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Mill Lake, Sardis Park Pond, Cranberry Lake, Garden Bay and Ruby Lakes proposed angling regulations

Last updated on January 16, 2025

The public is invited to comment on the proposed angling regulation described below until February 14, 2025. A BCeID basic account is required in order to post comments. Users with a business or personal BCeID account will not be able to access the feedback form without registering for a basic BCeiD account.

Summary: Mill Lake, Sardis Park Pond, Cranberry Lake, Garden Bay and Ruby Lakes change to hook requirements

Status: Proposed

Region: 2, Lower Mainland

Management unit (MU): 

  • Mill Lake and Sardis Park Pond (2-4)
  • Cranberry Lake (2-12)
  • Garden Bay and Ruby Lakes (2-5)

Regulation type: Method/Gear/Bait

Species: Western Painted Turtle

Closing date: February 14, 2025

Decision statement: Pending

Current and proposed regulation:

Current and proposed regulations for Mill Lake, Sardis Park Pond, Cranberry Lake, Garden Bay and Ruby Lakes

Waterbody

Current regulation

Proposed regulation

Mill Lake
  • Trout/char daily quota is 2
  • Bass daily quota is 4
  • Wheelchair accessible: paved path to dock with rails
  • Trout/char daily quota is 2
  • Bass daily quota is 4
  • wheelchair accessible: paved path to dock with rails
  • Single barbless hook

Sardis Park Pond

Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round
  • Youth/Disabled Accompanied Water year round
  • Single barbless hook

Cranberry Lake

No powered boats
  • No powered boats
  • Single barbless hook

Garden Bay Lake

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
  • Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW
  • Single barbless hook

Ruby Lake
  • No Fishing in the outlet bay within 100 m of the head of Ruby Creek
  • Wild cutthroat trout daily quota = 2 (none 40 cm or more)
  • No Fishing in the outlet bay within 100 m of the head of Ruby Creek
  • Wild cutthroat trout daily quota is 2 (none 40 cm or more)
  • Single barbless hook

Rationale:

Turtles can be inadvertently hooked while anglers are targeting fish. By requiring barbless hooks, the impact of fishing on non-target species like turtles is reduced.

Collection notice: 

Your personal information will be collected for the purposes of informing the 2025 to 2027 B.C. freshwater fishing regulations. If you have any questions about the collection of this personal information, please contact: FishandWildlife@gov.bc.ca. This information is being collected by the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship under the authority of section 26(c) and 26(e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“FOIPPA”).

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