BC Fishing Freshwater Regulation Exceptions for Region 2 (Lower Mainland)
These are the BC freshwater fishing regulation exceptions for 2019-2021. There are both provincial and regional regulations, these are the exceptions to these regulations. If you’re uncertain of the regulations on a water body (or can’t find it on this map) please see the BC Fish and Wildlife page. Additionally, for the in-season regulation changes, those can be found on the Freshwater Fishery Notice page.
Alice Lake
Management Unit: 2-7
No powered boats.
Alouette Lake
Management Unit: 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
Management Unit: 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
Management Unit: 2-9
Electric motors only
Alta Lake
Management Unit: 2-9
No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31; release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook; speed restriction (12 km/h)
Ashlu Creek
Management Unit: 2-6
Bait ban; release all steelhead
Bear Lake
Management Unit: 2-18
No powered boats
Bear Lake Creek
Management Unit: 2-18
No Fishing May 1-June 30
Birkenhead Lake
Management Unit: 2-11
Bull trout (char) release
Brem River
Management Unit: 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.
Brothers Lake
Management Unit: 2-8
No powered boats
Brunette River
Management Unit: 2-8
No Fishing from Cariboo Dam to Salamander Creek; release all steelhead
Brunette River Tributaries: No Fishing
Burnaby Lake
Management Unit: 2-8
No powered boats
Burnaby Lake Tributaries: No fishing
Capilano River
Management Unit: 2-8
No Fishing upstream of fishing boundary signs at footbridge situated approximately 100 m downstream of the fish fence.
Bait ban, Aug 1-Oct 31; release all steelhead
For Fishing locations and detailed Capilano River Map click here.
Chapman Creek
Management Unit: 2-5
No Fishing from the falls to 100 m downstream. The falls are located approximately 550 m upstream of the power line crossing.
Cheakamus River
Management Unit: 2-7
Bait ban; release all steelhead
Cheam Lake
Management Unit: 2-3
No Fishing
Cheekye River
Management Unit: 2-7
No Fishing (including Brohm Creek)
Chehalis Lake
Management Unit: 2-3
No wild trout / char over 50 cm
Chehalis Lake Tributaries 2-19 No Fishing
Chehalis River
Management Unit: 2-19
No Fishing from fishing boundary signs at the outlet of Chehalis Lake to the main logging road bridge situated approximately 2.4 km
No Fishing downstream of the main logging road bridge situated approximately 2.4 km downstream of Chehalis Lake, May 1-31
Hatchery steelhead daily quota = 1
Chilliwack Lake
Management Unit: 2-4
No wild trout/char over 50 cm
Chilliwack / Vedder River
Note: Does not include Sumas River.
Management Unit: 2-4
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
For Fishing locations and detailed Chilliwack / Vedder River Map click here.
Coquihalla River
Management Unit: 2-17
No Fishing Nov 1 – June 30, fly fishing only and bait ban Upstream of the northern entrance to the upper most railway tunnel:
No Fishing downstream of the southern entrance to the lower most railway tunnel, Apr 1-Oct 31
Trout/char (including steelhead) release and bait ban, downstream of the southern entrance to the lower most railway tunnel, Nov 1-Mar 31.
No Fishing at Othello Tunnels from the northern entrance to the upper most railway tunnel to the southern entrance of the lower most tunnel; approximately 700 m length.
Coquitlam River
Management Unit: 2-8
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.
Como Lake
Management Unit: 2-8
Trout / char daily quota = 2
Cougar Canyon Creek
Management Unit: 2-4
No Fishing
Cranberry Lake
Management Unit: 2-12
No powered boats
Cultus Lake
Management Unit: 2-3
No wild trout/char over 50 cm; no vessels on parts; speed restriction (5 km/h) at north end, as buoyed and signed.
Invasive Bass Presence in Cultus Lake
Bass have been caught and documented in Cultus lake and are an aggressive piscivore (preys on other fish species). Fisheries are concerned that these fish may potentially impact the two listed species in Cultus Lake (sockeye salmon and pygmy sculpin). As such, Fisheries are asking for angler assistance to:
- Provide any information related to the presence of bass in Cultus Lake;
- Confirm species (large vs. smallmouth bass); and
- If you catch a bass, DO NOT return it to the water. Instead, please record, report, and provide fish specimen captures to the staff listed below.
Confirmation of species and extent of distribution are key at this point. Any assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Please see the Smallmouth Bass factsheet here and Largemouth Bass factsheet here for more information on these invasive species. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Contact: Colin Schwindt, FLNRORD Senior Aquatic Biologist, South Coast Region.
Phone: 604-586-4400
Email: [email protected] or FLNRORD Fish and Aquatic Wildlife Mailbox: [email protected]
You can also report by the Report-Invasives BC phone app or the BC Conservation Officer Services Hotline (RAPP line): 1-877-952-7277.
Davis Lake
Management Unit: 2-8
No powered boats
Deer Lake
Management Unit: 2-8
Trout/char daily quota = 2; no powered boats
Foley Lake
Management Unit: 2-3
Electric motors only
Francis Lake
No powered boats
Fraser River
Dead fin fish may be used for bait only when fishing for sturgeon.
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.
No Fishing in the Jesperson’s Side Channel, Herrling Side Channel, and Seabird Island north Side Channel May 15-July 31. See
(http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/#Synopsis) for a map of the No Fishing areas.
Boats less than 20 m in length, under power or anchored, must not impede the passage of commercial vessels.
For Fishing locations and detailed Fraser River Map click here.
Garden Bay Lake
Electric motors only
Goat Lake
No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31
Grace Lake
No powered boats
Green Timbers Lake
Trout/char daily quota = 2
Harrison Lake
No wild trout/char over 50 cm; speed restriction (10 km/h) at south end, as buoyed and signed
Harrison River
Location: from the Fraser River upstream to Harrison Lake.
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.
Haslam Lake
Electric motors only
Hatzic Lake & Slough
No Fishing for Sturgeon in Hatzic Lake.
Speed restriction on parts (8 and 50 km/h).
Hicks Lake
Engine power restriction – 7.5 kW (10 hp)
Hotel Lake
Electric motors only
Indian River
Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30
Jones Lake (Wahleach Lake)
WAHLEACH (“Jones”) LAKE 2-3 Trout daily quota = 4 (one over 40 cm)
WAHLEACH (“Jones”) LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES 2-3 No Fishing
Kawkawa Creek
No Fishing May 1-June 30
No Fishing from Cliff Park Falls to 112th Ave
Kawkawa Lake
No Fishing Dec 1-Feb 28
Kokanee daily quota = 4
Khartoum Lake
Wild Trout/char daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more), hatchery rainbow trout (adipose fin removed with healed scar).
Klein Lake
Electric motors only.
Wheelchair accessible
Kokomo Lake
Electric motors only
Lafarge Lake
Trout/char daily quota = 2
Levette Lake
Electric motors only
Lightning Lake (Manning Park)
No powered boats
Lillooet Lake & Lillooet River
Management Unit: 2-10
No wild trout/char over 50 cm
Management Unit: 2-9
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)
Little Lillooet Lake
Trout/char release; single barbless hook
Liumchen Creek
No Fishing downstream of the lower falls
Lost Lake
Electric motors only
Lynn Creek
No Fishing between fishing boundary signs situated approximately 200 m upstream of and 150 m downstream of Twin Falls Bridge.
Bait ban (mainstem only).
Mamquam River
Bait ban; release all steelhead
Mike Lake
No powered boats
Mill Lake
Trout/char daily quota = 2; Bass daily quota = 4; ∞ Wheelchair accessible: paved path to dock with rails.
Minnekhada Marsh
No Fishing.
Mixal Lake
No powered boats
Morgan Lake
Trout/char release, bait ban, single barbless hook
Nicomekl River
No Fishing upstream of 208th St. (Berry Road); No Fishing downstream of 208th St., Apr 1-June 30.
No Fishing downstream of 208th St., 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).
Nicomen Slough
Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h)
Nita Lake
Electric motors only
North Alouette River
No Fishing upstream of 216th St. (Fifth Ave), May 1-June 30
No powered boats
Pitt Lake
No wild trout/char over 50 cm.
North of fishing boundary signs (on the E. and W. shores) near the head of the lake: wild trout/char release and single barbless hook.
Pitt River
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).
Powell Lake
No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31; No powered boats in One Mile Bay.
Rice Lake
Trout/char daily quota = 2;
Wheelchair accessible: excellent path system; see gate attendant for access.
YouTube Video Rainbow Trout Fishing at Rice Lake: VIDEO HERE.
Ross Lake
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
Ruby Lake
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).
Sakinaw Lake
No fishing easterly of a line drawn from a boundary sign located at the north side of the Sakinaw Lake boat launch southwesterly.
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
Sardis Park Pond
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round.
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Waters: Authorized Angler… A person that is under 16 years of age or a disabled resident. Companion… A person who accompanies and attends an authorized angler. A person must not angle in a Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water unless the person is an authorized angler or a companion to an authorized angler. An authorized angler can be accompanied by up to two companion anglers.
Sasamat Lake
No powered boats, May 1-Sept 30; electric motors only, Oct 1-Apr 30
Sayres Lake
Trout/char daily quota = 2, bait ban, single barbless hook.
Electric motors only.
Schkam Lake (Lake of the Woods)
Electric motors only
Serpentine River
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.
Seymour River
No Fishing downstream of Seymour Lake.
Silver Lake (Silverhope)
No Fishing Dec 1-April 31; release all fish, bait ban, single barbless hook
Skagit River
Boundary between Skagit River and Ross Lake is marked by signs.
No Fishing Nov 1-June 30.
Release all fish; bait ban.
Squamish River
Bait ban; release all steelhead
Squamish River Tributaries: No Fishing tributaries EXCEPT: Ashlu Creek, Cheakamus, Elaho and Mamquam Rivers, and the Squamish Powerhouse Channel.
Squamish Powerhouse Channel: Bait ban; Squamish River tributary located upstream of Ashlu Creek.
Stave River
No Fishing in the Ruskin spawning channel, from the inlet near the dam downstream to the boat ramp crossing.
Stawamus River
Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30
Sumas River
Hatchery steelhead daily quota = 1
Sumallo River
Includes “Cedar” Lake, at Sunshine Valley.
No Fishing Nov 1-June 30.
Bait ban
Tamihi Creek
No Fishing downstream of the falls situated approximately 200 m upstream of Chilliwack River.
No Fishing upstream of the falls situated approximately 200 m upstream of Chilliwack River, May 1-June 30.
Waugh Lake
Electric motors only
Weaver Lake & Weaver Creek
No Fishing from fishing boundary signs at log booms on Weaver Lake downstream to where Sakwi Creek enters Weaver Creek.
Engine power restriction on Weaver Lake – 7.5 kW (10 hp).
Whonnock Lake
No powered boats
Widgeon Creek
No powered boats
Map Instructions
Click the red pin to view the water body regulation. Use + and – buttons to zoom in and zoom out of the Google map. To expand the map to the full screen click the square button in the top right.
