Fishing in Canada
22 species across 29 spots
Canada offers fishing across 29 spots with 22 species in freshwater, marine, freshwater, brackish, freshwater, brackish waters. Suitable for beginner to expert anglers.
Top Spots
One of the largest and most productive Northern Pike fisheries in North America.
A major Chinook salmon river in British Columbia, offering both guided and unguided fishing opportunities.
Great Slave Lake is a remote and pristine destination for Lake Trout fishing, with Yellowknife being a popular access point.
22
Species
29
Spots
Species
22
Lake trout
Salvelinus namaycush
freshwater
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
marine, freshwater, brackish
Sockeye salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
marine, freshwater, brackish
Northern pike
Esox lucius
freshwater, brackish
Pink salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
marine, freshwater, brackish
Chinook salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
marine, freshwater, brackish
Atlantic cod
Gadus morhua
marine, brackish
Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
marine
Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
marine, freshwater, brackish
Salvelinus gracillimus
Salvelinus gracillimus
freshwater
Coho salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
marine, freshwater, brackish
Striped bass
Morone saxatilis
marine, freshwater, brackish
Green sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus
freshwater
Canadian eelpout
Lycodes polaris
marine
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
marine
Pacific tomcod
Microgadus proximus
marine, brackish
Aglyptorhynchus venablesi
Aglyptorhynchus venablesi
Polar cod
Boreogadus saida
marine, brackish
Norwegian pollock
Theragra finnmarchica
White-blotched skate
Bathyraja maculata
marine
Atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
marine, brackish
Orca
Orcinus orca
Open ocean, coastal areas