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Letter to DFO: Unjustified Commercial Gill Net Extensions Threaten Skeena Steelhead

August 11, 2025 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

Original article To Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries Subject: Area 4 Commercial Sockeye harvest shutdown required to avert critical impacts to steelhead and other […]

Posted on Facebook, April 26, 2025, by R. S. Hooton

Posted on Facebook, April 26, 2025, by R. S. Hooton

August 11, 2025 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

Posted on Facebook, April 26, 2025, by R. S. Hooton Over the past year I have authored several social media pieces concerning a serious misappropriation […]

British Columbia steelhead “management” scenario is becoming increasingly mired. – A message from Bob Hooton

British Columbia steelhead “management” scenario is becoming increasingly mired. – A message from Bob Hooton

August 11, 2025 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

(Above Photo) Chasity Daniels newly elected chief FN of Gitwangak with a casualty of the gill nets on the Skeena River  (Aug 2025) EDITORS NOTE: […]

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Politics not science is robbing Canadians of their right to catch Chinook Salmon

July 1, 2025 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

Be aware, that the (DFO) Department of Fisheries and Oceans are in cahoots with SkeenaWild, Wild Salmon Center, removing non aboriginal rights to fish Chinook […]

Stolen Rights – The End of Chinook Salmon Fishing for non aboriginal Canadians.

Stolen Rights – The End of Chinook Salmon Fishing for non aboriginal Canadians.

June 7, 2025 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

Less than a half dozen years ago, the citizens of BC could fish for “spring salmon” also known as Chinook or king salmon. A few […]

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Illegal Gitxsan Ban on Fishing

May 16, 2025 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

We wish to make it abundantly clear the Gitxsan putting out this notice have ZERO authority to enforce it. The only lands they have jurisdiction […]

Ice Off Report – April 28th 2025

Ice Off Report – April 28th 2025

April 29, 2025 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

We can confirm a that local lakes like Ross Lake and Seeley Lake in Hazelton are free of ice, Taltzen Lake  and Kitseguecla Lake  are […]

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Taltzen Lake

December 10, 2024 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

Please note, clean up what you bring in and take it out with you, this is a user maintained site. The image above shows the […]

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Kitsequecla Lake

December 9, 2024 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

Facilities: Warf: Yes Boat Launch: Yes RV Friendly: NO (see note below) Tables: Yes Toilets: Yes Fees: No Campsites: 6 Maintained by BC Forest Service […]

Bob Hooton – Protector and Defender of Skeena Steelhead

Bob Hooton – Protector and Defender of Skeena Steelhead

December 2, 2024 Fishing Northwest B.C. 0

    EDITORS NOTE:  As a sport fisherman fishing the Skeena and its tributaries for over 50 years, and watching environmentalists, politicians, aboriginals, the sport […]

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From our Newsdesk

  • Applying science to the Skeena River – Is it to much to ask? September 28, 2025
  • Lake Babine Band – Full Disclosure September 10, 2025
  • Northern pikeminnow aka Squawfish Derby September 7, 2025
  • What Are We Doing? By Bob Hooton August 16, 2025
  • Dec 17, 2019 The Skeena Fish Trap Proposal – Observations, Optics and Questions – Steelhead Voices August 16, 2025
  • Message sent to BCSRIF project administrator Shane Peterson on March 27, 2025 – Bob Hooton August 16, 2025
  • Fish Trap Proposal Skeena River Nov 15, 2023 August 15, 2025
  • Skeena Pound Trap Again August 14, 2025
  • Skeena River Floating Fish Trap Operations 2025 August 13, 2025
  • Is anyone paying attention – by Bob Hooton August 12, 2025

Readers Feedback

  • admin on Vallee Lake
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  • Mad Fisherman on Skeena River Floating Fish Trap Operations 2025
  • Michelle finch on Irrigation Lake aka Dunalter Lake
  • Ice Off Report – April 28th 2025 – Fishing Northwest British Columbia on Round Lake
  • Local Fisherman on Babine River Corridor Provincial Park – Sockeye Scam
  • Nick Jeszenszky on Round Lake
  • Nick Jeszenszky on Vallee Lake
  • Kirk on Fulton Lake
  • admin on Round Lake

Important Alerts:

We cannot stress enough how important it is for the public to understand, that “nets in the Skeena” will completely obliterate both “Coho and Steelhead” stocks, and it appears that First Nations. the primary benefactor of net fishing in the Skeena also do not care. History has shown that it will be the “non aboriginals who are to blame, and must pay compensation for the loss they never created.

Both Coho and Steelhead numbers show they are in a state of crisis.

Regulations – Rivers & Lakes

Region 6 – Skeena: Recreational salmon fishing limits, openings and closures.

Region 6 Synopsis Section (PDF, 1.6 MB)

B.C. Recreational Freshwater Fishing Licence

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