Skeena · DFO freshwater salmon

Babine Lake

You need a licence before you fishSaltwater / tidal waters (salmon, halibut, rockfish, crab, prawn): get a BC Tidal Waters sport fishing licence (DFO).

Babine Lake excluding tributaries and those waters within a 400 m radius of the following tributary streams: Morrison Creek Six Mile Creek Pierre Creek Pendleton Creek Hazelwood Creek Twain Creek Tachek Creek Five Mile Creek Four Mile Creek Sockeye Creek Big Loon Creek Tsezakwa Creek Also closed east of a line from Gullwing Creek to south shore of Babine Lake. Note: Barbed hooks are authorized in Babine Lake.

B. Part (i): Skeena River Watershed-Waters upstream of CNR Railway Bridge at Terrace.

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
SockeyeApr 1 to July 31No fishing for sockeye
SockeyeAug 1 to Sep 152 per day FN0679

including tributaries

B. Part (i): Skeena River Watershed-Waters upstream of CNR Railway Bridge at Terrace.

SpeciesDatesLimits / Gear
ChinookApr 1 to Mar 31No fishing for chinook
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.