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While practicing some spey casting today on the South Thompson River I saw a pretty good chironomid hatch. These early emergences definitely indicate that spring is not far off. The southern interior regions of the province are experiencing an incredibly mild winter with very minimal snowpack...

Now that the Pinks are showing up it's time to look at the business end of things: locations and fly line selection. Around Vancouver we have two distinct pink salmon fisheries: one is beach fishing off local beach spots scattered along the North Vancouver coastline, stretching up through Howe Sound...

Effective immediately until 23:59 December 31, 2022, the following portion of Subarea 25-5 will revert from a finfish closure to...

FN0492-RECREATIONAL – Salmon – Coho – Areas 11 to 20, 111 and Subareas 29-1 to 29-5 – Coho Management Measures...

Atlantic Salmon raised at a Glacier Falls fish farm on the B.C coast. Photograph by: Bill Keay , PNG files VANCOUVER — A B.C. government announcement Friday that no new tenure agreements would be issued for net-pen salmon farms in the Discovery Islands until 2020 was immediately welcomed by one of the...

What are the rules and regulations regarding navigation in, around and through natural and man-made harbours? Here is an interpretation of the definitions of those regulations. “Act”, Canada Marine Act (1998, c.10): A formal decision, law, or the like, by a legislature, ruler, court, or other authority; decree, edict; statute; judgment, resolve...

Dr. John Matsen, of the Squamish Streamkeepers, has been instrumental in this initiative to bring back the herring. Herring were spawning on the creosote-coated pilings in the Squamish Estuary, but the eggs were dying. Creosote is toxic to the herring eggs. The group has discovered, by much experimentation that wrapping the pilings...

In an effort to find the best urban fisheries our province has to offer, I’ve contacted tackle shop owners and avid anglers from the ten biggest urban centers of B.C. These are the best fishing spots in each one, with a few honorable mentions mixed in. Make sure to check...

Keeping BC’s waterways free from pollution.Some of us are guilty of polluting our water, but all of us suffer BC Outdoors Magazine’s Water Blogged, an informative guide to environmentally safe fun on Canada’s most beautiful inland and coastal waterways. In each issue we will endeavour to show you ways to not...

Neil Cameron / Courier-Islander March 27, 2013 Both salt water and fresh water fishing licences and various conservation tags are due by April 1, but Department of Fisheries and Oceans has said the hard copies of salt water licences will be delayed for at least three weeks. The new halibut regulations - which...