BC Regulations

[Deano85]

I have some questions about the regs in BC. As I read them you are allowed to use two lines if you are alone on a boat in lakes. Also what i dont get is how many hooks are you allowed on your line in reguard to lakes. Thanks

[uplander]

You should call or email there fisheries department for the most straight forward answer.

[fishpro]

You can only have one thing on your line capable of catching fish. So you can use a lure with multiple hooks on it, but you can't use multiple lures or flies.

[tacklerunner]

All correct but I will add SOME lakes are restricted to single barbless hook. Lots of plugs sold in BC are sold with 2 trebles and a second version with a single hook... Lake specific.

But 2 lines, 1 lure on each line is the general rule.

Lots of lake are NOT barbless as well but ALL streams are single barbless.

[Speckle55]

Yes to two lines for 1 person in boat .. and second question is one lure per line on lake.. you should be able to google BC regs.. David

[Photoplex]

IT IS UNLAWFUL TO....

Use more than one fishing line, EXCEPT
a person who is alone in a boat on a lake
may angle with two lines.

Use barbed hooks or a hook with more
than one point in any river, stream, creek
or slough in B.C. (Note: the use of barbed
hooks in lakes is permitted, unless noted in
the Regional Water-Specific Tables)


Definitions
single hook … a hook having only one point.
(In contrast, a treble hook is a hook having
three points on a common shaft.)
Note: use of a treble hook is permitted unless
“single hook” is specified



Sooo, yes you can fish with 2 lines only if you're on a lake in a boat alone.

In rivers you must use 1 single hook with 1 single point with no barb.

In lakes, you can use trebles, and barbs, unless it explicitly tells you (in the section for that lake) that you can't