British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 (SOR/96-137)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2010-05-27. Previous Versions

Monthly Quota for Steelhead

 No person shall catch and retain in a month more than two steelhead in any lake or stream.

  • SOR/2002-380, s. 10.

Annual Quotas

 No person shall catch and retain in a year more than

  • (a) 10 steelhead;

  • (b) one white sturgeon;

  • (c) five rainbow trout greater than 50 cm in overall length from the part of Kootenay Lake east of a line between signs posted at Balfour Point and Proctor Lighthouse;

  • (d) five rainbow trout greater than 50 cm in overall length from Shuswap Lake, including Seymour Arm, Anstey Arm and Salmon Arm, Little Shuswap Lake, and the portion of South Thompson River (Little River) between those lakes and Mara Lake; or

  • (e) five Dolly Varden and lake trout greater than 60 cm in overall length, in the aggregate, from Shuswap Lake, including Seymour Arm, Anstey Arm and Salmon Arm, Little Shuswap Lake, and the portion of South Thompson River (Little River) between those lakes and Mara Lake.

  • SOR/2001-156, s. 14(F).

Miscellaneous

 No person shall use as bait or possess for that purpose any freshwater invertebrate at a lake.

 Subject to these Regulations, no person shall deposit any substance into the water for the purpose of attracting fish.

Method, Gear and Bait Restrictions

 No person shall fish for any species of fish by a method or with a type of gear or bait set out in column I of an item of the table to this section, in a lake or stream, during the close time set out in column II of that item.

TABLE

CLOSE TIMES FOR FISHING BY METHOD, GEAR AND BAIT

ItemColumn IColumn II
Method, Gear or BaitClose Time
METHOD
1.Fly fishingFrom 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31
2.Angling other than fly fishingFrom 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31
3.Spear fishingJan. 1 to Dec. 31
4.Set lineJan. 1 to Dec. 31
GEAR
5.A hook having more than one pointFrom 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31
6.Barbed hookFrom 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31
7.A hook having a single point greater than 15 mm from point to shankFrom 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31
BAIT
8.Natural baitFrom 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31
9.Dead fin fish other than roeJan. 1 to Dec. 31
10.Live fin fish other than roeJan. 1 to Dec. 31
11.A hook or an artificial lureFrom 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31