for rainbows up to one kilogram. Sorrento, Sicamous, and Salmon Arm
From Highway 5 North, west of where a visitor can rent one of these
Barrière, Bonaparte Lake — high on big marine campers. The main lake,
the Bonaparte Plateau — has pleasant with its three long, narrow arms, has
coarse-sand swimming beaches, plenty of fabulous sandy beaches
and fine fishing for kokanee and for where families can enjoy swimming
piscivorous Bonaparte rainbow trout and other watersports. you can catch
that can top five kilograms. Other lakes lake char, kokanee, eastern brook trout,
nearby include eagan, Hi Hium, Loon, burbot, whitefish, and perch on your
Caverhill, Bare, young, and Machete. own, or take a guided charter to deep-
All have excellent fishing for rainbow troll for lunker Kamloops rainbow trout
trout to two kilograms in weight. Note that can top nine kilograms.
that Machete Lake has a two-fish
Drop by fly shops in Kamloops or in
limit on its wild, unstocked kokanee.
Little Fort, at the turnoff to Highway
With a forestry map, you can 4x4 or
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hike into smaller gems hidden in the
information about fishing in the area,
backcountry that have good fishing in
and to stock up on the hottest flies and
serene, uncrowded settings.
lures. Four-wheel drive vehicles are
The Thompson River offers good recommended to access the great
fishing all year. From Lytton to Savona, fishing at remote Tuloon, TaWeel,
there are many points of access to Meadow, or Thuya lakes. Anglers
the river along Highway 1, or along can use these lakes as base camps
Spatsum Road from Spences Bridge to hike or ATV into dozens of smaller
to Ashcroft on the eastern side of the ponds nearby. These hold mostly
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area, take a drive to nearby Johnson
Lake, with its clear green water and
superb mountainous setting, and
rainbow trout up to two kilograms.
At Roderick Haig-Brown Park, view
nature’s amazing late-summer
spectacle of millions of crimson-sided
sockeye salmon on the Adams River
spawning grounds.
Shuswap Lake, known as the
“Houseboat Capital of Canada,” has
many companies in the towns of
Thompson Okanagan Win a Dream Fishing Adventure.
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