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    RECREATIONAL - Salmon


    Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0881-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Pink Salmon - Region 2: Squamish River - Retention opening - Effective August 29, 2025

Effective one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset each day between August 29 and September 15, 2025, in the waters described below you may retain four (4) Pink Salmon per day:

Squamish River downstream of the powerline crossing, approximately 1.5 km upstream of the confluence with the Cheakamus River.

Management measures: 

- No fishing for Chinook, Coho, Sockeye or Chum salmon.
- You must not use bait when fishing for salmon.
- Fishing is permissible during daylight hours only.

There is no fishing for salmon in the following waters: Mamquam and Cheakamus Rivers, and Squamish River upstream of the powerline crossing (approximately 1.5 km upstream of the confluence with the Cheakamus River).

The aggregate daily limit for all salmon species is four (4) per day.

Anglers fishing for salmon are required to take every measure possible to ensure that their fishing activities avoid impacts on non-target stocks. This means that anglers are requested to use angling methods that do not catch non-target stocks.

Anglers should be aware that the First Nations food, social and ceremonial fishery is open in this area. Anglers are encouraged to minimize or eliminate any gear conflict in this area. Please be diligent when harvesting and navigating in this area and exercise patience when and if in contact with other fishers.

Variation Orders in effect: 2025-RFQ-360, 2025-RCT-349

[fic]

Nice, it hasn't opened in years.

[milo]

After fly-fishing it last weekend, I can say I'm done with that river until visibility improves. It is a Tim Horton's double-double, with virtually zero visibility (OK, maybe an inch or two). I hooked many pinks, but only 2 were hooked inside the mouth. Most of the others were flossed, or even worse, snagged, in spite of my best efforts to avoid foul-hooking them. There's thousands upon thousands of fish making the trek up the Squamish right now, but sadly, hardly any fish can be caught legitimately because they can't see the fly or lure until it hits them in the face.

It wasn't busy there over the long weekend because of the sockeye opening, but once the Fraser is closed to sockeye retention, I expect the unruly hordes to take over the Squamish thanks to its generous four pink retention allowance.

[fic]

That's great to hear so many fish are making it there.  May be the removal of the spit helped.  If you are hooking that many like that, probably it means the run is really strong.  It's too bad we don't have any statistics to actually measure it year to year.

I doubt that many people will all of a suddenly head there when they can also get 4 at the Vedder.

[Stratocaster]

After fly-fishing it last weekend, I can say I'm done with that river until visibility improves. It is a Tim Horton's double-double, with virtually zero visibility (OK, maybe an inch or two). I hooked many pinks, but only 2 were hooked inside the mouth. Most of the others were flossed, or even worse, snagged, in spite of my best efforts to avoid foul-hooking them. There's thousands upon thousands of fish making the trek up the Squamish right now, but sadly, hardly any fish can be caught legitimately because they can't see the fly or lure until it hits them in the face.

It wasn't busy there over the long weekend because of the sockeye opening, but once the Fraser is closed to sockeye retention, I expect the unruly hordes to take over the Squamish thanks to its generous four pink retention allowance.

Are the fish still in good shape or are they coloured up? 

[milo]

Are the fish still in good shape or are they coloured up?

Still lots of great looking fish, with their scales intact and hardly any coloration, especially in the outer travelling lanes. You should have no problem intercepting a few of those. It looks like those closer to shore seem to be more coloured and lethargic, but it might just be my impression.

[Stratocaster]

Still lots of great looking fish, with their scales intact and hardly any coloration, especially in the outer travelling lanes. You should have no problem intercepting a few of those. It looks like those closer to shore seem to be more coloured and lethargic, but it might just be my impression.

Thanks Milo.

With the temperatures in the next day or two, we'll probably need steelhead intruder flies for them to see.