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

98 total
ALLEYNE LAKE8-6
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
ARLINGTON LAKES8-12
Yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perch
ASHNOLA RIVER8-3
Rainbow and cutthroat trout catch and release; exempt from spring closure
Cutthroat trout
ASP (China) CREEK8-5
Exempt from spring closure
BAIRD LAKE8-25
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
BESSETTE CREEK8-22
No Fishing July 30-Sept 15 BIGHORN RESERVOIR 8-11 Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW (Lakeview Irrigation Distri...
Trout & char (species not specified)
BURNELL (Sawmill) LAKE8-1
Artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! No Ice Fishin...
Trout & char (species not specified)
CHAIN LAKE8-6
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! No Ice Fishing
CHAPMAN LAKE8-8
Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
CHRISTINA CREEK8-15
Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20 No Fishing north of a line between Bald and Knob Points, M...
Yellow perchBass
CHRISTINA LAKE8-15
Rainbow trout daily quota = 2, bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20
Rainbow troutYellow perchBass
CHUTE LAKE8-9
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
CLIFFORD (Cliff) LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
CONKLE LAKE8-12
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
DOBBIN LAKE8-11
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
DRY LAKE8-5
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) No Ice Fishing Trout/char daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
EASTMERE LAKE8-8
Bait ban Motorized vehicle closure. Walk-in access only. See sign at trailhead.
EHOLT CREEK8-14
Exempt from spring closure
ELLISON LAKE8-8
Yellow perch daily quota = 20 FIVE O’CLOCK LAKE No Ice Fishing 8-14 (approx. 800 m southeast of Cup Lake) Trou...
Yellow perchTrout & char (species not specified)
ENEAS CREEK8-8
Exempt from spring closure
FRAZER LAKE8-9
Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perchBass
FRIDAY LAKE8-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
GALLAGHER LAKE8-1
Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20 Trout/char daily quota = 2
Yellow perchBassTrout & char (species not specified)
GARDOM LAKE8-26
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! No Fishing
GARNET LAKE8-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW; WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration!
GOOSE LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing July 30-Sept 15 from 12 pm to midnight
GRANBY RIVER8-15
Upstream of Burrell Creek: exempt from spring closure; bait ban Apr 1-Oct 31; trout/char daily quota = 1 Downs...
Rainbow trout
GRANBY RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES8-15
Bait ban
HALL ROAD (Mission) POND8-10
Trout daily quota = 1; Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water May 1-Jun 15 (see page 4)
Trout & char (species not specified)
HARVEY HALL LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
HAYNES LAKE8-10
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp); this lake is part of McCulloch Reservoir HEADWATER LAKE #1 8-8 Engi...
HIDDEN LAKE8-25
No towing
HYDRAULIC LAKE8-10
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp); this lake is part of McCulloch Reservoir No Ice Fishing
IDLEBACK LAKE8-12
Trout daily quota = 1; bait ban, single barbless hook; electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
Trout & char (species not specified)
ISLAHT (Horseshoe) LAKE8-11
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
JACKPINE LAKE8-11
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW TABLE LEGEND: Includes tributaries Stocked Lake, see page 4 Youth/Disabled Ac...
JEWEL CREEK8-14
No Fishing from Jewel Lake downstream approximately 1.5 km to fishing boundary signs Brook trout daily quota =...
Brook trout
JEWEL LAKE8-14
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) and speed restriction (8 km/h)
JOHNNY LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW Kokanee daily quota = 5, Yellow perch daily quota = 20
KokaneeYellow perch
KALAMALKA LAKE8-22
Speed restrictions or no vessels (as buoyed and signed), various locations
KENTUCKY LAKE8-6
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) Exempt from spring closure 8-14 KETTLE RIVER No Fishing July 25-Sept...
Rainbow trout
KETTLE RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES8-14
Rainbow trout catch and release; bait ban No Ice Fishing Trout/char catch and release; artificial fly only, ba...
Rainbow trout
KIDD LAKE8-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration! No Ice Fishing
KUMP (Lost) LAKE8-5
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban Yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perchTrout & char (species not specified)
LAMBLY (Bear) LAKE8-11
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Ice Fishing LARRY LAKE Trout/char catch and release (unnamed lake located ...
Lake trout
LINK LAKE8-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
LITTLE PINAUS LAKE8-21
Yellow perch daily quota = 20 No Ice Fishing
Yellow perch
LOCH DRINKIE8-11
Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban No Ice Fishing
Trout & char (species not specified)
LOON LAKE8-10
Trout/char catch and release; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Trout & char (species not specified)
LOST LAKE8-10
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing south of a line between fishing boundary signs on the lakeshore ap...
MABEL LAKE8-24
Bull trout (Dolly Varden) daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm) Single barbless hook See Shuswap Lake in Region 3
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
MARA LAKE8-26
No powered boats south of the CPR bridge Trout daily quota = 2
Trout & char (species not specified)
MARTIN LAKE8-6
WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration!
MCCULLOCH RESERVOIR8-10
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
MCRAE CREEK8-15
No Fishing downstream of falls situated approximately 4 km upstream of Christina Lake
MEADOW LAKE8-10
No Ice Fishing; trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
MINNOW LAKE8-10
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp); this lake is part of McCulloch Reservoir
MISSION CREEK8-10
No Fishing from falls at Gallagher Canyon to Okanagan Lake Rainbow trout daily quota = 2 (only one over 50 cm)...
Rainbow troutYellow perchBass
OKANAGAN LAKE8-10
Speed restrictions or no vessels (as buoyed and signed), various locations No Fishing July 30-Sept 15 No Fishi...
Yellow perchBass
OKANAGAN RIVER8-1
about 1 km upstream of Osoyoos Lake) Rainbow trout catch and release; no powered boats No Fishing July 30-Sept...
Rainbow trout
OKANAGAN RIVER OXBOWS8-1
These isolated oxbows adjacent to Okanagan River downstream of the McIntyre Dam and upstream of Vaseux Lake ar...
KokaneeYellow perchBass
OSOYOOS LAKE8-1
Barbless hook July 1-Oct 31 Speed restriction on parts, no vessels (see definition on page 4) in 5 signed swim...
OSPREY LAKE8-6
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp)
PEACHLAND CREEK8-8
No Fishing from Hardy Falls to Okanagan Lake PINAUS LAKE Yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perch
POWERS CREEK8-11
No Fishing downstream of Hwy 97 bridge to Okanagan Lake
RICKEY LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
ROBERTSON LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
ROSEMOND LAKE8-26
No powered boats south of the CPR Bridge ROSE VALLEY RESERVOIR 8-11 Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW (Lakeview...
SANDNER CREEK8-15
No Fishing 70 2025-2027 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis
SATURDAY LAKE8-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
SAWMILL LAKE8-1
See Burnell Lake
SHANNON LAKE8-11
Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20 SHANNON LAKE (netted off portion on the south end 8-11 Tro...
Yellow perchBassTrout & char (species not specified)
SHORTS CREEK8-11
No Fishing from Westside Road Bridge to Okanagan Lake No Fishing from Mara Lake upstream to Mara Bridge No Fis...
SHUSWAP RIVER8-26
Rainbow trout/char catch and release; exempt from spring closure from Mara Bridge upstream to Sugar Lake Upstr...
Rainbow trout
SILVER LAKE8-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW No Fishing July 30-Sept 15
SIMILKAMEEN RIVER8-2
Rainbow and cutthroat trout catch and release Bait ban, Apr 1-Oct 31; exempt from spring closure
Cutthroat trout
SITKUM CREEK8-23
No Fishing Sept 1-Oct 15 Kokanee daily quota = 5 (none over 35 cm from July 10-Oct 31)
Kokanee
SKAHA LAKE8-9
Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20 Speed restrictions or no vessels (as buoyed and signed), v...
Yellow perchBass
SOUTH LAKE8-10
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban No Ice Fishing
Trout & char (species not specified)
SQUARE LAKE8-21
Trout/char daily quota = 2; bait ban
Trout & char (species not specified)
STONY LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
SUGAR LAKE8-23
Bull trout/Dolly Varden daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm); single barbless hook
Bull trout & Dolly Varden
SUNDAY LAKE8-6
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
SWAN LAKE8-26
Yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perch
TEE PEE LAKES8-6
See Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Lakes
THIRSK LAKE8-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
TOMMY LEE LAKE8-5
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
TREPANIER RIVER8-8
No Fishing from Hwy 97C to Okanagan Lake No Fishing from the trestle in Trout Creek Canyon to Okanagan Lake
Trout & char (species not specified)
TROUT CREEK8-8
Upstream of the trestle exempt from spring closure Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perchBass
TROUT LAKE8-8
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW Bass daily quota = 8, yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perchBass
TUC-EL-NUIT LAKE8-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW Rainbow and cutthroat trout catch and release
Cutthroat trout
TULAMEEN RIVER8-5
Bait ban Apr 1-Oct 31 Exempt from spring closure Yellow perch daily quota = 20
Yellow perch
TWIN LAKES8-1
Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW UNNAMED LAKES No Fishing (located immediately north and south 8-6 of Bluey La...
Yellow perchBass
WAP CREEK8-24
Exempt from spring closure upstream of Frog Falls No Fishing July 25-Sept 15
WEST KETTLE RIVER8-12
Rainbow trout catch and release; bait ban Apr 1-Oct 31 Exempt from spring closure No Fishing Jul 25-Sept 15
Rainbow trout
WEST KETTLE RIVER’S tributaries8-12
Rainbow trout catch and release; bait ban No Ice Fishing No Fishing for kokanee Sept 1-Mar 31
Rainbow troutKokanee
WOOD LAKE8-22
Kokanee daily quota = 3, Apr 1-Aug 31 Yellow perch daily quota = 20 Speed restriction (10 km/h) on parts Yello...
KokaneeYellow perch
YELLOW LAKE8-2
Engine power restriction - 7.5 kW (10 hp) WARNING! Dangerous thin ice due to aeration NOTE: If a lake or strea...

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