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

169 total
ALICE LAKE2-7
No powered boats Bull trout (char) catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
ALOUETTE LAKE2-8
No vessels in swimming areas, as buoyed and signed; speed restriction (8 km/h) at south end of lake, south of ...
ALOUETTE RIVER2-8
fence) of the Alouette River Management Society No Fishing upstream of 216th Street (including North Alouette ...
ALPHA LAKE2-9
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
ALTA LAKE2-9
Trout/char daily quota combined = 2, no trout over 40cm, no more than 1 char (none under 60 cm) Kokanee catch ...
KokaneeTrout & char (species not specified)
ANDERSON CREEK2-4
No Fishing
ANGUS CREEK2-5
No Fishing
ASHLU CREEK2-6
Bait ban
BEAR LAKE2-18
No powered boats
BEAR (Mahood) CREEK2-4
No Fishing upstream of 152nd Street (Johnson Road)
BIG SILVER CREEK2-18
No Fishing May 1-June 30
BIRKENHEAD LAKE2-11
Bull trout (char) catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
BIRKENHEAD RIVER2-11
Bait ban No Fishing from the upstream edge of 1st falls (situated approximately 1.5 km from the river’s mouth)...
BREM RIVER2-13
Artificial fly only upstream of 2nd set of falls (situated approximately 2.5 km upstream of Hillis Creek confl...
BROTHERS CREEK2-8
No Fishing
BROWNING LAKE2-8
No powered boats
BRUNETTE RIVER2-8
No Fishing upstream of Burnaby Lake or from Cariboo Dam to Salamander Creek; steelhead catch and release
Steelhead
BRUNETTE RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES2-8
No Fishing
BURNABY LAKE2-8
Single barbless hook; No powered boats
BURNABY LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES2-8
No Fishing No Fishing upstream of 12th Avenue No Fishing downstream of 12th Avenue Apr 1-June 30
CAMPBELL RIVER2-4
No Fishing between two white triangular fishing boundary signs downstream to pedestrian bridge at the foot of ...
CAPILANO RIVER2-8
Bait ban, Aug 1-Oct 31; steelhead catch and release
Steelhead
CAP SHEAF LAKES2-16
Single barbless hook No Fishing upstream of fishing boundary signs at footbridge situated approximately 100 m ...
CASE LAKE2-16
Single barbless hook
CEDAR LAKE2-2
See Sumallo River No Fishing May 1-June 30
CHAPMAN CREEK2-5
No Fishing from the falls to 100 m downstream (falls are located approximately 550 m upstream of the power lin...
CHEAKAMUS RIVER2-7
Bait ban
CHEAM LAKE2-3
No Fishing
CHEEKYE RIVER2-7
No Fishing (including Brohm Creek)
CHEHALIS LAKE2-19
No wild trout over 50 cm, 1 bull trout over 60 cm
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
CHEHALIS LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES2-19
No Fishing No Fishing from boundary signs at outlet of Chehalis Lake to main logging road bridge approximately...
CHEHALIS RIVER2-19
No Fishing downstream of the main logging road bridge situated approximately 2.4 km downstream of Chehalis Lak...
CHILLIWACK LAKE2-4
No wild trout over 50 cm, 1 bull trout over 60 cm No Fishing upstream from a line between two fishing boundary...
Rainbow troutCutthroat troutBull trout & Dolly Varden
CHILQUA SLOUGH2-8
Speed restriction (8 km/h)
COGBURN CREEK2-18
No Fishing May 1-June 30
COLVIN CREEK2-5
No Fishing No Fishing upstream of the northern entrance to the upper most railway tunnel, Nov 1-June 30 (see m...
COMO (Welcome) LAKE2-8
Trout/char daily quota = 2; single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
COQUIHALLA RIVER2-17
No Fishing at Othello Tunnels from the northern entrance to the upper most railway tunnel to the southern entr...
Steelhead
COQUITLAM RIVER2-8
Hatchery trout daily quota = 2 (20-30 cm only), from Lougheed Highway Bridge to Mary Hill Bypass Bridge, July ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
CORBOLD CREEK2-8
Bait ban
COUGAR CANYON CREEK2-4
No Fishing
CRANBERRY LAKE2-12
Single barbless hook; No powered boats No wild trout over 50 cm, 1 bull trout over 60 cm; no vessels on parts;...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
CULTUS LAKE2-3
Kokanee catch and release
Kokanee
DAVIS LAKE2-8
No powered boats
DEER LAKE (Burnaby)2-8
Trout/char daily quota = 2; single barbless hook; no powered boats
Trout & char (species not specified)
DEER LAKE (Sasquatch Park)2-18
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
DODD LAKE2-12
Wild trout/char daily quota = 2 (no wild trout over 40 cm); single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
EAGLE CREEK2-8
No Fishing
ELAHO RIVER2-6
Bait ban
ELGIN CREEK2-4
No Fishing
EMILY ("TURTLE") LAKE2-16
Single barbless hook “ERROCK” (“Squakum”) LAKE 2-8 Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp); official name: L...
FERGUS CREEK2-4
No Fishing
FLORENCE LAKE2-8
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
FOLEY LAKE2-3
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
FRANCIS LAKE2-19
No powered boats Dead fin fish may be used for bait only when fishing for sturgeon (see page 8 in the Provinci...
SteelheadWhite sturgeon
FROSST CREEK2-3
No Fishing Oct 15-Apr 15
GARDEN BAY LAKE2-5
Single barbless hook; Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
GOAT LAKE2-12
No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31
GRACE LAKE2-19
No powered boats No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
GREEN LAKE2-9
Kokanee, trout and char catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook; speed restriction on parts (10 km/h...
KokaneeTrout & char (species not specified)
GREEN TIMBERS LAKE2-4
Trout/char daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
HARRISON LAKE2-18
No wild trout over 50 cm, 1 bull trout over 60 cm; speed restriction (10 km/h) at south end, as buoyed and sig...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenWhite sturgeon
HASLAM LAKE2-12
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
HASTINGS CREEK2-8
No Fishing
HATZIC LAKE AND SLOUGH2-8
No Fishing for Sturgeon in Hatzic Lake; speed restriction on parts (8 and 50 km/h)
White sturgeon
HICKS LAKE2-18
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
HOPE SLOUGH2-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
HORSESHOE LAKE2-12
Wild trout/char daily quota = 2 (no wild trout over 40 cm); single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
HOTEL LAKE2-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
HYDE CREEK2-8
No Fishing
HYLAND CREEK2-4
No Fishing upstream of 152nd Street (Johnson Road)
INDIAN RIVER2-8
Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30 No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31; single barbless hook, Apr 1-Oct 31
INLAND LAKE2-12
No cutthroat trout 40 cm or more; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
Cutthroat trout
IRELAND LAKE2-12
Wild trout/char daily quota = 2 (no wild trout over 40 cm); single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
IVEY (Horseshoe) LAKE2-11
No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31; trout/char catch and release, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
JERRY SULINA PARK POND2-8
Single barbless hook “JONES” LAKE 2-3 See Wahleach Lake No Fishing May 1-June 30
KANAKA CREEK2-8
No Fishing from Cliff Park Falls to 112th Avenue No Fishing Dec 1-Feb 28
KAWKAWA LAKE2-17
Kokanee daily quota = 4 Wild trout/char daily quota = 2 (no wild trout 40 cm or more), hatchery rainbow trout ...
Rainbow troutKokanee
KHARTOUM LAKE2-12
Rainbow trout/hatchery steelhead quota = 6 in the aggregate
Rainbow troutSteelhead
KLEIN LAKE2-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW ; wheelchair accessible 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis ...
KOKOMO LAKE2-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
LAFARGE (Pinetree Gravel Pit) LAKE2-8
Trout/char daily quota = 2; single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
LEVETTE LAKE2-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
LIGHTNING LAKE (Manning Park)2-1
No powered boats
LILLOOET LAKE2-10
No wild trout over 50 cm, 1 bull trout over 60 cm Because regional quotas and gear restrictions are different ...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
LITTLE CAMPBELL RIVER2-4
See Campbell River
LITTLE LILLOOET LAKE2-10
Trout/char catch and release; single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
LITTLE MUDDY CREEK2-1
No Fishing
LITTLE STAWAMUS CREEK2-8
No Fishing
LIUMCHEN CREEK2-3
No Fishing downstream of the lower falls Wild trout/char daily quota = 2 (no wild trout 40 cm or more), hatche...
Rainbow trout
LOIS LAKE2-12
Rainbow trout/hatchery steelhead quota = 6 in the aggregate Single barbless hook No Fishing Feb 1-June 15 LONZ...
Rainbow troutSteelhead
LOST LAKE (near Whistler)2-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
LUCILLE LAKE2-9
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing between fishing boundary signs situated approximately 200 m upstre...
LYNN CREEK2-8
Bait ban (mainstem only)
MACLEAN PONDS2-4
No Fishing
MAMQUAM RIVER2-7
Bait ban
MARSH POND2-4
No Fishing “MARSHALL” CREEK 2-4 See Lonzo Creek
MASHITER CREEK2-7
No Fishing
MCCARTNEY CREEK2-8
No Fishing
MCKAY CREEK2-8
No Fishing
MCLENNAN CREEK2-8
No Fishing
MIAMI CREEK2-19
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
MIKE LAKE2-8
No powered boats
MILL LAKE (Abbotsford)2-4
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bass daily quota = 4; single barbless hook; wheelchair accessible: paved path to d...
BassTrout & char (species not specified)
MINNEKHADA MARSH2-8
No Fishing
MIXAL (Bear) LAKE2-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
MORGAN LAKE2-8
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook Wild trout/char catch and release; hatchery trout...
Trout & char (species not specified)
MORRIS CREEK2-19
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
MORRIS LAKE2-19
Single barbless hook, bait ban
MOSQUITO CREEK2-8
No Fishing No Fishing; unnamed pothole lakes all located east of the power line and approximately 2 km east of...
NANTON LAKE2-12
Wild trout/char daily quota = 2 (no wild trout over 40 cm); single barbless hook Coquihalla River Othello Road...
Trout & char (species not specified)
NATHAN (Beaver) CREEK2-4
No Fishing downstream of 272nd Street (Jackman Road), Apr 1-June 30
NELSON CREEK2-8
No Fishing No Fishing upstream of 208th Street (Berry Road); No Fishing downstream of 208th Street, Apr 1-June...
NICOMEKL RIVER2-4
No Fishing downstream of 208th Street, from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31 No angling from ...
NICOMEN SLOUGH2-8
Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h)
NITA LAKE2-9
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
NOONS CREEK2-8
No Fishing upstream of railway bridge
NORRISH (Suicide) CREEK2-8
No Fishing May 1-June 30 No Fishing upstream of 216th Street (Fifth Ave), May 1-June 30
NORTH ALOUETTE RIVER2-8
No powered boats
NORTH LAKE2-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
PARTINGTON CREEK2-8
No Fishing “PAQ” LAKE 2-5 See Lily Lake
PHELIX CREEK2-11
No Fishing No wild trout over 50 cm, 1 bull trout over 60 cm
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
PITT LAKE2-8
Wild trout/char catch and release, single barbless hook north of fishing boundary signs (east and west shores)...
Trout & char (species not specified)
PITT RIVER2-8
No Fishing in the Lower Pitt River (CPR Bridge upstream to Pitt Lake) from one hour after sunset to one hour b...
POWELL LAKE2-12
No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31; no powered boats in One Mile Bay
PRIEST LAKE2-16
Single barbless hook
RAINY RIVER2-5
No Fishing May 1-June 30 Trout/char daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
RICE LAKE (North Vancouver)2-8
wheelchair accessible: excellent path system; see gate attendant for access
RODGERS CREEK2-8
No Fishing
ROLLEY LAKE2-8
No powered boats ROSS LAKE No Fishing Nov 1-June 30 (Boundary between Ross Lake and Skagit 2-2 Native char cat...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenBrook trout
RUBY CREEK2-5
No Fishing from Ruby Lake to fishing boundary signs approximately 100 m downstream No Fishing in the outlet ba...
RUBY LAKE2-5
Wild cutthroat trout daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more); single barbless hook No Fishing easterly of a line ...
Cutthroat trout
SAKINAW LAKE2-5
No Fishing in “Bear Bay”, easterly of a line drawn from a boundary sign located at 49o 40.05’N and 124o 02.13’...
Kokanee
SALMON RIVER2-4
No Fishing downstream of 232nd Street (Livingstone Road) Apr 1-June 30
SARDIS PARK POND2-4
Single barbless hook; Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4)
SASAMAT LAKE2-8
No powered boats, May 1-Sept 30; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW, Oct 1-Apr 30 Trout/char daily quota = 2; ba...
Trout & char (species not specified)
SAYRES (Cedar) LAKE2-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
SCHKAM (Lake of the Woods) LAKE2-18
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
SCOTIA CREEK2-11
No Fishing
SCOTT (Hoy) CREEK2-8
No Fishing No Fishing upstream of 168th Street at Bothwell Park No Fishing downstream of 168th Street at Bothw...
SERPENTINE RIVER2-4
No Fishing downstream of 168th Street at Bothwell Park from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31 ...
SEYMOUR RIVER2-8
No Fishing downstream of Seymour Lake
SHOVELNOSE CREEK2-6
No Fishing
SILVERHOPE (Silver) CREEK2-2
No Fishing from Silver Lake down to the Bailey Bridge situated approximately 8 km upstream of Hwy 1 Bait ban d...
KokaneeTrout & char (species not specified)
SILVER (Silverhope) LAKE2-2
No Fishing Dec 1-Apr 30; kokanee, trout and char catch and release, bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing ...
KokaneeTrout & char (species not specified)
SOUTH ALOUETTE RIVER2-8
See Alouette River
SQUAMISH POWERHOUSE CHANNEL2-6
Bait ban; Squamish River tributary located upstream of Ashlu Creek 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations...
SQUAMISH RIVER2-6
Bait ban
SQUAMISH RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES2-6
No Fishing tributaries EXCEPT: Ashlu Creek, Cheakamus, Elaho and Mamquam Rivers, and the Squamish Powerhouse C...
STATLU CREEK2-19
No Fishing No Fishing in the Ruskin spawning channel, from the inlet near the dam downstream to the boat ramp ...
STAVE RIVER2-8
No Fishing in the Northrop Spawning Channel, from the intake downstream to where the channel joins the Stave R...
STAWAMUS RIVER2-9
Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30
STILL CREEK2-8
No Fishing
STRAWBERRY SLOUGH2-8
Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h) SUMALLO RIVER No Fishing Nov 1-June 30 (includes “Cedar” Lake, at Sunshin...
SWELTZER CREEK2-3
No Fishing
TAILLEFER CREEK2-11
No Fishing May 1-June 30 No Fishing downstream of the falls situated approximately 200 m upstream of Chilliwac...
TAMIHI CREEK2-3
No Fishing upstream of the falls situated approximately 200 m upstream of Chilliwack River, May 1-June 30
TROUT LAKE (Sasquatch Park)2-18
No powered boats
TROUT LAKE (Sechelt)2-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
TWIN LAKES2-8
No Fishing
VEDDER RIVER2-4
See Chilliwack River
WAGG CREEK2-8
No Fishing WAHLEACH (“Jones”) LAKE 2-3 Trout daily quota = 4 (one over 40 cm) WAHLEACH (“Jones”) LAKE’S 2-3 No...
Trout & char (species not specified)
WAUGH (Worm) LAKE2-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW WEAVER LAKE No Fishing from fishing boundary signs at log booms on Weaver La...
WEST LAKE2-16
Speed restriction (12 km/h)
WHONNOCK LAKE2-8
No powered boats
WIDGEON CREEK2-8
No powered boats
WIDGEON SLOUGH2-8
Speed restriction (5 km/h)
WINDSOR LAKE2-12
Wild trout/char daily quota = 2 (no wild trout over 40 cm); single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
WOLF LAKE2-19
No powered boats NOTE: If a lake or stream is NOT listed here, then only the Provincial Regulations (pages 8-1...
White sturgeon

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