REGION 5 - Cariboo CONTACT INFORMATION Fish and Wildlife Regional Office Salmon Information: (250) 398-4530 400-640 Borland St Fisheries and Oceans Canada Williams Lake BC V2G 4T1 District Offices (DFO) Conservation Officer Service Bella Bella: (250) 957-2363 Please call 1-877-952-7277 for recorded Bella Coola: (250) 799-5345 information or to make an appointment at Williams Lake: (250) 305-4002 any of the following Field Offices: Bella Coola, 100 Mile House, Quesnel and Williams Lake RAPP Report All Poachers and Polluters Conservation Officer 24 Hour Hotline STAY UP TO DATE: 1-877-952-RAPP (7277) Check website for in-season changes or closure dates for the 2021-2023 season Please refer to page 78 for more information at: www.gov.bc.ca/FishingRegulations rapp.bc.ca B U L K L ER E V Y RI PELICAN ALERT American WhiteSmithers Pelicans are an endangered as far as 165 km from the nesting colony. They do not dive but species and protected underR the B.C. Wildlife Act. feed from the surface in shallow water. When breeding pelicans R IV BABINE Trembleur L ER are disturbedPinchi L while foraging, their feeding and timely return to the B.C.’s only nesting colony (350 nesting pairs) is located LAKE in the Zym S oetz STUARTnests is disrupted.a lmThiso leaves the young without food and may PRINCECariboo-Chilcotin. NA Pelicans return to the region each April/May to Fort n RUPERT KEE LAKE St James S Terrace 6-9 Burns reduce survival. r breed. After the young Rhave fledged in August,Houston they migrate south6-6 ST 7-14 R Grego t Lake UA Mc a Morice R RT R En Ri to overwinter in theim westerm U.S. and Mexico. da Please7-13 do not approach pelicans. ver t k i o R K Vanderhoof 7-18 To report pelican sightings,7-15 please contact the7-17 Fish and Wildlife Kitimat Morice Bow Pelicans forage for fish on lakes throughout the region and travel R PRINCE ro 6-11 L François Lake Regional Office in Williams Lake.GEORGE n O 6-4 K F DOUGLAS A R R W Tahtsa H 7-12 A 7-7 C i CHANNEL OOTSA E S ll N 7-9 o L E w FR LAKE R 7-5 A S k t E Whitesail E Chila o oa R uc 7-11 R G L hi 7-10 R McBride 6-2 niko 7-6 Kemano 7-8 R Knewstubb R R 7-3IV EUTSU LAKE ER K L R River I Wells K R VE it o Cottonwood R 5-16 lop k Road R e ia t 7-4 t es Barkerville n 6-1 W E Q u R Quesnel e Princess R s o n n a o Royal 5-9 De N e ib a l ar R z C 3-46 Island k i v o DEAN e R 5-10 5-12 R Quesnel r 5-13 5-15 CHANNEL Lake Ch il co 5-11 Anahim tin oola R Bella C Lake R T Hagensborg a Horsefly L l Bella c efly Island h Hors Coola a 5-2 k o 5-14 BURKE R Bella Bella R o Williams Lake King Charlotte L C k CHANNEL 5-8 hilan Alexis Creek S a i n in R J kl o a R se Mahood in Tatla ko Ri l il ver R K h Canim L Rivers Inlet 5-6 Lake C L r 5-7 C 5-4 g T o C D r 5-1 R y a 5-3 RIVERS l 5-5 s l e chme l e r 100 Mile Ma s k C Gang Ranch INLET o Tatlayoko CHILKO o House M Lake r C R Bonaparte LAKE n 3-30 r QUEEN R u 3-31 L h F o Big C R k R 1-14 th A te 2-15 a S ar m E p o R na CHARLOTTE H Taseko Y Bo al Lakes ak 1-15 om 3-32 KNIGHT 2-14 R R ive Cache Kamloops ridge r STRAIT INLET B Creek R Lake BUTE Lillooet Port Hardy 3-33 N INLET LIL O KAMLOOPS 2-13 LOO S The Management Unit boundaries indicated on the map above are shown only TOBA as a reference to helpET anglers locate waters inP the region. Port M INLET O For more precise Management Unit boundaries, please consult one of the commercial Recreational Atlases available for B.C.H McNeill 2-11 R T IV ER Powell 42 2021-2023 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis Lake R Merritt I V E CAMPBELL R RIVER Hope VANCOUVER Nanaimo VICTORIA REGION 5 - Cariboo Regional Regulations General Regulations Steelhead fishing INVASIVE SPECIES ALERT Spring closure: No fishing in any stream Your basic licence must be validated with a Atlantic Salmon in Fraser River Watershed of Region 5 Steelhead Conservation Surcharge Stamp Please refer to the salmon section, (including the Thompson River Watershed) if you fish for steelhead anywhere in B.C. In p. 78 from Apr 1-June 30, EXCEPT the mainstem addition, a Steelhead Stamp is mandatory of the Fraser River and other streams listed when fishing mostClassified Waters in the tables. See definition of “streams” on regardless of the species being angled for. page 80. Please see page 7 for details. Single barbless hook: must be used in all Steelhead Management Changes NOTICE TO ANGLERS streams of Region 5, all year. In response to declining abundance of Fraser The following waters ARE CLOSED TO Size limit: There is no minimum size in lakes Basin steelhead, steelhead fisheries within ALL FISHING: (see tables for exceptions). the Chilcotin River Watershed may be closed. Chilcotin River downstream of Chilko River Region 5 Daily Quotas Dean River Classified Waters from October 1 through June 10. (See tables for exceptions) All anglers are required to buy a Classified Sport fishing openings will be announced in- Trout/char: 5, but not more than Waters Licence to fish the classified portions season, if scientific information suggests that • 1 over 50 cm of the Dean River (see Table for specific abundance is adequate to support a fishery. • 2 from streams areas and dates). There are no limits on the This management approach is in response • 1 Dolly Varden/bull trout number of days which a Canadian resident to depressed steelhead abundance. The • 3 lake trout may fish the classified sections of the Dean short term strategy is to meet conservation objectives by minimizing the incidental And you must release: River. mortalities associated with sports and • ALL STEELHEAD A Non-Resident Alien (see definition, page commercial fisheries. • Lake trout, Oct 1-Nov 30 80) is allowed only one Classified Waters • Bull trout (Dolly Varden) from streams, Licence for the Dean River, and may only It is illegal to fish for bass in the Cariboo Aug 1-Oct 31 fish one classified section of the Dean Region. This measure is part of B.C.’s management approach to illegal fish Bass: 0 quota, CLOSED TO ALL FISHING River (see map page 45) for a maximum of 8 consecutive days per year regardless of introductions. For details, see page 74. Burbot: 5 whether guided or unguided. A non-guided ICE FISHING HUTS: WARNING Kokanee: 5 (none from streams) Non-Resident Alien wishing to fish the Class I - Main Section of the Dean River, from Crag Failure to remove ice fishing huts Whitefish: 15 (all species combined) Creek to signs 500 m upstream the canyon, from lakes before spring breakup is must enter an annual limited entry draw an offence under the Environmental White Sturgeon: CLOSED TO ALL FISHING Management Act. in the Fraser River Watershed upstream of held each spring. For an application, please Williams Lake River. visit our website at https://www2.gov.bc.ca/ gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/ WARNING Due to aeration projects, CATCH AND RELEASE in the Fraser River fishing-hunting/fishing/recreational- DANGEROUS THIN ICE and OPEN WATER Watershed downstream of and including freshwater-fishing-licence. may exist on Dewar, Higgins, Irish, Simon Williams Lake River. and Skulow Lakes. CLOSED TO ALL FISHING in the Fraser River downstream of and including Williams Lake Bull Trout Reward Tagging Program River Sept 15-July 15. CANIM LAKE NO FISHING ZONE Bridge, Chimney, Deka, Horse, Quesnel Possession Quotas and Tyee lakes: $100 reward tags are Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas being used to assess the bull trout fishery. Refer to page 76 for instructions on what 200 0 (see tables for exceptions) Resort Metres to do if you catch a fish with a reward tag. Eagle Road Daily & Annual Quotas for Salmon Creek Sign Please refer to the NOTICE on page 77 for Canim-Hendrix Lake Rd Salmon Regulations. No Fishing Zone Sign Canim Lake 2021-2023 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 43 REGION 5 - Cariboo Water-Specific Regulations WATER BODY | MGMT UNIT EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS ABBOTT LAKE 5-2 No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motors only ABUNTLET LAKE 5-12 Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook “AGNUS” LAKE 5-6 Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook; unnamed lake approximately 1 km north of Miner Lake ALEXIS LAKE 5-13 Electric motors only No Fishing upstream of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park plus Tenas Lake, Apr 1-June 30 No Fishing from Tenas Lake to fishing boundary signs near Atnarko Park campsite Trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 25 cm and all cutthroat trout must be released) EXCEPT: on Bella Coola R.