Fishing in BC

Wet Coast wrote:
Danger, long weekend and no reservations!

Unless you have reservations anywhere you are planning to stay, it might be slim pickins. Start goggling a route and check for campground availability before you commit to any direction!

Oops:S
Have just checked availability ................... not a lot and we can't do backcountry as we are not insured on logging roads. The weather is looking good, though, for next week - long may it last.

Thanks Orion for your pm - I will be spending tonight planning campgrounds before they all go, but will respond when we have a plan.

Does anyone have any knowledge of Smelt Bay, Cortes Island? There is space there, but will have to check that there is space on the ferries - no ferries and the spaces will remain available!

You might want to look at Ministry of Forest rec sites at
http://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/default.aspx
Most don't take reservations though. Good things is a lot of them are out of the way, but great back country experiences can be had.

and BC Parks for bookings
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/

r

Danger, long weekend and no reservations!

Unless you have reservations anywhere you are planning to stay, it might be slim pickins. Start goggling a route and check for campground availability before you commit to any direction!

ejfranz wrote:
For web info go to http://www.gofishbc.com/ and
http://www.fishbc.com/.
The local tackle shop will have the current conditions and what is working best.
You need to know what type of water you are in. The Fraser river is tidal up tp the railway bridge in Mission and Fresh water above the bridge. A fresh water licence would allow you to fish for salmon above the bridge, but you would need a salmon tag.
Check the synopsis, it should be available online also.

Thanks for this info!

Wet Coast wrote:
Hiya Magbrin, you haven't said what geographic location you will be in the province. It's a big province! Department of Fisheries and Oceans has all the info you need for closures, etc. You can also purchase licenses on line. You will need a license for either fresh (non tidal) and salt water (tidal), depending on what you want to go for.

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/licence-permis/index-eng.html

Also, There are Canadian Tire stores all over the place. Google Canadian Tire for locations close to where you trip will take you.

They will have lots of general gear for sale. Check with smaller local tackle shops for regional gear. Check with folks at the campgrounds, or check with local tackle shops for conditions, etc. Some of the marinas have camping and charters available.

I was just up on Northern Vancouver Island where we were catching salmon right off the beach.

Rick

Thanks, Rick
We have no planned route. We arrive next week and are renting a small RV from Thursday. If you have some good weather on the coast/island then (and not too many people as I gather it is a holiday weekend) we will stay about there for a while. If not we will head east - maybe even as far as the Rockies. Although I had a mad idea of going up to Stewart/Hyder AK, realistically I think we will be staying in the south of the Province, so we are looking at the possibility of coast, river and/or lake fishing.

For web info go to http://www.gofishbc.com/ and
http://www.fishbc.com/.
The local tackle shop will have the current conditions and what is working best.
You need to know what type of water you are in. The Fraser river is tidal up tp the railway bridge in Mission and Fresh water above the bridge. A fresh water licence would allow you to fish for salmon above the bridge, but you would need a salmon tag.
Check the synopsis, it should be available online also.

Hiya Magbrin, you haven't said what geographic location you will be in the province. It's a big province! Department of Fisheries and Oceans has all the info you need for closures, etc. You can also purchase licenses on line. You will need a license for either fresh (non tidal) and salt water (tidal), depending on what you want to go for.

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/licence-permis/index-eng.html

Also, There are Canadian Tire stores all over the place. Google Canadian Tire for locations close to where you trip will take you.

They will have lots of general gear for sale. Check with smaller local tackle shops for regional gear. Check with folks at the campgrounds, or check with local tackle shops for conditions, etc. Some of the marinas have camping and charters available.

I was just up on Northern Vancouver Island where we were catching salmon right off the beach.

Rick