54 covered waters, each with a daily report. Filter by type, province and the main species, or search by name.
54 waters
Bamfield on the east side of Barkley Sound: remote salmon and halibut water at the end of a long gravel road.
Barkley Sound between Bamfield and Ucluelet: summer chinook and coho, the Alberni Inlet sockeye route and the Broken Group Islands.
The Bay of Quinte: trophy walleye in fall and through the ice, and summer bass, between Belleville, Trenton and Prince Edward County.
The Bow below Calgary: one of North America’s great trout rivers, rainbows and browns from drift boats, with a live gauge in the city.
The Bulkley near Smithers: summer steelhead on the swung fly in fall, a classified water with a live gauge.
Campbell River on Discovery Passage: big chinook, the Tyee Club’s rowboat tradition and Discovery Pier for shore anglers.
The Capilano in North Vancouver: coho and steelhead below Cleveland Dam, a hatchery river in a city park, with a live gauge.
The Cowichan near Duncan: brown trout, steelhead and salmon in a Canadian Heritage River, with a live gauge.
The Detroit River: a famous spring walleye run, with muskie, bass and perch between Windsor and Amherstburg.
The Elk River at Fernie: westslope cutthroat trout on the dry fly in the Rockies of southeastern BC, with a live gauge.
Erieau on Lake Erie: walleye trolled in the western basin and perch in spring and fall, from a small port at the mouth of Rondeau Bay.
The lower Fraser at Mission: white sturgeon catch-and-release and the salmon runs of Canada’s greatest salmon river, with a live gauge.
The Grand River: brown trout below Shand Dam, smallmouth through the middle and walleye and steelhead near Lake Erie, with a live gauge at Brantford.
The Harrison between Harrison Lake and the Fraser: huge fall chum runs, coho and cutthroat, with a live gauge below Morris Creek.
Kamloops and its lakes: the home of the Kamloops trout, hundreds of stocked lakes within an hour, and ice fishing in winter.
The Kitimat River: big early-summer chinook, fall coho and steelhead near the town at the head of Douglas Channel, with a live gauge.
Kootenay Lake: the giant Gerrard rainbow trout, kokanee and bull trout in a long mountain lake, with a live level gauge.
Lake Diefenbaker: walleye, pike and big rainbow trout in the long reservoir on the South Saskatchewan River, with a live level gauge at Gardiner Dam.
Lake Huron’s Ontario shore: salmon, rainbow and lake trout from Goderich, Kincardine and Southampton, and the tributaries in fall.
Lake of the Woods at Kenora: walleye, muskie, smallmouth and pike among thousands of islands, with a live level gauge at Keewatin.
Lake Ontario’s Canadian shore: chinook, coho, rainbow and lake trout trolled out of the ports from Niagara to Kingston.
Lake Simcoe: Ontario’s ice-fishing capital for perch, lake trout and whitefish, and a summer bass and perch lake an hour from Toronto.
Lake St. Clair: world-class muskie, smallmouth bass and ice-fishing perch between Windsor and the St. Clair River.
Lake Superior’s Ontario shore: lake trout, salmon and the Nipigon’s brook trout in the coldest of the Great Lakes.
Lake Winnipeg at Gimli: greenback walleye, pike and perch in one of the world’s largest lakes, famous for its ice fishing, with a live level gauge.
Long Point Bay on Lake Erie: yellow perch, smallmouth and largemouth bass and ice fishing in the inner bay, from Port Rowan to Turkey Point.
The Margaree on Cape Breton: fall Atlantic salmon on the fly in a green valley, with a live gauge on the Northeast Margaree.
The Miramichi: Atlantic salmon on the fly, a spring striped bass run in the estuary, and a live gauge on the Southwest Miramichi.
Nanaimo on the Strait of Georgia: winter and summer chinook, coho, and the Nanaimo River for steelhead and salmon.
The Niagara River: steelhead, chinook and lake trout below the falls, bass and muskie above, with a live gauge at Fort Erie.
Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island: chinook and coho in the sound and on the outside, halibut on the banks, reached from Gold River and Tahsis.
Okanagan Lake at Kelowna: kokanee and rainbow trout in the long valley lake, with a live level gauge at the city.
Pedder Bay near Metchosin: a sheltered launch onto the strait west of Victoria, for chinook, coho and halibut close to Race Rocks.
Pigeon Lake southwest of Edmonton: walleye, pike and perch in open water and through the ice, with a live level gauge.
Port Alberni at the head of the Alberni Inlet: the Somass sockeye, late-summer chinook and the Stamp River close by.
Port Glasgow in West Elgin: a quiet Lake Erie marina and pier for perch in spring and fall and walleye offshore in summer.
Powell River on the Sunshine Coast: salmon and bottom fish in Malaspina Strait, and lakes behind the town.
Prince Rupert on the north coast: salmon and halibut in Chatham Sound, at the mouth of the Skeena.
The Red River at Selkirk: giant channel catfish and fall greenback walleye below Lockport, with a live gauge.
Rice Lake south of Peterborough: walleye, muskie, bass and panfish in a shallow, weedy lake on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
The Skeena near Terrace: one of the world’s great steelhead rivers, with chinook, coho and a live gauge at Usk.
Sooke on the Strait of Juan de Fuca: summer chinook and coho along the shoreline west of Victoria, with Otter Point and the harbour as landmarks.
The Squamish near Brackendale: chum, coho and pinks in fall and winter steelhead in a glacial river, with a live gauge.
The St. Lawrence in Ontario: muskie, smallmouth and walleye from the Thousand Islands to Cornwall.
The Stave below Ruskin Dam: fall chum and coho on a short, dam-controlled river in the Fraser Valley.
Sylvan Lake near Red Deer: pike, walleye, perch and whitefish in central Alberta’s best-known resort lake, with a live level gauge at the town.
Tobin Lake near Nipawin: trophy walleye and pike in a reservoir on the Saskatchewan River, famous for its ice fishing, with a live gauge.
Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: offshore chinook and halibut from the surf town at the end of the road.
Tunkwa Lake in the Thompson plateau: stocked rainbow trout, chironomids in spring and ice fishing in winter.
Ucluelet on the Pacific Rim: chinook, coho and halibut off the open coast and Barkley Sound, from the town beside the national park.
Salt water off Canada’s biggest west coast city: chinook and coho in the summer, crabs off the docks, and the Fraser and Capilano on the doorstep.
The Vedder and the Chilliwack: the Fraser Valley’s busiest salmon and steelhead river, with a live Water Survey of Canada gauge at Vedder Crossing.
The capital’s salt water on the Strait of Juan de Fuca: winter and summer chinook, halibut on the offshore banks and shore fishing from the Ogden Point breakwater.
Wheatley on Lake Erie: walleye and perch out of one of the lake’s busiest commercial harbours, beside Point Pelee.