Fishing BC’s North and Central Interior

The north and central interior of beautiful British Columbia is an immense wilderness that offers countless lakes and rivers filled with a diverse range of fish. The region is vast and varied in landscape, from thick forests and rolling hills to golden plains and rocky peaks. The nutrient-rich ecosystem, crystal clear lakes and plentiful rivers make this region ideal for your BC sportfishing vacation. While you’re pulling in fish after fish, the exceptional scenery will take your breath away.

Fly-in BC fishing lodges will take you closer to fish-filled lakes and rivers that are far off the beaten path. You’ll find many species of game fish including rainbow, cutthroat, lake and brown trout, salmon, arctic grayling, pike, walleye, yellow perch and whitefish.

Anglers can catch the sought-after Kokanee salmon, a landlocked sockeye (red) salmon that spend its entire lifespan in freshwater lakes and streams. Populations of native kokanee are abundant and widespread in north and central BC and are found in almost every major water system except the Liard, Yukon and lower Peace rivers. BC fishing resorts will give you access to kokanee runs and you’ll have the opportunity to fish for them in pristine mountain lakes or in tributary streams on your fishing holiday.

Closer to the Pacific coast you can access runs of steelhead, coastal cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden. Steelhead run in the summer months. The rivers that drain into the Pacific are ideal for a BC salmon fishing vacation as they support healthy runs of chinook (king), coho (silver), chum (dog), pink and sockeye (red) salmon.

Since BC’s north and central interior is so widespread, more detailed information of the species and best places to fish can be provided by your chosen BC fishing resort as they have more specific, local knowledge on the lakes and rivers they provide access to. From fly fishing vacations, lake fishing charters to remote fly-in fishing opportunities you’ll find some of the best freshwater sportfishing and most scenic surroundings in northern British Columbia.