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Brew Lake

Brew Lake is a lake in British Columbia's Lower Mainland region (Region 2), about 14 km southwest of Tamarisk. It covers about 9 hectares.

British ColumbiaLakeMU 2-650.03058, -123.18169

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Regulations

Default regulations

Region 2 default regulationsGeneral Regulations
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  • No Fishing: in any lake in the UBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest near Maple Ridge.

  • Single barbless hook: must be used in all streams of Region 2, all year. See definition of “angling” and “streams” on page 80.

  • Dead fin fish as bait: only permitted in Region 2 when sport fishing for sturgeon in the Fraser River, Lower Pitt River (CPR Bridge upstream to Pitt Lake), Lower Harrison River (Fraser River upstream to Harrison Lake). See page 8 for details.

  • Steelhead fishing in the Lower Mainland Region: Your basic licence must be validated with a Conservation Surcharge Stamp if you fish for steelhead anywhere in B.C. See page 6 for details.

  • When you have caught and retained your daily quota of hatchery steelhead from any water, you must stop fishing that water for the remainder of that day.

  • Protected Species: it is illegal to fish for or catch and then keep protected species. In Region 2, these include:

    • Nooksack dace
    • Salish sucker
    • Green sturgeon
    • Cultus Lake sculpin

    See page 9 for details.

Region 2 default regulationsRegion 2 Daily Quotas
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  • Trout/char: 4, but not more than

    • 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over 50 cm allowed)
    • 2 from streams (must be hatchery)
    • 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake trout), none under 60 cm
  • And you must release:

    • Wild trout/char from streams
    • All wild steelhead
    • Hatchery trout/char under 30 cm from streams
  • NOTE: There is no general minimum size limit for trout in lakes

  • Bass: 20 (excluding Mill Lake - see page 24 for quota)

  • Crappie: 20

  • Crayfish: 25

  • Kokanee: 5 (none from streams)

  • Whitefish: 15 (all species combined)

  • White Sturgeon: CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY

    • Fraser River: CLOSED TO ALL FISHING in the Fraser areas of Jesperson’s Side Channel, Herrling Island Side Channel and Seabird Island north Side Channel, May 15-July 31 (to view a map of this area see page 26).
Region 2 default regulationsPossession Quotas
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  • Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas

Region 2 default regulationsAnnual Quotas
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  • Annual catch quota for all B.C.: 10 steelhead per licence year (only hatchery steelhead may be retained in B.C.)

Region 2 default regulationsDaily & Annual Quotas for Salmon
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  • Please refer to the NOTICE on page 77 for Salmon Regulations.

Region 2 default regulationsTidal Boundaries on Rivers in Region 2
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  • NOTE: Provincial freshwater regulations apply upstream of these boundaries and Federal tidal regulations apply downstream of these boundaries:

    • Brunette R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
    • Campbell R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
    • Capilano R.: CN Railway Bridge
    • Coquitlam R.: Mary Hill Bypass Bridge
    • Fraser R.: CPR Bridge at Mission
    • Kanaka Cr.: CPR Bridge
    • Nathan Cr.: CN Railway Bridge
    • Nicomekl R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
    • Pitt R.: CPR Bridge
    • Serpentine R.: Burlington Northern Railway Bridge
    • Seymour R.: CN Railway Bridge
    • Squamish R.: a line running true west from the tip of the Squamish Dyke (“Windsurfer Spit”)
    • Stave R.: CPR Bridge
    • West Cr.: CN Railway Bridge
    • Whonnock Cr.: CP rail line
    • York Cr.: CP rail line
Region 2 default regulationsNote
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  • From one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise fishing is prohibited on portions of the Fraser, Harrison, and Pitt Rivers (see Water-specific Tables for details). To find out the time of sunrise and sunset consult a local newspaper or the National Research Council of Canada website at nrc.canada.ca/en/ for a sunrise-sunset calculator.

Last updated: Apr 01, 2025 · Synopsis page 21 · PDF page 23 · Current BC updates

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