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by Region of British Columbia |
 Fishing
- North Vancouver Island: Port Hardy, Port McNeill
Fishing
- Central Vancouver Island: Campbell River
Fishing
- South Vancouver Island: Victoria, Sidney, Sooke
Fishing
- Pacific Rim: Tofino & Ucluelet (West Coast)
Fishing
- The BC Gulf Islands & Discovery Islands
Fishing
- Greater Vancouver: Vancouver & North Shore
Fishing
- The Fraser Valley and Fraser River
Fishing
- Sea To Sky: Whistler, Pemberton & Lillooet
Fishing
- The Sunshine Coast of BC
Fishing
- Thompson Okanagan and Nicola Valley
Fishing
- Okanagan Valley and Shuswap Lake
Fishing
- Kootenays: Kootenay Lake, Arrow Lake
Fishing
- BC Rockies: Columbia River Valley
Fishing
- Cariboo and BC Interior
Fishing
- Chilcotin and Bella Coola Highway 20
Fishing
- West Coast, Discovery Coast of BC
Fishing
- Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
Fishing
- The North East, Northern BC
Fishing
- The North West, Northern BC
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| Fishing
Information |
Fish
Species in BC (Salmon, Trout, Halibut & Bass)
Fish
Habits of BC Fish
Fishing
Rules and Regulations for British Columbia
Catch
& Release Sport Fishing
Lakes
in British Columbia
Rivers
in British Columbia
Canadian
Tide Tables (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) |
Freshwater:
There are so many fishable lakes in British Columbia that even if
you managed to try a different one each day of the year, you would
have to start young and have a very long life (and maybe a floatplane)
to visit them all. Hundreds of pleasant lakes are easily reached and
fished with simply a vehicle with good ground clearance, a car-top
or inflatable boat or float tube, and the right tackle.
Catch-and-release with a single barbless hook has become the official
operative byword for those anglers fishing ocean-bound streams and
rivers in BC. Attitude means a lot in fishing. Remember that the essence
of sport angling is to try to hook a fish on the most sporting terms
you can handle, from light tackle with artificial lures, barbless
hooks, and delicate leaders to a belief that a trout is much more
valuable as a living challenge to your skill than as part of a meal.
Saltwater: Salmon are the sportfish of choice in BC's marine
waters. Depending on the time of year you'll find chinook (also called
king or spring, or tyee if over 30 pounds/13.5 kg), coho (also called
silver, blueback, or northern), sockeye, or pink (also called humpy).
Coho aren't the biggest salmon but are the most sought after, as they
jump and fight like trout. Sockeye are the tastiest salmon of all,
while Pinks are similar in size but not as tasty.
It's a
mystery, but fish - oceangoing and freshwater alike - are hungriest
just as a slack tide is beginning to fall, and for an hour thereafter.
Another well-considered tip is that the best time to fish in ocean
waters is an hour before and after both high and low tides. That's
just some of the fishing lore that you'll encounter when tossing a
line in BC waters. |
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