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. FOR SALMON INFORMATION Fisheries and Oceans Canada District Offices (DFO) Chilliwack: (604) 824-3300 Delta: (604) 666-8266 Fish and Wildlife Regional Office R.A.P.P. Langley: (604) 607-4150 (604) 586-4400 Report All Poachers and Polluters Mission: (604) 814-1055 200-10428 153 St Conservation Officer 24 Hour Hotline Squamish (604) 892-3230 Surrey BC V3R 1E1 1-877-952-RAPP (7277) Steveston (604) 664-9250 Cellular Dial #7277 Vancouver (604) 666-0384 Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery Please refer to page 94 for more information Shellfish Information line: (604) 666-2828 (604) 504-4709 www.rapp.bc.ca 34345 Vye Rd Exotic Alert: Atlantic Salmon Abbotsford BC V2S 7P6 Please refer to the salmon section, p. 4 Conservation Officer Service REGION 2 Please call 1-877-952-7277 for reCorded information or to make an appointment at any of the following Field Offices: ChilliwaCk, Maple Ridge, North VanCouver, C r T r a D Powell River, Sechelt, C Surrey and Squamish s y e 5-6 k 100 Mile House e Tatlayoko l o s o Lake r M R C 5-5 5-3 Cr CHILKO ig B Bonaparte n LAKE r L u R R h Taseko C te o ar hk 5-4 Lakes 3-31 ap at on m FR B R Ho A S Y E a R n l a R a k m o d m a 3-32 R e Bish rd D 2-15 op o L R R So Carpenter uthg ate ge Lake R Brid Gold ive Cache Creek Kamloops r 1-15 2-14 Bridge R Lake Seton BUTE L 3-33 Lillooet KAMLOOPS INLET 2-13 Anderson 3-17 Phillips L G R u a i Arm R N c ob r I T C V O h L h S o ILL s E OO o R P n E T o M y a O C C H r 2-11 3-16 T Sonora N TOBA i Island R co INLET Pemberton la in E R 2017-2019 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis e l n a t e h S re Lillooet o R Lytton Quadra G 1-10 Island Powell R 2-6 Lake S Whistler Merritt Lake q R u s 2-10 3-14 a u m R m R 3-13 A i s s a k h 2-12 h h CAMPBELL lu a tc JERVIS R tla RIVER Cr e IV aha INLET h 2-9 E N C 2-7 R 3-15 R Powell Boston Bar r R B e r A at te i s River g n w y d S d O e l i o l r 2-5 v s M P C a e o mqua i m t r n t COURTENAY Te Comox xada Island C R r Squamish R Spuzzum HOWE Denman S 1-6 SALMON SOUND R ta R R Island ve Harrison en INLET 2-17 e Princeton R m Lake a ll la Hornby a u Sechelt 2-8 Pitt h T Island 2-19 2-18 ui Lake q o 8-5 Great Central L Qualicum NORTH Harrison C Beach 4 Alouette Gibsons VANCOUVER L Hot 8-4 Stave Springs Hope Lake Parksville 2-16 New VANCOUVER Westminster 1-7 PORT ALBERNI Gabriola 2-2 1-5 Island Surrey Mission 2-3 NANAIMO Chilliwack 2-4 2-1 R Alberni Langley k R N imo Abbotsford Chilliwac Inlet ana R Galiano R Cowichan Ladysmith Island t L USA Ross a Ch n em ti a Lake i in N u 22 Bamfield s R Duncan Saltspring BARKLEY SOUND REGION 2 - Lower Mainland GENERAL RESTRICTIONS REGIONAL REGULATIONS NO FISHING: in any lake in the UBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest near Maple Ridge. REGION 2 DAILY QUOTAS Single barbless hook: must be used in all (See tables for exceptions) streams of Region 2, all year. See definition STREAMS include rivers, creeks and sloughs. TABLE of “angle” and “streams” on page 96. LEGEND See the Trout/char: 4, but not more than Dead fin fish as bait: only permitted in following tables Region 2 when sport fishing for sturgeon • 1 over 50 Cm (2 hatChery steelhead over for exCeptions in the Fraser River, Lower Pitt River (CPR 50 Cm allowed) and additional bridge upstream to Pitt Lake), Lower • 2 from streams (must be hatchery) regulations on Harrison River (Fraser River upstream to • 1 Char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake specific waters. Harrison Lake). See page 9 for details. trout) And you must release: π Stocked Lake REGION 2 Steelhead fishing in the • Wild trout/char from streams (not all stocked lakes listed, see p. 87) Lower Mainland Region: • All wild steelhead Your basiC liCenCe must be validated ∑ Including tributaries with a Conservation SurCharge Stamp if • Hatchery trout/char under 30 Cm from ∞ Wheelchair Accessible streams you fish for steelhead anywhere in B.C. ∂ Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water Please see page 7 for details. Note: There is no general minimum size limit for trout in lakes 2017-2019 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis When you have caught and retained Kokanee: 5 (none from streams) your daily quota of hatchery steelhead TIDAL BOUNDARIES ON RIVERS IN from any water, you must stop fishing Whitefish: 15 (all species combined) REGION 2 that water for the remainder of that day. Crappie: 20 Note: ProvinCial freshwater regulations apply Bass: 20 (largemouth) upstream of these boundaries and Federal Protected Species: it is illegal to fish tidal regulations apply downstream of these for or CatCh and then keep proteCted White Sturgeon: CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY boundaries: species. In Region 2, these include: • Nooksack dace Crayfish: 25 Brunette R.: Burlington Northern • Salish sucker Railway Bridge POSSESSION QUOTAS • Green sturgeon Campbell R.: Burlington Northern • Cultus Lake sculpin Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas Railway Bridge CN Railway Bridge See page 10 for details. Capilano R.: ANNUAL QUOTAS Coquitlam R.: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge Fraser R.: CPR Bridge at Mission Annual CatCh quota for all B.C.: Kanaka Cr.: CPR Bridge 10 steelhead per liCenCe year (only hatChery Nathan Cr.: CN Railway Bridge GARIBALDI CIVIL DEFENCE ZONE steelhead may be retained in B.C.) Nicomekl R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge L4098 L3558 Pitt R.: CPR Bridge Brandywine Falls L4100 DAILY & ANNUAL Provincial Park M.U. 2–7 QUOTAS FOR SALMON Serpentine R.: Burlington Northern 350m Railway Bridge M.U. 2–6 L6902 Please refer to the NOTICE on page 4 Seymour R.: CN Railway Bridge L4101 3150m for Salmon Regulations. Squamish R.: a line running true west from 2km 1km Roe Cr. Marble Cr. 1km the tip of the Squamish Dyke 99 Daisy Lake 1km Othello Road (“Windsurfer Spit”) Stave R.: CPR Bridge Garibaldi West Cr.: CN Railway Bridge Garibaldi Provincial Tunnels Road Rubble Cr. 5km Whonnock Cr.: CP rail line r. Park N P Coquihalla Highway Chance C 4km York Cr.: CP rail line Coquihalla River r ylor Cr. e Ta v i 6km 3km Northern entrance to R s the uppermost railway tunnel Note: New Regulations u m Othello Tunnels a From one hour after sunset to one hour k a e before sunrise fishing is prohibited on portions of the Fraser, Harrison, and Pitt Notice to Anglers Kettle Valley Railwa Southern entrance to the Rivers (see water speCifiC tables for details) lowermost railway tunnel The area known as the Garibaldi Civil Defence ow l To find out the time of sunrise and sunset Zone is a high risk slide area. People who fish consult a local newspaper or the National in this area do so at THEIR OWN RISK. IMPORTANT: ResearCh CounCil of Canada website at Check website for in-season changes http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/ for a or closure dates for the 2017-2019 season sunrise-sunset calculator. www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/ 23 REGION 2 - Lower Mainland WATER-SPECIFIC REGULATIONS WATER BODY - MANAGEMENT UNIT ∑Includes Tributaries EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS ALICE LAKE π 2-7 No powered boats ALOUETTE LAKE 2-8 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 ALOUETTE RIVER∑ 2-8 No Fishing upstream of the fishing boundary signs near the Alouette River Unit of the Corrections Branch No Fishing upstream of 216th St. (including North Alouette River∑), May 1-June 30 No powered boats on mainstem ALPHA LAKE π 2-9 Electric motors only ALTA LAKE π 2-9 No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31; release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook; speed restriction (12 km/h) ANDERSON CREEK∑ 2-4 No Fishing ANGUS CREEK 2-5 No Fishing ASHLU CREEK 2-6 Bait ban; release all steelhead BEAR (MAHOOD) CREEK∑ 2-4 No Fishing upstream of 152nd St. (Johnson Road) BEAR LAKE 2-18 No powered boats BIG SILVER CREEK 2-18 No Fishing May 1-June 30 BIRKENHEAD LAKE 2-11 Bull trout (char) release BIRKENHEAD RIVER∑ 2-11 Bait ban REGION 2 BREM RIVER 2-13 No Fishing from the upstream edge of falls (situated approximately 1.5 km from the river’s mouth) to a point 100 m downstream Bait ban∑, May 1-Oct 31 BROTHERS CREEK∑ 2-8 No Fishing BROWNING LAKE π 2-8 No powered boats BRUNETTE RIVER 2-8 No Fishing from Cariboo Dam to Cariboo Rd; release all steelhead BRUNETTE RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES 2-8 No Fishing BURNABY LAKE 2-8 No powered boats BURNABY LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES 2-8 No Fishing CALVIN CREEK 2-5 No Fishing CAMPBELL RIVER∑ 2-4 No fishing upstream of 12th Ave No Fishing between two white triangular fishing boundary signs downstream to pedestrian bridge at the foot of Stayte Road, Aug 15-Sept 30 No Fishing downstream of 12th Ave.