Alouette Lake

[Pond-Hopper]

Hello, I recently moved to the Ridge Meadows area, and started fishing Alouette.

I target the Kokanee and I am usually successful. I have pulled up 4 trophy fish, that went back to the drink.

I have a theoretical question:

I ‘Theoretically’ pulled up a 61CM trout at Alouette.

The rules quote:
“ REGION 2 - LOWER MAINLAND
Region-wide prohibition on the retention of char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake trout) under 60 cm, with the exception of Chilliwack, Pitt, Chehalis, Lillooet, Harrison and Cultus Lakes where 1 bull trout over 60 cm can be retained.

(Page 21)
Trout/char: 4, but not more than
• 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over
50 cm allowed)
• 2 from streams (must be hatchery)
• 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake
trout), none under 60 cm
And you must release:
• Wild trout/char from streams
• All wild steelhead
• Hatchery trout/char under 30 cm from
streams

(Page 22)
ALOUETTE LAKE
2-8
Bull trout (char) release
No vessels in swimming areas, as buoyed and signed; speed restriction (8 km/h) at south end of lake, south of a line drawn from the BC Parks boat ramp to signs on the east side of the lake”

Is my hypothetical 61 CM trout a release?

And or aside from Kokanee is there any other retention at Alouette.

The photo are my releases of the season while targeting Koke’s

Any feedback/guidance or clarification on the regs is much appreciated.

 

[jim morrow]

Yes, you could keep the Cutthroats, and the Dolly/Bull; keep the large one if over 60cm.

 

[Pond-Hopper]

Thank you.

 

[TMan]

If its a bull.....or a Dolly...its a char. Then it's a release- IN ALOUETTE LAKE. The lake has a specific regulation. If you are quoting the regs directly and accurately.

 

[TMan]

That's how I read that anyway.

 

[Haverodwilltravel]

Hello, I recently moved to the Ridge Meadows area, and started fishing Alouette.

I target the Kokanee and I am usually successful. I have pulled up 4 trophy fish, that went back to the drink.

I have a theoretical question:

I ‘Theoretically’ pulled up a 61CM trout at Alouette.

The rules quote:
“ REGION 2 - LOWER MAINLAND
Region-wide prohibition on the retention of char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake trout) under 60 cm, with the exception of Chilliwack, Pitt, Chehalis, Lillooet, Harrison and Cultus Lakes where 1 bull trout over 60 cm can be retained.

(Page 21)
Trout/char: 4, but not more than
• 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over
50 cm allowed)
• 2 from streams (must be hatchery)
• 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake
trout), none under 60 cm
And you must release:
• Wild trout/char from streams
• All wild steelhead
• Hatchery trout/char under 30 cm from
streams

(Page 22)
ALOUETTE LAKE
2-8
Bull trout (char) release
No vessels in swimming areas, as buoyed and signed; speed restriction (8 km/h) at south end of lake, south of a line drawn from the BC Parks boat ramp to signs on the east side of the lake”

Is my hypothetical 61 CM trout a release?

And or aside from Kokanee is there any other retention at Alouette.

The photo are my releases of the season while targeting Koke’s

Any feedback/guidance or clarification on the regs is much appreciated.

Gawd man, if you’re going to handle the fish that way, y

Hello, I recently moved to the Ridge Meadows area, and started fishing Alouette.

I target the Kokanee and I am usually successful. I have pulled up 4 trophy fish, that went back to the drink.

I have a theoretical question:

I ‘Theoretically’ pulled up a 61CM trout at Alouette.

The rules quote:
“ REGION 2 - LOWER MAINLAND
Region-wide prohibition on the retention of char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake trout) under 60 cm, with the exception of Chilliwack, Pitt, Chehalis, Lillooet, Harrison and Cultus Lakes where 1 bull trout over 60 cm can be retained.

(Page 21)
Trout/char: 4, but not more than
• 1 over 50 cm (2 hatchery steelhead over
50 cm allowed)
• 2 from streams (must be hatchery)
• 1 char (bull trout, Dolly Varden, or lake
trout), none under 60 cm
And you must release:
• Wild trout/char from streams
• All wild steelhead
• Hatchery trout/char under 30 cm from
streams

(Page 22)
ALOUETTE LAKE
2-8
Bull trout (char) release
No vessels in swimming areas, as buoyed and signed; speed restriction (8 km/h) at south end of lake, south of a line drawn from the BC Parks boat ramp to signs on the east side of the lake”

Is my hypothetical 61 CM trout a release?

And or aside from Kokanee is there any other retention at Alouette.

The photo are my releases of the season while targeting Koke’s

Any feedback/guidance or clarification on the regs is much appreciated.

If you gonna handle the fish that way, you may as well keep them.

 

[RalphH]

All the Bull trout (or "Dolly Varden" which are not in that lake) have to be released. That is a reg specific to Alouette Lake. Clearly you caught this fish (#2) so it is not hypothetical... did you release it?

Cutthroat pictured in photo #1 and 4 can be retained. Both those fish look like they are dead.

To me the 'char' in picture 3 looks like a lake trout. These were stocked in the lake over 50 years ago. Some were caught in following years but there is an argument if any remain.