Kitimat River fishing regulations
Kitimat River is a river or stream in Region 6 (Skeena), management unit 6-3. Here is what the 2025–2027 synopsis says about it, and the regional rules that apply on top.
Rules for Kitimat River
Angling regulations for the Kitimat River are currently under review. Please check the in-season regulation change website prior to fishing on the Kitimat River
- No Fishing on the west half of river between fishing boundary signs near Kitimat Hatchery outfall
- No Fishing in tributaries and upstream of Hwy 37 bridge, Mar 16-May 31
- Bait ban
- Hatchery rainbow trout (adipose clipped, <50 cm) daily quota = 5, no minimum size, all year
- Hatchery steelhead (adipose clipped, >50 cm) daily quota = 2; province-wide hatchery steelhead annual quota = 10. When you have caught and retained your daily steelhead quota from the Kitimat, you must stop fishing the Kitimat for the remainder of that day
- No powered boats
Region 6 quotas
Unless the rules above set a different quota for Kitimat River:
- No fishing: in all rivers and streams for steelhead, May 15-June 15. Exemptions include mainstem portions of the Skeena, Nass, Iskut, Stikine and Taku rivers not currently closed under the existing winter/spring closure.
- Region 6 daily quotas: Trout/char: 5, but not more than 1 over 50 cm (quota includes hatchery steelhead), 3 Dolly Varden/bull trout and/or lake trout combined, 1 trout from streams July 1-Oct 31. You must release all Dolly Varden/bull trout from streams all year, trout under 30 cm from any stream, trout of any size from streams Nov 1-June 30, lake trout from Fraser and Skeena watersheds Sept 15-Nov 30, all wild steelhead.
- Kokanee: 10 (none from streams). Whitefish: 15 (all species combined). White sturgeon: closed to all fishing.
Other Region 6 rules for streams
- Bait ban: In the Skeena River, including tributaries, and Nass River, including tributaries, year-round.
- No fishing: in any stream in the watersheds of the Skeena River upstream of Cedarvale or Nass River upstream of Kitsault Bridge, Jan 1-June 15 (Nass River mainstem is EXEMPT and Skeena River mainstem upstream of Cedarvale is only closed Jan 1-May 31). See tables for other exceptions.
- No fishing: in any stream in the Iskut River watershed (upstream of Forest Kerr Canyon), Apr 1-June 30; and in the Fraser River watershed in Region 6, Apr 1-June 30.
- Single barbless hook: must be used in all streams of Region 6, all year.
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