Kamloops This Week
A limited chinook fishery in the Kamloops area is open until Sept. 22.
The fishery is open in the waters of Kamloops Lake and the Thompson River from the outlet of Kamloops Lake, downstream to fishing boundary signs located at Gold Pan Provincial Park.
Anglers may catch four chinook per day, with only one being longer than 50 centimetres. Fishing is permitted during daylight hours only.
There are, however, three closed locations:
• Deadman: From the fishing boundary signs approximately one kilometre downstream of the Highway 1 bridge at Savona to the CN Rail bridge approximately 500 metres
downstream of the confluence with Deadman Creek.
• Juniper: From the fishing boundary signs approximately 1.5 kilometres downstream from Juniper Beach park approximately four kilometres to the fishing boundary signs.
• Ashcroft: From the fishing boundary sign at the upstream side of the mouth of the Bonaparte River to Highway 97C bridge in Ashcroft.
Anglers fishing for chinook are required to take every measure possible to ensure that their fishing activities avoid impacts on sockeye salmon. Any sockeye encountered must be released with the least possible harm. Survival rates of sockeye released in this fishery are expected to be high.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said anglers should avoid using fishing methods that catch sockeye salmon and fish selectively, noting bottom bouncing with long leaders is not considered a selective fishing method and is discouraged.
The DFO said recreational fishing opportunities in the Thompson River for pink salmon are anticipated later in the season when the abundance of pink salmon permits or the stock proportion of summer run sockeye through the area has decreased.
For the 24 hour recorded opening and closure line, call toll-free 1-(866)431-FISH (3474).
