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Stellako River fishing regulations

Stellako River is a river or stream in Region 6 (Skeena), management units 6-4, 7-12. Here is what the 2025–2027 synopsis says about it, and the regional rules that apply on top.

Classified water

Rules for Stellako River

• No Fishing Nov 15-May 14; Class II water * when open (Steelhead Stamp not required)
• Rainbow trout catch and release
• Fly fishing only between fishing boundary signs approximately 250 m and 4 km downstream of the bridge near the François Lake outlet
• No powered boats from François Lake to the falls
• See restrictions for François Lake’s outlet area

Synopsis page 53.

Region 6 quotas

Unless the rules above set a different quota for Stellako 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.

Know your fish

The rules here name these fish. Not sure what you caught?

From the BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 2025-2027, data of October 29, 2026. Province-wide rules (licences, one line, barbless hooks in streams, bait rules) also apply. This page is a guide; the official regulations govern.

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