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The river is completely open except for a small salmon closure from the top of the hatchery lagoon to the power lines that are located 500 meters upstream from the top of the lagoon. Starting to see a lot of Steelhead and that should get going very soon. We have a few good days with the fly this past week and once the rains come this weekend we will switch over to gear. This fall has been great for Chinook and a very slow for Coho. The numbers of Coho counted through the Stamp falls counter has been fairly high but fish on the hooks has very low. Higher than normal flows for the last half of September have spread the Coho out and as you may know our Coho move very quickly making them a tough target. Our focus will change to Steelhead very soon and if you are thinking about Fall Steelhead, now is the time.

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...

By W.P. Williamson. Originally published in the 2014 May issue of BC Outdoors magazineAfter painfully slow action for the last few hours of Dolly fishing on Kootenay Lake on the last day of the spring 2013 fishing derby, the downrigger weight and plug were brought up from 60-feet deep to...

Story and photography by Aaron Goodis and Tom Johannessen. Originally published in the 2014 May issue of BC Outdoors magazine.It’s not often that two veteran angler/photographers work together on an article for the better of the reader but this is precisely what Aaron and I have done to help any...

The Fraser River Panel met Friday, September 3, to receive an update on the migration of the Fraser Sockeye and...

The previous closure for bivalve shellfish at French Creek, near the City of Parksville, is no longer necessary and has been lifted. For the full Fishery Notice click here.

Effective one hour before sunrise on August 29, 2022 until one hour after sunset on September 15, 2022, you may...

The Fraser River Panel met Friday, September 10, to receive an update on the migration of the Fraser Sockeye and...

It's easy to think sometimes that "no one ever gets caught", but they do. Often, it's frustrating to see others breaking the rules and regulations and having the sense that nothing ever comes of it for them. The following link shows the opposite, a Wall of Shame if you will...