I second the HWY 97 fraser canyon to Prince George route! Prince George to Jasper is beautiful with plenty of creeks and rivers to check out for trout and not a lot of people. Hope you have a wonderful trip!

My wife and I are taking a week-long cruise in September out of Vancouver. After we get back into Vancouver, we're planning to take about five more days to tour interior B.C. by rental car, and have absolutely no agenda (except to end up at the airport in Edmonton five days later). I'd like to do some river or lake fishing during this time (I'll have had enough saltwater after 7 days on a ship, thank you.) Being a dry-lander from West Texas, I'm not up to learning to manipulate a fly rod, so "plug" or bait fishing is about my limit.

Anybody have any suggestions of where to go and a dependable/economical guide service?

Thanks in advance, guys.

Hi Just buy a fishing license from any sporting goods store and try almost any lake you see. On Granville Island there is a freshwater fishing store that the owner travels the lower part of the province fishing and she would know where to go for that time of the year. Her name is Kathy Ruddick and her office phone number is 604-985-5650. Her web address is www.rudfly.com. BC is blessed with a zillion lakes with good fishing for almost free. Enjoy. Steve

You will fall in love with the BC interior when you travel through it in the fall.



5 days will not leave you with much time for fishing as the drive alone will take the better part of 2 or 3 days. Probably the most scenic route would be straight up the interior turning North at Hope and following the Fraser Canyon up to Cache Creek. At that point you could either head east on Hwy 1 and follow it into into Alberta. You could then travel to Edmonton via Calgary, or head north from Lake Louise and drive to Jasper and then on to Edmonton. Another option would be to continue North on Hwy 97 from Cache Creek to the geographic centre of BC, Prince George. At that point head east and enter Alberta through Jasper and enter Edmonton from the North.



If you do want to spend a few days fishing I would recomend pretty well anywhere in the Cariboo region. Here is a web site that will direct you to a few guides and lodges.



The people who run the Sheridan Lake Resort east of 100 Mile House are friends of mine and they run one of the best resorts in the entire BC interior. Click here to visit their site. (And yes there are 20 pound rainbows swimming in that lake! LoL )

Stone creek, If you email or PM me a mailing address I will send you a welcome to BC lure that will absolutely dazzle the Rainbows here! derf

Thanks for the information, guys, and thanks especially to Derf for the kind offer!

I'm much more a hunter than fisherman, but on the one hunting trip I've made to Canada I was impressed with the spectacular fishing, so I want to try it again. Since I'll be traveling with the wife, I'm only looking for about a day or perhaps two half-days of informal fishing, which should fit nicely into our alloted time.

If anyone else has suggestions on places, guides, or routes, please let me know!

Fishing for salmon in the Fraser River should be winding down pretty good by the time you get here in September. We are catching Red Spring (king) salmon right now the largest that we have caught in the last 2 weeks is about 44lbs. Salmon fishing will be just starting in the Chilliwack River which is in the same area. I have to recommend the sturgeon fishing in the Fraser River. If you have not heard about these fish.... they are one of the largest fresh water fish in the world and are catch and release fishing only. An average size Sturgeon is about 6 feet in lenght going up to about 12 feet. Contact "Hub Sports" @ 604-859-8316 for information on fishing guides that can take you.

Go to the Kootenays, contact "SplitShot Charters" at Balfour, B.C. and arrange to go trolling with fly tackle they supply on Kootenay Lake. This is where the largest, native WILD trout in the world are found, they have been caught on rod and reel to over 50 lbs. The fishing is good and the scenery is the most beautiful in the province.

Drive from Vancouver about 7 hours to Nelson on Highway 3, go fishing, then drive up Highway 6 to Nakusp, on to Revelstoke and then east to Golden, B.C. From there take the Roger's Pass route east, connect with the Icefields Parkway to Jasper, Alberta and then east on Highway 16 to Edmonton. I have been all over B.C.-Alberta for 40 yrs. and in the most spectacular areas and this route tops everything, period. Drive carefully, the dropoffs on the sides of the highways are often 300+ feet; bring lots of film, you will never forget this area and will always want to return....and as a member of one of the pioneer families of B.C., welcome to this lovely place, I hope you enjoy it.

Hey, thanks guys for the additional information. Sounds like there is no shortage of fishing or scenery in B.C. Please keep the comments coming -- they're all I've got until September gets here!

I just had a thought! I'll trade a whitetail hunt on my central Texas ranch for a day of guided fishing in B.C. These are smallish deer, but the scenery is pleasant, the weather is mild, and I can offer you a fully equipped cabin (built 2001, with electricity and full bath) to stay in.