Vancouver Island · Management unit 1-6

PUNTLEDGE RIVER

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

No Fishing from fishing boundary signs located 50 m upstream of the BC Hydro generating station tailrace to signs located 75 m downstream of the Puntledge River hatchery fence (total distance approximately 500 m) No Fishing tributaries Fly fishing only upstream of the BC Hydro diversion dam (approximately 3.5 km downstream of Comox Lake), including tributaries No Fishing downstream of boundary signs located approximately 100 m downstream of the hatchery counting fence No Fishing from the upper hatchery weir (located 125 m downstream of the E&N Trestle) to boundary sign: located approximately 100 m downstream of the hatchery counting fence, Aug 15-Oct 15. Refer to page 6 for updated regulations related to non-tidal salmon

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