NORTHERN BC


Lakes contain lake char to three kilograms, and scads of small Arctic grayling. Palmer Lake is full of small northern pike, but if you’re looking for a trophy wall-hanger, take the rough four-wheel-drive road to Gladys Lake.


Omineca-Peace River The northeastern corner of


the province features the Rocky Mountain Trench. This geologic formation lies between the Omineca Mountains on the west and the Northern Rockies on the east. The river systems running into and out of the area are impacted somewhat by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River, which stems the flows of its two major tributaries, the Finlay and Parsnip rivers, to form massive 360-kilometer-long Williston Lake.


The dam is worth a tour. Located Westwind Tugboat Photos


the British Columbia-Yukon border. Magnificent boreal forest stretches for hundreds of kilometres on either side of this lightly travelled route. Some of the fantastic lakes in


this remote area have fish that have seldom seen any kind of lure, and will strike at almost anything. Lakes and streams in the northwestern corner of the province hold rainbow trout, burbot, Rocky Mountain whitefish, and Dolly Varden. Northern pike, Arctic grayling, and the inconnu (or sheefish) are also inhabitants of local waters. Monster lake char can reach up to 20 kilograms in Atlin Lake, Tagish Lake, or Dease Lake, all of which can be fished with downrigger-equipped cruisers. At Dease Lake, charter a floatplane to access Stalk, Tatlatui, and Tatsamenie lakes for trophy lake char, rainbow, or bull trout. Smaller lakes also have top- notch fishing for rainbow trout, Dolly Varden char, Arctic grayling, and whitefish. Gnat, Kinaskan,


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Eddontenajon, Kluachon, Ealue, and Wheeler lakes (along with the Cottonwood and Tanzilla rivers) have good highway access, and provide excellent fly-fishing action on both dry and wet fly patterns. Book a flight-seeing tour from the community of Atlin, on the eastern side of Atlin Lake, for an awesome view of the Llewellyn Glacier at the lake’s southern end. King Salmon and Kuthai lakes are well-known fly-in fishing lakes, with massive rainbow up to nine kilograms. Dolly Varden to three kilograms have also been taken here. The Taku-Inklin-Nakina Rivers have been known to cede chinook weighing in up to 30 kilograms. Not too far from Atlin, drive to creek openings along the shores of Atlin Lake to cast for small but sporting, energetic Arctic grayling … you can catch them near midnight in June! Trophy Arctic grayling (up to two kilograms) will hit your lures in nearby Surprise Lake. McDonald


near Tumbler Ridge, it is one of the world’s biggest earth-filled structures – towering 180 metres high, and spanning two kilometres across the Peace River.


Also worth visiting is Monkman


Provincial Park, 60 kilometres south of Tumbler Ridge. You’ll find excellent fishing in the Murray River, along with unforgettable views of spectacular Kinuseo Falls, which cascades some 60 metres over a geological fault to the riverbed below.


While the Peace River flows


east across the Continental Divide, the Liard River – which runs alongside Highway 97 (the Alaska Highway) – and other prominent rivers in this part of the province flow north. All contain fish that are commonly found in both the Yukon and in northern Alberta. The gamut of game fish catchable in rivers and lakes include northern pike, lake char, spotted Arctic grayling, whitefish, walleye, bull trout, and rainbow trout.


The Racing, Halfway, Buckinghorse, Tetsa, Liard, Smith,


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