Skeena · Management unit 6-15

KITEEN 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

Bait ban No Fishing on the west half of river between fishing boundary signs near Kitimat Hatchery outfall KITIMAT RIVER No Fishing in tributaries and upstream of Hwy 37 bridge, Mar 16-May 31 (Angling regulations for the Kitimat River Bait ban are currently under review. Please check 6-3 Hatchery rainbow trout (adipose clipped, <50 cm) daily quota = 5, no minimum size, all year the in-season regulation change website Hatchery steelhead (adipose clipped, >50 cm) daily quota = 2; province-wide hatchery steelhead annual quota = 10. When you have prior to fishing on the Kitimat River) caught and retained your daily steelhead quota from the Kitimat, you must stop fishing the Kitimat for the remainder of that day No powered boats MAP 1 FRANCIOFSR LAAKNE Ç- OOutIleSt oLf FAraKncEoi sM LaAkeP MAP 2 NILKITWA LAKE and section of the Babine RivNerI LkKnoITwKnW aAs “LRAaKinEb oMwA APlley” N ilkitkw a L a Franço S is ign 225 metres S Fr te a l n l b a ç r k o i o d is g R L e iv a e k r e Tsezak wa Creek k e "R S a B m i a n b in b e wo A ll o ey" I s k l e a h n o d R u iv e s r e Fort Babine Lake Sign B a b in Old e L Jetty a ke 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 51 Angling prohibited for non-guided non-resident aliens on Saturdays and Sundays, all year

Water-specific exception to Skeena'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 Skeena's standard regional regulations. See the linked PDF. Always confirm before you fish; rules can change between synopsis editions.