River

plus overall

fishway10(approximately

km/h speed restriction

1.4 km upstream

within 60

ofmDick

of shore

Booth Creek), Dec 1-June 15

No

BaitFishing

ban, May

July

1-Nov

15-Aug

30 31?, No Fishing from weir (dam) at Cowichan Lake¡¯s outlet to Greendale Trestle, Nov 15-Apr 15

No

Smallmouth

Fishing inbass

tributaries

daily quota

upstream

= 4; Speed

of andrestriction

includingon

Holt

parts

Creek

(8 km/h)

Fly

No fishing

Fishingonly

fromupstream

the fishing

of CNR

boundary

Trestle

signs

(Mileat66)

power

Septline

1-Nov

crossing

15 (approximately 25 m upstream of Quinsam Hatchery weir) to fishing

boundary

approximately

downstream

of weir

No

Fishingsigns

downstream

of the300

CNRmBridge

(mile 70.2)

to Skutz Falls Dec 1-April 30

No fishing

Fishingonly

fromfrom

the signs

falls situated

downstream

Quinsam

Fly

at Greendale

Trestle of

to Middle

CNR Bridge

(mileLake

70.2)to the fishing boundary signs at power line crossing

(approximately 25 m upstream of the Quinsam hatchery weir) , Dec 1-June 30

Speed restriction (8 km/h) and engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) on parts

Exempt

from July 15-August 31 summer closure; accessible fishing platform is located near the 28

No

Fishing

Trout release;

release; bait

bait ban,

ban, single

single barbless

barbless hook

hook

Trout

Trout

release;

bait

ban,

single

barbless

hook

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook

No trout

over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook

No

Fishing

Trout daily

quota

Electric

motor

only= 2- max 7.5 kW

No boats

Bait ban Nov 1-Apr 30; Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30

Trout release; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook

No Fishing downstream of Schoen Lake, Dec 1-May 31

No Fishing upstream of fishing boundary signs at second bridge approximately 5 km upstream of the tidal boundary?, Feb 1-May 31;

No Fishingtrout

upstream

of Kay Creek

Cutthroat

release;

No boats

upstream

confluence

White

restrictionStamp

(10 km/h)

from estuary

confluence

with White River

Bait

ban Nov

1-Aprof

30?;

Class II with

water

SeptRiver;

1-Aprspeed

30; Steelhead

mandatory

Dec to

1-Apr

30

1-4

QUINSAM RIVER

?

1-6

CRAIGFLOWER CREEK

REGAN LAKE

LAKE

CRANE

REGINALD

CRESCENT LAKE

LAKE

ROBERTS LAKERIVER

CRUICKSHANK

ROSELLE LAKE

CUSHEON

LAKE

ROSEN LAKE (READ ISLAND)

DATLAMEN CREEK

ROWBOTHAM LAKE

DAVIE RIVER

ST. MARY LAKE

?

1-1

1-6

1-10

1-6

1-10

1-10

1-6

1-11

1-1

1-15

6-13

1-5

1-11

1-11

?

CW ?

?

DEENA

CREEK

SALMON

RIVER

6-12

1-10

CW

?

DICKSON LAKE

DIMPLE LAKE

DIVER LAKE

DONNER LAKE

DOUGAN LAKE

DURRANCE LAKE

ECHO LAKE

1-7

1-3

1-5

1-9

1-4

1-1

1-6

ELK LAKE

1-1

ELK RIVER (Also see Buttle Lake ?)

1-9

ENGLISHMAN RIVER

1-5

ESARY LAKE

No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; wheelchair accessible fishing platform located in Diver Lake Park

No powered boats

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4

Engine power restriction on parts - 7.5 kW (10 hp); no vessels on parts, no powered boats on parts, no towing on parts

A wheelchair accessible fishing pier is located on the lake¡¯s northwest shore via Brookleigh Road

Fly fishing only

No Fishing July 15-Aug 31?

No Fishing from lower falls in Englishman River Park to signs approximately 100 m downstream

No Fishing downstream of the lower falls in Englishman River Falls Provincial Park to the Top Bridge crossing at the end of

Allsbrook Road?, Dec 1-May 31

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook

No Fishing upstream of the fishing boundary signs (near the South Main Bridge crossing) located approximately 5.4 km downstream of

the Hwy 19 bridge, Dec 1-May 31

Trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)

Trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50 cm); artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook

No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook

No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook

No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 15-Aug 31?

1-6

EVE RIVER

FAIRY LAKE

FAREWELL LAKE

FICKLE LAKE

FLORA LAKE

FORBUSH LAKE

FRENCH CREEK

?

1-10

?

1-3

1-10

1-10

1-4

1-6

1-5

Cowichan River

(section B)

Somenos

Lake

18

TOWN OF DUNCAN

PUMPHOUSE

Inwoo

Rd

Currie Cr

brai

Cam

Rd

Wake

L

s

in

bb

Gi

Cr

Vimy

Line

d

k Rd

Trun

ALLENBY RD BRIDGE

(THE WHITE BRIDGE)

an

er

w

Po

bertson Rd

Ro

oad

Ho

lt

Cr

mR

otto

2023-2025 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

Rd

di

In

ra

no

erb

DUNCAN

Rd

Gle

Riv

Quamichan

Lake

1

Rd

M

ille

r

Alle

Rd

nby

Cowichan

Bay

r

Rd

Rive

Koksilah

CONSORT CREEK

1

Vaux Rd

HOLT

CREEK

Duncan Fish & Game Club River Trail

15

REGION 1 - Vancouver Island

Water-Specific Regulations

WATER BODY | MGMT UNIT

EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS

FULLER LAKE

GLEN LAKE

GOLD LAKE

1-5

1-2

1-9

GOLD RIVER

1-9

GOLDSTREAM RIVER

?

1-2

GORDON RIVER

?

1-3

GRACIE LAKE

GRAHAM LAKE

1-7

1-6

GREAT CENTRAL LAKE

1-7

GREEN LAKE

GREENSTONE CREEK

GUNFLINT LAKE

HAGUE LAKE

HARRIS CREEK

HAREWOOD (Extension) LAKE

HASLAM CREEK

HAWARTH LAKE

HEALY (Panther) LAKE

HEALY LAKE¡¯S OUTLET STREAM

HEBER RIVER

HEMMINGSEN CREEK

HENRY LAKE

HIGGENS LAKE

HOLLAND LAKE

HONNA RIVER

?

?

?

1-5

1-10

1-15

1-15

1-3

1-5

1-5

1-9

1-5

1-5

1-9

1-3

1-5

1-10

1-5

CW ?

6-13

IDA LAKE

ILLUSION LAKES

JASPER LAKE

JOHN HART LAKE¡¯S TRIBUTARIES

JUNE LAKE

KAKWEIKEN LAKE

CW ?

KAKWEIKEN RIVER

KEMP LAKE

1-11

1-6

1-10

1-10

1-7

1-15

1-15

1-2

KEOGH RIVER

1-13

KINGCOME RIVER

CW ?

KOKISH RIVER

KOKSILAH RIVER

LAKE WESTON (¡°Weston Lake¡±)

1-14

1-11

?

1-4

1-1

LANGFORD LAKE

1-2

¡°LINK¡± RIVER

LITTLE MAIN LAKE (Quadra Island)

1-13

1-15

LITTLE QUALICUM RIVER

1-6

LIZARD LAKE

LIZARD POND

1-3

1-7

Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; wheelchair accessible fishing platform is located in Fuller Lake Park

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; fishing platform is located in Glen Lake Park

No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook

No Fishing upstream of the Muchalat River?(see river specific regulations for Muchalat River)

No Fishing downstream of the Muchalat River?, Dec 1-Aug 15, but not including the Muchalat or Heber Rivers (see river specific

regulations for those waters)

No Fishing between the cascade falls (located approximately 6.5 km upstream of Muchalat Inlet, UTM 709137E, 5512420N) and fishing

boundary signs approximately 80 m downstream

No powered boats

No Fishing

No Fishing July 15-Aug 31

No Fishing upstream of Bugaboo Creek, Nov 1-Apr 30; artificial fly only upstream of Bugaboo Creek when open

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

No Fishing Jan 1-Apr 30, from the dam to fishing boundary signs approximately 50 m upstream (southwest) of the Ash Main Bridge

Single barbless hook, no wild rainbow trout over 50 cm

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

No Fishing

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

No Fishing July 15-Aug 31?, No Fishing upstream of and including Hemmingsen Creek?,

Trout daily quota = 2

No Fishing

No Fishing

Trout release; fly fishing only, bait ban, single barbless hook

No Fishing

No Fishing

No Fishing

Trout release; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook

No powered boats

Bait ban Nov 1-Apr 30; cutthroat trout release

Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30

No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook

No powered boats

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook

No Fishing Apr 15-July 15 (includes channel downstream of Ladore Dam)

Trout daily quota = 2

Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook

Class II water Apr 1-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-June 30

No powered boats

No Fishing downstream of lower fish counting fence near tidewater

No Fishing in all parts?, Dec 1-May 31

Class II water Apr 1-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-June 30

No Fishing from boundary signs in Kokish canyon to Ida Lake, Nov 1-Apr 30;

No Fishing from the log boom located approximately 100 m upstream of the IPP intake to signs at the tail of the canyon pool located

approximately 250 m downstream

No Fishing between signs at the IPP tail race confluence downstream approximately 500 m to signs

No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 1-Sept 30

Trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; fishing platforms are available off Leigh Road and the Nixon Trail

See Marble River

Bait ban and single barbless hook, Nov 1-Apr 30; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

No Fishing July 15-Aug 31?, No Fishing - All tributaries

No Fishing from the falls in Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park downstream to the hatchery fence, Dec 1-May 31

The standard 100 m closure around a fish rearing facility has been reduced to a no fishing area from the hatchery fence to signs

approximately 35 m downstream

Fly fishing only, Sept 1-Nov 30 (where open)

Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW

Trout daily quota = 1; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook

TABLE LEGEND:

Stocked Lake, see page 4

? Includes tributaries

Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water

16

CW Classified Waters Licence required to fish Class I or Class II waters, see page 7

Wheelchair Accessible

2023-2025 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis

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