Kootenay · Management unit 4-26

WHITETAIL 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)

Bait ban, single barbless hook No towing WHITETAIL LAKE’S INLET & OUTLET 4-26 No Fishing STREAMS WIGWAM RIVER CW Trout/char catch and release (downstream of the access road adjacent 4-2 Bait ban to km 42 on the Bighorn (Ram) Forest Service Road) Class II water when open, including tributaries WIGWAM RIVER CW No Fishing Sept 1-Oct 31 (upstream of the Forest Service 4-2 Trout/char catch and release; bait ban recreation site adjacent to km 42 on the Bighorn (Ram) Forest Service Road) Class II water when open, including tributaries

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