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

180 total
ABRUZZI CREEK CW4-23
Class II water when open, including tributaries
AKOLKOLEX RIVER4-33
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban “ALCES” LAKE 4-24 See Moose Lake ALEXANDER CREEK CW No Fishing Sept 1-...
Yellow perchBassTrout & char (species not specified)
ARROW PARK (Mosquito) CREEK4-32
No Fishing
ASHER CREEK4-30
No Fishing downstream of South Fork (approximately 5 km from Trout Lake), June 15-Oct 31
Trout & char (species not specified)
BAYNES LAKE4-22
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Yellow perchBass
BEAVER CREEK4-8
Brook trout daily quota = 8
Brook trout
BEAVER LAKE4-17
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
BEDNORSKI LAKE4-3
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perchBass
BIG FISH (Dunbar) LAKE4-34
Brook trout daily quota = 20; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
Brook trout
BIGHORN (Ram) CREEK CW4-2
A tributary of Wigwam River; see Wigwam River
BOTTS LAKE4-34
Brook trout daily quota = 20; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Brook trout
BOX LAKE4-15
Brook trout daily quota = 20; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Brook trout
BRIDAL LAKE4-7
No powered boats
BUGABOO CREEK4-34
Burbot catch and release Trout/char catch and release from Galbraith Creek to Van Creek, Aberfeldie Dam to Tie...
BurbotTrout & char (species not specified)
BULL RIVER CW4-22
Bait ban, June 15-Oct 31 Class II water when open, including tributaries
BURTON CREEK4-15
No Fishing from Woden Creek to Hwy 6 bridge, June 15-Oct 31 No Fishing Sept 1-Oct 31; trout/char catch and rel...
Trout & char (species not specified)
CADORNA CREEK CW4-23
Class II water when open, including tributaries - Elk River classified licence required for non-resident angle...
CAMERON SLOUGH4-21
See Lewis Slough
CARIBOU CREEK4-15
No Fishing from Rodd Creek to Hwy 6 bridge, June 15-Oct 31
CARIBOU LAKES4-32
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
CARTWRIGHT LAKE4-34
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
CEDAR LAKE (near Golden)4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
CERULEAN LAKE4-25
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
CHAMPION LAKE NO. 34-8
Open to fishing all year; no powered boats
CHAMPION LAKES NO. 1 & 24-8
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook; no powered boats
Trout & char (species not specified)
CHATTER CREEK4-36
No Fishing
CLELAND LAKE4-34
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) COAL CREEK Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4) ...
COFFEE CREEK4-18
No Fishing downstream of fishing boundary signs at falls approximately 10 km from Kootenay Lake Burbot catch a...
BurbotBass
COLUMBIA LAKE4-25
signed
COLUMBIA LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-25
No Fishing (except Dutch Creek) No Fishing from Revelstoke Dam downstream to Hwy 1 bridge in Revelstoke No Fis...
KokaneeWalleyeBassTrout & char (species not specified)
COLUMBIA RIVER4-26
From Keenleyside Dam downstream to the Washington state border and connected reaches: the Kootenay River (Colu...
Northern pikeBurbotBass
CONNOR LAKE4-23
No Fishing May 1-June 30
CONNOR LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-23
No Fishing Apr 1-June 30
COTTONWOOD LAKE4-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
CRAWFORD CREEK4-33
No Fishing June 15-Oct 31 Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited - applies to all ...
Yellow perchBass
CRAWFORD CREEK4-6
No Fishing
CUB LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
CULTUS CREEK4-7
No Fishing downstream of Laib Creek
DEER CREEK4-15
No Fishing
DOROTHY LAKE4-26
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4) Bass daily quota = 3 (only 1 over 40 cm), June 16-May...
Yellow perchBass
DUNCAN LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-27
Bull trout catch and release (includes Upper Duncan River and tributaries) Exempt from spring closure, exempt ...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
DUNCAN RIVER4-19
Rainbow trout daily quota = 5 (any size), bull trout daily quota = 2 (any size) No Fishing downstream of Dunca...
Rainbow troutBull trout & Dolly Varden
DUTCH CREEK4-26
Burbot catch and release EXEMPT from Columbia Lake’s tributaries closure
Burbot
EAST (Fork) WHITE RIVER4-24
No Fishing ECHOES LAKE 4-20 No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 in the aggregate from both lakes (none ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
EDWARDS LAKE4-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW Bait ban, June 15-Oct 31 Trout/char catch and release June 15-Oct 31: from Lo...
Trout & char (species not specified)
ELK RIVER CW4-2
All other parts: trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 30 cm), June 15-Oct 31 (upstream of Elko Dam) 4-23 Bul...
Cutthroat troutBull trout & Dolly Varden
ELK RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES CW4-2
(see exceptions) 4-23 EXCEPTIONS - SEE SEPARATE LISTINGS FOR: Abruzzi Cr., Alexander Cr. upstream of the easte...
ERIE LAKE4-8
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited Trout/char catch and release (mainstem only...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenYellow perchBass
FINDLAY CREEK4-26
15-Oct 31 See Lavington Creek, a tributary
FISHER MAIDEN LAKE4-26
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4) Bull trout catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
FLATHEAD RIVER4-1
Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 30 cm) and bait ban, June 15-Oct 31 No Fishing Sept 1-Oct 31
Trout & char (species not specified)
FLATHEAD RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES4-1
Bull trout catch and release Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 30 cm) and bait ban, June 15-Aug 31 FORDING RIV...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
FORSYTH CREEK CW4-23
For remainder, see Elk River’s tributaries Class II water when/where open, including tributaries
FRENCH SLOUGH4-7
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perchBass
GARBUTT LAKE4-22
See Norbury Lake 36 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis Trout/char catch and release (mainste...
Trout & char (species not specified)
GOAT RIVER4-6
Bait ban, June 15-Oct 31 (EXCEPT Kitchener Creek, see Kitchener Creek, a tributary)
GOLD CREEK4-3
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
GRAVE CREEK4-23
No Fishing
GRIZZLY LAKE4-25
No Fishing
HAHA LAKE4-3
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perchBass
HALFWAY RIVER4-31
No Fishing downstream of falls approximately 11 km from Arrow Lake
HALL LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing downstream of Angus Creek
HELLROARING CREEK CW4-20
Class II water when/where open, including tributaries - St. Mary River classified licence required for non-res...
HIAWATHA LAKE4-3
Yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perch
HILL CREEK4-31
No Fishing
HORSESHOE LAKE4-22
No powered boats IDLEWILD LAKE No Ice Fishing 4-3 (old Cranbrook Reservoir) Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water y...
ILLECILLEWAET RIVER4-33
No Fishing downstream of Albert Canyon
IRISHMAN CREEK4-5
No Fishing
JADE LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
JIM SMITH LAKE4-20
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited; no powered boats No Fishing upstream of Ki...
Yellow perchBass
JORDAN RIVER4-39
Upstream of Kirkup Creek: both bait ban and trout/char catch and release, June 15-Oct 31 No Fishing from Kirku...
Trout & char (species not specified)
JOSEPH CREEK4-3
This tributary of St. Mary River is not a Classified Water Bull trout daily quota = 2 (any size)
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
KASLO RIVER4-18
Bait ban
KEEN CREEK4-18
Bull trout daily quota = 2 (any size) KIKOMUN CREEK PARK Bass daily quota = unlimited 4-22 (all lakes in the p...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenBass
KINBASKET (McNaughton) LAKE4-36
No Fishing within 200 m of Bush-Sullivan Road Bridge in Bush Arm KINBASKET (McNaughton) Bull trout catch and r...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
KITCHENER (Meadow) CREEK4-6
EXEMPT from Apr 1-June 14 closure
KOCH CREEK4-16
A tributary of Slocan River. See Slocan River 4-2 Bull trout catch and release Nov 1-Mar 31; no bull trout und...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenBurbot
KOOCANUSA RESERVOIR4-3
4-22 See page 75 - Fluctuating Reservoir Levels KOOTENAY LAKE, ALL PARTS Burbot catch and release (Main Body, ...
Rainbow troutBull trout & Dolly VardenKokaneeBurbotYellow perchBass
KOOTENAY RIVER4-7
14 closure AND from Nov 1-Mar 31 trout/char catch and release (downstream of Idaho border) 4-8 Burbot catch an...
Northern pikeBurbotWalleyeBassTrout & char (species not specified)
KOOTENAY RIVER CW4-22
Burbot catch and release upstream of the Montana border (upstream of Koocanusa Reservoir) 4-24 Upstream of Koo...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenBurbot
KUSKANAX CREEK4-31
No Fishing downstream of falls 1 km upstream of Gardiner Creek 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Syn...
LAKE REVELSTOKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-38
Bull trout catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
LARCHWOOD LAKE4-20
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing downs...
Rainbow troutBull trout & Dolly Varden
LARIX LAKE4-25
No Fishing
LAVINGTON CREEK4-26
Brook trout daily quota = 20; cutthroat and bull trout catch and release; bait ban Jun 15-Oct 31
Cutthroat troutBull trout & Dolly VardenBrook trout
LAZY LAKE4-21
Speed restriction (8 km/h)
LEADQUEEN LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
LEMON CREEK4-17
No Fishing LEWIS (“Cameron”) SLOUGH 4-21 Bass daily quota = unlimited, yellow perch daily quota = unlimited; e...
Yellow perchBass
LILLIAN LAKE4-26
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
LINE CREEK4-23
No Fishing “LITTLE MITTEN” LAKE No Ice Fishing 4-34 (approx. 400 m west of Mitten Lake) Trout/char daily quota...
Trout & char (species not specified)
LITTLE SLOCAN LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-16
EXEMPT from Slocan River’s closure and Slocan River’s trout/char catch and release: bait ban, June 15-Oct 31
Trout & char (species not specified)
LITTLE SLOCAN RIVER4-16
A tributary of Slocan River. See Slocan River No Fishing Sept 1-Oct 31 LODGEPOLE CREEK CW Trout/char catch and...
Trout & char (species not specified)
LOMOND LAKE4-8
Yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perch
LOON LAKE4-2
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor ...
Yellow perchTrout & char (species not specified)
LOWER ARROW LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-14
Bull trout catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
LOWER ELK LAKE4-23
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook; no powered boats
Trout & char (species not specified)
LOWER HALGRAVE LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
LUND LAKE4-3
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited Trout/char catch and release downstream of ...
Yellow perchBassTrout & char (species not specified)
LUSSIER RIVER4-21
Trout/char daily quota = 2 (none under 30 cm) between Premier Lake Bridge crossing and Mutton Creek, June 15-O...
Trout & char (species not specified)
MACKENZIE CREEK4-21
No Fishing No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook “MCCL...
Trout & char (species not specified)
MCNAUGHTON LAKE4-36
See Kinbasket Lake MICHEL CREEK CW Class II water when open, including tributaries (upstream of the easternmo...
Trout & char (species not specified)
MIDGE CREEK4-7
No Fishing
MONROE LAKE4-5
Yellow perch daily quota = unlimited MOOSE (“Alces”) LAKE 4-24 Trout/char daily quota = 2; electric motor only...
Yellow perchTrout & char (species not specified)
MORRISSEY CREEK CW4-2
Trout/char catch and release and bait ban, June 15-Aug 31 Class II water when open, including all tributaries ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
MOSES CREEK4-39
No Fishing
MOYIE LAKE4-5
Burbot catch and release Feb 14-Feb 28; bull trout catch and release Irishman Creek (Moyie River tributary) cl...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenBurbot
MOYIE RIVER4-5
Bull trout and cutthroat trout catch and release
Cutthroat troutBull trout & Dolly Varden
MURPHY CREEK4-9
No Fishing
NAGLE CREEK4-39
No Fishing
NANCY GREENE (Sheep) LAKE4-9
No powered boats
NEW LAKE4-20
No Fishing - this lake has been closed to fishing due to illegal introduction of perch
Yellow perch
NINE BAY LAKE4-34
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
NORBURY (Garbutt) LAKE4-22
No powered boats 38 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis
NORBURY (Little Bull) CREEK4-22
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4)
NORNS (Pass) CREEK4-15
No Fishing downstream of falls approximately 2 km from Columbia River
NORTH (Fork) WHITE RIVER CW4-24
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban; Class II water when open, including tributaries
Trout & char (species not specified)
NORTH STAR LAKE4-22
Brook trout daily quota = 20
Brook trout
PECKHAMS LAKE4-22
No powered boats EXEMPT from single barbless hooks PEND D’OREILLE RIVER EXEMPT from the Apr 1-June 14 closure ...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenNorthern pikeYellow perchWalleyeBass
PERRY CREEK CW4-20
Cutthroat trout and bull trout catch and release; brook trout daily quota = 20 Class II water when/where open,...
Cutthroat troutBull trout & Dolly VardenBrook trout
PHILLIPPS LAKE4-23
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
PRATTLE CREEK4-36
No Fishing No Fishing south of fishing boundary signs on the lake shore, May 15-June 20
PREMIER LAKE4-21
Rainbow trout daily quota = 2, brook trout daily quota = 20 No towing, speed restriction (15 km/h), south half...
Rainbow troutBrook trout
PREMIER LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-21
No Fishing Trout/char catch and release; bait ban, June 15-Oct 31
Trout & char (species not specified)
QUINN CREEK CW4-22
Class II water when open, including all tributaries - Bull River classified licence required for non-resident ...
REVELSTOKE LAKE4-38
See Lake Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-38
See Lake Revelstoke’s tributaries
ROCK ISLAND LAKE4-25
No Fishing
ROSEBUD LAKE4-8
Trout/char daily quota = 2; no powered boats Much of this lake is private property, angling access requires pe...
BassTrout & char (species not specified)
SALMO RIVER4-8
Remainder of mainstem: rainbow trout daily quota = 1 (none under 30 cm), June 15-Oct 31, and bull trout catch ...
Rainbow troutBull trout & Dolly Varden
SALMO RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES4-8
Regional quotas apply, EXCEPT bull trout catch and release; bait ban
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
SAM’S FOLLY LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW SAND CREEK 4-22 Trout/char catch and release; bait ban, June 15-Oct 31 (downs...
Trout & char (species not specified)
SANDOWN CREEK4-20
No Fishing
SAUGUM LAKE4-21
Bass daily quota = unlimited
Bass
SCHROEDER CREEK4-18
No Fishing
SEVEN MILE RESERVOIR4-8
See Pend d’Oreille River
SEVEN MILE RESERVOIR’S TRIBUTARIES4-8
See Pend d’Oreille River’s tributaries
SILVERTON CREEK4-17
No Fishing No Fishing from a point on the creek closest to km 38 on the Skookumchuck Forest Service Road to Bu...
SKOOKUMCHUCK CREEK CW4-20
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban Class II water when/where open, including tributaries
Trout & char (species not specified)
SLEWISKIN (Macdonald) CREEK4-15
No Fishing
SLOCAN LAKE4-17
No bull trout under 60 cm
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
SLOCAN LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-17
Bull trout catch and release No Fishing July 15-Aug 31 from 12 pm to midnight (EXCEPT Koch Creek upstream of f...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
SLOCAN RIVER4-17
Bait ban (where open), June 15-Oct 31 Trout/char catch and release (EXCEPT Koch Creek upstream of falls and Li...
Trout & char (species not specified)
SNOW CREEK4-15
No Fishing downstream of Hail Creek
SNOWSHOE LAKE4-32
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW SOWERBY (“Grundy”) LAKE 4-21 No Ice Fishing; rainbow trout daily quota = 1 (n...
Rainbow trout
SPILLIMACHEEN RIVER4-34
Burbot catch and release Bass daily quota = unlimited “SPRING” LAKE 4-22 Unnamed lake approximately 1.5 km wes...
BurbotBass
STEAMBOAT LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 39
ST. LEON CREEK4-31
No Fishing downstream of barrier approximately 1 km upstream of the Hwy 23 bridge
ST. MARY LAKE4-20
Burbot and cutthroat trout catch and release Trout/char catch and release Trout/char daily quota = 1 (none und...
Cutthroat troutBurbot
ST. MARY RIVER CW4-20
Bait ban Class II water when open, including tributaries (except Joseph Creek) Sheep Creek to South Salmo Rive...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
SULLIVAN RIVER4-40
No Fishing Sept 1-Oct 31
SUMMER LAKE4-22
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
SUMMIT CREEK4-7
No Fishing, June 15-July 15; bull trout catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
SUMMIT LAKE4-17
Trout/char daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
SUZANNE LAKE4-22
Bass daily quota = unlimited
Bass
TIE LAKE4-22
Bass daily quota = unlimited; yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perchBass
TONKAWATLA (Tum Tum) CREEK4-32
No Fishing
TOPAZ LAKE4-34
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing northwest of a line between fishing boundary signs on opposite sho...
Trout & char (species not specified)
TROUT LAKE4-30
Feb 1-May 31
TROUT LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-30
Bull trout catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
TWIN LAKES4-34
Brook trout daily quota = 20; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW “The drawdown area”, that water known as either...
Bull trout & Dolly VardenBrook troutKokanee
UPPER ARROW LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES4-31
Bull trout catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
UPPER ELK LAKE4-23
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook; no powered boats
Trout & char (species not specified)
UPPER HALGRAVE LAKE4-34
Trout/char daily quota = 2; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Trout & char (species not specified)
VALENCIENNES RIVER4-36
No Fishing
WANETA RESERVOIR4-8
See Pend d’Oreille River
WANETA RESERVOIR’S TRIBUTARIES4-8
See Pend d’Oreille River’s tributaries
WASA LAKE4-21
Bass daily quota = unlimited, yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perchBass
WHATSHAN LAKE4-32
No bull trout under 60 cm
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
WHATSHAN RIVER4-32
No Fishing upstream of Whatshan Lake Upstream of and including North White River; trout/char catch and release...
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
WHITESWAN LAKE4-24
Single hook; no towing WHITESWAN LAKE’S INLET & OUTLET No Fishing EXCEPT the outlet stream downstream of the f...
Rainbow troutBrook trout
WHITETAIL LAKE4-26
Bait ban, single barbless hook No towing WHITETAIL LAKE’S INLET & OUTLET 4-26 No Fishing STREAMS WIGWAM RIVER ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
WILBUR LAKE4-34
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
WILKIE CREEK4-30
No Fishing
WILLIAMSON LAKE4-33
Yellow perch daily quota = unlimited
Yellow perch
WILSON CREEK4-17
No Fishing downstream of Burkitt Creek
WINDERMERE CREEK4-25
Burbot catch and release
Burbot
WINDERMERE LAKE4-25
Burbot catch and release; bass daily quota = unlimited
BurbotBass
WINLAW CREEK4-17
No Fishing
WOODBURY CREEK4-18
No Fishing downstream of falls at small hydro structure approximately 800 m upstream of Hwy 31 bridge NOTE: If...
WOOD RIVER4-40
No Fishing within Hamber Provincial Park, Sept 1-Nov 30

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