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Welcome to this publication which will help make the most of your fishing journey through Northwestern British Columbia. Once again we’re pleased to show you some of the catches of the last while as provided by residents of the northwest and other places.

Northwestern B.C. is truly a fishing paradise, regardless of what your preferred method or target catch and you’ll notice that in the pic-tures contained here in. For those who like the serenity of trout fishing, there are plenty of easily accessible lakes in the region to try your luck at. For those who enjoy the thrill and the fight associated with going after the big one, the region’s rivers provide ample opportunities to go after a variety of Pacific salmon.

And for those who want to hit the open waters of the Pacific in search of salmon, halibut, lingcod,

prawns or crabs, Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert and Kitimat all offer some exciting ocean fishing opportunities and plenty of professional guides to help ensure your trip to the coast is a success.

Along with the exceptional fishing opportunities is exceptional scenery. With bald eagles, grizzly bears, deer, gray whales, and the rare Kermode bear among the wildlife that calls the Northwest home, the opportunities to take in a unique wilderness experience is always present.

With thanksThe Terrace Standard thanks those who pro-vided them and we hope you’ll share the thrill of the catch as much as did those who caught the fish in the first place.

Northwest B.C. a fishing paradise

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Off the trackAs the summer approaches, it’s important to remind people of the danger of crossing, or walking on, the train tracks to get to a desired fishing spot on the Skeena River. It seems like the message is catching on.

Local CN enforcement officer Kelly Yendrys said that he’s issued tickets to fewer people than when he ar-rived here in 2006.

“CN is pleased to see that education and enforcement on the dangers of trespassing has resulted in a signifi-cant decrease in the number of fishermen trespassing on our right of way,” said CN public affairs official Kelli Svendsen in looking at statistics gathered the past several years.

“As summer is approaching, we would like to remind the community that when people trespass on railway property, they take risks that can result in serious injuries and fatalities. CN will continue our enforce-ment efforts as a matter of public safety.” Yendrys patrols the area from Endako to Prince Rupert.

COLIN PEAL shows off his 40 pound Spring Salmon caught May of 2012

BEN SABAL Sockeye fishing, Skeena River, Terrace Photo courtesy of Jason Wargovcsik

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CHINOOK (KING)• Mouth is dark with a black gum line• Large, sharp teeth• Spots on both lobes of tail• Large spots on back

Local Fish Identi� cation

COHO (SILVER)• Mouth is light with a white gum line• Medium size, sharp teeth• Spots only on upper lobe of tail• Spots on back• Wide caudal peduncle

CHUM (DOG)• Mouth is white with a white gum line• Well developed teeth• No spots on tail or back• Narrow caudal peduncle• White tip on anal � n• Calico markings (vertical bars) faint on bright � sh

PINK (HUMPY)• Mouth is white with a black gum line• In marine areas, almost no teeth• Large black spots on back• Pointed lower jaw• Very small scales• Large oval spots on both lobes of tail–no silver

SOCKEYE (RED)• Mouth is white with a white gum line• Almost toothless• No spots on tail or back• Large, bright gold, glassy eye

DOLLY VARDEN• Spots on back–cream to pale yellow• Spots on side–red or orange• White Leading Edges on pectoral and anal � ns• Body is generally olive green–the back being darker

STEELHEAD TROUT• Head blunt, jaw short–does not extend past the eye• Distinct dark spots on dorsal � n• Often has reddish stripe along sides, gill cover reddish• Square-shaped tail � n with radiating pattern of spots

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METHOD1. Soak the cedar planks for at least 1 hour in warm

water. Soak longer if you have time.

2. In a shallow dish, stir together the vegetable oil, rice vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce, green onions, ginger, and garlic. Place the salmon fillets in the marinade and turn to coat. Cover and marinate for at least 15 minutes, or up to one hour.

3. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat. Place the planks on the grate. The boards are ready when they start to smoke and crackle just a little.

4. Place the salmon fillets onto the planks and discard the marinade. Cover, and grill for about 20 minutes. Fish is done when you can flake it with a fork. It will continue to cook after you remove it from the grill.

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Colby Jephson with a catch of shrimp. COURTESY of Dave Jephson

Brock & Jacey Neid, Shane Kennedy & Maggy Ottenbreit salmon fishing at Lakelse Lake. COURTESY of Mark Neid

Chad MacDonald with a 14 lb Coho on the Zymachord

John Matheson with a 30 lb Halibut caught at Eddy’s Pass on Mother’s Day 2014. COURTESY of Wendy Matheson

Spencer Krupop with a 50lb Chinook.COURTESY of Spencer Krupop

Laura Smith with her prized Coho from the Skeena River. COURTESY of Helen Smith

Dennis Therrien with a Coho.COURTESY of Willie McCleary

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15 lb Chinook Salmon caught by Tekah Sabal

Shane Kennedy with Steelhead COURTESY of Mark Neid

Fabien Pealey with a Halibut caught 10 minutes from town. COURTESY of Fabien Pealey

Sarah Artis with a 38 pound Chinook on the Skeena River. COURTESY of Paul St-Arneault

A Steelhead caught on the Copper River COURTESY of Ben Sabal

COURTESY of Mark Neid

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ATTENTION STEELhEAD ANGLERS

New regulations in effect as of April 1, 2012 for select Classified Waters. See page 60 for more information

ImPORTANT:Check website for in-season changesor closure dates for the 2014/2015 season www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations

R.A.P.P. Report All Poachers and Polluters Conservation Officer 24 Hour Hotline 1-877-952-RAPP (7277)Cellular Dial #7277Please refer to page 85 for more information www.rapp.bc.ca

FISh AND WILDLIFE REGIONAL OFFICE(250) 847-7260 Bag 5000, 3726 Alfred Ave., Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0

Conservation Officer Service Field OfficesPlease call one of the numbers below for recorded information or to make an appointment:Atlin: (250) 651-7501Burns Lake: (250) 692-7777Dease Lake: (250) 771-3566Q.C. City: (250) 559-8431Smithers: (250) 847-7266Terrace: (250) 638-6530

NOTE There is no freshwater fishing permitted in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve (on Haida Gwaii).

REPORT TAGGED FIShPlease report any tagged Cutthrout Trout and/or Bull Trout/Dolly Varden captured in the Skeena Region to the Regional Fish and Wildlife office in Smithers at 1-800-663-7867. Report information should include tag, number and location of capture. Please leave name and contact information for the provision of a reward and fish details.

rEGION 6 - skeenaThe Management Unit boundaries indicated on the map below are shown only as a reference to help anglers locate waters in the region. For more precise Management Unit boundaries, please consult one of the commercial Recreational Atlases available for B.C.

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FOR SALmON INFORmATION Fisheries and Oceans Canada District Offices (DFO)Terrace: (250) 615-5350New Hazelton: (250) 842-6327Smithers: (250) 847-2312Nass Camp: (250) 633-2408North Coast (Prince Rupert): (250) 627-3499Central Coast (Bella Coola): (250) 799-5345Queen Charlotte City: (250) 559-4413 Whitehorse (MU’s 6-19 to 6-29) (867) 393-6722

Exotic Alert: Atlantic SalmonPlease refer to the salmon section, p. 4

NOTICE TO ANGLERS FIShING B.C.-yUkON TRANSBOUNDARy WATERSTo simplify angling and licensing regulations, and to improve fisheries management, a transboundary management agreement is in place for five lakes and two river systems which straddle the B.C.-Yukon border. The lakes are Bennett, Laidlaw, morley, Tagish, and Teslin (not including any of their inlet or outlet streams). The rivers are the Rancheria and Swift, plus their tributaries. (NOTE: Lakes in the Rancheria and Swift watersheds are NOT included in the agreement.)Anglers may fish any part of the affected waters with either a Yukon or British Columbia angling licence. (NOTE: A B.C. licence is required to fish the B.C. portion of Atlin Lake even though it is also a transboundary water.)The quotas and size limits for these waters are now similar on both sides of the border, but tackle restrictions have not been amended under the agreement. Please refer to the Water-Specific Tables in Region 6 for detailed information on the daily catch quotas and possession quotas, as well as gear, method, and bait restrictions applicable to the B.C. portions of these waters. Information on quotas and tackle restrictions for the Yukon portions of the transboundary waters may be found in the Yukon regulations. Anglers are reminded that they are entitled to only one daily quota for any given species in these waters, regardless of which side of the border the fish were taken and even if they possess both B.C. and Yukon angling licences.Please obtain a copy of the yukon regulations before fishing yukon waters.

GENERAL RESTRICTIONSNO FIShING: in any stream in the watersheds of the Skeena River above Cedarvale or Nass River above Kitsault Bridge, Jan. 1 to June 15 (NOTE: Nass River mainstem is EXEMPT and Skeena River mainstem above Cedarvale is only closed Jan. 1 to May 31). See tables for other exceptions.

NO FIShING: in any stream in the Iskut River watershed (upstream of Forest Kerr Canyon), April 1 to June 30; and in the Fraser River watershed in Region 6, April 1 to June 30.

Single barbless hook: must be used in all streams of Region 6, all year.

Set lining for burbot is permitted in the lakes of Region 6. Please refer to set lining and the use of fin fish for bait on page 9.

REGIONAL DAILy CATCh QUOTAS(See tables for exceptions)Arctic grayling: 3Burbot: 5Inconnu: 1Kokanee: 10 (none from streams)Northern pike: 5Whitefish: 15 (all species combined)White sturgeon: CATCH AND RELEASE ONLYTrout/char: 5, but not more than

1 over 50 cm (includes • hatchery steelhead in the Kitimat watershed)3 • Dolly Varden/bull trout and/or lake trout combined1 trout from streams july 1-Oct 31, not •including haida Gwaii (mUs 6-12 & 6-13)2 from streams on haida Gwaii •

And you must release:all Dolly Varden/bull trout from streams •all year, not including haida GwaiiTrout under 30 cm from any stream•Trout of any size from streams Nov 1-june •30, not including haida GwaiiTrout/char under 30 cm from any stream •on haida GwaiiLake trout from Fraser and Skeena • watersheds, Sept. 15 to Nov. 30all wild steelhead•

POSSESSION QUOTASPossession quotas = 2 daily quotas. (See tables for exceptions)

DAILy AND ANNUAL CATCh QUOTAS FOR SALmONPlease refer to the NOTICE on page 4

ANNUAL CATCh QUOTASAnnual catch quota for all B.C.:10 hatchery steelhead per licence year.

STEELhEAD STAmP REQUIREmENTBefore fishing steelhead waters, please refer to “Classified Waters” and “Conservation Surcharges” (pages 7 & 8) for the requirements for a Steelhead Conservation Surcharge Stamp.

NOTICE TO ANGLERSTrout/char quotas from Skeena streams have been revised. It is now prohibited to retain Dolly Varden or bull trout from any stream in the Skeena Region. One rainbow trout or cutthroat trout 30 cm or larger per day may be retained from Skeena Region streams from July 1-Oct 31, however from Nov 1-June 30 all trout from streams must be released to protect populations during particular vulnerable overwintering, spawning and post-spawning periods. The daily harvest quota remains unchanged at 2 trout/char 30 cm or larger from streams on Haida Gwaii.

TABLE LEGENDSee the following tables for exceptions and additional regulations on specific waters.

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FISHING REGULATIONS SYNOPSISEFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2013 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2015

NOTE: Pages 54 & 55 are excerpts of the BC 2013-2015 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis and have page references to that publication.

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Rob Bryce is shown fishing IN the end of the rainbow. In July 2011, a storm rolled over us as we fished the Skeena River, just downstream of Terrace. As the storm passed, it placed Rob precisely in the rainbow - proving once and for all that fishing at Terrace is indeed the “pot of gold”! It was a once in a lifetime moment in time and space!Photo courtesy of Glen Mikkelsen

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It’s no secret the Kitimat River offers some of the best fishing in the province. It’s also no secret we owe that to our hatchery. That’s particularly true when it comes to steelhead.

Three years ago the provincial government introduced a ban on retaining wild steelhead.However, you can catch and keep a hatchery fish - and the Kitimat is the only river in the Northwest that offers hatchery steelhead.

The Kitimat River Fish Hatchery was first start-ed in 1977 as a pilot project, located across from the Eurocan Pulp and Paper mill. It came into being to rebuild salmon stocks, particularly chinook, which had been hard hit by overfish-ing, habitat degradation and a couple of floods that had ravaged spawning beds.

At that time it consisted of an Atco trailer containing a few troughs and only released 50,000-150,000 fish a year. Six years later a new, $10 million facility was built and now the annual release is in the millions.

At the hatchery five different species of salmonids are raised: chum, chinook, coho, cutthroat, and steelhead. Steelhead and cut-

throat are actually trout, but they are sea-run trout, which means that they have the same life cycle as a salmon by going out to the ocean to mature and returning to the rivers to spawn. Each year adult fish of each species are caught by angling, tangle netting or seine netting to obtain eggs and sperm.

Once the raised fish are ready for release - the time varies from species to species - they are taken back to the streams from which their parents were taken except for a small percentage released through a pipe directly below the hatchery.

From there, they swim out to the ocean to ma-ture, eventually to return to the Kitimat system to start the cycle all over again.

Incidentally, while they may not be the most prized fish, the hatchery is top heavy on the production of chum salmon. That’s because they were historically the most numerous spe-cies in the Kitimat.

Call 250-639-9888 to see if the hatchery is offering tours again this year. You’ll find it a fascinating experience.

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Jurgen from Germany with his first ever Coho Salmon on the Skeena RiverCOURTESY of Rob Bryce

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mANAGEmENT UNIT(NOT ALL SHOWN - SEE PAGE 5) EXCEPTIONS TO ThE REGIONAL REGULATIONS

TAGISH LAKE 6-27 Lake trout daily and possession quotas = 2 (only 1 over 90 cm, none between 60 cm and 90 cm); Arctic grayling daily and possession quotas = 4 (only 1 over 44 cm, none between 36 cm and 44 cm); Northern pike daily and possession quotas = 4 (only 1 over 100 cm, none between 70 cm and 100 cm); whitefish daily quota = 5

TAHLTAN RiVER∑ 6-22 No fishing Dec 1-June 30TAKYSIE LAKE 6-4 No fishing northwest of a line between signs on opposite shores just north of Takysie Lake Settlement, Mar 1-May 31TATSAMENIE LAKE’S OUTLET STREAMS

6-26 No fishing between Tatsamenie Lake and Tatsatua Creek, Dec 1-June 30 and Aug 20-Sept 15

TCHESINKUT LAKE 6-4 Release lake trout all year EXCEPT during months of February and July (when regional quotas apply)Single barbless hook

TELKWA RIVER 6-9 Canadian residents only on the Telkwa River Sept 1 - Oct 31 (see Bulkley River)TESLIN LAKE 6-25 Lake trout daily and possession quotas = 1 (none between 60 cm and 90 cm); Arctic grayling daily and possession quotas = 4 (only

1 over 44 cm, none between 36 cm and 44 cm); Northern pike daily and possession quotas = 4 (only 1 over 100 cm, none between 70 cm and 100 cm); whitefish daily quota = 5

TLELL RiVER∑ ∏ 6-13 Cutthroat trout releaseClass II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30Tidal water regulations apply to waters below tidal boundary sign located 1.5 km above Hwy 16 bridge - check B.C. Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide

TOMS LAKE 6-1 Trout daily quota = 2; bait ban, single barbless hookTRIUMPH RIVER 6-3 No fishing Nov 1-May 31TSEAX RIVER 6-14 See Ksi Sii Aks RiverTWO MILE CREEK 6-8 Open all year; bait may be used; trout daily quota = 1 (no minimum size)UNNAMED LAKE(approx. 500 M south of Natalkuz Lake)

6-1 No ice fishing; rainbow trout release; bait ban, single barbless hookLocated approx. 6.25 km S/SE of yellow Moose Lake and approx. 6.25 km W/SW of Chedakuz Arm

WAHLA LAKE 6-2 Rainbow trout daily quota = 1 (none over 50 cm)WEST ROAD (“Blackwater”) RIVER’S TRIBUTARIES

6-1 Trout daily quota = 1; artificial fly onlyFor regulations on the mainstem of the West Road River, see Region 5

yAkOuN RiVER∑ ∏ 6-13 No fishing from Yakoun Lake downstream 13 km to signs, Oct 1-Apr 30Cutthroat trout release; no powered boatsClass II water Sept 1-Apr 30; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Dec 1-Apr 30

zyMOETz (Copper) RiVER∑ ∏ 6-9 Closed all year from McDonell Lake downstream 3 km to signsClosed all year between signs in Zymoetz CanyonNo fishing above the sign at the transmission line crossing (below Zymoetz Canyon), Jan 1-June 15Bait banAbove Limonite Creek (Zymoetz River A): Class I water Jul 24 - Dec 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Jul 24 - Dec 31;Canadian residents only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays jul 24 - Dec 31Below Limonite Creek (Zymoetz River B): Class II water Jul 24 - May 31; Steelhead Stamp mandatory Jul 24 - May 31;Canadian residents only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays jul 24 - may 31

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NOTE: If a lake or stream is NOT listed here, then only the Provincial Regulations (pages 9-11) and the Regional Regulations (page 55) apply. New restrictions are highlighted in blue. Check for any in-season changes at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish

On April 1, 2012, a number of angling regulation changes were implemented in the Skeena Region to address issues of overcrowding and conflict among users during the steelhead fishery. Changes were developed in consultation with resident anglers, guides, tourism and business representatives, non-Canadian anglers and First Nations (for more informa-tion, see www.env.gov.bc.ca/skeena/qws/). They apply to the Bulkley, Babine, Morice, kispiox, Suskwa, kitseguecla, Kitwanga, Skeena (section 4), Zymoetz Class I section, Zymoetz Class II section, Lakelse and Kitsumkalum rivers. Depending on the river, the new regulations include:

Extensions to the time period when a Classified Waters • Licence and Steelhead Conservation Surcharge Stamp are required

Changes from Class II to Class I designation•

New times and zones where only Canadians are permitted • to angle and non-Canadians are restricted

New measures for the management of angling guides•

For an explanation of all changes, visit www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/ to read the Skeena Steelhead Regula-tions Brochure and Question and Answers that have been prepared.

The ministry will be monitoring these new regulations to ensure they are working as intended. Information on angler effort and satisfaction will be gathered and used to inform management decisions in the future.

SkEENA QUALITy WATERS STRATEGyNew steelhead regulations in effect as of April 1, 2012

• 2 Year Synopsis, Keep This Guide Until 2015

• Free Family Fishing for Tidal and Non-Tidal Waters, Fathers Day Weekend, see www.bcfamilyfi shing.com

• Buy your fi shing licence online at www.fi shing.gov.bc.ca/

• Find the online Fishing Synopsis and in-season regulation changes at www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fi sh/regulations

FRESHWATER 2013 - 2015

FISHING REGULATIONS SYNOPSISEFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2013 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2015

NOTE: Page 61 is an excerpt of the BC 2013-2015 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis and has page references to that publication.

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