BC in-season fishing regulation changes

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In-season changes

BC closes waters and changes rules during the season, and those changes aren’t in the synopsis. Check the official list before every trip.

These are summaries of the synopsis. The synopsis and BC’s in-season changes are the law: check both before you fish.

Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 2025–2027 · effective 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2027

Read the synopsis ↗Check BC’s in-season changes ↗

Check BC’s in-season changes

Closures, openings and quota changes made after the synopsis was printed are listed on BC’s regulations page, by region. They override the synopsis and the summaries here.

Check BC’s in-season changes ↗

Region 2: Lower Mainland

Advisory

Check the website for in-season changes or closure dates for the 2025-2027 season: www.gov.bc.ca/FishingRegulations.

Synopsis page 22 ↗

Region 8: Okanagan

Advisory

Check the website for in-season changes or closure dates for the 2025-2027 season at www.gov.bc.ca/FishingRegulations.

Synopsis page 73 ↗

A water’s own rules are on its page, and can differ from these.

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BC fishing regulations

Daily limits

How many fish you may keep in a day, and the fish you must release, province-wide and by region. A water’s own quota, on its page, comes first.

Catch and release

Fish that must be released, province-wide and by region.

Harvest

Possession limits, annual quotas, size limits and retention rules, province-wide and by region.

Classified Waters

Trout streams where you need a Classified Waters Licence as well as a basic angling licence, and each water’s class, by region.