Lower Mainland · Management unit 2-11

BIRKENHEAD RIVER

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

Bait ban No Fishing from the upstream edge of 1st falls (situated approximately 1.5 km from the river’s mouth) to a point 100 m downstream No Fishing upstream of 2nd set of falls (situated approximately 2.5 km upstream of Hillis Creek confluence) Nov 1-June 30

Water-specific exception to Lower Mainland'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 Lower Mainland'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