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Kurt505
07-15-2016, 01:04 PM
My son is staying with relatives in Fairmont for a couple weeks, he wants to go fishing. He is 13yrs old, and being that he is from out of province will he need a fishing license?
pinelakeperch
07-15-2016, 01:15 PM
My son is staying with relatives in Fairmont for a couple weeks, he wants to go fishing. He is 13yrs old, and being that he is from out of province will he need a fishing license?
http://www.fishing.gov.bc.ca/faq_anglers.html
Doesn't appear so.
Kurt505
07-15-2016, 01:21 PM
http://www.fishing.gov.bc.ca/faq_anglers.html
Doesn't appear so.
That's what I was looking at, it says if you are 16yrs or over you need one, I guess that goes for both residents and non residents?
I can't see anything specifically referring to non resident youths, I was assuming the same applies.
Thanks.
pinelakeperch
07-15-2016, 01:56 PM
That's what I was looking at, it says if you are 16yrs or over you need one, I guess that goes for both residents and non residents?
I can't see anything specifically referring to non resident youths, I was assuming the same applies.
Thanks.
I assumed the same. Unless noted otherwise, you'd have to think the same rules apply. Youth under 16 in Alberta don't need one, and I didn't need one in Ontario when I was 15.
Should be no problem!
hunter270win
07-15-2016, 10:59 PM
If you look at page 6 of the BC Fishing Regulations in the center of the page you will see " IF YOU ARE UNDER 16 AND NOT A RESIDENT OF BC". It says you don't need a license but must be fishing with someone over 16 with a fishing license and your catch goes against their quota. If you want to have your own quota of fish you must purchase a license as a non-resident.
spinN'flyfish
07-15-2016, 11:11 PM
My son is staying with relatives in Fairmont for a couple weeks, he wants to go fishing. He is 13yrs old, and being that he is from out of province will he need a fishing license?
He won't need one, unless he plans to keep any fish, however if there's anyone who fishes with him that has a license, the fish he chooses to keep will be under the license holder's limit.
millsboy79
07-16-2016, 08:08 AM
If you look at page 6 of the BC Fishing Regulations in the center of the page you will see " IF YOU ARE UNDER 16 AND NOT A RESIDENT OF BC". It says you don't need a license but must be fishing with someone over 16 with a fishing license and your catch goes against their quota. If you want to have your own quota of fish you must purchase a license as a non-resident.
^this
Kurt505
07-16-2016, 08:41 AM
If you look at page 6 of the BC Fishing Regulations in the center of the page you will see " IF YOU ARE UNDER 16 AND NOT A RESIDENT OF BC". It says you don't need a license but must be fishing with someone over 16 with a fishing license and your catch goes against their quota. If you want to have your own quota of fish you must purchase a license as a non-resident.
Ah, thank you, I missed that part.
Wild&Free
07-16-2016, 11:05 AM
A lot of the streams and rivers there are Fly Fishing only. Just a heads up if he's a gear thrower and not a flea flicker.
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