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

150 total
ABBOTT LAKE5-2
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
ABUNTLET LAKE5-12
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook “AGNUS” LAKE 5-6 Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single...
Trout & char (species not specified)
ALEXIS LAKE5-13
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing upstream of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park plus Tenas Lake, Apr 1-June...
Cutthroat troutSteelhead
AVALANCHE LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
BABY CHARLOTTE LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing upstream of Pinnacles Provincial Park, Apr 1-...
Trout & char (species not specified)
BAKER CREEK5-13
Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4) downstream of Pinnacles Provincial Park
BALLON LAKE5-2
No Ice Fishing; trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
BANANA LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
BASALT LAKE6-1
No Ice Fishing; trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook BEAR RIVER 6-18 No Fishing (Sustut Wat...
Trout & char (species not specified)
BEAVER CREEK chain of lakes5-2
Includes: Beaver, Chambers, Joan, McCauley, Opheim, and Roberts lakes, Lake George, and the unnamed lake known...
BEAVER LAKE5-2
No Fishing for bass
Bass
BELLA COOLA RIVER5-8
See Atnarko/Bella Coola Rivers BIG LAKE 5-2 Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook (approx. 10 ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
BIG LAKE (approx. 30 km west of Likely)5-2
Lake trout daily quota = 1, none over 50 cm; lake trout catch and release Oct 1-Nov 30 BISHOP (“Brown”) LAKE 5...
Lake trout
BLUE LAKE (near Alexandria)5-2
No Ice Fishing; Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
BLUE LAKE (Soda Creek area)5-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
BLUE LEAD CREEK5-15
No Fishing downstream of falls situated approximately 2 km from Quesnel Lake, Aug 15-Oct 31 “BLUFF” LAKE 5-2 N...
BOAR LAKE (Dog Creek drainage)5-2
No Ice Fishing; Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
BOOTJACK LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 8
Trout & char (species not specified)
BOWRON LAKE5-16
Trout/char daily and possession quotas = 2 BOWRON LAKE Trout/char daily and possession quotas = 1 (none under ...
Lake trout
BRIDGE LAKE5-2
Lake trout daily quota = 1 “BROWN” LAKE 5-13 See Bishop Lake
Lake trout
BUNTING LAKE5-2
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) Bait ban; No Fishing for steelhead BURNT BRIDGE CREEK CW 5-11 Class ...
Steelhead
CAMERON CREEK5-15
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban; artificial fly only No Fishing within the waters of the small bay at t...
Trout & char (species not specified)
CANIM LAKE (see map on page 42)5-1
on opposite shores of the bay, Sept 1-Sept 30
CANIM RIVER (also in M.U.3-46
) 5-15 Trout/char catch and release; bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
CARIBOO RIVER5-15
Bull trout catch and release
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
CHAMBERS LAKE5-2
No Fishing for bass No Fishing upstream of Chilko River, Apr 1-June 30 No Fishing downstream of Chilko River, ...
BassTrout & char (species not specified)
CHILCOTIN RIVER CW5-13
No hooks greater than 15 mm from point to shank, Oct 1-May 31; bait ban 5-14 No angling from powered boats Dow...
Rainbow troutSteelheadBull trout & Dolly Varden
CHILKO LAKE5-4
Bait ban, single barbless hook No powered boats on Big Lagoon (west side of lake) TABLE LEGEND: Includes tribu...
CHILKO LAKE’S tributary streams5-4
Dolly Varden (bull trout) catch and release No Fishing Nov 1-June 10 Trout/char catch and release; bait ban
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
CHILKO RIVER CW5-5
Fly fishing only upstream of Brittany Creek No angling from powered boats upstream of bridge at Henry’s Crossi...
Steelhead
CHIMNEY CREEK5-2
Open all year downstream of Brunson Lake
CHIPMUNK LAKE6-1
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
CHRISTOPHER LAKE (Canim Lake area)5-15
Trout daily quota = 2 No Fishing entire river, June 1-Aug 31; No Fishing between fishing boundary signs at Ten...
Trout & char (species not specified)
CHUCKWALLA RIVER CW5-7
Class II water Apr 1-May 31 and Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-May 31
Steelhead
COHEN LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
COOK LAKE (Solomon Lake area)5-2
No Ice Fishing; trout/char catch and release; artificial fly only, bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
CRAG CREEK5-9
No Fishing
CRAZY BEAR (Ginny) LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook “C...
Trout & char (species not specified)
CUTTHROAT LAKE5-11
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
DAVIDSON LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing upstream of Iltasyuko River, including upstre...
Trout & char (species not specified)
DEAN RIVER CW5-9
Fly fishing only from (a) Anahim Lake to Iltasyuko River, June 15- Mar 31, and (b) Crag Creek to fishing bound...
Steelhead
DECEPTION LAKE5-15
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook No Ice Fishing
Trout & char (species not specified)
DEWAR LAKE5-2
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! No Ice Fi...
Trout & char (species not specified)
DONNELY LAKE5-1
Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook, no powered boats
Trout & char (species not specified)
DORSEY LAKE5-2
No Ice Fishing; Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook No Fishing southeast of a line ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
DRAGON LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 1 LOWER PORTIONS OF THE DEAN RIVER Dea K n imsquit Lo C w L e A r S S S e c 1 t i - o n Sa...
Trout & char (species not specified)
EARLE LAKE5-1
No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
EAST KING LAKE5-1
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban; single barbless hook; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
Trout & char (species not specified)
EDMUND LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
ELK LAKE5-2
No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
FAULKNER LAKE5-1
Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
FAWN LAKE5-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
FISH LAKE (Taseko Lake area)5-4
Trout daily quota = 8 FISH LAKE (unnamed lake approx. 2 km 5-6 Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbles...
Trout & char (species not specified)
FLY LAKE5-2
No powered boats No Ice Fishing
FOREST LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); artificial fly only; bait ban; engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10...
Trout & char (species not specified)
FRASER RIVER5-2
No Fishing for sturgeon Sept 15-July 15 No Fishing for sturgeon in the Fraser River Watershed upstream of Will...
SteelheadWhite sturgeon
FRENCH LAKE5-1
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
FROG LAKE5-6
No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
GATCHO LAKE6-1
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook Bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
GOTCHEN LAKE5-15
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook “GRASSY” LAKE (unnamed lake approx. 1 Trout daily q...
Trout & char (species not specified)
GREEN LAKE5-1
No Fishing northeast of line between boundary signs on opposite shores of the bay at the mouth of Watch Creek,...
GREENLEE LAKE5-1
No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 ...
Trout & char (species not specified)
GREENY LAKE5-2
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) “GRIZZLY” LAKE (unnamed lake approx. No Ice Fishing 5-15 4.5 km upst...
Trout & char (species not specified)
HATHAWAY LAKE5-1
Lake trout catch and release
Lake trout
HAWKINS LAKE5-1
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
HIDDEN LAKE5-6
No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
HIGGINS LAKE5-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! “HIGH” LAKE (unnamed lake appro...
Trout & char (species not specified)
HOMATHKO RIVER5-5
No Fishing Apr 1-June 30 No Fishing Nov 1-May 31 HORSEFLY RIVER CW Trout/char catch and release; artificial fl...
Steelhead
HOWARD LAKE5-1
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) No Fishing Apr 1-June 30 HUNLEN CREEK 5-11 Bait ban (upstream of Hun...
HUSH LAKE5-15
No powered boats No Fishing Apr 1-June 15
ILTASYUKO RIVER5-10
Bait ban
IRISH LAKE5-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration!
JACK OF CLUBS LAKE5-2
WARNING: lake trout over 45 cm may contain elevated mercury levels. Limit your consumption.
Lake trout
JACKSON LAKE5-2
Artificial fly only, bait ban; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
JACOBIE LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 8
Trout & char (species not specified)
JOAN LAKE5-2
No Fishing for bass
Bass
JUNKER LAKE5-11
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
KATHERINE LAKE5-15
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
KENO LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 8 No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); bait ban, single barbless hook...
Trout & char (species not specified)
KIDNEY LAKE5-11
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook No Fishing June 1-Aug 31
Trout & char (species not specified)
KILBELLA RIVER CW5-7
Class II water, Apr 1-May 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-May 31
Steelhead
KLINAKLINI RIVER5-6
No Fishing Apr 1-June 30 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 45
LAKE GEORGE5-2
No Fishing for bass No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1
BassTrout & char (species not specified)
LEMON LAKE (in Gibbons Creek drainage)5-2
Bait ban, single barbless hook
LITTLE ALEXIS LAKE5-13
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW “LITTLE BISHOP” LAKE Trout daily quota = 2 5-13 (approx. 1.7 km northeast of ...
Lake trout
LITTLE CHARLOTTE LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
LITTLE HORSEFLY RIVER5-2
Trout/char catch and release; bait ban No Ice Fishing; trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook...
Trout & char (species not specified)
MAUD LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
MAYDOE LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
MCCAULEY LAKE5-2
No Fishing for bass
Bass
MCCLINCHY LAKE5-6
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
MCKINLEY CREEK5-2
Trout/char catch and release downstream of McKinley Lake; bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
MCNEIL LAKE5-15
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
MERIDIAN LAKE5-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
MIDDLE LAKE5-5
Trout/char daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
MITCHELL LAKE5-15
No Fishing within 100 m radius of the weir at the lake’s outlet No Fishing within 100 m radius of the weir at ...
MITCHELL RIVER5-15
No Fishing downstream of Cameron Creek (including Cameron Cr.), Oct 1-June 30 Trout/char catch and release, ba...
Trout & char (species not specified)
MOFFAT CREEK5-2
Trout/char catch and release and bait ban downstream of falls 8 km from Horsefly River
Trout & char (species not specified)
MOREHEAD LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 8
Trout & char (species not specified)
NAGLICO LAKE6-1
Bait ban, single barbless hook 52 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis
NEKITE RIVER CW5-7
Class II water Apr 1-May 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Apr 1-May 31
Steelhead
NIMPO LAKE5-12
Trout daily quota = 8 No Ice Fishing
Trout & char (species not specified)
NOLAN LAKE5-1
Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook, bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
ONE LAKE5-13
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW 108 MILE LAKE 5-2 Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
OPHEIM LAKE5-2
No Fishing for bass
Bass
OWEN LAKE5-14
Do NOT approach or disturb White Pelicans, an endangered species protected by law. See note on page 41 in this...
PADDY LAKE5-1
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
PATENAUDE LAKE5-2
No Ice Fishing; trout/char catch and release; bait ban; single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
PEACH LAKE5-2
Engine power restriction – 7.5 kW (10 hp)
PETTRY LAKE6-1
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
POLLEY LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 8
Trout & char (species not specified)
PREACHER LAKE (east of Bowers Lake)5-1
Trout daily quota = 2 No Fishing southwest of a line between fishing boundary signs on opposite shores of Hors...
Trout & char (species not specified)
QUESNEL LAKE5-15
Lake trout daily quota = 5 (any size); rainbow trout daily quota = 2 (none over 50 cm); bull trout catch and r...
Rainbow troutBull trout & Dolly VardenLake trout
QUESNEL RIVER5-2
Trout/char catch and release from the boundary signs approximately 1.8 km east of the Likely Bridge downstream...
Trout & char (species not specified)
RAVEN LAKE5-14
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
REDFERN LAKE5-15
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
RIMROCK LAKE5-2
Trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm)
Trout & char (species not specified)
ROBERT LAKE5-2
No Fishing for bass No Fishing for bass “RYE” LAKE 5-2 Unnamed lake approximately 1.6 km downstream of Joan La...
BassTrout & char (species not specified)
SARDINE LAKE5-2
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
SECRET LAKE5-6
No Ice Fishing; trout daily quota = 1; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
SEPA LAKE5-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Ice Fishing
SIMON LAKE5-2
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban; single barbless hook; WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! 46 2025-20...
Trout & char (species not specified)
SKULOW LAKE5-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban...
Trout & char (species not specified)
SNEEZIE LAKE (near Timothy Lake)5-2
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
SQUARE LAKE5-6
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
SQUIRREL LAKE6-1
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
STEWART LAKE5-6
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
STUM LAKE5-13
No Fishing Mar 1-Aug 31
SULPHUROUS LAKE5-1
Lake trout daily quota = 1, none over 50 cm; lake trout catch and release Oct 1-Nov 30 Trout/char daily quota ...
Lake trout
TAKIA RIVER5-10
No Fishing
TANYA LAKE’S TRIBUTARIES5-10
No Fishing
TENAS LAKE5-11
No Fishing Apr 1-June 30 No Fishing Nov 1-June 14 TEEPEE LAKE 5-13 Trout daily quota = 1 (none under 30 cm) (a...
Trout & char (species not specified)
TILGATGO LAKE5-12
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
TOMS LAKE6-1
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
TSUNIAH LAKE5-4
Bait ban, single barbless hook
TURNER LAKE5-11
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
TWO LAKE5-13
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
TYEE LAKE5-2
Kokanee daily quota = 5 No Ice Fishing Trout daily quota = 2
KokaneeTrout & char (species not specified)
VALENTINE LAKE5-2
Artificial fly only, bait ban Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
VISTA LAKE5-11
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
WATCH CREEK5-1
No Fishing Mar 1-May 31
WATCH LAKE5-1
Speed restriction (8 km/h)
WENTWORTH LAKES5-13
Trout daily quota = 2 Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
WEST KING LAKE5-1
Bait ban, single barbless hook Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) No Fishing in mainstem (only) Nov 1-J...
Steelhead
WHALE LAKE (Canim Lake area)5-15
Bait ban, single barbless hook No Ice Fishing “WHALE” LAKE (Gustafsen Lake area) 5-2 Trout daily quota = 1 (no...
Trout & char (species not specified)
WHITESTONE LAKE5-2
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW Trout/char daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
WIDGEON LAKE5-11
Bait ban, single barbless hook
WILLIAMS LAKE5-2
Speed restriction on parts (8 km/h)
WILLIAMS LAKE RIVER5-2
Open all year WOLF LAKE (situated approx. 2.3 km No Ice Fishing; trout/char catch and release 5-1 northeast of...
Steelhead
YOUNG CREEK (upstream of Hwy 20)5-11
Bait ban Downstream of Hwy 20: see Atnarko/Bella Coola Rivers NOTE: If a lake or stream is NOT listed here, th...

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