Ice fishing in Region 2 Lower Mainland

Fishing region 2 (Lower Mainland) covers 0 wildlife management units. The 2025-2027 synopsis lists 186 waters here with rules of their own. None of them is closed to ice fishing by name. Every other lake follows the regional quotas below.

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Region 2 daily quotas

From the Regional Regulations page of the 2025-2027 synopsis. They apply to every water in the region unless the water's own entry says otherwise; possession quotas are two daily quotas unless stated.

• Trout/char: 4, but not more than 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over 50 cm allowed), 2 from streams (must be hatchery) and 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden or lake trout), none under 60 cm. Release wild trout/char from streams, all wild steelhead and hatchery trout/char under 30 cm from streams.
• Bass: 20
• Crappie: 20
• Crayfish: 25
• Kokanee: 5 (none from streams)
• Whitefish: 15 (all species combined)
• White sturgeon: catch and release only

On the ice anywhere in BC

• Ice fish with one line and one lure, artificial fly or other terminal attractor.
• You are legally responsible for warning other people of your ice hole.
• Remove your ice hut before ice breakup.
• Set lines (an unattended line) are only allowed in the lakes of Region 6 and Region 7A: one line, one hook with a gap of at least 3 cm, marked with your name, address and phone number. Any game fish other than burbot caught on one must be released.
• Your basic licence runs for the licence year, April 1 to March 31, so a licence bought last spring expires before the end of the ice season.

Other waters with winter rules

Entries with a rule that mentions the ice or a date between December and March.

• Alta Lake: No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
• Campbell River: No Fishing from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31
• Coquitlam River: No Fishing upstream of Mary Hill Bypass Bridge, May 1-June 30; No powered boats on parts; Hatchery trout daily quota = 2 (20-30 cm only), from Lougheed Highway Bridge to Mary Hill Bypass Bridge, July 1-Oct 15
• Fraser River (upstream of the Cpr Bridge at Mission) (upstream of the CPR Bridge at Mission): No Fishing for steelhead Fraser River Mainstem Aug 15-Dec 31
• Goat Lake: No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31
• Green Lake: No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31
• Indian River: Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30
• Inland Lake: No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31; single barbless hook, Apr 1-Oct 31
• Ivey (Horseshoe) Lake: No Fishing Dec 1-Mar 31; trout/char catch and release, bait ban, single barbless hook
• Kawkawa Lake: No Fishing Dec 1-Feb 28
• Lonzo (“Marshall”) Creek: No Fishing Feb 1-June 15; Trout/char 20-30 cm in lenth Jun 16-Jan 31; Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4)
• Nicomekl River: No Fishing downstream of 208 Street, from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31 th
• Powell Lake: No Fishing Nov 1-Mar 31; no powered boats in One Mile Bay
• Sakinaw Lake: No Fishing easterly of a line drawn from a boundary sign located at the north side of the Sakinaw Lake boat launch southwesterly to a boundary sign located at 49 o 41.50’N and 123 o 58.45’W, Nov 1-Dec 31; No Fishing in “Bear Bay”, easterly of a line drawn from a boundary sign located at 49 o 40.05’N and 124 o 02.13’W due south to a boundary sign on the opposite shore, Nov 1-Dec 31
• Sardis Park Pond: Single barbless hook; Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round (see page 4)
• Serpentine River: No Fishing downstream of 168 th Street at Bothwell Park from 21:00 hours to 05:00 hours each day, Aug 1-Dec 31
• Silver (Silverhope) Lake: No Fishing Dec 1-Apr 30; kokanee, trout and char catch and release, bait ban, single barbless hook
• Stawamus River: Bait ban, Dec 1-Sept 30

Source: BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis 2025-2027, Region 2 Lower Mainland (water-specific tables and regional regulations); management units: BC Geographic Warehouse (OGL-BC). The synopsis is a summary, not the regulation, and in-season changes on gov.bc.ca/FishingRegulations override it. Lake names are linked where we could match them to a lake on our map by name and management unit. No regulation makes ice safe: check it yourself.