Okanagan · Management unit 8-22

BESSETTE CREEK

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)

No Fishing July 30-Sept 15 BIGHORN RESERVOIR 8-11 Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW (Lakeview Irrigation District) No Fishing “BLUEY LAKE POTHOLES” 8-6 Includes all unnamed lakes within 2 km of Bluey Lake (except Bluey Lake itself and Kentucky Lake) No Ice Fishing Trout/char catch and release

Water-specific exception to Okanagan'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 Okanagan'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