Mara Lake fishing regulations
Mara Lake is a lake in Region 8 (Okanagan), management unit 8-26. Here is what the 2025–2027 synopsis says about it, and the regional rules that apply on top.
Rules for Mara Lake
- See Shuswap Lake in Region 3
- No Fishing Mar 15-May 14, and rainbow trout and char catch and release, May 15-Mar 14, in the waters lying west of a line between signs at Henstridge Road and Wharf Road to a line between signs on the south and north shores of Little Shuswap Lake (see map A on page 28)
- No Fishing in the entire area north of Albas, Mar 15-May 14 (see map B on page 28)
- No Fishing east of a line between fishing boundary signs on Murdock and Semaphore points, to Hwy 1 bridge, Mar 15-May 14 (see map C on page 28)
- No fishing in Salmon Arm Bay, west of line between Engineer’s Point and Sunnybrae Point (see map on page 28), for the conservation of chinook and coho salmon stocks, Sept 1-Dec 31 (anglers fishing from the community pier in the city of Salmon Arm are exempt from the closure)
- No Ice Fishing
- Rainbow trout daily quota = 1 (none under 50 cm), annual quota = 5
- Char daily quota = 1 (none under 60 cm), annual quota = 5
- Bait ban, single barbless hook (anglers fishing from the community pier in the city of Salmon Arm are exempt from the bait ban)
- Conservation Surcharge Stamp required to catch and keep rainbow trout over 50 cm or char over 60 cm
- No powered boats south of the CPR bridge
Region 8 quotas
Unless the rules above set a different quota for Mara Lake:
- Region 8 daily quotas: Trout/char: 5, but not more than 1 over 50 cm, 4 from streams (only 2 over 30 cm). And you may retain 20 brook trout from streams. And you must release bull trout (Dolly Varden) from streams.
- Bass: 0 quota, closed to fishing (see tables for exceptions). Burbot: 2. Crappie: 20. Crayfish: 25. Kokanee: 5 (none from streams). Walleye: 8. Whitefish: 15 (all species combined). Yellow perch: 0 quota, closed to fishing (see tables for exceptions).
Know your fish
The rules here name these fish. Not sure what you caught?
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