Varden char, whitefish, and kokanee. The Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. (FFSBC)’s Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery in Abbotsford regularly stocks rainbow and cutthroat trout in smaller lakes (like wheelchair- accessible Mill Lake) to allow families and disabled anglers to experience the joy and excitement of catching fish. Many shallow lakes also hold largemouth bass, black crappie, catfish, and carp to add to the fun. The lower Skagit River near Hope can take pride in its first-class fly-fishing for rainbow trout, Dolly Varden char, and brook trout. The Coquihalla River boasts excellent angling for rainbow and bull trout that complements fair fishing for summer-run steelhead, and for coho salmon in the autumn. At Kawkawa Lake, you’ll find excellent fishing for tasty kokanee, in addition to good populations of rainbow and cutthroat trout. Are you fit and adventurous, or do you have access to a floatplane? You have to hike into high-altitude Garibaldi Lake, but you could also fly to other mountain lakes like Thomas, Widgeon, Fire, and Lovely Water. You’ll find that these hard-to-access, pristine lakes have exceptional rainbow trout fishing. What else does the Lower Fraser
Valley offer? Take a tasting tour of the many wineries in Langley; visit the re-created Hudson’s Bay Company trading post at the Fort Langley Historic Site, then poke around craft shops in town, especially just before Christmas; or pick up a selection of fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, or dairy products right from a farm. And the region’s many well-serviced parks are the perfect places to picnic on your farm-fresh treats, ending with an after-meal stroll along the river.
Metro Vancouver Cyclists, joggers and walkers
exercise along seawall pathways against a metropolitan backdrop of high-rise office towers and apartments.
Would you be surprised to reel in a salmon within view of Canada’s third- largest municipality, Vancouver? Despite Metro Vancouver having one of the world’s largest seaports, crowded with constant commercial marine traffic, the coastal waters offer good fishing throughout the year. There are salmon and bottomfish all the way from the south at White Rock (by the international boundary between Canada and the United States); north past the Fraser River estuary that stretches by Delta and Richmond to Vancouver; into Vancouver’s outer harbour, along Spanish Banks to English Bay; and following the West Vancouver shoreline right through upper Howe Sound. While Vancouver’s inner harbour (which extends from the Lions Gate Bridge east to the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge) is closed to all fishing, upper Burrard Inlet has excellent salmon fishing during odd-numbered years, when runs of pink salmon peak in southern British Columbia. There are many spots – like Cates Park, Furry Creek, and the mouths of the Lynn, Seymour, and Capilano rivers – where you can cast from shore for searun cutthroat trout as well as salmon and bottomfish. However, most fishing is done from boats, with many charter companies operating out of Vancouver’s waterfront hotels and at marinas in Steveston, Coal Harbour, Granville Island, and Horseshoe Bay. From November through May,
there is an excellent fishery for feeder chinook (also known winter springs) in English Bay; from Tunstall Bay on Bowen Island to neighbouring Hutt Island; farther afield around Keats, Gambier, and Defense islands; and at Porteau Cove in Howe Sound. For a simple but sensational seafood boil, try setting a prawn- or crab-trap into the depths for a bonus catch of crustaceans to toss into the pot. In May and June, with the warming weather and calmer sea conditions of late spring, follow chinook into
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