Vancouver Island · Management unit 1-6

ESARY LAKE

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

Species called out here

Trout & char (species not specified)

Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing upstream of the fishing boundary signs (near the South Main Bridge crossing) located approximately 5.4 km downstream of

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.

Scraped Aug 6, 2026. Search another water

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