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Chilliwack / Vedder River salmon fishing regulations

incl. Sumas River below Barrowtown

Open on Oct 28: Chinook 4 per day, only 2 over 62 cm; Coho 4 hatchery marked per day; Chum 2 per day.

Season windows

• Chinook, Jul 1 to Aug 31: 1 per day
• Chinook, Sep 1 to Dec 31: 4 per day, only 2 over 62 cm
• Coho, Jul 1 to Aug 31: catch & release only (non-retention)
• Coho, Sep 1 to Dec 31: 4 hatchery marked per day
• Chum, Oct 17 to Nov 30: 2 per day

Where: From a line between two fishing boundary signs 100 m downstream of the Chilliwack River / Slesse Creek confluence, downstream through the Vedder River and Vedder Canal, including the Sumas River from the Barrowtown Pump Station downstream to the fishing boundary signs near the Fraser River confluence.

Daylight hours only · 4 salmon/day all species combined.

From the DFO Region 2 freshwater salmon page dated 2026-10-28. Not an official source: check DFO fishery notices and the signs at the water before you fish.