Region

Vancouver Island

Waters of BC's Vancouver Island fishing region (Region 1), with their seasons from the BC freshwater fishing regulations.

Waters

91
Adam River
River · British Columbia
60.7 km
·
Brown
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Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Ahnuhati River
River · British Columbia
26 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Antler Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Kokanee
·
Rainbow
Apple River
River · British Columbia
31.6 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Artlish River
River · British Columbia
28.2 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Ash River
River · British Columbia
53.6 km
·
Coho Salmon
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Pumpkinseed
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Rainbow
Battleship Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Beavertail Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Bedwell River
River · British Columbia
25.7 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Benson River
River · British Columbia
22.5 km
·
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
Boot Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Brannen Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Coho Salmon
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Kokanee
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Pumpkinseed
Buttle Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Campbell River
River · British Columbia
15 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Chemainus Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Chemainus River
River · British Columbia
62 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
Chicadee Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
Circlet Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Clear River
River · British Columbia
14.9 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Colwood Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Pumpkinseed
·
Rainbow
·
Smallmouth Bass
Courtenay River
River · British Columbia
2.5 km
·
Coho Salmon
Cowichan Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Brown
·
Bull
·
Coho Salmon
Cowichan River
River · British Columbia
49.9 km
·
Brown
·
Bull
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Chum Salmon
Cruickshank River
River · British Columbia
24.3 km
·
Coho Salmon
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Rainbow
Cusheon Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Smallmouth Bass
Davie River
River · British Columbia
27.6 km
·
Coho Salmon
Diver Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Pumpkinseed
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Rainbow
·
Smallmouth Bass
Dougan Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Coho Salmon
·
Pumpkinseed
·
Rainbow
Durrance Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Pumpkinseed
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Rainbow
·
Smallmouth Bass
Elk Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Common Carp
·
Pumpkinseed
·
Rainbow
Englishman River
River · British Columbia
37.9 km
·
Chum Salmon
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Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Franklin River
River · British Columbia
18.5 km
Fuller Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
·
Smallmouth Bass
Gold River
River · British Columbia
54.8 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Gordon River
River · British Columbia
48.1 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
Gracie Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Great Central Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
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Kokanee
Harris Creek
River · British Columbia
30.1 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
Haslam Creek
River · British Columbia
23.9 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Kakweiken River
River · British Columbia
33.9 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Kemp Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
·
Smallmouth Bass
Kennedy River
River · British Columbia
49.1 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
Kingcome River
River · British Columbia
69.6 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Kissinger Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Klanawa River
River · British Columbia
30.3 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Klinaklini River
River · British Columbia
245 km
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Bull
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Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
Kokish River
River · British Columbia
26.3 km
·
Atlantic Salmon
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
Koksilah River
River · British Columbia
47.6 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
Langford Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Pumpkinseed
·
Rainbow
·
Smallmouth Bass
Lois Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Brown
·
Coho Salmon
Maple Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Rainbow
Marble River
River · British Columbia
17.5 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon
Matheson Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
·
Smallmouth Bass
Mayo Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Coho Salmon
·
Rainbow
McClure Lake
Stillwater · British Columbia
Brown
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Kokanee
·
Rainbow
Nahmint River
River · British Columbia
33.2 km
·
Chum Salmon
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Coho Salmon
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Kokanee
Nahwitti River
River · British Columbia
34.1 km
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Brook
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
Nanaimo River
River · British Columbia
59.5 km
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Bull
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
Nimpkish River
River · British Columbia
94 km
·
Chum Salmon
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Coho Salmon
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Pink Salmon
Nitinat River
River · British Columbia
57.7 km
·
Chum Salmon
·
Coho Salmon
·
Pink Salmon

More waters in Vancouver Island

Oyster River · Poirier Lake · Prospect Lake · Puntledge River · Quamichan Lake · Quatse River · Quennell Lake · Quinsam River · Reginald Lake · Rhododendron Lake · Rowbotham Lake · San Juan River · Sarita River · Seymour River · Shawnigan Lake · Somass River · Sooke River · South Nanaimo River · Spider Lake · Sproat Lake · Sproat River · St. Mary Lake · Stamp River · Tadjiss Lake · Tahsish River · Thetis Lake · Tsable River · Tsolum River · Upper Campbell Lake · Wakeman River · Westwood Lake
Waters of BC's Vancouver Island fishing region (Region 1), with their seasons from the BC freshwater fishing regulations. Guides are being written for the region's most-fished waters first; until a water has one, its page carries the map, the water's facts from the Freshwater Atlas and any season the regulations set.

BC fishing regulations

BC fishing regulations
British Columbia’s freshwater fishing rules by topic: daily limits, catch and release, harvest, Classified Waters and in-season changes, each with the synopsis page that prints it.
Classified Waters: licence and class
Trout streams where you need a Classified Waters Licence as well as a basic angling licence, and each water’s class, by region.
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