Cariboo · Management unit 5-2

FRASER 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

SteelheadWhite sturgeon

No Fishing for sturgeon Sept 15-July 15 No Fishing for sturgeon in the Fraser River Watershed upstream of Williams Lake River (sturgeon catch and release) No Fishing for steelhead from the confluence with the Chilcotin River downstream to the Region 5 boundary Jan 1-Dec 31

Water-specific exception to Cariboo'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 Cariboo'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