REGION 8 - Okanagan WATER-SPECIFIC REGULATIONS WATER BODY - MANAGEMENT UNIT ∑Includes Tributaries SITKUM CREEK 8-23 SKAHA LAKE 8-9 SOUTH LAKE SPUKUNNE LAKE
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8-6
SQUARE LAKE STONY LAKE SUGAR LAKE SUNDAY LAKE SWAN LAKE TEEPEE LAKES TOMMY LEE LAKE THIRSK LAKE TREPANIER RIVER TROUT CREEK
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8-21 8-5 8-23 8-6
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8-6 8-5 8-8 8-8 8-8
TROUT LAKE
8-8
TUGULNUIT LAKE TULAMEEN RIVER
8-1 8-5
TWIN LAKE
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8-1
UNNAMED LAKES (located immed. north and south of Bluey Lake) VASEUX LAKE (including two lagoons on the west side of Okanagan River upstream of McIntyre Dam) VINSON LAKE π
8-6
8-6
WAP CREEK
8-24
WEST KETTLE RIVER
8-12
WEST KETTLE RIVER’S tributaries WOOD LAKE
8-12 8-22
YELLOW LAKE
REGION 8
2019-2021 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis
8-10
80
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8-1
8-2
EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGIONAL REGULATIONS No Fishing Sept 1-Oct 15 Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20 Speed restrictions or “no vessels” (as buoyed and signed), various locations No Ice Fishing Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban No Ice Fishing; bait ban Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban Electric motors only Bull trout/Dolly Varden daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook Electric motors only Yellow perch daily quota = 20 See Friday, Saturday and Sunday Lakes Electric motors only Electric motors only No Fishing from Highway 97C to Okanagan Lake No Fishing from the trestle in Trout Creek Canyon to Okanagan Lake Upstream of the trestle exempt from Spring Closure Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20 Electric motors only Electric motors only Bait ban Apr 1-Oct 31 Exempt from Spring Closure Yellow perch daily quota = 20 Electric motors only No Fishing Known by Ministry of Forests designations as Lakes 711, 712, 713, 364 and 309 on Map 92H-088 No powered boats (Canadian Wildlife Service Regulation) Bass daily quota = 8, Yellow perch daily quota = 20 No Ice Fishing Trout/char release; bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing downstream of Frog Falls (excluding Wap Lake) Sept 1-June 30 Exempt from Spring Closure upstream of Frog Falls Rainbow trout release No Fishing July 25-Aug 25; bait ban Apr 1-Oct 31 Exempt from Spring Closure Bait Ban No Ice Fishing No Fishing for kokanee Sept 1-Mar 31 Kokanee daily quota = 5, Apr 1-Aug 31 Speed restriction (10 km/h) on parts Yellow perch daily quota = 20 Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration
NOTE: If a lake or stream is NOT listed here, then only the Provincial Regulations (pages 9-11) and the Regional Regulations (page 77) apply. New restrictions are highlighted in blue. Check for any in-season changes at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/.
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