Shinook
OPEN FOR COHO & PINK

Campbell River

Downstream of the confluence with the Quinsam River · no fishing for any species Aug 1 to Oct 31 from the boundary sign at the end of Maple Street downstream to the sign at the cement block. That downstream sign is marked on the river and is in none of our sources, so the map draws the closure all the way to the mouth, which is more water than it covers · Region 1 freshwater

Limits and restrictions

A fishery notice affecting this water has come out since these limits were last reviewed. Read it before fishing: a notice outranks everything on this page.

May be kept

Coho

4hatchery-marked per day

WhenSep 1–Dec 31
Wherebelow the Quinsam confluence
Pink

4per day

WhenJul 15–Oct 15

below the Quinsam confluence

May not be kept3

ChinookClosed

To be determined by DFO

closed unless announced

Sockeye Closed.
ChumClosed

Not listed as open

closed unless announced

Across this region, not just this water
Daily
4/day all species of Pacific salmon, tidal and fresh waters combined

Individual species limits also apply. DFO Region 1, daily limit preamble

Possession
8 at a time salmon you may have in your possession, however many days you have fished. Salmon at your ordinary residence do not count.

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Annual
10 a year chinook over 50 cm, from all fresh waters combined

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Minimum size
25 cm a coho you keep, nose to tail fork

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Minimum size
30 cm a chinook or sockeye you keep, nose to tail fork

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Where
No fishing is allowed within 100 meters of any government facility operated for counting, passing or rearing fish unless otherwise stated.

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Gear
Annual bait ban in effect in all streams of Region 1 as follows: All streams in Region 1 except: Quatse River; Somass River; Sproat River; Stamp River downstream of "Girl Guide Falls" (approximately 275 m upstream of the mouth of Beaver Creek), unless otherwise described below.

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River boundaries

The lower river, reach by reach: open below the Quinsam confluence, closed below the Maple Street sign while the summer closure runs, and above the confluence water this fishery does not reach.

Map of Vancouver Island's salmon rivers from the Quinsam confluence to the mouth. Status: Campbell River open. Other waters are shown for context only.

Sproat Lk.Great Central Lk.Buttle Lk.Quinsam confluenceMaple St. signCampbell RiverCourtenayPort AlberniNanaimo
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Closed to salmon (broken outline) Open (see species & limits) Other waters (context) River gauge (tap for level and flow)

Quinsam River confluence. The coho and pink limits apply downstream of here. No row in the table reaches above it, so the water upstream is drawn as context rather than as part of this fishery.

Maple Street boundary sign. No fishing for any species Aug 1 to Oct 31 from this sign downstream to the fishing boundary sign at the cement block.

Timing

When you may fish, as opposed to what you may keep. Sun times are for this water, today.

No time-of-day closure listed for this water in the regulations we watch, so the sun times above are for planning rather than a rule. Openings still run only on the dates the limits state.

Fishery regulations and notices

Regulation table
DFO Region 1, Campbell River row

Last checked: Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 7:29 p.m. PDT

A fishery notice outranks the regulation table when the two disagree.

The most recent fishery notices naming this water, in DFO's own words.

Almanac

A day back and two ahead on one clock. Pressure and river level are observed and stop at Now; future rain is ECCC's HRDPS weather model, and the moon is astronomy. Not a fishability call.

A timeline of moon phase, observed rain, observed barometric pressure and the river gauge level across a day back and two ahead. Tide turns, river levels and pressure trend are also given in text on the water pages and map callouts.

Licence

What you need on this water
BC freshwater licence (Region 1) + conservation surcharge stamp to retain salmon. The river is governed reach by reach, so check which stretch you are on and read the signs on the bank before you fish. VERIFY
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