The provincial dataset contains 8 matched historical fish records from 1990 to 1999. Reported taxa include Brook Trout, Slimy Sculpin. These are source records, not fish counts, and do not establish current presence.

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This is Kitchener (Meadow) Creek in the Goat River system. Its spring-closure and bait-ban exemptions do not remove the regional hook, winter-release or quota rules.

A creek in the Kootenay Lake watershed, a tributary of Goat River, holding Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout and Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout in provincial fish-inventory records.

Fishes like a small stream: short drifts with a buoyant attractor dry over a light dropper. Confirm access and flows, and check the Region 4 regulations before you go.

Kitchener (Meadow) Creek is exempt from the Region 4 stream closure of 1 April through 14 June. Other regional restrictions still apply.

The Goat River and tributaries bait ban of 15 June through 31 October expressly excludes Kitchener Creek. Provincial bait restrictions still apply; the exemption does not remove the single barbless hook requirement.

Use a single barbless hook when angling in a Region 4 stream, throughout the year and for every species.

Release all trout and char caught in streams from 1 November through 31 March. Other water-specific catch-and-release requirements can cover more of the year.

When retention is allowed, the regional trout-and-char daily limit from streams is 2 in total, including at most 1 rainbow or cutthroat trout over 50 cm and at most 1 bull trout. The winter release requirement still applies. Possession is limited to twice the applicable daily quota.

Release burbot in the Kootenay River between the Idaho border near Creston and Kootenay Lake, including tributaries to that section. This includes the Goat River system.

The regional daily limit is 15 whitefish, all species combined. No kokanee may be retained from streams. These limits do not establish which species occur here; species-specific closures and release requirements still apply.

Do not target bass, yellow perch, northern pike or walleye on this water. Region 4 permits fishing for these species only on specifically listed waters; this water has no listed exception.

Normally use only one line when angling. A person alone in a boat on a lake may use two lines. Any water-specific exception must be checked separately. Unattended set lines are not permitted in Region 4.

A BC freshwater angling licence is generally required from age 16. Licence, accompaniment and catch-quota rules for younger anglers depend on residency. Check the provincial licensing page for exemptions, required identification and proof of licence. Additional stamps or a Classified Waters Licence may be needed.

An angling licence does not grant access across land. Obtain the appropriate permission before entering or crossing private, cultivated, posted or reserve land.

Fishing is prohibited within 23 metres downstream of the lower entrance to a fishway, canal, obstacle or leap, and within 100 metres of a government fish-counting, passage or rearing facility unless otherwise designated. Ecological reserves are closed to fishing.

Do not fish for white sturgeon in Region 4. Release any caught accidentally; a zero retention quota here is also a prohibition on targeting them.

Bait includes foodstuffs and natural substances used to attract fish, including roe, worms, and scents or flavourings containing natural substances or nutrients. Wood, cotton, wool, hair, fur and feathers are excluded from that definition. Freshwater invertebrates must not be used or possessed as bait at a lake; their use in streams depends on any local bait ban.

Chumming is prohibited. Do not use live fish, or fin fish or their parts other than roe, as bait in these Region 4 waters.

Each angling line may have only one hook, one artificial lure or one artificial fly attached. Do not fish with multiple artificial flies on a line, including a dropper fly.

Before transporting a boat or other watercraft, remove drain plugs and drain its compartments on dry land. Clean, drain and dry boats and equipment before moving between waters.

It flows into goat river within the Kootenay Lake watershed (Kootenay Lake → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 5 (well down the network, toward river scale; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 22 km. brook trout, rainbow trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (15 records). Named tributaries: russell creek, carroll creek, hazel creek, birch creek, found creek.

As a small stream, a tributary of Goat River, Kitchener Creek fishes the way creeks of its size do: short drifts with a buoyant attractor dry over a light dropper, working the pocket water and the heads of pools. Match the fly box to the season and confirm against a current local report.

Access for Kitchener Creek, meaning the roads in, put-ins and any walk-in or seasonal limits, is worth confirming locally before you commit a day. The drainage map shows how the water sits in its valley.