Vinson Lake proposed angling regulation

The public is invited to comment on the proposed angling regulation described below until January 17, 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: Open Vinson Lake to ice fishing and remove waterbody specific quota

Status: Proposed

Region: 8, Okanagan

Management unit (MU): 8-6

Regulation type: Method/Gear/Bait and Quota

Species: All fin fish

Closing date: January 17, 2025

Decision statement: Pending

Current regulation:

• No ice fishing
• Trout/char release
• Bait ban
• Single barbless hook 

Proposed regulation:

• Reverting to regional regulations
• The lake will be open to ice fishing and regional quotas for all species will apply

Rationale:

Vinson Lake was part of a large-scale assessment to evaluate the impact of changing lakes to trophy type regulations in 2013. After 10 years, it was evaluated in 2023. Based on the assessment results, it was determined that the fishery is under performing and not meeting the trophy or quality fisheries management parameters. 

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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