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BC fishing regulations by water

The rules for some of BC's most-fished lakes and rivers, from the 2025–2027 freshwater synopsis, with the regional quotas and any in-season change. Grouped by region.

Region 1 · Vancouver Island

Buttle Lake · Campbell River · Comox Lake · Cowichan Lake · Cowichan River · Elk Lake · Englishman River · Gold River · Great Central Lake · Nanaimo River · Nimpkish River · Prospect Lake · Qualicum River · Quennell Lake · Shawnigan Lake · Somass River · Spider Lake · Sproat Lake · Stamp River · Thetis Lake

Region 2 · Lower Mainland

Alouette Lake · Alta Lake · Birkenhead River · Capilano River · Cheakamus River · Chilliwack Lake · Coquihalla River · Cultus Lake · Fraser River · Harrison Lake · Harrison River · Hicks Lake · Kawkawa Lake · Lightning Lake · Lillooet Lake · Pitt Lake · Pitt River · Rice Lake · Sasamat Lake · Skagit River · Squamish River · Stave River · Vedder River

Region 3 · Thompson-Nicola

Adams Lake · Adams River · Big Bar Lake · Clearwater River · Coldwater River · Hatheume Lake · Heffley Lake · Jacko Lake · Kamloops Lake · Lac Le Jeune · Leighton Lake · Logan Lake · Mahood Lake · Nicola Lake · Nicola River · North Thompson River · Pennask Lake · Peter Hope Lake · Pinantan Lake · Roche Lake · Shuswap Lake · South Thompson River · Stump Lake · Thompson River · Tunkwa Lake

Region 4 · Kootenay

Box Lake · Bull River · Columbia Lake · Columbia River · Duncan Lake · Elk River · Jim Smith Lake · Kinbasket Lake · Kootenay Lake · Kootenay River · Lake Revelstoke · Lower Arrow Lake · Moyie Lake · Premier Lake · Salmo River · Slocan Lake · Slocan River · St. Mary Lake · St. Mary River · Upper Arrow Lake · Wasa Lake · Whatshan Lake · Whiteswan Lake · Windermere Lake

Region 5 · Cariboo

108 Mile Lake · Bella Coola River · Bowron Lake · Bridge Lake · Canim Lake · Chilcotin River · Chilko River · Dean River · Dragon Lake · Green Lake · Hathaway Lake · Horsefly River · Nimpo Lake · Quesnel Lake · Quesnel River · Williams Lake

Region 6 · Skeena

Atlin Lake · Babine Lake · Babine River · Bulkley River · François Lake · Kispiox River · Kitimat River · Kitsumkalum River · Lakelse Lake · Lakelse River · Morice River · Nass River · Skeena River · Stellako River · Telkwa River · Zymoetz River

Region 7A · Omineca

Bowron River · Chubb Lake · Cluculz Lake · Crooked River · Fraser Lake · Nechako River · Parsnip River · Stuart River · Whitefish Lake · Williston Lake

Region 7B · Peace

Charlie Lake · Gwillim Lake · Moberly Lake · Muncho Lake · Murray River · Peace River · Pine River · Swan Lake

Region 8 · Okanagan

Christina Lake · Conkle Lake · Ellison Lake · Garnet Lake · Granby River · Hydraulic Lake · Idleback Lake · Jewel Lake · Kalamalka Lake · Kettle River · Mabel Lake · Mara Lake · Mission Creek · Okanagan Lake · Okanagan River · Osoyoos Lake · Pinaus Lake · Shuswap River · Similkameen River · Skaha Lake · Sugar Lake · Tulameen River · Vaseux Lake · West Kettle River · Wood Lake · Yellow Lake