Whistler & Pemberton

The corridor's freshwater: Whistler's valley lakes, the Pemberton flats and the Birkenhead-Lillooet system - rainbow and coastal cutthroat trout, bull trout, kokanee and winter ice fishing.

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DFO openings + closuresRegion 2 - Lower Mainland - latest notices

Sep 16 Chinook: change to retention limits for unmarked chinook - Coquitlam River (BC Lower Mainland), Region 2 (Sep 19 - Dec 31) FN1008

Latest DFO fishery notices touching this region, refreshed each morning - full details and regulations on DFO's page

Summarized limits by species for each area - Region 2 - Lower Mainland (tap to open)

Waters (in-season now)	Species	Window	Limit / gear
Alouette River and tributaries - Upstream of the 216th Street bridge to a line between two fishing boundary signs at Allco park	Chinook	Sep 1 to Nov 30	1 per day
	Coho	Oct 1 to Dec 31	1 hatchery marked per day
Downstream of the 216th street bridge to the confluence of the Pitt River	Coho	Oct 1 to Dec 31	1 hatchery marked per day
North Alouette and tributaries	Chinook	Sep 1 to Nov 30	1 per day
	Coho	Sep 1 to Nov 30	Non-retention
Ashlu Creek	All	Apr 1 to Mar 31	Bait ban
	Coho	Sep 15 to Jan 31	1 hatchery marked per day
Capilano River - including tributaries	Coho	Jul 1 to Mar 31	4 hatchery marked per day
	Coho	Aug 1 to Oct 31	Bait ban
	Chinook	Sep 5 to Nov 30	4 per day FN0960
	Chinook	Aug 1 to Oct 31	Bait ban
Chapman Creek - upstream of tidal water fishing boundary signs located below the Hwy 101 Bridge to 100 m below the falls....	Coho	Apr 1 to Mar 31	4 hatchery marked per day, only 2 over 35 cm
	Chinook	Apr 1 to Mar 31	4 per day, only 1 over 50 cm
Cheakamus River	All	Apr 1 to Mar 31	Bait ban
	Coho	Sep 15 to Jan 31	1 per day, hatchery marked only
Chehalis River - downstream of the logging bridge 2.4 km downstream of Chehalis Lake, including tributaries to that part	Chinook	June 1 to Aug 31	1 per day
	Chinook	Sep 1 to Dec 31	4 per day, only 1 over 62 cm
	Coho	June 1 to Aug 31	Non-retention
	Coho	Sep 1 to Dec 31	4 hatchery marked per day
Chilliwack/Vedder River (including Sumas River) - from a line between 2 fishing boundary signs on either side of the Chilliwack River 100 m downstream from...	Chinook	July 1 to Aug 31	1 per day
	Chinook	Sep 1 to Dec 31	4 per day, only 2 over 62 cm
	Coho	July 1 to Aug 31	Non-retention
	Coho	Sep 1 to Dec 31	4 hatchery marked per day
Coquitlam River	Chinook	Sep 19 to Dec 31	1 per day FN1008
	Coho	Sep 1 to Dec 31	1 hatchery marked per day
De Boville Slough - downstream of the confluence of Cedar Creek and Hyde Creek.	Coho	Oct 1 to Dec 31	1 hatchery marked per day
Dewdney Slough - See Nicomen Slough	Coho
Fraser River - mainstem waters upstream of the CPR Bridge at Mission, BC	All	Apr 1 until further notice	No fishing for salmon
Harrison River - from the outlet of Harrison Lake downstream to the Highway 7 Bridge	Coho	Sep 1 to Dec 31	4 hatchery marked per day
from the Highway 7 Bridge downstream to the confluence with the Fraser River	Coho	Sep 1 to Dec 31	4 hatchery marked per day
Khartoum Lake	All	Apr 1 to Mar 31	Single barbless hook
	Chinook	Apr 1 to Mar 31	4 per day
	Coho	Apr 1 to Mar 31	4 per day
Little Campbell River - downstream of 12th Avenue, including tributaries to that part.	Chinook	Sep 16 to Dec 31	Non-retention
	Coho	Sep 16 to Dec 31	1 hatchery marked per day
Lois Lake	All	Apr 1 to Mar 31	Single barbless hook
	Chinook	Apr 1 to Mar 31	4 per day
	Coho	Apr 1 to Mar 31	4 per day
Mamquam River	All	Apr 1 to Mar 31	Bait ban
	Coho	Sep 15 to Jan 31	1 per day, hatchery marked only

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Stockingtype a lake - what went in, when, how many

Live from the provincial stocking database - type a lake name for its recent stocking history.

Coming up on the water

November 2026

Bull trout behind the spawners. Bulls follow the fall salmon into the Lillooet system to eat eggs - streamers and flesh flies, all char released in Region 2 streams.
Valley lakes before ice. Alta, Green and Lost fish well for rainbow and cutthroat on the last mild afternoons before freeze-up.
Cheakamus rainbows. Trout slide into slower wintering water as the river drops and clears - egg patterns behind the salmon.

December

First ice on the small lakes. One Mile and Gates start to cap - wait for safe black ice, then trout through the ice.
Lillooet bulls on eggs. Catch-and-release bull trout behind the last spawners while flows stay up.

January

Ice fishing season. Gates, One Mile and Lost Lakes give up rainbow and brook trout through the ice - February is the prime window.
River trout between freezes. Cheakamus and Lillooet rainbows on the mild days between cold snaps.

Ice safety: be confident about ice thickness before going out on any ice. Check it yourself, in several spots, every trip - ice varies lake to lake and day to day, and no report can tell you it is safe. When in doubt, stay off.

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