Fishing Report - Northern BC & the Interior

Skeena River, Kalum River, Zymoetz River, Lakelse River, Kitimat River, Douglas Channel, Prince Rupert

Sun, Feb 13th, 2011

by Noel Gyger

SUMMARY: Weather OK at beginning of the week but now is just too cold at minus 12 degrees Celsius.

Skeena River is in good shape but full of ice flows and frozen over in spots. Be very careful walking on the ice ledges! There may be some Steelhead wintering over in some locations. The Trout and Dolly Varden Char are available year round.

Kalum River is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead is excellent. Check out the Glen Kilcup's Fishawk Guiding for a current update in the full fishing report. We can only dream of catching fish like these...

Zymoetz (Copper) River is in fair shape and fishing for Steelhead is spotty. Lots of ice flows on the weekend due to the extreme cold weather. The upper section closed for fishing on January 1st.

Lakelse River is in fair shape and fishing for Steelhead and Trout is fair. Steelhead find a way to hide in these low water conditions.

Lake Ice Fshing is fair. Beware of thin ice!

Kitimat River provided good fishing opportunities early in the week. Many Trout anglers were catching Trout in pretty good numbers. By late week we received another "cold snap" and the edges of the shorelines have iced up which caused Trout fishing to be limited.

Douglas Channel: Dorothy from MK Bay Marina reports there was no boat activity in the Douglas Channel consequently nothing to report. Halibut will open March 1st.

Prince Rupert: On February 16th a pod of Killer Whales cruised though Prince Rupert Harbour, undoubtedly looking for a meal. It has been a good year for Winter Chinook fishing, so it's not to surprising they show up in the harbour from time to time.

Skeena River, Kalum River, Zymoetz River, Lakelse River, Kitimat River, Douglas Channel, Prince Rupert

Sun, Feb 6th, 2011

by Noel Gyger

February 6-12, 2011

SUMMARY: We had a lot of rain during the week but most rivers held their shape.

Check out an important update regarding the urgent BC Halibut Issue in the full report. Please help if you can...

Skeena River is in good shape but full of ice flows and frozen over in spots. Be very careful walking on the ice ledges! There may be some Steelhead wintering over in some locations. The Trout and Dolly Varden Char are available year round.

Kalum River came up a little bit but is still in good shape. The Zymoetz (Copper) River is coloured up and fishing for Steelhead is slow. The upper section closed for fishing on January 1st.

Lakelse River is in fair shape and fishing for Steelhead and Trout should be Ok now since the weather warmed up. Lake ice fishing has started and the fishing is good. Beware of thin ice!

Kitimat River: Early this week we endured sub-zero temperatures and the onslaught of Ice Rain. Where we parked our vehicles for a couple hours, we had to chip the ice off our windshields. Mid week's warmer temperatures combined with clean river conditions produced good numbers on Trout. The weather warmed up and we received some rain the river was high and dirty at the time of this Report.

Douglas Channel: The colder temperatures and the Ice Rain deterred boaters from venturing out. Warmer temperatures are forecast for the weekend which may encourage some boaters to venture. Check out the Ron Wakita report in the full report.

Prince Rupert has fantastic Winter Chinook fishing, weather depending...and it was good this week. Check out the Jeff Carlson report in the full report.