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195 waterbodies in Vancouver Island with a published water-specific exception to the region's default rules. Filter by name, or scan the whole list.

195 total
ADAM RIVER (except Eve River)1-10
Artificial fly only upstream of Eve River, to Hwy 19 bridge
AHNUHATI RIVER CW1-15
Class II water Apr 1-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-June 30
Steelhead
ALICE LAKE1-13
Bait ban, single barbless hook, no trout over 50 cm
Trout & char (species not specified)
AMOR DE COSMOS CREEK1-10
No Fishing from mouth to falls about 4 km upstream, Dec 1-May 31 Artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbles...
KokaneeTrout & char (species not specified)
AMOR LAKE1-10
Trout daily quota = 2 No Fishing from upper falls downstream 1 km to (Bear River) logging road bridge 3 km fro...
Trout & char (species not specified)
ANTLER LAKE1-9
No powered boats
ARTLISH RIVER1-12
No Fishing upstream of the boundary signs at the bridge crossing approximately 10 km from the mouth, Nov 1-Apr...
ASH RIVER1-7
No Fishing from Dickson Lake to signs 200 m downstream of Lanternman Falls, Dec 1-Apr 30 No Fishing from Dicks...
BAINBRIDGE LAKE1-7
No angling from boats; Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4)
BEAR LAKE1-4
See Cowichan Lake
BEAR RIVER1-10
See Amor de Cosmos Creek
BEAVER LAKE1-1
Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp), no towing on parts
Smallmouth bass
BENSON RIVER1-13
Fly fishing only “BIG QUALICUM” RIVER 1-6 See Qualicum River
BLACKBURN LAKE1-1
No powered boats
BLACK CREEK1-6
No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 15-Aug 31
BLACKWATER LAKE1-10
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
BONANZA LAKE1-11
Bait ban, single barbless hook, no trout over 50 cm
Trout & char (species not specified)
BOOT LAKE1-10
Bait ban, single barbless hook, trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
BRANNEN LAKE1-5
Speed restriction on parts (60 km/h)
BROWNS RIVER1-6
No Fishing
BUTTLE LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES1-9
Fly fishing only; except Thelwood Creek is closed all year (Lower) CAMPBELL LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES 1-6 No Fishing ...
CAMPBELL RIVER1-10
From John Hart Dam Power Station to power line crossing approximately 200 m upstream of Quinsam River confluen...
CARNATION CREEK1-3
No Fishing
CATHERINE CREEK1-10
No Fishing
CAYCUSE RIVER1-3
No Fishing July 15-Aug 31, fly fishing only upstream of and including Hatton Creek No Fishing downstream of Ba...
CHEMAINUS RIVER1-5
No Fishing from Copper Canyon Falls downstream 100 m to the fishing boundary signs
CHICADEE LAKE1-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
CLAUD ELLIOTT CREEK1-10
No Fishing
CLAUD ELLIOTT LAKE1-10
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
CLEAR LAKE (Quadra Island)1-15
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
CLUXEWE RIVER1-13
No Fishing upstream of the West Main logging road bridge (approximately 7.5 km upstream of the Hwy 19 bridge),...
COLQUITZ RIVER1-1
No Fishing 0 1 2 3 4 5 GR T E R E E N S D TL A E L A E T RD Oliver Cr an tS ley Cr ST C A R N EE L K EY G o C ...
COMOX LAKE1-6
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CONSORT CREEK1-10
NNoo FFiisshhiinngg from E&N to boundary signs located approximately 100 m downstream of the hatchery counting...
COPPER CREEK CW6-12
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COURTENAY RIVER1-6
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COUS CREEK1-7
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COWICHAN LAKE (including Bear Lake)1-4
SBpaeite bda rne, sMtraicyt i1o-Nn oovn 3p0arts (8 km/h), plus overall 10 km/h speed restriction within 60 m o...
CRAIGFLOWER CREEK1-1
No Fishing
CRANE LAKE1-10
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
CRESCENT LAKE1-10
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
CRUICKSHANK RIVER1-6
No Fishing
CUSHEON LAKE1-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
DATLAMEN CREEK CW6-13
Bait ban Nov 1-Apr 30; Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30
Steelhead
DAVIE RIVER1-11
No Fishing downstream of Schoen Lake, Dec 1-May 31 No Fishing upstream of Kay Creek
DEENA CREEK CW6-12
CNuot tbhoraotast ucpastctrhe aamnd o rfe cleoansfelu;e nce with White River; speed restriction (10 km/h) from...
Steelhead
DICKSON LAKE1-7
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
DIMPLE LAKE1-3
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
DIVER LAKE1-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; wheelchair accessible fishing platform located in Diver Lake Park
DONNER LAKE1-9
No powered boats
DOUGAN LAKE1-4
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
DURRANCE LAKE1-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
ECHO LAKE1-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4
Smallmouth bass
ELK LAKE1-1
Engine power restriction on parts - 7.5 kW (10 hp); no vessels on parts, no powered boats on parts, no towing ...
ENGLISHMAN RIVER1-5
No Fishing downstream of the lower falls in Englishman River Falls Provincial Park to the Top Bridge crossing ...
ESARY LAKE1-6
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing upstream of the fishing boundary signs (nea...
Trout & char (species not specified)
EVE RIVER1-10
the Hwy 19 bridge, Dec 1-May 31
FAIRY LAKE1-3
Trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10...
Trout & char (species not specified)
FAREWELL LAKE1-10
Trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50 cm); artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
FICKLE LAKE1-10
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
FORBUSH LAKE1-6
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook r Somenos R i v e Lake L a Q k u e amichan 1 18 DUNCAN TOW...
Trout & char (species not specified)
FRENCH CREEK1-5
No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 15-Aug 31
FULLER LAKE1-5
Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; wheelchair accessible fishing platform is l...
Smallmouth bass
GLEN LAKE1-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; fishing platform is located in Glen Lake Park
GOLD LAKE1-9
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing upstream of the Muchalat River (see river speci...
Trout & char (species not specified)
GOLD RIVER1-9
No Fishing between the cascade falls (located approximately 6.5 km upstream of Muchalat Inlet, UTM 709137E, 55...
GOLDSTREAM RIVER1-2
No Fishing No Fishing July 15-Aug 31
GORDON RIVER1-3
No Fishing upstream of Bugaboo Creek, Nov 1-Apr 30; artificial fly only upstream of Bugaboo Creek when open
GRACIE LAKE1-7
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
GRAHAM LAKE1-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing Jan 1-Apr 30, from the dam to fishing boundary signs approximately...
GREAT CENTRAL LAKE1-7
Single barbless hook, no wild rainbow trout over 50 cm
Rainbow trout
GREEN LAKE1-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
GREENSTONE CREEK1-10
No Fishing
GUNFLINT LAKE1-15
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Trout & char (species not specified)
HAGUE LAKE1-15
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
HAREWOOD (Extension) LAKE1-5
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
HARRIS CREEK1-3
No Fishing July 15-Aug 31, No Fishing upstream of and including Hemmingsen Creek,
HASLAM CREEK1-5
No Fishing
HAWARTH LAKE1-9
No Fishing
HEALY LAKE’S OUTLET STREAM1-5
No Fishing
HEALY (Panther) LAKE1-5
Trout catch and release; fly fishing only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
HEBER RIVER1-9
No Fishing
HEMMINGSEN CREEK1-3
No Fishing
HENRY LAKE1-5
Trout catch and release; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
HIGGENS LAKE1-10
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
HOLLAND LAKE1-5
No powered boats Bait ban Nov 1-Apr 30; cutthroat trout catch and release
Cutthroat trout
HONNA RIVER CW6-13
Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30
Steelhead
IDA LAKE1-11
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
ILLUSION LAKES1-6
No powered boats
JASPER LAKE1-10
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
JOHN HART LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES1-10
No Fishing Apr 15-July 15 (includes channel downstream of Ladore Dam)
JUNE LAKE1-7
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
KAKWEIKEN LAKE1-15
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
KAKWEIKEN RIVER CW1-15
Class II water Apr 1-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-June 30
Steelhead
KEMP LAKE1-2
No powered boats No Fishing downstream of lower fish counting fence near tidewater
KEOGH RIVER1-13
No Fishing in all parts, Dec 1-May 31
KINGCOME RIVER CW1-14
Class II water Apr 1-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-June 30 No Fishing from boundary signs in Kokish ...
Steelhead
KOKISH RIVER1-11
approximately 250 m downstream No Fishing between signs at the IPP tail race confluence downstream approximate...
KOKSILAH RIVER1-4
No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 1-Sept 30 LAKE WESTON (“Weston Lake”) 1-1 Trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50...
Smallmouth bassTrout & char (species not specified)
LANGFORD LAKE1-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; fishing platforms are available off Leigh Road and the Nixon Trail “LINK” RI...
LITTLE MAIN LAKE (Quadra Island)1-15
Bait ban and single barbless hook, Nov 1-Apr 30; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing July 15-Aug 31, N...
LITTLE QUALICUM RIVER1-6
The standard 100 m closure around a fish rearing facility has been reduced to a no fishing area from the hatch...
LIZARD LAKE1-3
electric motor only - max 7.5 kW TABLE LEGEND: Includes tributaries Stocked Lake, see page 4 CW Classified Wat...
LIZARD POND1-7
Trout daily quota = 1; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
LOIS LAKE1-4
Trout daily quota = 1; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
LONG LAKE (Nanaimo)1-5
Speed restriction on parts (60 km/h); wheelchair accessible fishing platform is located in Loudon Park
LOON LAKE1-7
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
MACKTUSH CREEK1-7
No Fishing
MAGGIE LAKE1-8
No wild rainbow trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Rainbow trout
MAHATTA RIVER1-13
No Fishing Nov 1-Apr 30 Bait ban and single barbless hook, Nov 1-Apr 30;
MAIN LAKE (Quadra Island)1-15
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30
Steelhead
MAMIN RIVER CW6-13
No Fishing upstream of fishing boundary signs on third bridge approximately 10 km upstream of the tidal bounda...
MAPLE LAKE1-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW MARBLE (“Link”) RIVER (only between 1-13 Fly fishing only Victoria and Alice ...
MARTHA LAKE1-10
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
MATHESON LAKE1-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW “MAXWELL LAKE” (Lake Maxwell) 1-1 Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
MAYO LAKE1-4
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water (see page 4)
MCKENZIE LAKE1-2
No powered boats
MCNAIR LAKE1-10
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
MEGIN LAKE1-8
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
MICHAEL LAKE1-5
No powered boats
MILLER CREEK1-6
No Fishing
MINE LAKE1-15
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
MISTY LAKE1-13
No Fishing (located in an Ecological Reserve)
MOHUN CREEK1-10
No Fishing Dec 1-May 31, No Fishing from Menzies Bay logging mainline bridge crossing to Morton Lake
MORTE LAKE1-15
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
MUCHALAT RIVER1-12
No Fishing Dec 1-May 15; no wild rainbow trout over 50 cm
Rainbow trout
MYRA LAKE1-10
No Fishing
NAHMINT LAKE1-7
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook; engine power restriction 7.5 kW (10 hp)
Trout & char (species not specified)
NAHMINT RIVER1-7
No Fishing Nahmint River (upstream and downstream of the lake), Nov 1-Apr 30; fly fishing only upstream of Nah...
NANAIMO RIVER1-5
No Fishing upstream of the Hwy 1 bridge, Dec 1-May 31 Artificial fly only upstream of the westernmost of the t...
NIMPKISH RIVER1-11
No Fishing upstream of Davie River, Dec 1-May 15
NITINAT LAKE1-3
Note: Nitinat Lake is tidal water; tidal regulations apply and a (federal) Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence ...
NITINAT RIVER1-4
No Fishing between fishing boundary signs approximately 100 m upstream of and downstream of “Red Rock Pool,” a...
NOLA LAKE1-9
No Fishing
O’CONNELL LAKE1-13
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
OYSTER RIVER1-6
Exempt from July 15-Aug 31 summer closure; No Fishing upstream of the confluence with Little Oyster River, Dec...
PALLANT CREEK CW6-12
Bait ban Nov 1-Apr 30; Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30
Steelhead
PANTHER LAKE1-5
See Healy Lake
PERRY LAKE1-12
Trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook “PETE’S POND” Unnamed lake at the 1-3 ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
PRIOR LAKE1-2
No powered boats
PROSPECT LAKE1-2
Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; speed restriction on parts (8 and 60 km/h)
Smallmouth bass
PROVOST DAM1-5
No powered boats Exempt from July 15-August 31 summer closure No Fishing downstream of the BC Hydro diversion ...
PUNTLEDGE RIVER1-6
No Fishing from fishing boundary signs located 50 m upstream of the BC Hydro generating station tailrace to si...
QUALICUM RIVER1-6
No Fishing tributaries Single barbless hook, no hooks greater than 15 mm from point to shank Exempt from July ...
Steelhead
QUATSE RIVER1-13
No Fishing upstream of the Quatse River fishway (approximately 1.4 km upstream of Dick Booth Creek), Dec 1-Jun...
QUENNELL LAKE1-5
Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; speed restriction on parts (8 km/h) No Fishing from the fishing boundary sign...
Smallmouth bass
QUINSAM RIVER1-6
No Fishing from the falls situated downstream of Middle Quinsam Lake to the fishing boundary signs at power li...
REGAN LAKE1-6
Trout release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
REGINALD LAKE1-6
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
ROBERTS LAKE1-10
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
ROGERS CREEK1-7
No Fishing Dec 1-Apr 30
ROSELLE LAKE1-11
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
ROSEN LAKE (READ ISLAND)1-15
No powered boats
ROWBOTHAM LAKE1-5
Trout catch and release; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
SALMON RIVER1-10
No powered boats upstream of confluence with White River; speed restriction (10 km/h) from estuary to confluen...
SAN JUAN RIVER1-3
No Fishing upstream of Fleet River, No Fishing July 15-Aug 31
SEYMOUR RIVER CW1-14
Class II water Aug 15-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp not required unless fishing for steelhead
Steelhead
SHAWNIGAN LAKE1-2
Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; Speed restrictions on parts (8 and 65 km/h) No Fishing between the tidal boun...
Smallmouth bass
SOMASS RIVER1-7
Bait ban, June 1-Aug 24 Engine power restriction 7.5 kW (10 hp) Fly fishing only downstream of Sooke River Fal...
SOOKE RIVER1-2
No Fishing July 15-Aug 31, No Fishing from the base of the lower “potholes” falls to signs approximately 100 m...
SPIDER LAKE1-6
Smallmouth bass daily quota = 4; no powered boats
Smallmouth bass
SPROAT LAKE1-7
Cutthroat trout catch and release, no wild rainbow trout over 50 cm; single barbless hook No Fishing from Spro...
Rainbow troutCutthroat trout
SPROAT RIVER1-7
Bait ban, May 1-Oct 31 No Fishing between fishing boundary signs 200 m upstream of and 500 m downstream of Sta...
STAMP RIVER1-7
Bait ban all year upstream of signs at “Girl Guide Falls” (approximately 250 m upstream of the mouth of Beaver...
STEWART LAKE1-10
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Trout & char (species not specified)
ST. MARY LAKE1-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing upstream of Kay Creek
ST. MARY LAKE1-11
STOCKING LAKE1-5
No powered boats “STOWELL LAKE” (Lake Stowell) 1-1 Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
STRAMBERG LAKE1-15
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Trout & char (species not specified)
STRATHCONA PARK WATERS1-9
No powered boats on any water within Strathcona Park except Gold, Upper Campbell and Buttle lakes
TADJISS LAKE1-4
Trout daily quota = 1; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
TAYLOR RIVER1-7
Fly fishing only
THELWOOD CREEK1-9
No Fishing
THETIS LAKE1-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW Bait ban Nov 1-Apr 30; Cutthroat trout catch and release
Cutthroat trout
TLELL RIVER CW6-13
Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30 Tidal waters regulations apply to waters ...
Steelhead
TLOOLS LAKE1-9
No Fishing
TLOWILS LAKE1-10
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW 18 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis
TOQUART LAKE1-8
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook Fly fishing only upstream of the Toquart mainline logging ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
TOQUART RIVER1-8
falls approximately 800 m downstream of Toquart Lake (including the Upper Toquart River) between Nov 1-May 31....
TOY LAKE1-7
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
TRENT RIVER1-6
No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 15-Aug 31
TSABLE LAKE1-6
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
TSABLE RIVER1-6
No Fishing Dec 1-May 31 and July 15-Aug 31
TSITIKA RIVER1-10
No Fishing upstream of Catherine Creek, Nov 1-Apr 30, fly fishing only downstream of Catherine Creek.
TSOLUM RIVER1-6
No Fishing UNNAMED LAKE “A” - MAP A (below) 1-10 Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook UNNAM...
Trout & char (species not specified)
VILLAGE BAY LAKE1-15
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
WAHPEETO CREEK1-14
No Fishing within 100 m downstream of the falls situated approximately 4.5 km upstream of Wakeman River
WAKEMAN RIVER CW1-14
Class II water Apr 1-Oct 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-June 30 “WESTON LAKE” 1-1 See Lake Weston Smallmo...
SteelheadSmallmouth bass
WESTWOOD LAKE1-5
wheelchair accessible fishing platform is located in Westwood Lake Park No Fishing between fishing boundary si...
WHITE RIVER1-10
No Fishing upstream of the Sayward Road Bridge crossing, Nov 1-Apr 30
WILLEMAR LAKE1-6
No trout over 50 cm; bait ban, single barbless hook Trout daily quota = 2; artificial fly only, bait ban, sing...
Trout & char (species not specified)
WOWO LAKE1-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing from Yakoun Lake downstream approximately 13 km to fishing boundar...
YAKOUN RIVER CW6-13
Cutthroat trout catch and release No powered boats Class II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec...
Cutthroat troutSteelhead
ZEBALLOS LAKE1-12
No Fishing
ZEBALLOS RIVER1-12
No Fishing Nov 1-Apr 30 NOTE: If a lake or stream is NOT listed here, then only the Provincial Regulations (pa...

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