Big runs of salmon returning to late summer and autumn. The fish
the Keogh, Kokish, Nimpkish, are not picky, and will take any kind
and Cluxewe rivers will take both of small pink lure or fly as well as
hardware and flies. These rivers hardware. This part of the mainland
boast exceptional beach fishing is prime grizzly bear country – be
in their estuaries from the late bear-aware when fishing on shore!
summer throughout the autumn.
The region has several fine
The Recreation and Logging Road
museums and interpretive centres.
Guide, found at Tourism B.C.
There is an interesting display of
information offices, gives good
marine mammal skeletons and
directions to dozens of freshwater
whaling artifacts at the Whale
lakes and streams. Big lakes like
Interpretive Centre, located at the
Victoria, Bonanza, or Nimpkish hold
end of Telegraph Cove’s historic
gullible Dolly Varden char, rainbow
boardwalk. Spend some time at
trout, and lunker cutthroat trout that
the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert
are suckers for trolled hardware.
Bay, on Cormorant Island, for a
Smaller, seldom-fished lakes like
fascinating exhibit of First Nations
Maynard, Kathleen, or Benson teem
art, history, and culture. Take a
with naïve cutthroat and rainbow
guided tour of Mamalilaculla, an
trout that will strike almost any
abandoned site on Village Island,
small lure or fly.
to view the remains of carved
Over on the mainland, remote Bond canoes and mortuary poles, and to
Sound, Knight, and Kingcome inlets marvel at the massive, exposed log
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coho, and chum salmon during the
place. An immense sport-caught
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prized for their high aerial leaps and
drag-burning runs. In August and
into September, you can catch a real
mix of salmon when big schools of
willing pink and chum return. The
sandy bottom in 100 metres of water
near the mouth of the inlet gives
up some sizable halibut and other
bottom-dwellers.
There are plenty of uncrowded,
protected fishing spots all along
both sides of this deep fjord, which
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