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The current status of the Fraser River Sockeye salmon return provides for recreational Sockeye retention opportunities in the Tidal Waters...
The Fishery Notices refer specifically to Management Areas and sub-areas.
Do you know which areas apply to your personal fishing?
Click here to see the full Pacific Region Management Area map.
by W.P. Williamson
The barely audible snap of the fishing line being pulled from the quick release clip on the planer board line was instantly replaced by the piercing zing of line being ripped off the reel. “Screamer on,” I called to my father at the helm of his Thunder Jet.
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...
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...
Looking for information about fishing and hunting regulations, openings, closure, updates and more? Here are some handy links to keep you in the know as you head out into the great outdoors.
In the 2022/23 Southern BC Salmon Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP) the Department proposed the continuation of an assessment fishery...
Previously published. Written by Dene Moore, THE CANADIAN PRESS February 6, 2014 10:00 AM
VANCOUVER - Every year, millions of chinook salmon clog the rivers and creeks of British Columbia in an epic migration that has puzzled scientists for generations.
The fish travel hundreds of thousands of kilometres through the ocean and...
Sockeye bound for the Fraser River can be caught throughout the approach waters along the southern Coast of BC. Congestion points like Campbell River and the area around Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands can provide good fishing when some of the large schools move through, but the mouth...