This curious freshwater cod offers some great angling, as well as lessons in fisheries management. When people think about freshwater fisheries in B.C., it’s usually salmonids like trout and kokanee that come to mind. While these fish are certainly the […]
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How to Create Custom Reports Using the Stocking Report Tool
The Fish Stocking Report Tool on our website lets you create your own customized reports. The Lake Report shows every stocking event/release for your selected lake or river (or waterbodies). The Regional Report consolidates the data, providing a summary of the total number of […]
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12 Places to View Spawning Salmon in the Lower Mainland
Each year, thousands of salmon return from the Pacific Ocean to ascend the rivers of the Lower Mainland. It is a fascinating spectacle to behold: myriad teeming fish throwing their bodies up waterways, smashing against rocks, and falling back down, again […]
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Stay or Go? Why Some Fish Migrate to Sea and Others Stay Put
What motivates a trout to migrate to the ocean or stay put in its stream has been a question that has perplexed fish scientists for decades. Fish migrate to the sea for one main reason – the groceries. Marine environments […]
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Walleye Fisheries in B.C. – A Checkered History for a Popular Sport Fish
Walleye are not the first fish most people think of when they consider angling in the lakes and rivers of B.C. But where walleye are present, they often support immensely popular harvest fisheries for their delicious white flesh. These voracious […]
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