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Stamp River

DFO's current salmon fishing rules for Stamp River: species, season dates, and daily limits. Rules can change without notice, check current Fishery Notices.

You need a licence before you fishThe licence you need depends on the water, not the fish. In non-tidal fresh water (rivers and lakes above the tidal boundary), salmon go on the BC freshwater fishing licence (Province of BC) plus a Salmon Conservation Stamp. The BC Tidal Waters licence (DFO) is only for tidal waters. The rules on this page are DFO's either way.

Except in those areas and times listed below

Colonial River - see Cayeghle River

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
ChinookAug 25 to Dec 312 per day, 1 of which may be more than 77 cm. in length
CohoAug 25 to Sep 182 per day, hatchery marked only FN0504
CohoSep 19 to Dec 312 per day, 1 of which can be unmarked FN1013

From approximately 200 m upstream of the Stamp Falls fishway (50 downstream of site 17 in Stamp River Provincial Park) to 500 m downstream of the Stamp Falls fishway (225m downstream of the confluence of Deer Creek). Square boundary signs may be present to delineate these boundaries.

Colonial River - see Cayeghle River

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
AllJune 15 to Nov 15Finfish closure

From the confluence of the Ash River upstream to the Great Central Lake Dam, including tributaries

Colonial River - see Cayeghle River

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
AllJan 1 to Apr 30Finfish closure

From the inlet upstream of Roberston Creek Hatchery Lagoon downstream to the outlet of the Hatchery lagoon. Square boundary signs may be present to delineate these boundaries.

Colonial River - see Cayeghle River

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
AllAug 25 to Oct 31Finfish closure

From the powerline crossing downstream approximately 500m to the inlet of Roberston Creek Hatchery Lagoon. Square boundary signs may be present to delineate the downstream boundary.

Colonial River - see Cayeghle River

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
AllOct 1 to Oct 14Finfish closure

Stamp River downstream of “Girl Guide Falls” (approximately 275 m upstream of the mouth of Beaver Creek). Triangle sport fishing boundary signs may be present to delineate the upstream boundary.

Colonial River - see Cayeghle River

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
AllJun 1 to Aug 24Bait ban
This is a plain-language summary, not the regulation itself. Always confirm at the source link before you fish. Rules can change without notice, and daily/possession limits for all species of Pacific salmon combined also apply on top of any individual species limit shown here.

Get told when this changes

We check DFO every hour. When the rules for Stamp River change, or a Fishery Notice names it or closes Region 1, you get one email.

We email to confirm before anything else, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe. Alerts point at the live page; they are never the rule themselves.

Scraped Sep 21, 2026 from DFO's Vancouver Island freshwater salmon regulations page. All Vancouver Island waters · Search another water · Current Fishery Notices

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