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Today's BC fishing picture

Every report worth reading from the local trusted experts and guides, checked daily and organized into an easy to read format. Weather, wind, tides, regs, tips and techniques and more!

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Saltwater

Vancouver SaltwaterVancouver Harbour, Howe Sound - chinook, coho, winter springs Sea-to-SkySquamish River and Howe Sound - salmon, steelhead and saltwater Sunshine CoastGibsons, Sechelt, Pender Harbour - winter springs, bottomfish, prawns Gulf IslandsSaltspring, Galiano, Mayne, Pender, Saturna - winter springs, prawns and bottomfish South Vancouver IslandVictoria, Sidney, Sooke, Port Renfrew - salmon and halibut West Coast Vancouver IslandTofino, Ucluelet, Bamfield, Alberni Inlet - offshore salmon and halibut North Vancouver IslandPort Hardy, Port McNeill, Telegraph Cove - year-round chinook and bottomfish Central CoastRivers Inlet, Hakai, Bella Bella, Shearwater - the lodge coast North Coast to AlaskaPrince Rupert, Kitimat, Stewart, Portland Canal to Alaska - chinook, coho, Skeena steelhead Haida GwaiiLangara Island, Masset, Sandspit, Queen Charlotte - the salmon frontier

Freshwater

Vancouver FreshwaterMetro Vancouver lakes and the lower Fraser - stocked trout, salmon, sturgeon Fraser Valley FreshwaterFraser, Vedder/Chilliwack, Harrison - salmon runs, steelhead, sturgeon Whistler & PembertonAlta, Green, Gates and Birkenhead lakes, Cheakamus and Lillooet rivers Vancouver Island FreshwaterCowichan, Gold, Stamp, Campbell - steelhead rivers, stocked lakes island-wide Sunshine Coast FreshwaterRuby, Sakinaw, Garden Bay - kokanee, cutthroat and stocked rainbow lakes Interior StillwaterKamloops, Tunkwa, Nicola, Shuswap - the stillwater fly-fishing capital KootenaysKootenay Lake, Arrow Lakes, Elk River - Gerrard rainbows, bull trout, kokanee Cariboo100 Mile, Williams Lake, Quesnel - hundreds of stocked stillwater lakes Central BCPrince George and the central interior - lakes, char, rainbow, kokanee Northern BCPeace, Skeena headwaters, Dease - remote lakes and rivers

Next month's opportunities - November 2026

November highlights: peak chum in the Fraser Valley, the Squamish egg bite, first winter springs off Victoria, pre-ice stillwater in the Interior.

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Check the regs yourself before you fish. Openings, closures and limits change without notice, sometimes mid-season and area by area. Everything here is an aggregation for convenience, not an official source. Always confirm the current rules for your specific management area directly with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (saltwater / salmon) and the B.C. Freshwater Fishing Regulations before you go.