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Salmon species in the Nanaimo area waters run from early spring to year end. The best months for catching them are April through September.
Identify your catch
Pacific Salmon
Chinook salmon
Chum salmon
Coho salmon
Pink salmon
Sockeye salmon
Features of Pacific salmon
Atlantic salmon alert
Report all captures of Atlantic salmon to: 1-800-811-6010 (toll-free).
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Trout
Species | Identifying features |
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![]() Trout – Cutthroat |
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![]() Trout – Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
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![]() Trout – Dolly Varden |
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http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/points/salmon-saumon-eng.html
Salmon Identification
Chinook Salmon
Chum Salmon
Coho Salmon
Pink Salmon

Sockeye Salmon
Trout
Atlantic Salmon Alert !
Gear
In tidal waters
- Barbless hooks are required for all salmon and sea-run trout fishing. Treble barbless hooks are acceptable in most areas; however, single barbless hooks are required in many tidal areas of coastal rivers and in areas requiring special management measures.
- If you pinch a barbed hook, the barb must be crimped flat against the shaft. Partially crimped barbs are not allowed.
- In tidal waters, there’s no limit to the number of fishing rods you can use. In rivers and streams, including the tidal waters of the Fraser River, there’s a limit of one rod per angler.
- It is illegal to angle with a fishing line that has more than one hook, artificial lure or artificial fly attached except:
- in the tidal waters of the Fraser River, where you can attach two hooks, artificial lures or artificial flies to a bar rig.
- in tidal waters, where you can attach any number of hooks to a fishing line if using the hooks in combination to hold a single piece of bait and if they’re not arranged so as to catch more than one fish. This does not apply in areas restricted to the use of only one single barbless hook.
- It is illegal to fish with a fixed weight (sinker) greater than 1 kg except on a downrigger line, in which case the fishing line must be attached to the downrigger by a release clip.
- It is illegal to sport fish with nets, including dip nets, minnow nets, gillnets or cast nets.