Upper Arrow Lake fishing regulations
Upper Arrow Lake is a lake in Region 4 (Kootenay), management units 4-31, 4-32. Here is what the 2025–2027 synopsis says about it, and the regional rules that apply on top.
Rules for Upper Arrow Lake
Upper Arrow Lake (main entry, management units 4-31, 4-32)
- “The drawdown area”, that water known as either Upper Arrow Lake or Columbia River (depending on the reservoir’s level), located between Hwy 1 bridge in Revelstoke and the power line crossing at Akolkolex Narrows (approximately 1.5 km downstream of the Akolkolex River confluence): trout/char daily quota = 2 (no bull trout under 60 cm and only 1 bull trout over 60 cm); single barbless hook
- EXEMPT from the regional kokanee "none from streams" daily quota (the combined daily quota for kokanee in Lower Arrow Lake, Upper Arrow Lake and the drawdown area is the regional daily quota on page 34)
- EXEMPT from the regional Nov 1-Mar 31 trout/char catch and release from streams
- EXEMPT from the regional Apr 1-June 14 stream closure
Tributaries of Upper Arrow Lake
- Bull trout catch and release
Region 4 quotas
Unless the rules above set a different quota for Upper Arrow Lake:
- Region 4 daily quotas: Trout/char: 5, but not more than 1 rainbow trout or cutthroat trout over 50 cm, 2 from streams, 1 bull trout (Dolly Varden) of any size.
- Bass: 0 quota, closed to fishing. Crayfish: 25. Kokanee: 15 (none from streams), no more than 5 over 30 cm. Northern pike, walleye, yellow perch: 0 quota, closed to fishing (see tables for exceptions). White sturgeon: closed to fishing (no exceptions). Whitefish: 15 (all species combined).
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More waters in the Kootenay
Kootenay Lake · Kootenay River · Columbia River · Lower Arrow Lake · Elk River · St. Mary River · St. Mary Lake · Moyie Lake