Goldeye
How to tell a goldeye from the fish it's most often mistaken for, and what you can keep in each BC region.
How to confirm it's a goldeye
- Bright gold eye
- Deep, flat-sided silver body with a sharp belly edge
- No small fleshy fin on the back (unlike whitefish and trout)
Could it be something else?
Goldeye quotas by region
Each region's quota rule that covers goldeye, in the synopsis' words. Many waters set their own, lower quota or require release; check the water.
Region 1 · Vancouver Island
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.
Region 2 · Lower Mainland
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.
Region 3 · Thompson-Nicola
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.
Region 4 · Kootenay
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.
Region 5 · Cariboo
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.
Region 6 · Skeena
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.
Region 7A · Omineca
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.
Region 7B · Peace
- Arctic grayling: 2 (none under 30 cm and only 1 over 45 cm); release any size May 1-June 15 and all from Williston Lake and its tributaries. Goldeye: 10. Inconnu: 1. Kokanee: 10 (none from streams, except Peace River). Northern pike: 3 (only 1 over 90 cm). Walleye: 3 (only 1 over 70 cm); release all from streams Apr 1-May 15. Whitefish: 15 (all species combined). Yellow perch: 5.
Region 8 · Okanagan
- No regional quota listed; see the rules for each water.