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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fish fear me on February 03, 2017, 07:37:19 AM

Title: cates park
Post by: fish fear me on February 03, 2017, 07:37:19 AM

I was recently reading through some older posts on crabbing around Vancouver and found that this area/dock was mentioned a fair bit. I was wondering wether the dock is open to crabbing right now (the old posts said it was closed from spring through summer due to boat traffic but is open in the later fall and winter). And also wether anybody has crabbed there recently/is its any good for crabbing? Any help would be much appreciated.

Title: Re: cates park
Post by: Damien on February 03, 2017, 12:55:24 PM

Check here and/or call in if unsure.  Best to get the up to date facts than rely on the message board which may contain invalid or outdated information;
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/species-especes/shelltable-tableaucoquille-eng.html
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/locations-bureaux-eng.html

Have fun out there.

Title: Re: cates park
Post by: DanL on February 03, 2017, 01:12:03 PM

If I recall the seasonal closure of the dock to fishing is managed by the parks board, not the DFO, so you might want to give the parks board a call for the current status. I called them a couple years ago to get the closure dates but I cant remember the details.

Title: Re: cates park
Post by: fish fear me on February 03, 2017, 05:12:02 PM

Thanks for the tip I will definitely give them a call. Anybody been crabbing out there lately?

Title: Re: cates park
Post by: ynot on February 03, 2017, 05:24:22 PM

dock is open for crabbing till april 15 I think. can get crowded , better off with boat.

Title: Re: cates park
Post by: psd1179 on February 08, 2017, 04:36:21 PM

Open to crabbing from Oct 4 to April 14

Title: Re: cates park
Post by: standalone on February 09, 2017, 09:06:52 AM

crab legal size ratio 1:100, good luck.