Trout 

Trout includes steelhead, dolly varden, cutthroat trout, brown trout and bull trout.

Wild trout are those with an adipose fin. Hatchery trout are those with a healed scar in place of the adipose fin.

For more information on the management of trout in tidal or non-tidal
waters, contact the Ministry of Environment,
PO Box 9374 STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC V8W 9M4
or visit their website at: www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/

Steelhead

The fork length of a steelhead is 50 cm or more. They do not have teeth in the throat at the back of the
tongue.

Dolly Varden

 

These fish have small heads, and oval snake-like bodies.

 

Cutthroat

This trout species has a large mouth that extends well past the eye, and teeth in the throat at the back of the tongue. They also have a lot of spots from front to back.

 

South of a line due west from Cape Caution

• wild trout: catch and release only.
• hatchery trout: 2, none of which may be less than 30 cm.

North of a line due west from Cape Caution

• hatchery and wild trout: 2, only one of which may be greater than 50 cm.
  None may be less than 30 cm.

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