British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations, 1996 (SOR/96-137)
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Regulations are current to 2023-11-14 and last amended on 2022-03-28. Previous Versions
PART IVFishing for Salmon in Tidal and Non-Tidal Waters (continued)
Method, Gear and Bait Restrictions
49 No person shall fish for salmon 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 any Subarea, lake or stream during the close time set out in column II of that item.
TABLE
Close Times for Salmon Angling by Method, Gear and Bait
| Item | Column I | Column II |
|---|---|---|
| Method, Gear or Bait | Close Time | |
| METHOD | ||
| 1 | Fly fishing | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 2 | Angling other than fly fishing | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| GEAR | ||
| 3 | A hook having more than one point | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 4 | Barbed hook | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 5 | A hook having a single point greater than 15 mm from point to shank | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| BAIT | ||
| 6 | Natural bait | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 7 | Dead fin fish other than roe | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| 8 | Live fin fish other than roe | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| 9 | A hook or an artificial lure | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
- SOR/2002-380, s. 8(E)
50 No person shall fish for salmon other than by angling.
PART VFishing for Fin Fish Other than Salmon in Non-Tidal Waters
Application
51 This Part applies to fishing for fin fish, other than salmon, in non-tidal waters.
Gear
52 Subject to section 53, no person shall fish other than by angling or with a set line.
- SOR/2001-156, s. 12
Spears
53 A person may fish with a spear for burbot or fish of any species not listed in the table to section 58 in Regions 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Set Lines
54 A person who is fishing with a set line shall not
(a) use more than one set line;
(b) use a hook that is less than 3 cm measured from the point to the shank; or
(c) retain fish of any species listed in the table to section 58 other than burbot.
Close Times
55 (1) No person shall fish for, or catch and retain, fish of any species, in a lake or stream, from 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on December 31.
(2) The close time established by subsection (1) is considered to be fixed separately and individually for each species of fish.
Daily Quotas
56 (1) No person shall catch and retain in a day more fish of a species set out in column I of Schedule VII, of an overall length set out in column II, than
(a) the daily quota set out in column III or the daily catch limit under section 7 of the Yukon Territory Fishery Regulations, in respect of fish caught in Atlin Lake, Bennett Lake, Laidlaw Lake, Morley Lake, Tagish Lake, Teslin Lake, or in Rancheria River, Swift River or their tributaries; or
(b) the daily quota set out in column III, in any other case.
(2) A person who, in a day, has caught and retained the daily quota for steelhead in a lake or stream shall cease fishing in that lake or stream for the rest of the day.
- SOR/2001-156, s. 13
Aggregate Daily Quotas
57 No person shall catch and retain in a day from any lake or stream, more than
(a) six wild rainbow trout and hatchery rainbow trout, in the aggregate;
(b) one wild steelhead and hatchery steelhead, in the aggregate;
(c) six wild cutthroat trout and hatchery cutthroat trout, in the aggregate;
(d) six wild brown trout and hatchery brown trout, in the aggregate;
(e) six wild brook trout and hatchery brook trout, in the aggregate;
(f) six wild Dolly Varden and hatchery Dolly Varden, in the aggregate;
(g) six wild lake trout and hatchery lake trout, in the aggregate;
(h) four smallmouth and largemouth bass, in the aggregate; or
(i) 25 wild kokanee and hatchery kokanee, in the aggregate.
- SOR/2002-380, s. 9(E)
58 No person shall catch and retain in a day a quantity of fish of a species set out in column I of an item of the table to this section, from all non-tidal waters, that exceeds the aggregate daily quota set out in column II of that item.
TABLE
| Item | Column I | Column II |
|---|---|---|
| Species | Aggregate Daily Quota | |
| 1 | Rainbow trout | 6 |
| 2 | Steelhead | 1 |
| 3 | Cutthroat trout | 6 |
| 4 | Brown trout | 6 |
| 5 | Dolly Varden | 6 |
| 6 | Lake trout | 6 |
| 7 | Brook trout | 6 |
| 8 | Bass | 4 |
| 9 | Whitefish | 15 |
| 10 | Arctic grayling | 3 |
| 11 | Burbot | 10 |
| 12 | Kokanee | 25 |
| 13 | Northern pike | 5 |
| 14 | Walleye | 8 |
| 15 | White sturgeon | 1 |
| 16 | Yellow perch | 20 |
| 17 | Inconnu | 1 |
| 18 | Black crappie | 20 |
| 19 | Goldeye | 10 |
| 20 | Crayfish | 25 |
Monthly Quota for Steelhead
59 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
60 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
61 No person shall use as bait or possess for that purpose any freshwater invertebrate at a lake.
62 Subject to these Regulations, no person shall deposit any substance into the water for the purpose of attracting fish.
Method, Gear and Bait Restrictions
63 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
| Item | Column I | Column II |
|---|---|---|
| Method, Gear or Bait | Close Time | |
| METHOD | ||
| 1 | Fly fishing | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 2 | Angling other than fly fishing | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 3 | Spear fishing | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| 4 | Set line | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| GEAR | ||
| 5 | A hook having more than one point | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 6 | Barbed hook | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 7 | A hook having a single point greater than 15 mm from point to shank | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| BAIT | ||
| 8 | Natural bait | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
| 9 | Dead fin fish other than roe | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| 10 | Live fin fish other than roe | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 |
| 11 | A hook or an artificial lure | From 23:00 hrs to 24:00 hrs on Dec. 31 |
64 [Repealed, SOR/2022-70, s. 1]
65 [Repealed, SOR/2022-70, s. 1]
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