Kootenay · Management unit 4-19

DUNCAN RIVER

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

Rainbow troutBull trout & Dolly Varden

Rainbow trout daily quota = 5 (any size), bull trout daily quota = 2 (any size) No Fishing downstream of Duncan Dam to the confluence of the Duncan River and the Lardeau River Trout/char catch and release from Ben Able Creek to Columbia Lake and/or River Bait ban, June 15-Oct 31

Water-specific exception to Kootenay'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 Kootenay'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