Quesnel Lake fishing regulations
Quesnel Lake is a lake in Region 5 (Cariboo), management unit 5-15. Here is what the 2025–2027 synopsis says about it, and the regional rules that apply on top.
Rules for Quesnel Lake
- No Fishing southwest of a line between fishing boundary signs on opposite shores of Horsefly Bay, Mar 1-May 31
- No Fishing in North Arm, north of a line between Watt and Service Creeks, Mar 1-May 31
- Lake trout daily quota = 5 (any size); rainbow trout daily quota = 2 (none over 50 cm); bull trout catch and release
- Bait ban, barbless hook
Region 5 quotas
Unless the rules above set a different quota for Quesnel Lake:
- Region 5 daily quotas: Trout/char: 5, but not more than 1 over 50 cm, 2 from streams, 1 Dolly Varden/bull trout, 2 lake trout. You must release all steelhead, lake trout Oct 1-Nov 30, bull trout (Dolly Varden) from streams Aug 1-Oct 31.
- Bass: 0 quota, closed to all fishing. Kokanee: 5 (none from streams). Whitefish: 15 (all species combined). White sturgeon: closed to all fishing in the Fraser River watershed upstream of Williams Lake River; catch and release downstream of and including Williams Lake River; closed in the Fraser River downstream of and including Williams Lake River Sept 15-July 15.
Other Region 5 rules for lakes
- Chilcotin River downstream of Chilko River is closed to all fishing from October 1 through June 10.
Know your fish
The rules here name these fish. Not sure what you caught?
More waters in the Cariboo
Quesnel River · Dragon Lake · Chilko River · Chilcotin River · Dean River · Horsefly River · Canim Lake · Bridge Lake