Copper Creek
Copper Creek is a 12 km stream in British Columbia’s Skeena region (management unit 6-12), about 9 km south of Sandspit. It lies roughly 152 km southwest of Port Edward and 158 km southwest of Prince Rupert. Special regulations include area or seasonal closures and a classified-water licence requirement in some areas or seasons.
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Regulations
Waterbody-specific regulationCopper CreekClassified waterView details
Default regulations
Default regulationsGeneral Regulations4 rulesView details
Summer closure: No Fishing in any stream in Management Units 1-1 to 1-6 from July 15-Aug 31 (see water specific regulations table for exceptions).
Single barbless hook: must be used in all streams of Region 1, all year.
Bait ban: applies to all streams of Region 1, all year, with some important exceptions. Check the tables.
Bait ban: applies to all streams in Management Units 6-12 and 6-13, Nov 1-Apr 30.
Default regulationsHaida Gwaii Daily Quotas3 rulesView details
Trout/char: 5, but not more than
- 1 over 50 cm
- 3 Dolly Varden
- 2 from streams
And you must release:
- Trout/char under 30 cm from streams
- All wild steelhead
Kokanee: 10 (none from streams)
Default regulationsPossession Quotas1 ruleView details
Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas
Default regulationsAnnual Quotas1 ruleView details
Annual catch quota for all B.C.: 10 steelhead per licence year (only hatchery steelhead may be retained in B.C.)
Default regulationsDaily & Annual Quotas for Salmon1 ruleView details
Please refer to the NOTICE on page 77 for Salmon Regulations.
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