Goat River
Goat River is a roughly 60 km stream in British Columbia's Omineca region (management unit 7-5), about 28 km west of the community of Lamming Mills and 45 km northeast of Wells, a district municipality. It is about 106 km northeast of Quesnel and 128 km southeast of Prince George. Regulations include seasonal or area closures.
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Regulations
Waterbody-specific regulationGoat RiverIncludes tributariesView details
Default regulations
Region 7A default regulationsGeneral Zone A Regulations4 rulesView details
Set lining: is only permitted in the lakes of Zone A (see tables for exclusions). Set lines are restricted to one line with a single hook with a gap of not less than 3 cm (see page 8). All set lines must be marked with the angler’s name, address and telephone number. See “Rules on Bait Usage” (see page 8). Any game fish that you catch other than burbot must be released.
No fishing (spring closure): in any stream of Zone A, Apr 1-June 30. (See tables for exceptions).
Single barbless hook: must be used in all streams of Zone A, all year.
Bait ban: applies to all streams of Zone A, all year. See page 8 for details. (See tables for exceptions).
Region 7A default regulationsZone A Daily Quotas8 rulesView details
Trout/char: 5, but not more than
- 1 over 50 cm
- 2 from streams
- 3 lake trout
- 1 bull trout (Dolly Varden)
NOTE: Bull trout (Dolly Varden) may only be retained Oct 16-Aug 14. These fish may only be taken from lakes and only 30-50 cm in length.
And you must release:
- Bull trout (Dolly Varden):
- from streams, all year
- from lakes, Aug 15-Oct 15
- Lake trout:
- of any size, Sept 15-Oct 31
- under 30 cm all year
- Bull trout (Dolly Varden):
Arctic grayling: catch and release only
Burbot: 5
Kokanee: 10 (none from streams)
White Sturgeon: CLOSED TO ALL FISHING
Whitefish: 15 (all species combined)
Region 7A default regulationsDaily & Annual Quotas for Salmon1 ruleView details
Please refer to the NOTICE on page 77 for Salmon Regulations.
Region 7A default regulationsPossession Quotas3 rulesView details
Possession quotas = 2 daily quotas for most species. See tables for exceptions.
Lake trout: possession quota = 1 daily quota.
Bull trout (Dolly Varden): possession quota = 1 daily quota.
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