Salmon Waters › Vancouver Island
Stamp River salmon fishing regulations
Girl Guide Falls down to the Sproat confluence
Open on Oct 28: Chinook 2 per day, only 1 over 77 cm; Coho 2 per day, 2 may be unmarked.
Season windows
- All species, Jun 1 to Aug 24: Bait ban
- Chinook, Aug 25 to Dec 31: 2 per day, only 1 over 77 cm
- Coho, Aug 25 to Sep 18: 2 per day, hatchery marked only
- Coho, Sep 19 to Oct 2: 2 per day, 1 may be unmarked
- Coho, Oct 3 to Dec 31: 2 per day, 2 may be unmarked
Where: Downstream of Girl Guide Falls (about 275 m above the mouth of Beaver Creek) to where the Sproat River joins to form the Somass.
4 salmon/day all species combined.
From the DFO Region 1 freshwater salmon page dated 2026-10-05. Not an official source: check DFO fishery notices and the signs at the water before you fish.