Vancouver Island · Management unit 1-4

NITINAT RIVER

You need a licence before you fishLakes, rivers & streams (trout, char, kokanee): get a BC freshwater fishing licence (Province of BC).

No Fishing between fishing boundary signs approximately 100 m upstream of and downstream of “Red Rock Pool,” approximately 2 km (by road) south of the Nitinat River Bridge, Aug 25-Dec 31 No Fishing between boundary signs approximately 50 m upstream of and downstream of the Nitinat River Bridge, Aug 25-Oct 15

Water-specific exception to Vancouver Island's regional default rules · view the full regional regulations PDF

This is the specific exception published for this water. Any rule not mentioned above (daily quotas for species not listed, gear, season) falls back to Vancouver Island's standard regional regulations. See the linked PDF. Always confirm before you fish; rules can change between synopsis editions.

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Built from Government of Canada (DFO / ECCC) and Province of BC public data. This is a plain-language summary, not the regulation itself. Always confirm at the linked source before you fish. Back to Arnold's Outpost