Lower Mainland · DFO freshwater salmon

Chilliwack/Vedder River (including Sumas River)

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from a line between 2 fishing boundary signs on either side of the Chilliwack River 100 m downstream from the confluence of the Chilliwack River and Slesse Creek downstream including that portion of the Sumas River from the Barrow Town Pump Station downstream to fishing boundary signs near the confluence with the Fraser River.

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
ChinookJuly 1 to Aug 311 per day
ChinookSep 1 to Dec 314 per day, only 2 over 62 cm
CohoJuly 1 to Aug 31Non-retention
CohoSep 1 to Dec 314 hatchery marked per day
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.

Scraped Aug 6, 2026 from DFO's Lower Mainland freshwater salmon regulations page. All Lower Mainland waters · Search another water

Built from Government of Canada (DFO / ECCC) and Province of BC public data. This is a plain-language summary, not the regulation itself. Always confirm at the linked source before you fish. Back to Arnold's Outpost