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haliBut are huge gaMe Fish in BC, BOth in size and in pOpularity. these ex- White sturgeOn are a liVing reliC FrOM the jurassiC periOd and are
l traOrdinary BOttOM Fish haVe eyes and COlOur On Only One side OF their Flat,
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the largest FreshWater Fish in nOrth aMeriCa, grOWing tO lengths
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diaMOnd-shaped BOdies and Can reaCh alMOst unBelieVaBle Weights OF up l OF six Metres (19 Feet) and Weights OF 620 kilOgraMs (1,360 pOunds).
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tO 180 kgs (400 lBs). Many Fishers ChOOse tO release the larger FeMales (OVer
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striCtly CatCh-and-release (nO retentiOn). COnserVatiOn is Care-
60 lBs/27 kgs), WhiCh May Carry up tO a MilliOn eggs, and keep the sMaller
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Fully MOnitOred. guides are strOngly reCOMMended.
Males, OFten Called “ChiCkens,” BeCause OF their superiOr FlaVOur.
aVerage size: 9 tO 18 kgs (20 tO 40 lBs)
White Sturgeon
aVerage size: 4.5 kgs tO 5.5 kgs (10 tO 12 lBs)
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pink salMOn are the sMallest OF
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the salMOn But haVe a reputatiOn
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tO sOCkeye But haVe VertiCal dark
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Many exCiting Fishing experienCes
Centre On a Battle With a steel-
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head, a Feisty, sea-run rainBOW
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ing theM pOpular With Fly Fishers. they are larger than sOCkeye
When pink eMerge FrOM the graVel,

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they already haVe the silVery COlOur unstOppaBle runs and BulldOgging
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spaWning MigratiOns OFten OVer-
OF sMOlts and Migrate direCtly tO the taCtiCs. ChuM Fry Migrate tO the lap. steelhead spend One tO three
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the graVel and Can spend up tO seVen the OCean FOr One tO three MOre years
BOrn in the saMe year. C years at sea; hOWeVer, FOur years is BeFOre returning tO FreshWater tO
aVerage size: 1.5 tO 3 kg (3 tO 7 lBs), MOre typiCal. spaWn.
OCCasiOnally tO 5 kg (11 lBs) aVerage size: 5.5 tO 11 kgs (12 tO 24 lBs) aVerage size: 3 tO 10 kgs (6.5 tO 22 lBs)
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despite their naMe, lake trOut
ClOsely related tO rainBOW a MeMBer OF the Char FaMily, Bull
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WOrM-like Markings On their
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shOre islands. it is nOt unCOMMOn
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FOr anglers tO enCOunter these aVerage size: 1 tO 6 kg (2 tO 13 lBs)
nOrthern BC and haVe Been knOWn
heaVily spOtted trOut While Fish-
tO reaCh Weights OF 15 kilOgraMs (33
pOunds) and MOre.
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aVerage size: Varies
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aVerage size: 0.5 tO 1 kg(1 tO 2.2 lBs)
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One OF the Char FaMily, dOlly
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Varden are present in Many lakes
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kOkanee are a landlOCked strain
OF sOCkeye salMOn that inhaBit
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When hOOked, these gaMe
Battlers put up a Fast-paCed,
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are OFten Caught While Fishing
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Mainland areas OF the prOVinCe.
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OF aCrOBatiCs. there are healthy
FOr COastal CutthrOat Or rain-
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they are MOst aBundant in the pOpulatiOns OF sMallMOuth Bass
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aVerage size: 0.5 tO 5 kg (1 tO 10 lBs) present WOrld reCOrd OF 4.2 kilOgraMs island, and salt spring island. Bass
(9.2 pOunds) Was taken FrOM Okanagan
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lake in 1988. Fishers dO Well in the suMMer.
aVerage size: 0.5 kg (1 lB)
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m aVerage size: 0.5 tO 1.5 kg (1 tO 3 lBs)
unless OtherWise Credited,
iMages COurtesy F. tOny pletCher, Fisheries & OCeans Canada
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