for cutthroat, Dolly Varden, and to experience the joy of catching the West Vancouver shoreline, in
rainbow trout. Stave and Alouette fish. Many shallow lakes also hold upper Burrard Inlet, the length of
Lakes contain Dolly Varden char, largemouth bass, black crappie, Spanish Banks in english Bay, and
lake char, and kokanee, while catfish, and carp to add to the fun. south past Richmond and Delta to
Chehalis Lake also has whitefish.
Near Hope, the lower Skagit River
the international boundary between
you can fish from shore or from a boasts excellent summer fly-fishing
Canada and the United States …
float tube at a number of smaller for rainbow trout, Dolly Varden char,
often within sight of the high-rise
lakes. Take Harrison West Lake Road and brook trout. The Coquihalla
office and condominium towers of
from Harrison Mills to drop a line in River has rainbow trout and bull
the busy metropolitan core. While
Morris, Grace, Wolf, erroch, Weaver, trout to complement fair fishing for
most fish are caught from boats,
echo, Francis, or elbow lakes. summer steelhead, and for coho
you can also cast from shore for
Northeast of Harrison Hot Springs, salmon in the fall. Kawkawa Lake
salmon, searun cutthroat trout, and
Hicks, Deer, and Trout lakes, along offers good fishing for rainbow and
bottomfish at places like Cates Park,
with Rolley Lake near Mission, cutthroat trout, as well as excellent
Furry Creek, and the mouths of
are worth visiting. All these lakes fishing for kokanee. Spectacular
Lynn, Seymour, and Capilano rivers.
offer good fishing for cutthroat and mountain lakes like Garibaldi, Beginning in the winter months,
rainbow trout. Morris and erroch Thomas, Widgeon, Fire, and Lovely there is an excellent fishery for
also have tasty catfish (brown Water are accessible to the fit and feeder chinook in english Bay,
bullheads) and whitefish. adventurous, or to those who have Tunstall Bay on Bowen Island, off
Chilliwack and Cultus are larger
access to a floatplane. Hike or fly neighbouring Hutt Island, farther
lakes on the southern side of
into these high-altitude lakes for afield around Keats, Gambier,
the Fraser that have rainbow,
exceptional trout fishing. and Defense islands, and Porteau
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