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he Lower Mainland region encompasses a mountainous terrain from Manning Park to Vancouver, north to Birkenhead, and along the Sunshine Coast to Powell River. The region covers large and small lakes, as well as a number of major rivers including the Fraser.
showing underwater structure of the ocean. We have also added a detailed map of the Fraser River, highlighting a number of hot spots, along with a feature editorial from Great River Fishing Adventures about the incredible sturgeon opportunities that exist on this river.
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The waterbodies in this guide cover a wide range of elevation, from alpine
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lakes to rivers to the ocean. Larger lakes, like Alouette and Stave Lake are great for fishing as well as other aquatic activities. Some more out-of-the-way places, such as the Upper Pitt River, offer exceptional opportunities in a relatively isolated environment. We have included a detailed map of the Vedder River, near Chilliwack. This map highlights known fishing holes along the river. Anglers can fish all year round in many of the Lower Mainland’s lakes, which offer an early respite to winter-weary anglers.
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when we spot something that should be shared, we will add it to the regional page. Every time we update one of these regions, all followers will be notified of the new content. REGULATION CHANGES
The provincial ministries and Department of Fisheries and Oceans often change regulations during season. Sometimes, amazing opportunities emerge WEEKLY CHALLENGES at the last minute, and when we We are also launching weekly observe these changes we will challenges to our online memannounce them on our website bers this year, with a chance to and in our newsletters so you win prizes and get too can get recognized on our EVENTS notified of these website. As we track changes. We will announce down other our weekly chalevents, such R E L A T E D lenges in our as fishing CONTENT regular newsletderbies and local outdoor We know there ters going out to events, we will let you know. are many topics members, where Also, through our partnership that are related you can learn with the Freshwater Fisheries to local fishing, CHALLENGES about the chalSociety of BC’s Learn to Fish and as we come lenge issued and program, we will provide across local Take part in weekly the prizes being regular updates on their events stories, we challenges where awarded. held across the province. will post them you can win prizes
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Alouette Lake A
louette Lake lies within Golden Ears Provincial Park north of Maple Ridge. The lake and park offer extensive camping opportunities and boat launches, and have fishing opportunities for rainbow trout and cutthroat trout. Alouette Lake is long and deep, and doesn’t suffer through the summer doldrums. Even still, count on getting down deep during the midsummer. A fish finder or depth finder will be useful here. Reports indicate that fishing is good by the boat launch, and across the water from it. Try trolling along the east side of the lake. Spincasting is also a productive technique for Alouette Lake. May and June are the best times for kokanee. When going after cutthroat trout, use flies with good action. Preferred locations are at creek mouths. Cutthroat are opportu-
nistic feeders and prefer big bait however, they will often go after whatever is available. Try fishing a leech pattern or stickleback. Alouette Lake has been stocked with both rainbow and cutthroat trout. Stocking often includes catchable-sized of both. Nearby Mike Lake is another popular fishing spot, and Angler’s Atlas members have marked hot spots on the lake. Motorized b o a t s are not allowed o n
M i k e Lake. See anglersatlas. com/lake/100787 for marker information. Please consult the B.C. Freshwater Fishing Regulations for no-fishing areas and current regulations. LAKE ACCESS
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P a r k is by vehicle via Hwy. 7 or Dewdney Trunk Road through the Municipality of Maple Ridge. From Abbotsford follow Highway 7 to Maple Ridge. Turn right onto 232nd Ave., then turn right onto Fern Crescent and follow the road into the park. There are a few different camping opportunities in the park. Readers are advised to check the B.C. Parks website for opening dates and ammenities.
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embers of the Angler’s Atlas can “follow” their favourite lakes! Get new information about your local lakes as soon as it’s posted. Have something to say? Post to the pages of your favourite lakes and share videos, current conditions and tips to help out your fellow anglers. Visit www.anglersatlas. com for more information. The page for Alouette Lake is located at anglersatlas.com/lake/99569.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 1,644 Hectares (4,062 Acres) Maximum Depth • 159 metres (522 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 117 metres (384 feet) Survey Date • Unknown Contour Units • Feet
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Alta Lake A
lta Lake drains both east to Lillooet Lake, and west to the Cheakamus River. Although the stunning alpine views are very attractive, it’s the fishing that brought people here nearly 100 years ago. This catchand-release lake is best in the spring and fall, especially from the public docks. Early in the spring, the trout will head to shallower water to feed more
actively. As the season progresses, the weedy areas will become the active spots as the fish are after the various insects that inhabit the underwater growth. In particular, a great caddisfly hatch can keep anglers busy. With a return to cooler weather, the trout will rise again, and shallower areas are going to be your best bet. Great patterns to have on hand will be in black, green and brown colours. Red can often bring good results as well.
Good evening activity can be had on the docks. Try a Tom Thumb or Elk Hair caddis. Also, if your timing is good, look out for a hot day in May and the black ant hatch, which can produce excellent fishing.
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Gear fishers are also in for a treat on Alta Lake. Some of your best bets in the spring will be a Flatfish, small Apex or Hildebrandt. The top depths are your best choice.
Nite spoon, or troll a shiny lure down deep. The Alta Lake page on the Angler’s Atlas website has some good map markers and a video about fishing this lake. If you’ve got a story, photo, hotspot or warning to share, post on the lake page at www. anglersatlas.com/lake/99571. Be sure to follow your favourite lakes to be notified when new information is posted! LAKE ACCESS
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lta Lake is located in the resort community of Whistler. From Vancouver, travel north on Hwy. 99 for about 120 km. Just before the village of Whistler turn left on Hillcrest Drive and follow it for about 300 metres to the lake.
Alta Lake Park has access via the valley trail system, parking is offered at Wayside Park off Hwy. 99. Blueberry Park is accessed via a rough walking trail from Alta Vista or Adventures West subdivisions. There are numerous park facilities on Alta Lake. Blueberry Park has scattered docks along the foreshore. Cartoppers may launch at Carleton Way in Alta Vista subdivision.
Map and article based on material provided by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 100 Hectares (247 Acres) Maximum Depth • 24.4 metres (80 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 636 metres (2,085 feet) Survey Date • Unknown Contour Units • Metres
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rowning Lake is an easily accessible, familyfriendly fishing spot in the Lower Mainland. © The Located along Hwy Angler’s 99, this small roadAtlas side lake is stocked with several thousand catchablesized rainbow trout each year by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.
Browning Lake is a great shorefishing lake, adding to its familyfriendly appeal. If you are using spinning gear, you should try Fly fishing with bait fishon the bottom or with ers also a float. Spin fishers should do well at also try casting small lures such Browning Lake with standard as a Crokodile, Mepps Silver patterns such as chironomids, Fox or Panther Marten. leeches, Doc Spratleys and Tom Canoes, float tubes and pontoon Thumbs. If you plan on fly fishboats are all perfectly suited to ing, you are best advised to those areas that aren’t accessible bring some form of watercraft. from shore, or just to get out LAKE ACCESS on the water for a drift. Please rowning Lake is located remember that no engines are along Highway 99. The allowed on this small lake. lake has pay parking, a picnic
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area and is suitable for swimming. There is a walking trail around the lake. Overnight facilities are available in Squamish or Alice Lake Provincial Park, a short distance north off Hwy. 99. Travel north on Hwy 99 from Horseshoe Bay about 40 km. Go past Britannia Beach about 3 km. Browning Lake is right beside the highway on the west side.
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QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 2.6 Hectares (6.4 Acres) Maximum Depth • 8 metres (26 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 46 metres (150 feet) Survey Date • Unknown Contour Units • Metres
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hilliwack Lake is a long, deep lake known for its sparkling water, windy afternoons Environment and great trout fishing. The cut- parks page throat can be up to 5 pounds. will have useinformation Other species in the lake include ful regarding the trails and rainbow, Dolly Varden, kokanee and whitefish. Spinning and camping in Chilliwack Lake trolling are the best ways to fish Provincial Park. Check out their website at www.env.gov.bc.ca/ this lake. bcparks/explore/parkpgs/chilliKokanee prefer cool water. wa.html. When fishing kokanee, also keep in mind that their preferred Also check out the Angler’s food sources are small. You may Atlas for some hotspot areas: find success with small lures Anglersatlas.com/lake/99844. and bait. Best colours seem to be silvers and reds in a variety LAKE ACCESS of shades. he park is located 64 km Troll very slowly, but not in a southeast of Chilliwack, 40 straight line. A zig-zag or curvy km south from Vedder Crossing. pattern is best. Every so often, Take Exit 104 from Highway 1 jerk the rod a couple of times. Let it go completely still for a and follow the signs for Cultus moment or two and then begin Lake until Cultus Lake Road. to move again. The trick is to Instead of turning here, follow vary the pattern every so often, Vedder Road across the bridge but not to move in such a way and turn right onto Chilliwack that the fish won’t recognize an Lake Road. Follow this road for 40 km to the lake. easy meal.
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Several options exist for camping in the park. There is a day-use area with a small boat launch. Camping facilities range from fully-serviced to back country sites.
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Elevation (ASL) • 625 metres (2,050 feet) Survey Date • July 1951 Contour Units • Metres
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While principally a commercial fishing harbour, St Steveston Harbour does hav have several services to support the sport fishing and recreational fleets as well. THeSe include: • Boat launch ramp (open year round; parking available; annual pass available) • 50 ton travel lift via Strait Marine Ltd. • Vessel repair yard • On-site businesses / tenants for all of your fishing / boating repair, maintenance and operating needs (Strait Marine Ltd., Ocean Rigging, Mastercraft Boat Coverings, Action Welding, Vina Aluminum Welding, Bishop Aluminum Welding, Espo’s Pneumatic Services, JDR Marine Services, Pacific Quality Traps, Alta Mar Yachts, Western Maritime Institute, Nesika Insurance, Salt Chuck Supply, Corona Plumbing, Fisherman’s Boot Cafe).
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he annual Como Lake Fishing Derby will be held Sunday May 24, 2015, starting at 7 am. The derby is open to kids under the age of 16 and is free to enter. Hundreds of prizes will be awarded, starting at noon. The derby is put on by three local clubs—Port Coquitlam Hunting and Fishing Club, Kinsmen Club of Coquitlam and Coquitlam Festival Society—as well as the City of Coquitlam’s Leisure and Parks Services. FISHING
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Maximum Depth • 10 metres (33 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 173 metres (568 feet) Survey Date • August 1979 Contour Units • Metres
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ainbow trout and cutthroats are just two of the many fish species resident in Cultus Lake. The angling opportunities are extensive on this beautiful and easily accessible local favourite. Lindsay Britton, an Angler’s Atlas field staff volunteer in the Lower Mainland, reports on an outing with his grandson:
I picked up my eight-year-old grandson Gavin after school and took him up to Cultus Lake. The excuse was to try out my boat motor but the reason was to take him fishing. We got the motor part straightened out and put on a couple of Flatfish lures. Me first with a strike and I reeled in a cutthroat trout. Holding by the line we examined it. I told him what kind of fish it was and he said it was very pretty. He asked “Can we eat those?” I told him we could but it was a bit small and we would maybe catch a bigger one to eat and so we let the fish go. Soon Gavin got a good strike and a fish on. I coached him on which side up with the rod and spinning reel and he fought his first fish into the boat. It
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Cultus Lake was a large pikeminnow and he held it up for a picture. Can we eat it? Well we don’t usually eat these, so we should let him go, too. It was a good size and the pikeminnow derby was not until next weekend, so we let him go for someone to catch in the derby. We trolled around for another hour
without a bite. We agreed to fish another 15 minutes. Gavin was stuffing the last peanut butter sandwich into his mouth when his rod had a very strong strike. He reeled it in well and we lifted a cutthroat of about 16 inches into the boat. Can we eat it? Yes we can. And so I discreetly bonked it and put into the cooler. The next day, Gavin came over and ate the entire fish that I had fileted and coated with breadcrumbs and fried. He’s eager to go fishing again and I think I have found a lifelong fishing partner. Every the
year in June, Fraser Salmon and Watersheds Program hosts a pikeminnow fishing derby, called the All About Fishing Family Event. This is a great opportunity for anglers of all ages to catch some fish while benefiting the lake as a whole.Pikeminnow are invasive, and compete with salmon for resources. LAKE ACCESS
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eer Lake lies within Sasquatch Provincial Park, north of Harrison Hot Springs. Rainbow trout and cutthroat trout are plentiful here.
tips for Deer Lake on the Angler’s Atlas “I find that website at anglersatlas.com/ the best colour for lake/99959. Deer Lake is a really dark purple, almost black,” Passek LAKE ACCESS notes. Try a leech with a black rom Abbotsford follow tail and purple body. Highway 7 to Harrison Rick Passek, author and fly Deer Lake has a gravel boat Hot Springs, then follow the fishing instructor, notes that launch and permits only electric signs through the Hot Springs and Green Point. staple fly patterns, while use- motors. ful for most lakes, are particuSasquatch Provincial Park Passek has many tips and offers larly good for Deer Lake. has three options for those great advice for beginners and who wish to camp, and plenStart with leeches and work experts alike. Passek’s years ty of opportunity for hiking, the shallow areas, particularly of experience and passion for wildlife viewing and swimearly in the season. Trout will fly fishing will help you catch ming. There is a playground key into other standards here more fish. Check out his webat Lakeside Campground at as well. In the early season, site, The FlyFish Fanatic, Deer Lake. dragonfly nymphs are makat theflyfishfanatic.com for ing their way to and from information. the shallows. Passek suggests chironomids for Deer Lake as Post your own photos and well.
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QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 54 Hectares (133 Acres) Maximum Depth • 8 metres (26 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 183 metres (600 feet) Survey Date • 1979 Contour Units • Metres
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Fishing The Fraser River Story by Matthew Clive from Great River Fishing Adventures. Hot Spots from Ben Trainer at Great River Fishing Adventures.
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recorded and released unharmed by conservation minded fishing company Great River Fishing Adventures. People from around the globe make the pilgrimage to fulfill their lifelong dream of catching and getting hands on with these 300 million year old prehistoric monsters. These are true living dinosaurs roaming our home waters. On a recent corporate team building event a group from Daley and Company Chartered Accountants landed the fish of a lifetime. Norman Daley, CEO / President who initially hooked up the fish said, “That this thing was huge and in the first
few minutes I had it on the line I thought my arms were going to fall off.” This white sturgeon turned out to be nearly 12ft in length and estimated at 1000lbs.
Paul and Ron Jarvis, visiting from Atlanta, Georgia, joined Great River Fishing for a family fishing trip when they too hooked into one of the largest fish caught on the Fraser River. The 11ft 10” monster sturgeon gave them a fishing experience to remember and Paul was quick to share about his encounter. “Managing that fish became a true father and son challenge. As I played the fish my dad handed me water to keep hydrated and he even held on to my fighting belt and harness. When I saw that fish jump and the
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Chasing Dinosaurs And Finding The Hot Spots head come out of the water it was massive, landing this fish together is something we will never forget.
Although we all define our ultimate fishing experiences a little differently, one thing is certain, the breath-taking scenery of the Fraser River, the abundant wildlife and some of the world’s most prolific sport fisheries will create some inspiring memories.
So if you are ready to make your way to British Columbia an adventure with Great River Fishing is almost guaranteed to pit you against the biggest fish you’ve ever hooked into. Very likely a fish that is bigger and stronger than you are, in a battle that will be measured in hours not minutes, filled with massive jumps, line-peeling runs and epic tail walks.
And we haven’t even had a chance to mention that the Fraser River is the #1 salmonproducing river in the world. We fish for all 5 species of Pacific Salmon, which allows for even more of a reason to visit! Did You Know? In July 2012 Great River Fishing Adventures made international n e w s headlines
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his glacier-fed, emeraldcoloured lake is home to some big bull trout, rainbow trout and kokanee. Catch-and-release, single barbless hooks, and a bait ban have improved the fishing. From Brad Knowles of Pemberton Fish Finder, www.pembertonfishfinder.com:
Green Lake is located on the north side of Whistler. It has a very distinct emerald color that is caused by glacial till. Green lake holds the largest fish of any lakes in Whistler making it a popular fishing spot for Anglers and Guides. There are 3 major creeks that feed the lake at the South end. 19 mile creek, Fitzsimmons Creek and the River of Golden Dreams. The river that exits the lake at the north end is called Green River. All of these spots that I have mentioned have incredible bull trout and rainbow trout fishing. Rainbow trout can grown to 3 lbs. and bull trout can reach 7 lbs. Popular
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Green Lake methods of fishing on Green lake include trolling, fly fishing and spincasting. Always check the fishing regulations prior to fishing this lake. While fishing Green Lake, look for creeks that feed the lake. These spots tend to hold the most fish because the creeks bring a steady flow of food and well oxygenated water. Remember that Green is one of the largest lakes in Whistler, so I do not recommend the use of float tubes. Pontoon boats are much more suited to this large lake or boats longer than 12 feet with suitable power. There is a great public boat launch off Emerald Drive. Try using minnow and streamer patterns this time of year. We also had great success with Wooly Buggers, Stoneflies, leeches and pumpkinheads. On the dry flies try using mayflies, black
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ocated alongside Hwy. 99 approximately 3 km north of Whistler Village. Multiple access points are provided via Valley Trail. Public parking is limited. Green Lake Park is on Lakeshore Dr just south of the official boat launch. There are washrooms and the shore is suitable for launching a cartopper or canoe.
The best boat launch is at the north end in the Emerald Estates subdivision on Summer Lane. Boaters are requested to follow markers to prevent washouts on private property and a 10 km/h speed limit is in effect at the south end. Also, boaters should be aware of floatplane traffic during the summer.
Map and access information based on material provided by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 205 Hectares (507 Acres) Maximum Depth • 40 metres (138 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 545 metres (1,788 feet) Survey Date • Unknown Contour Units • Metres
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Hicks Lake H
icks Lake, in Sasquatch Provincial Park, is one of three great trout lakes in the park. With cutthroat, rainbows, and whitefish to choose from, there is enough choice to keep anglers interested for many trips.
Members can also sign up to follow their favourite lakes and find out when new information is added. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations before heading out.
Hicks Lake also has enough structure to provide great habitat for the trout, offering several places for anglers to explore. Try trolling around the islands in the north end, or near the creeks on the southeast side.
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rom Abbotsford follow Highway 7 to Harrison Hot Springs, then follow the signs through the village and Green Point.
When going after cutthroat trout, use flies with good action, such as a leech or carey pattern. These patterns can be fished with a cast and retrieve method while anchored, or by trolling. Preferred locations are at creek mouths. Hicks Lake is deep enough to resist the summer doldrums. At the same time, the shallows are excellent places for early and late season jaunts. Because it’s popular with other recreational users, anglers may have their best success in early spring.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 125 Hectares (309 Acres) Maximum Depth • 55 metres (180 feet)
Freshwater Fisheries Society released 1,500 fish into the lake.
Hicks Lake has a concrete If you’re familiar with boat launch and horsepower is Hicks Lake, add your phorestricted of 10 HP. tos, stories and map markHicks Lake is stocked with rain- ers to the Hicks Lake page at bow trout, and in 2014, the BC anglersatlas.com/lake/100343.
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ed, red, and more red is what you want for Kawkawa Lake. This popular kokanee lake is a great spring fishery right from the end of March, if the ice is off.
Rick Passek, author and fly fishing teacher, says that anything red and small will work here. He suggests size 12 or 14 red micro-leeches.
“Troll your micro-leeches on a type 3 sink line. Once you find your school of kokanee, hang a 20 foot line on a strike indicator, chironomid style.” Kokanee are always moving, he says, so troll around until you find them. Gear fishers can use small, red Apex lures, or Flatfish. Use a 30-inch leader behind a small red flasher. Passek notes that spinners are okay, but the flatfish and the apex will succeed far better in Kawkawa Lake. At one point, Kawkawa Lake was stocked with rainbow trout and cutthroats. Now, however, it is predominantly a kokanee fishery. Passek’s website, The FlyFish
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Fanatic, is a good resource for fly fishers. There, you can also order copies of his books, The Freshman Flyfisher and The Freshman Flyfisher’s Guide to Insects. Fly fishing success will improve immeasurably when you know your insects. Visit theflyfishfanatic.com for more information.
Visitors to the Angler’s Atlas website can find a great video about Kawkawa Lake, filmed by master angler Rodney Hsu, who runs the website fishingwithrod.com. Check out his tips and tricks at anglersatlas. com/lake/100479.
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awkawa Lake is located near Hope. Follow Highway 1 east to exit 170, turning onto the old HopePrinceton Highway and continue for nearly two kilometres to Seventh Ave. Kawkawa Lake Road is about half a kilometre from the turnoff. There is parking, a boat launch and a picnic area at the southern bay.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 77 Hectares (190 Acres) Maximum Depth • 14 metres (46 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 58 metres (190 feet) Survey Date • 1980 Contour Units • Metres
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Lafarge Lake
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afarge Lake is a great place for beginners and young anglers. It is conveniently located in Coquitlam and boasts high catch rates, just two of many reasons to visit this lake. You can be assured of great fishing most of the year. T h e
AnglersAtlas.com heat of the summer can challenge many, and in shallow lakes such as Lafarge, the best fishing can be spring and fall. Thankfully the lake is usually open yearround, so angling opportunities are increased.
Lures and flies are both productive here, and anglers can be rewarded with little effort. A simple cast with a slow, varied retrieve can be enough to interest the trout.
There are carp in Lafarge Lake, and this challenge can reward patient anglers. Working on this species, anglers will want to know that carp tend to “try out” their prey before they commit. When a carp goes after your fly or lure, you’ll want to be ready.
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Catchable sized trout are stocked regularly in Lafarge Lake, and this is also the site of frequent family fishing events. In June, for Family Fishing Weekend,
head out to local lakes for great opportunities to introduce the kids or grandkids to a fabulous pasttime. It’s lots of fun and prizes are awarded.
For more information visit the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. at gofishbc.com/learntofish/ default.htm and click on the calendar for June. The Freshwater Fisheries Society also stocks many lakes in the province with fish. Check out the stocking tables, included at the end of this guide. Also please consult the fishing regulations for updated quotas for.
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orth of Coquitlam Centre Mall, Lafarge Lake is located at 1299 Pinetree Way in the Town Centre Park. A paved pathway circles the lake. There is a sandy beach area on the north side. The south side is rockier, though still accessible.
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QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 5 Hectares (13 Acres) Maximum Depth • 8 metres (26 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 31 metres (101 feet) Survey Date • August 1979 Contour Units • Metres
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Mill Lake N
estled in the heart of Abbotsford, Mill Lake offers some great fishing. It’s heavily stocked, and is home to a diverse assortment of fish.
Rick Passek, author of The Freshman Flyfisher, and The Freshman Flyfisher’s Guide to Insects, says that besides its perfect location, Mill Lake is popular because it is a true year-round fishery. The huge, stocked rainbow trout prefer the cooler water. As the water warms, the bass, pumpkinseed and crappie start to pick up. Passek says that just about anything works for Mill Lake. There is such a wide variety of fish in the lake that the fishing is excellent. “Mill Lake is perfect,” he says. “It’s easy to launch small boats, the fish are huge and it’s the ideal place to get parents
out fishing with their kids.” Passek advises that the south end where it’s weedy is a great place to start if you’re in a boat. Another good place is the southwest side if you’re shore fishing. Beginners and experts alike will want to get Passek’s books for great reference. The Freshman Flyfisher makes the art of flyfishing accessible and exciting for beginners. Please be sure to consult the B.C. Freshwater Fishing Regulations, as quotas for Mill Lake changed in 2013. LAKE ACCESS
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rom Exit 92 off Hwy 1 follow Highway 11 (Sumas Way) north for just over
one kilometre to South Fraser Way on the left (west). Turn here and follow for nearly three kilometres to Ware Street. Turn left (south) onto Ware St., then turn right (west) onto Bourquin Cresent less than a kilometre from the turnoff. Mill Lake Road is about half a kilometre along Bourquin Crescent on the left (southwest). Follow this road to the parking lot and boat launch. A pathway runs around the lake and there are picnic tables available.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 18 Hectares (44 Acres) Maximum Depth • 11 metres (36 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 53 metres (174 feet) Survey Date • June 1980
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hey are back!” exclaims Lucy Archbold, owner of John Henry’s Marina in Pender Harbour. After several years of lacklustre fishing the salmon are back, and the signs are good that it will be a banner year. Earlier this year the local Rotary club set up herring curtains at Bargain Harbour and Baker’s Beach, with great results. “The roe on kelp was really good, so hopefully that brings salmon back,” says Archbold.
There are a number of places that are popular fishing destinations in the area. Moochers can try Bargain Bay, Daniel Point Fearny Point and Agamemnon Channel at Sakinaw Lake.
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Fishing Pender Harbour and Area to revamp the fish cleaning table. There were quite a few [fish],” says Archbold, adding “there was a 20.5 pounder just caught.”
Before starting John Henry’s, Al Lloyd worked for a general store in Irvings Landing. In those days customers brought their orders to the till. Then the John Henry’s Marina is lo- store clerks would retrieve the cated in Garden Bay and is order from the back. the only fuel dock in the Har- However Al had a differbour. It is a great launch point ent idea of how stores should for fishing the area as they sell be set up (having worked at fishing licences, food, alcohol Woodwards) and set up a new and their famous ice cream type of general store where cones. customers could select items right off the shelf. ohn Henry’s Marina has a long history in the area, “He put aisles in [his store] so dating back to 1947 when the that people would walk in and original marina was built by Al do their own shopping,” says Archbold. Lloyd. Archbold explains that when “The people who he borrowed the marina was built, the only the money from [to build the two other structures still stand- store] said he would be robbed ing were the hospital and the blind.”
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Bjerre Shoal and Quarry Shoals are known as very productive government wharf. fishing grounds for trolling. “There were no roads in here The fishing in recent years when Al Lloyd built the place,” has bounced back to the point says Archbold. “He had to barwhere Archbold had to refur- rel in water by boat. He logged bish their cleaning table to the Peninsula and boomed the support the influx of freshly logs around to Bargain Harcaught fish. bour where there was a mill. “We just let our fish table de- He had them cut up and then teriote because there wasn’t barged them back to build the any fish, [but] last year we had original store.”
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Rice Lake R
ice Lake is located in Vancouver at the foot of the North Shore mountains in the Seymour demonstration forest. This small lake offers the perfect opportunity to teach your children how to fish. From the parking lot in the Seymour Conservation Reserve, the lake is a five-minute walk (450 m) on a good trail. Surrounded by nature, it is easy to forget you are but a stone’s throw from a large metropolitan area.
Rice Lake, so the dock is the best spot. Of course, shore fishing is also good. Rice Lake is stocked with catchable-sized trout, usually in both the spring and fall. Bait fishing works
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ay-use facility only. Some of the facilities offered are washrooms, picnic tables and a covered gazebo. A fish dock, located on the southeast corner of the lake, is specially designed for wheelchair access.
One of the best starting points is the floating dock on the southeast end. Boat fishing isn’t allowed on
From Vancouver, travel over the Ironworkers Bridge and take Exit 22 North to Capilano College along Lillooet Rd. Go past Capilano College and the cemetery, and follow the signs into the Seymour Conservation Reserve. Continue along the gravel road 4 km (2.5 mi) to the Rice Lake gate checkpoint. On the north end of Lillooet Rd you will find parking.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 7 Hectares (18 Acres) Maximum Depth • 5.6 metres (18 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 190 metres (623 feet) Survey Date • Unknown Contour Units • Metres
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asamat Lake ranks high on the list of fabulous urban angling destinations. Its easily accessible dock and other shoreline angling spots make it a great place for beginners and young anglers. It is conveniently located in Port Moody in Belcarra Regional Park.
Sasamat Lake is regularly stocked with catchable-sized rainbow trout. In 2014, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC deposited 3,850 trout into the lake. There are many fishing spots around the lake, connected by a trail from the parking lot. The floating pier is probably the best location.
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ishing in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia is nothing short of exceptional. From Davis Bay to Thormonby Island, including Sechelt Inlet, there are a handful of hotspots that shouldn’t be missed. “Epsom Point is the meat and potatoes of fishing on the subshine Coast,” says Josh Romer from Trail Bay Source for Sports.
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Bay, Grey Creek and McLean Bay are popular because they are near the mouths of spawning areas. In the late summer months, these are great areas to fish.
truesse flasher are local favorites. Trolling anchovies or herring with similar color pattern teaser heads also works great. Change your color patterns to a darker Romer says the whole inlet of- pattern on overcast days or murkfers great fishing opportunities, ier water and brighter patterns on including Salmon Inlet and Nar- sunnier days and clear water. rows Inlet (further north on the Although not as common as trollmap), where anglers can get into ing, mooching is also an effective really good Ling cod and Snap- way to catch Salmon on the Sunper. shine Coast. The 140g Mac Deep For more great tips on fishing lure works great for both trolling this region, drop into Trail Bay and mooching.
“Guys will troll back and forth along that shelf, right where it drops off.” Source for Sports and talk to Casting and fly fishing at the mouths of the numerous creeks This spring, the fishing has been Josh. and rivers in Sechelt during exceptional, part of a longer term the late summer and early fall Q uick T ips trend that is making the Sunshine months most always produce inCoast a great destination for pring Salmon provide a year credible results. ocean fishing. round chase while Coho and “Guys are starting to catch winter Pink show up late Spring through As wild and hatchery fish return spring in Sechelt Inlet for the first to the beginning of Fall. The to spawn, they are found in abuntime in a long time,” say Romer time of year will determine best dance at the mouths of the creeks depths to fish, however, trolling and rivers climatizing and/or “There are more seals every year, from 80’ – 170’ usually produce waiting for rain to create higher there are more whales every year, best results…and always make water levels making their jourthere is more bait fish every year, sure you are hugging the bottom. ney upstream possible. Hot pink and there is more salmon. flies, Buzz Bombs and Rooster Army Truck, Kitchen Sink and To the north of Sechelt is a popu- Cop Car patterned spoons and Tails are the lures of choice for lar fishing area as well. Snakes hoochies behind a green or char- the locals.
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Lingcod, Snapper and Halibut are also a favorite to fish, with Sechelt Inlet producing some of the best results for Lingcod and Snapper. Locals are fairly secretive about their Halibut hotspots, but there have been rumors of Halibut being caught upwards of 100 pounds off the Trail Islands and Epsom Point.
Crabbing is good year round in Sechelt. In the summer months, and as the water gets murkier, the crabs will come into shallower water so look to be 20’ – 60’ deep. During the winter months as the water becomes clearer the crabs will move into deeper water, so look to set your traps anywhere from 50’ – 100’ deep. During prawning season, which starts March 1st, best results are always found in and around 300’.
Always fish with your fishing license on you as well as photo identification. As well, make sure you are up to date with the current fishing regulations as closures and limitations may change from year to year.
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Stave Lake S
tave Lake Reservoir ranks among the larger lakes in the Lower Mainland and has a variety of sport fish, including cuththroat trout reported up to four pounds.
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Anglers can take advantage of some excellent fishing opportunities, especially near the inlets of streams, and the outflow tunnel from Alouette Lake on the west shore (see map).
Large lakes require large gear. To help ensure a successful outing, try a depth finder. Your large gear will be useful here. As Stave Lake is a reservoir, it’s important to remember that water levels will fluctuate. Pay attention to warning signs, and ensure you are off the water well before the gates close.
signs of the original flooding with extensive areas of deadheads and debris in the shallow sections. Use extreme caution when boating in this lake. Another fabulous fishery is the Stave River itself. Fishing for cutthroat trout and salmon in the Stave River is very popular. Master angler Rod Hsu (fishingwithrod.com) reports that weekends can get quite busy on the Stave River. The website riverfishingbc.com reports that shore fishing
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rom Highway 7 turn onto the Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge and continue for roughly 23 kilometres (look for
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For more information about Stave Lake, facilities and safety information, please refer to the B.C. Hydro website at bchydro.com/community/ . Click through to the link for Recreation Areas.
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he Vedder-Chilliwack is not two separate streams, as its name suggests, but simply a name change partway up the river. A bridge crosses the river where it leaves the mountain valley and flows onto the Fraser River flood plain. Below the bridge the river is called the Vedder; above the bridge it is known as the Chilliwack.
Anglers usually refer to the whole fishing section simply as the Vedder. Above the Slesse Creek tributary the river is closed to fishing, and anglers refer to this section as the Chilliwack. No matter what you call it, the river is wonderful.
Without question, the VedderChilliwack is the most popular river on the Lower Mainland. It provides year-round recreation for hikers, kayakers and anglers. There are very few months that anglers can’t fish for something. Winter steelhead start entering the Vedder in late November and continue to do so until May. In June, summer-run Chinook salmon start their
migration up this stream. Most chinook are white-fleshed springs, and were introduced to the Vedder from stock taken from the Harrison. Overlapping these runs are very late-running steelhead and very early-running chinook. In late September, coho salmon start running up the Vedder along with fall-run chinook. The coho fishing continues
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Fishing Holes
1. Canal 2. Pilings 3. Wilson Rd. 4. BC Electric Bridge 5. Bergman Rd. 6. Browne Rd. 7. Campground 8. Lickman Rd. 9. Peach Rd. 10. Kurtains 11. Camp Run 12. Boomsticks 13. Teskey’s Rock 14. Simpsons Pit
15. Trailer Park 16. Gun Barrel 17. Doctor’s Pool 18. Twin Cedars 19. Ways Field 20. End of the Road 21. Shellers 22. Bell Acres 23. Boulder hole 24. Boulders 25. Tamahi Pool 26. Tamahi Rapids 27. Hang Glider 28. Slesse Park
to get better until it peaks in late October. All the runs have been hatchery enhanced and it’s legally possible to keep hatchery fish. Besides salmon, there are rainbow and cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden char and Rocky Mountain whitefish. FISHING THE RUN
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he Vedder has a long history of angling and many of its pools are named. Tesky’s Rock, at Vedder Crossing, was
29. Slide Hole 30. Nickersons 31. Anderson Run 32. Allison Canyon 33. Fort Apache 34. Willows 35. Wash out 36. Cedar 37. Thurston Meadows 38. Butterfly 39. Borden Creek 40. Ranger Run 41. Cement Slab 42. Boundary Hole
NOTE: Above Vedder Crossing the river is a series of fast water runs and pools. There are many boulders and rapids, but no serious falls.
named after a local angler who fished it every morning in steelhead season. The Camp Run, just below Vedder Crossing, had a history of producing a large steelhead right at closing time during the famous Boxing Day derby. The Grenade Run was named after the Army’s testing area. Millers, Way’s Field, the Schoolhouse Run, the Dunbar Run, and the Boulder Hole are all favorite holding areas
above Vedder Crossing.
A bridge crosses the river just above Tamahi Creek, and a gravel road follows the far side of the river downstream for 5 km from the bridge. There is a forestry campsite near Tamahi and many access trails to the river off the gravel road. From the paved roadside, much of the property is private and there are only a few access points.
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Whonnock Lake W
honnock Lake is popular among Lower Mainland residents for a variety of recreational pursuits, including swimming and canoeing. Anglers like it because it is stocked with catchable-sized trout each year and has an excellent Black Crappie fishery. The lake is stocked with Fraser Valley domesticated trout, and they grow fast in productive water, such as this.
This strain is known for putting up a great fight.
Anglers targeting rainbows can try spoons in chrome and green colour combinations. Flies to try are an Elk Hair caddis or a Parachute Adams. Black crappie is another species of fish found in the lake, which means more fun for kids because these fish
are easy to catch. You can start with a simple hook, worm and bobber, as crappie will readily take to worms. Fly fishers can try small nymphs or wet flies. Lure fishers may want to try a jig and spinner combination, keeping the lures small. These fish can often be found feeding in mid-depths, about a metre under the surface, near weedy areas. As the temperature rises, the fishing for this species gets better. Try fishing for black crappie later in the evening or early in the morning during their peak feeding times. LAKE ACCESS
W
honnock Lake is located in Maple Ridge. From Lougheed Highway, turn north onto 280th Street and continue for four km to 112th Avenue, where you will turn left (west). Continue along this road Graham St. on the right (north) which leads to Whonnock Lake Park. Parking is available.
QUICK FACTS Surface Area • 45 Hectares (111 Acres) Maximum Depth • 10 metres (33 feet) Elevation (ASL) • 173 metres (568 feet) Survey Date • August 1979 Contour Units • Metres
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Lower Mainland Fishing Regulations 2015-2017 Changes as of April 1, 2015 are highlighted . GENERAL RESTRICTIONS No fishing: in any lake in the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest near Maple Ridge. Single barbless hook: must be used in all streams of Region 2, all year. See definition of “angle” and “streams” on page 88. Dead fin fish as bait: only permitted in Region 2 when sport fishing for sturgeon in the Fraser River. See page 9 for details. Steelhead fishing in the Lower Mainland Region: Your basic licence must be validated with a Conservation Surcharge Stamp if you intend to fish for steelhead anywhere in B.C. Please see page 7 for details. When you have caught and retained your daily quota of hatchery steelhead from any water, you must stop fishing that water for the remainder of that day. Protected Species: it is illegal to fish for or catch and then keep protected species. In Region 2, these include: • Nooksack dace • Salish sucker • Green sturgeon • Cultus Lake sculpin See page 10 for details
TIDAL BOUNDARIES ON RIVERS IN REGION 2 Note: Provincial freshwater regulations apply above these boundaries and Federal tidal regulations apply below these boundaries: Brunette R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge Campbell R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge Capilano R.: CN Railway Bridge Coquitlam R.: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge Fraser R.: CPR Bridge at Mission Kanaka Cr.: CPR Bridge Nathan Cr.: CN Railway Bridge Nicomekl R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge Pitt R.: CPR Bridge Serpentine R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge Seymour R.: CN Railway Bridge Squamish R.: a line running true west from the tip of the Squamish Dyke (“Windsurfer Spit”) Stave R.: CPR Bridge West Cr.: CN Railway Bridge Whonnock Cr.: CP rail line York Cr.: CP rail line
REGIONAL DAILY CATCH QUOTAS (See tables for exceptions) Trout/char: 4, but not more than • 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over 50 cm allowed) • 2 from streams (must be hatchery) • 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake trout) And you must release: • Wild trout/char from streams • All wild steelhead • Trout/char under 30 cm from streams (must be hatchery) Note: There is no general minimum size limit for trout in lakes Kokanee: 5 (none from streams) Whitefish: 15 (all species combined) Crappie: 20 Bass: 4 (largemouth and/or smallmouth combined) White Sturgeon: catch and release only Crayfish: 25 Possession Quotas Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas Annual Catch Quotas Annual catch quota for all B.C.: 10 steelhead per licence year (only hatchery steelhead may be retained in B.C.) Daily & Annual Catch Quotas for Salmon Please refer to the NOTICE on page 4 for Salmon Regulations.
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Lower Mainland Fishing Regulations 2015-2017 Changes as of April 1, 2015 are highlighted . TABLE LEGEND See the following tables for exceptions and additional regulations on specific waters. Stocked Lake (not all stocked lakes listed, see p. 85) * Including tributaries Wheelchair Accessible Age Restricted Waters Note: New Regulations From one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise fishing is prohibited on portions of the Fraser, Harrison, and Pitt Rivers (see water specific tables for details) To find out the time of sunrise and sunset consult a local newspaper or the National Research Council of Canada website for a sunrise-sunset calculator.
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2-8
ALPHA LAKE
2-9
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 No Fishing Upstream of signs near Alouette River Corrections Branch No fishing Upstream of 216th St. (including North Alouette River), May 1-June 30 No powered boats on mainstem Electric motors only
ALTA LAKE
2-9
ANDERSON CREEK* ANGUS CREEK ASHLU CREEK BEAR (MAHOOD) CREEK* BEAR LAKE BIG SILVER CREEK BIRKENHEAD LAKE BIRKENHEAD RIVER* BREM RIVER
2-4 2-5 2-6 2-4 2-18 2-18 2-11 2-11 2-13
BROTHERS CREEK*
2-8 2-8
ALICE LAKE ALOUETTE LAKE
BROWNING LAKE BRUNETTE RIVER
2-8
BRUNETTE RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES BURNABY LAKE BURNABY LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES CALVIN CREEK CAMPBELL RIVER*
2-8 2-8 2-8 2-5 2-4
CAPILANO RIVER*
2-8
CEDAR LAKE CHAPMAN CREEK
2-2 2-5
CHEAKAMUS RIVER CHEAM LAKE
2-7 2-3
No fishing Dec 1-Mar 31 Release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook; speed restriction (12 km/h) No Fishing No Fishing Bait ban; release all steelhead No Fishing Upstream of 152nd St. (Johnson Road) No powered boats No fishing May 1-June 30 Bull trout (char) release Bait ban No Fishing from upstream edge of falls (1.5 km from river mouth) to a point 100 m downstream Bait ban* , May 1-Oct 31 No Fishing No powered boats No Fishing from Cariboo Dam to Cariboo Rd Release all steelhead No Fishing No powered boats No Fishing No Fishing No Fishing Upstream of 12th Ave; no fishing Downstream of 12th Ave., Apr 1-June 30 Downstream of 12th Ave., no fishing only from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31 No Fishing Upstream of signs at footbridge situated 100 m Downstream of fish fence Bait ban, Aug 1-Oct 31; Release all steelhead See Sumallo River No Fishing from the falls to 100 m downstream. The falls are located about 550 m upstream of the power line crossing. Bait ban; release all steelhead No Fishing
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CHILQUA SLOUGH COGBURN CREEK* COQUIHALLA RIVER*
2-8 2-18 2-17
COQUITLAM RIVER
2-8
COMO (Welcome) LAKE CORBOLD CREEK COUGAR CANYON CREEK CULTUS LAKE DAVIS LAKE
2-8 2-8 2-4 2-3 2-8 2-8
No Fishing including Brohm Creek No wild trout / char over 50 cm No Fishing No Fishing from signs at Chehalis Lake outlet to main logging road bridge 2.4 km downstream No fishing Downstream of main logging road bridge 2.4 km Downstream of lake, May 1-31 Hatchery steelhead daily quota = 1 No wild trout / char over 50 cm 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 Speed restriction (8 km/h) No fishing May 1-June 30 Upstream of the entrance to the upper railway tunnel: (a) No Fishing Nov 1 - June 30; (b) fly fishing only, single barbless hook, and bait ban No Fishing downstream of the lower entrance to the lower railway tunnel, Apr 1-Oct 31 Trout/char (including steelhead) release and bait ban, downstream of the downstream entrance to the lower railway tunnel, Nov 1-Mar 31 (see map page 23) No Fishing at Othello Tunnels from the entrance to the upper tunnel to the exit of the lower tunnel 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 Trout/char daily quota = 2 Bait ban No Fishing No wild trout/char over 50 cm; No vessels on parts; speed restriction (5km/h) at north end, as buoyed and signed No powered boats Trout/char daily quota = 2; no powered boats
2-18
Electric motors only
2-6 2-4 2-8
Bait ban; release all steelhead No Fishing Engine power restriction - 7.5 Kw (10 hp); official name: Lake Errock
2-4 2-8 2-3 2-19
No Fishing Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook Electric motors only No powered boats
2-4
Dead fin fish may be used for bait only when fishing for sturgeon (see p. 9 in the Provincial Regulations) 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 Oct 15-Apr 15 Electric motors only No fishing Nov 1-Mar 31 No powered boats
CHEEKYE RIVER* CHEHALIS LAKE CHEHALIS LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES CHEHALIS RIVER*
2-7 2-3 2-19 2-19
CHILLIWACK LAKE 2-4 2-4 CHILLIWACK / VEDDER RIVERS* (Does not include Sumas River) (See map page 26)
DEER LAKE (Burnaby) DEER LAKE (Sasquatch Park) ELAHO RIVER ELGIN CREEK* ERROCK (“Squakum”) LAKE FERGUS CREEK* FLORENCE LAKE FOLEY LAKE FRANCIS LAKE FRASER RIVER
FROSST CREEK GARDEN BAY LAKE GOAT LAKE* GRACE LAKE GREEN LAKE GREEN TIMBERS LAKE HARRISON LAKE HARRISON RIVER
2-3 2-5 2-12 2-19 2-9 2-4 2-18 2-18
No fishing Dec 1-Mar 31 Release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook; speed restriction on parts (10 km/h) and no towing on parts Trout/char daily quota = 2 No wild trout/char over 50 cm; Speed restriction (10 km/h) at south end, as buoyed and signed 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
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2-12 2-8 2-8
HICKS LAKE HOPE SLOUGH
2-18
Electric motors only No Fishing No fishing for Sturgeon in Hatzic Lake Speed restriction on parts (8 & 50 km/h) Engine power restriction - 7.5 Kw (10 hp)
2-8 2-5
Electric motors only Electric motors only
2-8 2-4 2-8 2-12
No Fishing No Fishing Upstream of 152nd Street (Johnson Road) Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30 No fishing Nov 1-Mar 31 *; single barbless hook, Apr 1-Oct 31 No cutthroat trout 40 cm or more; engine power restriction - 7.5 Kw (10 hp) No fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
HOTEL LAKE HYDE CREEK HYLAND CREEK* INDIAN RIVER INLAND LAKE IVEY (Horseshoe) LAKE*
2-11
“JONES” LAKE KANAKA CREEK
2-3 2-8
KAWKAWA LAKE
2-17
KHARTOUM LAKE
2-12
KLEIN LAKE
2-5
KOKOMO LAKE LAFARGE (Pinetree Gravel Pit) LAKE LEVETTE LAKE LIGHTNING LAKE (Manning Park) LILLOOET LAKE LILLOOET LAKE* & LILLOOET RIVER*
2-5 2-8 2-6 2-1 2-10 2-9
Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook See Wahleach Lake No fishing May 1-June 30 No Fishing from Cliff Park Falls to 112th Ave No fishing Dec 1-Feb 28 Kokanee daily quota = 4 Wild Trout/char daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more)*, hatchery rainbow trout (adipose fin removed with healed scar, see diagram on page 14) = 4, kokanee daily quota = 5; single barbless hook Electric motors only; Wheelchair accessible Electric motors only Trout/char daily quota = 2 Electric motors only No powered boats No wild trout/char over 50 cm 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, Downstream of) Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motors only No Fishing between two white triangular fishing boundary signs downstream to the pedestrian bridge at the foot of Stayte Road Aug 15-Sept 30 See Campbell River Trout/char release; single barbless hook No Fishing No Fishing No Fishing Downstream of the lower falls Wild Trout/char daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more)*, hatchery rainbow trout (adipose fin removed with healed scar) = 4, kokanee daily quota = 5; single barbless hook No fishing Feb 1-June 15 Trout/char only 20-30 cm in length may be kept; Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see pg 5 in the Provincial Regulations) Electric motors only
LILY (“Paq”) LAKE LITTLE CAMPBELL RIVER
2-5 2-4
LITTLE LILLOOET LAKE LITTLE MUDDY CREEK LITTLE STAWAMUS CREEK * LIUMCHEN CREEK LOIS LAKE
2-10 2-1 2-8 2-3 2-12
LONZO (“Marshall”) CREEK*
2-4
LOST LAKE (near Whistler) LYNN CREEK
2-8
MCCARTNEY CREEK* MCKAY CREEK* MCLENNAN CREEK* MAMQUAM RIVER MARSHALL CREEK MASHITER CREEK MIAMI CREEK MIKE LAKE
2-8 2-8 2-8 2-7 2-4 2-7 2-19 2-8
No Fishing between signs 200 m Upstream of and 150 m Downstream of Twin Falls Bridge*; bait ban (mainstem only) No Fishing No Fishing No Fishing Bait ban; release all steelhead See Lonzo Creek No Fishing Electric motors only No powered boats
MILL LAKE (Abbotsford)
2-4
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2-8
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2-5 2-8 2-19 2-19 2-8 2-18
NATHAN (Beaver) CREEK* NELSON CREEK* NICOMEKL RIVER
2-4 2-8 2-4
NICOMEN SLOUGH
2-8 2-9
NITA LAKE NOONS CREEK NORRISH (Suicide) CREEK NORTH ALOUETTE RIVER
2-8 2-8 2-8
NORTH LAKE PARTINGTON CREEK PAQ LAKE PHELIX CREEK* PITT LAKE
2-5 2-8 2-5 2-11 2-8
PITT RIVER *
2-8
POWELL LAKE*
2-12
RICE LAKE (NorthVancouver) RODGERS CREEK* ROLLEY LAKE ROSS LAKE
2-8 2-8 2-8 2-2
Electric motors only Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook Wild trout/char release; hatchery trout/char daily quota = 2 (none under 30 cm); electric motors only Electric motors only No Fishing No Fishing; unnamed pothole lakes all located east of the powerline and approx. 2 km east of Hicks Lake, 3 km south of Deer Lake and 1 km SE of Moss Lake No Fishing Upstream of 272nd Street (Jackman Road) No Fishing No Fishing Upstream of 208th St. (Berry Road) *; Downstream of 208th St., no fishing Apr 1-June 30 * Downstream of 208th St., no fishing 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) Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h) Electric motors only No Fishing Upstream of railway bridge * No fishing May 1-June 30 No fishing Upstream of 216th St. (Fifth Ave), May 1-June 30* No powered boats Electric motors only No Fishing See Lily Lake No Fishing North of boundary signs (on the E. and W. shores) near the head of the lake: wild trout/char release and single barbless hook 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) No fishing Nov 1-Mar 31 No powered boats in One Mile Bay Trout/char daily quota= 2; Wheelchair accessible: excellent path system; see gate attendant for access No Fishing No powered boats 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 No Fishing from Ruby Lake to signs 100 m downstream 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) No fishing easterly of a line drawn from a boundary sign located at the north side of the Sakinaw Lake boat launch southwesterly to a boundary sign located at 49o 41.50’N and 123o 58.45’W, Nov 1-Dec 31 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 No Fishing Upstream of 232nd St. (Livingstone Road)
RUBY CREEK* RUBY LAKE
2-5 2-5
SAKINAW LAKE
2-5
SALMON RIVER* SARDIS PARK POND
2-4 2-4
SASAMAT LAKE SAYRES (Cedar) LAKE
2-8
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 5 in the Provincial Regulations) No powered boats, May 1-Sept 30; electric motors only, Oct 1-Apr 30
2-8 2-18
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motors only Electric motors only
2-11 2-8 2-4
No Fishing No Fishing 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
SCHKAM (Lake Of The Woods) LAKE SCOTIA CREEK* SCOTT (Hoy) CREEK* SERPENTINE RIVER
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2-8
SEYMOUR RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES SHOVELNOSE CREEK* SILVERHOPE (Silver) CREEK*
2-8 2-6 2-2
SILVER (Silverhope) LAKE SKAGIT RIVER *
2-2 2-2
SOUTH ALOUETTE RIVER SQUAMISH POWERHOUSE CHANNEL SQUAMISH RIVER SQUAMISH RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES
2-8 2-6 2-6 2-6
STATLU CREEK* STAVE RIVER STAWAMUS RIVER STRAWBERRY SLOUGH SUMAS RIVER SUMALLO RIVER* (includes Cedar Lake, at Sunshine Valley) SWELTZER CREEK * TAILLEFER CREEK TAMIHI CREEK
2-19 2-8 2-9 2-8 2-4 2-2
TROUT LAKE (Sasquatch Park)
2-18 2-5
No Fishing Upstream of signs at Spur 7 (1.5 km Downstream of Seymour Dam) No Fishing between signs 200 m Upstream of and 130 m Downstream of pipeline bridge (near Greater Vancouver Water District gate) Trout/char release (including steelhead) Fly fishing only, and bait ban from Spur 4 bridge to signs at Spur 7 No Fishing No Fishing No fishing Upstream of Silver Lake, Oct 1-July 31 No Fishing from Silver Lake to the bailey bridge situated 8 km Upstream of Hwy #1 Upstream of Silver Lake, fly fishing only and bait ban, Aug 1-Sept 30 Bait ban Downstream of bailey bridge situated 8km Upstream of Hwy #1 Release all fish; bait ban, single barbless hook No fishing Nov 1-June 30 Release all fish; bait ban Note: boundary between Skagit River and Ross Lake is marked by signs See Alouette River Bait ban; Squamish River tributary located upstream of Ashlu Creek Bait ban; release all steelhead* All tributaries No Fishing EXCEPT: Ashlu Creek, Cheakamus, Elaho and Mamquam Rivers, and the Squamish Powerhouse Channel No Fishing No fishing in the Ruskin spawning channel, from the inlet near the dam downstream to the boat ramp crossing Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30 Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h) Hatchery steelhead quota = 1 No fishing Nov 1-June 30 Bait ban No Fishing No fishing May 1-June 30 No Fishing Downstream of the falls 200 m upstream of Chilliwack River No fishing Upstream of the falls 200 m upstream of Chilliwack River, May 1-June 30 No powered boats Electric motors only
2-8 2-4 2-8 2-3
No Fishing See Chilliwack River No Fishing Trout daily quota = 4 (one over 40 cm)
2-3
No Fishing
WAUGH (WORM) LAKE
2-5
Electric motors only
WEAVER LAKE AND CREEK*
2-19
WEST LAKE
2-16 2-8
No Fishing from signs at log booms on Weaver Lake to Sakwi Creek Trout daily quota = 4 (one over 40 cm) Speed restriction (12 km/h) No powered boats
2-8 2-8 2-19 2-19
No powered boats Speed restriction (5 km/h) No powered boats No powered boats
TROUT LAKE (Sechelt) TWIN LAKES * VEDDER RIVER WAGG CREEK WAHLEACH (Jones”) LAKE WAHLEACH (Jones”) LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES
WHONNOCK LAKE WIDGEON CREEK WIDGEON SLOUGH WOLF LAKE WOOD LAKE
2-3 2-11 2-3
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PHONE
Store/Tackle
WEBSITE
ACE HIGH RESORT
info@acehighresort.com
(250) 456-7518
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BARNEY'S LAKESIDE RESORT
markchipman61@hotmail.com
(250) 481-1100
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BIG CREEK LODGE
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(250) 394-4831
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CARIBOO BONANZA RESORT
bonanza@bcinternet.net
(250) 395-3766
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CARIBOO COUNTRY INN & RANCH
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(250) 620-3434
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CHILCOTIN HOLIDAYS
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(250) 238-2274
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COTTONWOOD BAY RESORT
info@cottonwood-bay-resort.com
(250) 593-2345
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CROOKED LAKE RESORT
info@crookedlakeresort.ca
(250) 404-0201
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EAGAN LAKE RESORT
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(250) 593-4343
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EAGLE ISLAND RESORT
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LAKES DISTRICT AIR AND FISHING
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MOBERLY LAKE RESORT & MARINA
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NADINA LAKE LODGE
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(250) 695-6788
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(604) 794-5976
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(604) 763-5460
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(250) 378-2616
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sts@guidebc.com
(604) 671-3474
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(877) 949-7939
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BROWN’S BAY RESORT
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(250) 286-3135
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f the start of this year is any indication on how the fishing will be in our local waters we’re in for a great season! The “Winter Chinook” fishing is the best it been in years. Many fisherman are reporting good early season catches. Winter Chinook salmon will hold in our area providing there’s some bait (usually Herring) for their hearty appetite. I have caught these salmon from December well into and past April. “Out Front” of French Creek Harbour on the humps and Ballenas Islands are good areas to try for early season Chinook salmon. In May and June we can have great fishing as migratory Chinook salmon pass through our waters heading for their native rivers, such as the Columbia River Chinook run. Sangster Island and Young Pt. can be productive areas for migrating salmon. July can be a transition time, however last year we had Coho and Chinook salmon remain in our area through the summer, and with Pink salmon being an odd year predominant run the fishing should remain steady. In August our resident Chinooks start to make their way home for some final feeding in preparation to head up both the Little Qualicum and Big Qualicum Rivers. When these Chinooks start to stack up near the end of the month its quite a spectacular fishery for trollers and jiggers alike. We have our local French Creek Salmon Derby slated for August 14-16, 2015. This is a fun event for all ages, with lots of great prizes. All the proceeds from the derby go to the Marion Baker Fish Hatchery ( Coho enhancement) on French Creek. You round out September with some great late season Chinook fishing, the Coho also start to stack up along the beach as well. Not to be over looked is the steady bottomfishing for Lingcod, and Rockcod open from May 1-September 30. Crabbing and Prawning is also productive in our area. by Darrell Jobb, Western Star Charters
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2014 Lower Mainland Fish Stocking Report Waterbody Name
Species
ALICE ALOUETTE ALPHA BLACKWATER BROHM BROWNING BUNTZEN CAPILANO RIVER CHAPMAN CR CHEHALIS RIVER CHEHALIS RIVER COMO CROWSTON DEER (HARRISON) DEER (BURNABY) EDITH ELBOW FRANCIS FRASER RIVER GRACE GREEN TIMBERS GUICHON CR HARRISON RIVER
RB RB RB RB RB RB RB ST ST ACT ST RB CT RB RB RB RB RB ACT RB RB ACT ACT
Released
500 1,177 500 2,000 250 4,000 8,200 25,752 3,830 3,000 56,047 5,600 189 1,000 1,600 1,000 400 500 39,193 500 6,900 200 6,674
Waterbody Name
Species
HICKS HOTEL IVEY LAFARGE LITTLE CAMPBELL R LITTLE CAMPBELL R LOGGERS LOOKOUT LOST MIKE MILL MOSQUITO NITA RICE ROLLEY SANCTUARY POND SASAMAT SCHKAM SEYMOUR R SOUTH ALOUETTE RIVER SOUTH ALOUETTE RIVER
RB CT RB RB ACT ST RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB RB ST ACT
Released
1,500 246 250 10,700 3,766 6,852 500 500 1,000 1,650 8,000 325 1,500 9,250 3,850 2,500 3,850 1,900 44,000 1,370
ST
28,967
Waterbody Name
Species
STACEY STAVE R STAVE R TROUT VEDDER - CHILLIWACK RIVER WAHLEACH WAUGH WEAVER WHONNOCK WOOD
RB ACT ST CT ST CT CT RB RB RB
Released
750 16,115 39,716 936 115,239 2,000 243 6,000 1,400 500
Stock Species Codes: ACT Anadromous Coastal Cutthroat Trout CT Coastal Cutthroat Trout RB Rainbow Trout ST Steelhead For more information on Fish Stocking in British Columbia, visit: www.GoFishBC.com
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