Vancouver Island · Management unit 1-7

SPROAT RIVER

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

Bait ban, May 1-Oct 31 No Fishing between fishing boundary signs 200 m upstream of and 500 m downstream of Stamp Falls, June 15-Nov 15 No Fishing from the confluence with Ash River upstream to the Great Central Lake dam, Jan 1-Apr 30

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