

No person shall retain a halibut greater than 126cm head-on length (97 cm head-off). Fly-in lakes such as Crawfish Lake on Nootka Island and Power Lake northwest of Kyuquot offer excellent cutthroat trout up to 4 pounds year-round.įly-fishing is preferred for saltwater fishing for cutthroat in all estuaries, but favoured areas are the head of Espinoza Inlet, the Estuary of Park Creek in Queen Cove, and the mouth of Glory Creek in Mary’s Basin, south shore. The daily and possession limit for halibut is EITHER of: one (1) halibut measuring 90 cm to 126 cm in length (69 cm to 97 cm head-off), OR two (2) halibut, each measuring under 90 cm in length (69 cm head-off). The best time for lake fishing is during the spring and fall, as the summer months can be hot, and warm waters drive fish to deeper waters. It’s a steep but short climb down to Ceepeecee Lake (1/4 kilometre from an old logging road a couple miles south of town), but well worth it for cutthroat trout there as well. Malaspina Lake has rainbow and cutthroat trout up to 2 pounds. Locally, the Tahsis, Perry, and Leiner Rivers have some sea-run cutthroat (November through April), summer-run steelhead, and Chinook, Coho and Chum salmon in the fall months.īetween Gold River and Tahsis, there are excellent angling opportunities for steelhead and trout at Conuma River, Sucwoa River and Canton Creek. Some of the lakes have stocked rainbow and cutthroat trout, as well as wild fish.

There are great freshwater fishing opportunities all within an hour’s drive of Tahsis.
