1. sports
2. fishing

REGION 2 - Lower Mainland
The Management Unit boundaries indicated on the map below are shown only
as 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.
R.A.P.P.
(604) 586-4400
10428-153rd St., Surrey, B.C. V3R 1E1
Report All Poachers and Polluters
Conservation Officer 24 Hour Hotline
1-877-952-RAPP (7277)
Cellular Dial #7277
Please refer to page 94 for more information
www.rapp.bc.ca
(604) 504-4709
34345 Vye Rd, Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 7P6
Chilliwack:
(604) 824-3300
Delta:
(604) 666-8266
Langley:
(604) 607-4150
Mission:
(604) 814-1055
Powell River
(604) 485-7963
Squamish
(604) 892-3230
Steveston
(604) 664-9250
Vancouver
(604) 666-0384
Shellfish Information line: (604) 666-2828
Exotic Alert: Atlantic Salmon
Conservation Officer Service
Please refer to the salmon section, p. 4
Please call 1-877-952-7277 for recorded
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REGION 2 - Lower Mainland
GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
REGIONAL REGULATIONS
NO FISHING: in any lake in the
Malcolm Knapp Research Forest
near Maple Ridge.
REGION 2 DAILY QUOTAS
Single barbless hook: must be used in all
streams of Region 2, all year. See definition
of “angle” and “streams” on page 96.
Dead fin fish as bait: only permitted in
Region 2 when sport fishing for sturgeon
in the Fraser River, Lower Pitt River (CPR
When you have caught and retained
your daily quota of hatchery steelhead
from any water, you must stop fishing
that water for the remainder of that day.
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DAILY & ANNUAL
QUOTAS FOR SALMON
M.U. 2–7
Please refer to the NOTICE on page 4
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Annual catch quota for all B.C.:
10 steelhead per licence year (only hatchery
steelhead may be retained in B.C.)
3150m
M.U. 2–6
Bass: 4 (largemouth and/or smallmouth
combined)
ANNUAL QUOTAS
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The area known as the Garibaldi Civil Defence
Zone is a high risk slide area. People who fish
in this area do so at THEIR OWN RISK.
Note: Provincial freshwater regulations apply
above these boundaries and Federal tidal
regulations apply below these boundaries:
Brunette R.: Burlington Northern
Railway Bridge
Campbell R.: Burlington Northern
Railway Bridge
Capilano R.: CN Railway Bridge
Coquitlam R.: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge
Fraser R.: CPR Bridge at Mission
Kanaka Cr.: CPR Bridge
Nathan Cr.: CN Railway Bridge
Nicomekl R.: Burlington Northern
Railway Bridge
Pitt R.: CPR Bridge
Serpentine R.: Burlington Northern
Railway Bridge
Seymour R.: CN Railway Bridge
Squamish R.: a line running true west from
the tip of the Squamish Dyke
(“Windsurfer Spit”)
Stave R.: CPR Bridge
West Cr.: CN Railway Bridge
Whonnock Cr.: CP rail line
York Cr.: CP rail line
Note: New Regulations
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TIDAL BOUNDARIES ON RIVERS
IN REGION 2
Crappie: 20
POSSESSION QUOTAS
Garibaldi
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Brandywine Falls
Provincial Park
Whitefish: 15 (all species combined)
Crayfish: 25
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(not all stocked lakes listed, see p. 87)
∑ Includingtributaries
∞ Wheelchair Accessible
∂ Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water
Kokanee: 5 (none from streams)
White Sturgeon: CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY
Protected Species: it is illegal to fish
for or catch and then keep protected
species. In Region 2, these include:
• Nooksackdace
• Salishsucker
• Greensturgeon
• CultusLakesculpin
See page 10 for details.
See the following
tables for
exceptions
and additional
regulations on
specific waters.
Lower Mainland
Steelhead fishing in the
Lower Mainland Region:
Your basic licence must be validated with
a Conservation Surcharge Stamp if you
intend to fish for steelhead anywhere in
B.C. Please see page 7 for details.
Trout/char: 4, but not more than
• 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over
50 cm allowed)
• 2 from streams (must be hatchery)
• 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake
trout)
And you must release:
• Wild trout/char from streams
• All wild steelhead
• Hatchery trout/char under 30 cm from
streams
Note: There is no general minimum size
limit for trout in lakes
TABLE
LEGEND
REGION 2
bridge upstream to Pitt Lake), Lower
Harrison River (Fraser River upstream to
Harrison Lake). See page 9 for details.
(See tables for exceptions)
IMPORTANT:
Check website for in-season changes
or closure dates for the 2015-2017 season
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations
From one hour after sunset to one hour
before sunrise fishing is prohibited on
portions of the Fraser, Harrison, and Pitt
Rivers (see water specific tables for details)
To find out the time of sunrise and sunset
consult a local newspaper or the National
Research Council of Canada website for a
sunrise-sunset calculator.
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REGION 2 - Lower Mainland
WATER-SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
WATER BODY - MANAGEMENT UNIT
∑Includes Tributaries
ALICE LAKE
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2-7
ALOUETTE LAKE
π
2-8
ALOUETTE RIVER∑
Lower Mainland
REGION 2
ALPHA LAKE
ALTA LAKE
2-8
π
π
2-9
2-9
ANDERSON CREEK∑
ANGUS CREEK
ASHLU CREEK
BEAR (MAHOOD) CREEK∑
BEAR LAKE
BIG SILVER CREEK
BIRKENHEAD LAKE
BIRKENHEAD RIVER∑
BREM RIVER
2-4
2-5
2-6
2-4
2-18
2-18
2-11
2-11
2-13
BROTHERS CREEK∑
BROWNING LAKE
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BRUNETTE RIVER
BRUNETTE RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES
BURNABY LAKE
BURNABY LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES
CALVIN CREEK
CAMPBELL RIVER∑
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-5
2-4
CAPILANO RIVER∑
2-8
CEDAR LAKE
CHAPMAN CREEK
CHEAKAMUS RIVER
CHEAM LAKE
CHEEKYE RIVER∑
CHEHALIS LAKE
CHEHALIS LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES
CHEHALIS RIVER∑
2-2
2-5
2-7
2-3
2-7
2-3
2-19
2-19
CHILLIWACK LAKE
CHILLIWACK / VEDDER RIVERS∑
(Does not include Sumas River)
(See map page 26)
2-4
2-4
CHILQUA SLOUGH
COGBURN CREEK∑
COQUIHALLA RIVER∑
2-8
2-18
2-17
COQUITLAM RIVER
2-8
COMO (Welcome) LAKE
2-8
EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS
No powered boats
Bull trout (char) release
No vessels in swimming areas, as buoyed and signed; speed restriction (8 km/h) at S. end of lake, S. of a line drawn from the BC Parks
boat ramp to signs on the E. side of the lake
No Fishing upstream of signs near Alouette River Corrections Branch
No Fishing upstream of 216th St. (including North Alouette River), May 1-June 30
No powered boats on mainstem
Electric motors only
No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
Release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook; speed restriction (12 km/h)
No Fishing
No Fishing
Bait ban; release all steelhead
No Fishing upstream of 152nd St. (Johnson Road)
No powered boats
No Fishing May 1-June 30
Bull trout (char) release
Bait ban
No Fishing from upstream edge of falls (1.5 km from river mouth) to a point 100 m downstream
Bait ban∑, May 1-Oct 31
No Fishing
No powered boats
No Fishing from Cariboo Dam to Cariboo Rd; release all steelhead
No Fishing
No powered boats
No Fishing
No Fishing
Upstream of 12th Ave: No fishing; no fishing between two white triangular fishing boundary signs downstream to pedestrian bridge at the
foot of Stayte Road, Aug 15-Sept 30
Downstream of 12th Ave: No Fishing Apr 1-June 30, No Fishing from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31
No Fishing upstream of signs at footbridge situated 100 m downstream of fish fence
Bait ban, Aug 1-Oct 31; release all steelhead
See Sumallo River
No Fishing from the falls to 100 m downstream. The falls are located about 550 m upstream of the power line crossing.
Bait ban; release all steelhead
No Fishing
No Fishing (including Brohm Creek)
No wild trout/char over 50 cm
No Fishing
No Fishing from signs at Chehalis Lake outlet to main logging road bridge 2.4 km downstream
No Fishing downstream of main logging road bridge 2.4 km downstream of lake, May 1-31
Hatchery steelhead daily quota = 1
No wild trout/char over 50 cm
No Fishing upstream of and including Slesse Creek
Downstream of Slesse Creek to Vedder Crossing bridge: (a) No Fishing May 1-June 30; (b) hatchery rainbow trout of any length
50 cm or less: daily quota = 4, July 1 - Apr 30
Downstream of Vedder Crossing bridge: (a) fly fishing only, bait ban, hatchery rainbow trout release (50 cm or less), and hatchery
cutthroat release, May 1-31; (b) No Fishing June 1-30; (c) hatchery rainbow trout of any length 50 cm or less:
daily quota = 4, July 1-Apr 30
Hatchery steelhead daily quota = 1
Speed restriction (8 km/h)
No Fishing May 1-June 30
Upstream of the entrance to the upper railway tunnel: (a) No Fishing Nov 1 - June 30; (b) fly fishing only, single barbless hook,
and bait ban
No Fishing downstream of the lower entrance to the lower railway tunnel, Apr 1-Oct 31
Trout/char (including steelhead) release and bait ban, downstream of the downstream entrance to the lower railway tunnel, Nov
1-Mar 31 (see map page 23)
No Fishing at Othello Tunnels from the entrance to the upper tunnel to the exit of the lower tunnel
No Fishing upstream of Mary Hill Bypass bridge, May 1-June 30
Hatchery trout daily quota = 2 (20-30 cm only), from Lougheed Highway bridge to Mary Hill Bypass bridge, July 1-Oct 15
No powered boats on parts
Trout/char daily quota = 2
NOTE: If a lake or stream is NOT listed here, then only the Provincial Regulations (pages 9 through 11) and the Regional Regulations (page 23) apply.
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WATER BODY - MANAGEMENT UNIT
∑Includes Tributaries
CORBOLD CREEK
2-8
COUGAR CANYON CREEK
2-4
CRANBERRY LAKE
2-12
CULTUS LAKE
2-3
DAVIS LAKE
2-8
DEER LAKE (Burnaby)
π
2-8
DEER LAKE (Sasquatch Park)
π
2-18
ELAHO RIVER
2-6
ELGIN CREEK∑
2-4
“ERROCK” (“Squakum”) LAKE π
2-8
FERGUS CREEK∑
2-4
FLORENCE LAKE
2-8
FOLEY LAKE
2-3
FRANCIS LAKE
π
2-19
FRASER RIVER
2-4
GREEN TIMBERS LAKE
π
HARRISON LAKE
HARRISON RIVER (from the Fraser
River upstream to Harrison Lake)
2-4
2-18
2-18
HASLAM LAKE
HASTINGS CREEK∑
HATZIC LAKE∑ AND SLOUGH
2-12
2-8
2-8
HICKS LAKE
HOPE SLOUGH
HOTEL LAKE
HYDE CREEK
HYLAND CREEK∑
INDIAN RIVER
INLAND LAKE
IVEY (Horseshoe) LAKE∑
π
π
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2-18
2-8
2-5
2-8
2-4
2-8
2-12
2-11
“JONES” LAKE
KANAKA CREEK
2-3
2-8
KAWKAWA LAKE
2-17
KHARTOUM LAKE
2-12
KLEIN LAKE
KOKOMO LAKE
LAFARGE (Pinetree Gravel Pit) LAKE π
2-5
2-5
2-8
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2-5
2-12
2-19
2-9
REGION 2
FROSST CREEK
GARDEN BAY LAKE
GOAT LAKE∑
GRACE LAKE
GREEN LAKE
EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS
Bait ban
No Fishing
No powered boats
No wild trout/char over 50 cm; no vessels on parts; speed restriction (5km/h) at north end, as buoyed and signed
No powered boats
Trout/char daily quota = 2; no powered boats
Electric motors only
Bait ban; release all steelhead
No Fishing
Engine power restriction - 7.5 Kw (10 hp); official name: Lake Errock
No Fishing
Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Electric motors only
No powered boats
Dead fin fish may be used for bait only when fishing for sturgeon (see p. 9 in the Provincial Regulations)
No Fishing in the area bounded by a line commencing at a fishing boundary sign located at the eastern end of Landstrom Bar
(Scale Bar) to a fishing boundary sign on the opposite bank of the river, thence to a fishing boundary sign at the southern end of
Croft Island, thence to a fishing boundary sign on the nearest bank of the river in a westerly direction, thence following the bank
of the river in a westerly direction to the Point of Commencement, May 1-Oct 31
No Fishing in the non-tidal portion of the Fraser River in Region 2 (upstream of CPR bridge at Mission) from one hour after sunset
to one hour before sunrise
Boats less than 20m in length, under power or anchored, must not impede the passage of commercial vessels.
No Fishing Oct 15-Apr 15
Electric motors only
No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31
No powered boats
No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
Release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook; speed restriction on parts (10 km/h) and no towing on parts
Trout/char daily quota = 2
No wild trout/char over 50 cm; speed restriction (10 km/h) at south end, as buoyed and signed
No Fishing from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, tributaries not included
Dead fin fish may be used for bait only when fishing for sturgeon (see p. 9 in the Provincial Regulations)
Speed restriction or no powered boats in small bays along the river as signed
Electric motors only
No Fishing
No Fishing for Sturgeon in Hatzic Lake
Speed restriction on parts (8 & 50 km/h)
Engine power restriction - 7.5 Kw (10 hp)
Electric motors only
Electric motors only
No Fishing
No Fishing upstream of 152nd Street (Johnson Road)
Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30
No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31 ∑; single barbless hook, Apr 1-Oct 31
No cutthroat trout 40 cm or more; engine power restriction - 7.5 Kw (10 hp)
No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook
See Wahleach Lake
No Fishing May 1-June 30
No Fishing from Cliff Park Falls to 112th Ave
No Fishing Dec 1-Feb 28
Kokanee daily quota = 4
Wild Trout/char daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more), hatchery rainbow trout (adipose fin removed with healed scar, see diagram
on page 14) = 4, kokanee daily quota = 5; single barbless hook
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Electric motors only
Trout/char daily quota = 2
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REGION 2 - Lower Mainland
WATER-SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
Lower Mainland
REGION 2
WATER BODY - MANAGEMENT UNIT
∑Includes Tributaries
LEVETTE LAKE
2-6
LIGHTNING LAKE (Manning Park)
2-1
LILLOOET LAKE
2-10
LILLOOET LAKE∑
2-9
& LILLOOET RIVER∑
LILY (“Paq”) LAKE
LITTLE CAMPBELL RIVER
LITTLE LILLOOET LAKE
LITTLE MUDDY CREEK
LITTLE STAWAMUS CREEK∑
LIUMCHEN CREEK
LOIS LAKE
2-5
2-4
2-10
2-1
2-8
2-3
2-12
LONZO (“Marshall”) CREEK∑
2-4
LOST LAKE (near Whistler)
LYNN CREEK
MCCARTNEY CREEK∑
MCKAY CREEK∑
MCLENNAN CREEK∑
MAMQUAM RIVER
“MARSHALL” CREEK
MASHITER CREEK
MIAMI CREEK
MIKE LAKE
MILL LAKE (Abbotsford)
MIXAL (Bear) LAKE
MORGAN LAKE
MORRIS LAKE
MORRIS CREEK
MOSQUITO CREEK∑
“MOSS POTHOLE” LAKES
π
π
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NATHAN (Beaver) CREEK∑
NELSON CREEK∑
NICOMEKL RIVER
NICOMEN SLOUGH
NITA LAKE
NOONS CREEK
NORRISH (Suicide) CREEK
NORTH ALOUETTE RIVER
NORTH LAKE
PARTINGTON CREEK
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-7
2-4
2-7
2-19
2-8
2-4
2-5
2-8
2-19
2-19
2-8
2-18
2-4
2-8
2-4
π
2-8
2-9
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-5
2-8
EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS
Electric motors only
No powered boats
No wild trout/char over 50 cm
Because regional quotas and gear restrictions are different in lakes and streams, please note: The channel between Lillooet Lake and
Little Lillooet Lake is part of the Lillooet R. This channel starts at the southern end of Lillooet Lake where it is defined by the point of land
on the west side and by a sign immediately across the channel and next to the main logging road on the east. Little Lillooet Lake’s lower
boundary is approximately 1 km upstream of Billygoat Creek (see map on page 26 and Little Lillooet Lake’s entry below)
Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motors only
See Campbell River
Trout/char release; single barbless hook
No Fishing
No Fishing
No Fishing downstream of the lower falls
Wild Trout/char daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more), hatchery rainbow trout (adipose fin removed with healed scar) = 4,
kokanee daily quota = 5; single barbless hook
No Fishing Feb 1-June 15
Trout/char only 20-30 cm in length may be kept; ∂ Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see pg 5 in the Provincial Regulations)
Electric motors only
No Fishing between signs 200 m upstream of and 150 m downstream of Twin Falls Bridge∑; bait ban (mainstem only)
No Fishing
No Fishing
No Fishing
Bait ban; release all steelhead
See Lonzo Creek
No Fishing
Electric motors only
No powered boats
Trout/char daily quota = 2; ∞ Wheelchair accessible: paved path to dock with rails
Electric motors only
Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Wild trout/char release; hatchery trout/char daily quota = 2 (none under 30 cm); electric motors only
Electric motors only
No Fishing
No Fishing; unnamed pothole lakes all located east of the power line and approx. 2 km east of Hicks Lake, 3 km south of Deer Lake
and 1 km SE of Moss Lake
No Fishing upstream of 272nd Street (Jackman Road)
No Fishing
No Fishing upstream of 208th St. (Berry Road) ∑; downstream of 208th St., No Fishing Apr 1-June 30 ∑
Downstream of 208th St., No Fishing from 21:00 hrs to 05:00 hrs each day∑ Aug 1-Dec 31
No angling from powered boats upstream of dyke gates, no towing on parts, speed restriction (15 km/h)
Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h)
Electric motors only
No Fishing upstream of railway bridge ∑
No Fishing May 1-June 30
No Fishing upstream of 216th St. (Fifth Ave), May 1-June 30 ∑
No powered boats
Electric motors only
No Fishing
NOTE: If a lake or stream is NOT listed here, then only the Provincial Regulations (pages 9 through 11) and the Regional Regulations (page 23) apply.
New restrictions are highlighted in blue. Check for any in-season changes at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish
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∑Includes Tributaries
“PAQ” LAKE
2-5
PHELIX CREEK∑
2-11
PITT LAKE
2-8
PITT RIVER∑
POWELL LAKE∑
RICE LAKE (North Vancouver)
RODGERS CREEK∑
ROLLEY LAKE
ROSS LAKE
2-8
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2-12
2-8
2-8
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2-2
SAKINAW LAKE
2-5
SALMON RIVER∑
SARDIS PARK POND
SASAMAT LAKE
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SAYRES (Cedar) LAKE
SCHKAM (Lake Of The Woods) LAKEπ
SCOTIA CREEK∑
SCOTT (Hoy) CREEK∑
SERPENTINE RIVER
2-4
2-4
2-8
2-8
2-18
2-11
2-8
2-4
SEYMOUR RIVER
2-8
SEYMOUR RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES
SHOVELNOSE CREEK∑
SILVERHOPE (Silver) CREEK∑
2-8
2-6
2-2
SILVER (Silverhope) LAKE
SKAGIT RIVER∑
2-2
2-2
SOUTH ALOUETTE RIVER
SQUAMISH POWERHOUSE CHANNEL
SQUAMISH RIVER
SQUAMISH RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES
STATLU CREEK∑
STAVE RIVER
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2-6
2-6
2-6
2-19
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RUBY CREEK∑
RUBY LAKE
EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS
See Lily Lake
No Fishing
No wild trout/char over 50 cm; North of boundary signs (on the E. and W. shores) near the head of the lake: wild trout/char release and
single barbless hook
No Fishing within Garibaldi Park; speed restriction at Grant Narrows (10 km/h)
Bait ban upstream of Pitt Lake
No Fishing in the Lower Pitt River (CPR bridge upstream to Pitt Lake) from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise
(tributaries not included)
No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31; No powered boats in One Mile Bay
Trout/char daily quota = 2; ∞ Wheelchair accessible: excellent path system; see gate attendant for access
No Fishing
No powered boats
No Fishing Nov 1-June 30
Native char release (bull trout and Dolly Varden), trout daily quota = 1 (none under 40 cm), brook trout daily quota = 5; bait ban;
single barbless hook.
Note: Boundary between Ross Lake and Skagit River is marked by signs
No Fishing from Ruby Lake to signs 100 m downstream
No Fishing in the outlet bay within 100 m of the head of Ruby Creek
Wild cutthroat trout daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more)
No fishing easterly of a line drawn from a boundary sign located at the north side of the
Sakinaw Lake boat launch southwesterly to a boundary sign located at 49o 41.50’N and 123o 58.45’W, Nov 1-Dec 31
No Fishing in “Bear Bay”, easterly of a line drawn from a boundary sign located at 49o 40.05’N and 124o 02.13’W due south to a
boundary sign on the opposite shore, Nov 1-Dec 31
Kokanee release
No Fishing upstream of 232nd St. (Livingstone Road)
∂ Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 5 in the Provincial Regulations)
No powered boats, May 1-Sept 30; electric motors only, Oct 1-Apr 30
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motors only
Electric motors only
No Fishing
No Fishing
No Fishing upstream of 168th St. at Bothwell Park ∑
No Fishing downstream of 168th St. at Bothwell Park, Apr 1-June 30 ∑
Downstream of 168th St. at Bothwell Park: No Fishing only from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day,∑Aug 1-Dec 31
No angling from powered boats upstream of dyke gates
No Fishing upstream of signs at Spur 7 (1.5 km downstream of Seymour Dam)
No Fishing between signs 200 m upstream of and 130 m downstream of pipeline bridge (near Greater Vancouver Water District gate)
Trout/char release (including steelhead);
Fly fishing only, and bait ban from Spur 4 bridge to signs at Spur 7
No Fishing
No Fishing
No Fishing upstream of Silver Lake, Oct 1-July 31
No Fishing from Silver Lake to the bailey bridge situated 8 km upstream of Hwy #1
Upstream of Silver Lake, fly fishing only and bait ban, Aug 1-Sept 30
Bait ban downstream of bailey bridge situated 8km upstream of Hwy #1
Release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook, No Fishing Dec 1-April 31
No Fishing Nov 1-June 30
Release all fish; bait ban
Note: boundary between Skagit River and Ross Lake is marked by signs
See Alouette River
Bait ban; Squamish River tributary located upstream of Ashlu Creek
Bait ban; release all steelhead∑
All tributaries No Fishing EXCEPT: Ashlu Creek, Cheakamus, Elaho and Mamquam Rivers, and the Squamish Powerhouse Channel
No Fishing
No Fishing in the Ruskin spawning channel, from the inlet near the dam downstream to the boat ramp crossing
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REGION 2 - Lower Mainland
WATER-SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
Lower Mainland
REGION 2
WATER BODY - MANAGEMENT UNIT
∑Includes Tributaries
STAWAMUS RIVER
2-9
STRAWBERRY SLOUGH
2-8
SUMAS RIVER
2-4
SUMALLO RIVER∑ (includes “Cedar”
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Lake, at Sunshine Valley)
SWELTZER CREEK∑
TAILLEFER CREEK
TAMIHI CREEK
2-3
2-11
2-3
TROUT LAKE (Sasquatch Park)
TROUT LAKE (Sechelt)
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VEDDER RIVER
WAGG CREEK
WAHLEACH (“Jones”) LAKE
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WAHLEACH (“Jones”) LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES
WAUGH (WORM) LAKE
π
WEAVER LAKE AND CREEK∑ π
2-18
2-5
2-8
2-4
2-8
2-3
2-3
2-5
2-19
WEST LAKE
WHONNOCK LAKE
WIDGEON CREEK
WIDGEON SLOUGH
WOLF LAKE
WOOD LAKE
2-16
2-8
2-8
2-8
2-19
2-19
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EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS
Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30
Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h)
Hatchery steelhead daily quota = 1
No Fishing Nov 1-June 30
Bait ban
No Fishing
No Fishing May 1-June 30
No Fishing downstream of the falls 200 m upstream of Chilliwack River
No Fishing upstream of the falls 200 m upstream of Chilliwack River, May 1-June 30
No powered boats
Electric motors only
No Fishing
See Chilliwack River
No Fishing
Trout daily quota = 4 (one over 40 cm)
No Fishing
Electric motors only
No Fishing from signs at log booms on Weaver Lake to Sakwi Creek
Engine power restriction on Weaver Lake - 7.5 Kw (10 hp)
Speed restriction (12 km/h)
No powered boats
No powered boats
Speed restriction (5 km/h)
No powered boats
No powered boats
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