Yet another study shows that farming salmon on the West Coast is devastating wild salmon stocks. When will our government take action? If our government will not take action, please do so yourself. Do Not buy Farmed Salmon or Farmed Steelhead (Costco)! If you know someone who does, let them know of what it is doing to our Wild Stocks! … Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release2007ENV0126-001486Nov. 19, 2007Ministry of Environment E-LICENSING FOR FRESHWATER ANGLERS LAUNCHED VICTORIA – Purchasing a freshwater fishing licence is easier than everwith the Province’s new e-licensing system, Environment Minister BarryPenner announced today. Penner marked the occasion by purchasing a fishing licence at Robinson’sOutdoor Store in Victoria, B.C.’s first e-licence-equipped vendor.“Freshwater anglers will now have a greater range … Read More

Category(s):RECREATIONAL – SalmonFishery Notice – Fisheries and Oceans Canada Subject: FN0865-RECREATIONAL – Salmon Region 2 – Non-Tidal; Zero Retention of Chum Salmon on the Cheakamus, Mamquam, Squamish Rivers SystemsEffective 12:00 November 02, 2007 until further notice, the daily limit forchum salmon is zero (0) per day in the Mamquam River, Cheakamus River andSquamish River (including tributaries). The Squamish-Lillooet Sport Fishing … Read More

FN0675-RECREATIONAL – Salmon: Correction to the Web site version of the Region 2 Table for the Cheakamus and Squamish River for Coho and Chum Category(s): RECREATIONAL – Salmon Fishery Notice – Fisheries and Oceans Canada Subject: FN0675-RECREATIONAL – Salmon: Correction to the Web site version of the Region 2 Table for the Cheakamus and Squamish River for Coho and Chum … Read More

RECREATIONAL – SalmonFishery Notice – Fisheries and Oceans Canada Subject: FN0563-Salmon – Region 2 Non-tidal Squamish Area This is a reminder that the daily limit for pink salmon in the Squamish River, Ashlu River, Cheakamus River, Mamquam River, Birkenhead River, Elaho River, Powerhouse Channel and all their tributaries is zero. Pink salmon may not be retained from these systems. This … Read More

The salmon are late….up to 20 day in some areas…according to guides from Tasis, BC on Vancouver Island to other guide services in the Lower Mainland….but they are showing up. Like other locations in BC, the pinks have arrived in the Squamish river for 2007. In fact, we caught our first fish on the 20th of July, but to our … Read More

I thought I would lay out some useful websites that I visit on a regular basis to plan fishing trips in BC: Information Gathering Sites Tide Tables: http://www.lau.chs-shc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showRegion&language=english&region=1 River Levels: http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/formnav.asp http://www.fishwizard.com/ – Links to Bathemetric maps of lakes and river as well as species present information http://www.gofishbc.com/ – Fish stocking reports http://maps.google.com/ – How to get there http://earth.google.com – … Read More

River levels were in perfect condition for the inaugural float of the Squamish River with the new Dave Scadden Mackenzie Drifter X3 16′. The float took about 2.5 hours to get from our starting point to the ending point, about 7 miles of river. Throughout the voyage my passengers, could not help saying “This is awesome!” every turn on the … Read More