Marble River Summer Steelhead

North vancouver island steelhead rivers 6 nimpkish river.

Marble river summer steelhead.

This river lies on the northern part of vancouver island and runs from nimpkish lake to the cute little town of port mcneill. Marble river provincial park is a very popular destination for recreational angling including fly fishing on the river and tidal water fishing in the marine portion of the park. The marble river has a large chinook stock most of which spawn in the lower marble river. In august 2014 during a cruise up the west coast of vancouver island the crew of venture took the tender into the marble river.

This time the species teetering on the edge of extinction is the southern california steelhead trout and the abused habitat is a 4 8 mile long stretch of the l a. This is a classic river that is perfect for fly fishing. The stocks of summer steelhead winter steelhead and sockeye are small and are found in some alice lake tributaries. The river is a joy to fish or just watch as it tumbles down through a series of rapids that are just full of fish but remember you must release all trout and char.

The gold river on vancouver island. This short video documents what we saw. The marble river is a beautiful river it is one of the best steelhead rivers on vancouver island. The gold river like it s southern popular sister the stamp river is a river with good runs of both summer and winter steelhead.

Fishing marble river provincial park is a very popular destination for recreational angling including fly fishing on the river and tidal water fishing in the marine portion of the park. Picture on the upper left. Land based activities include hunting hiking swimming mountain biking nature appreciation especially bald eagles and wilderness camping. On the middle marble river link river prevents anadromous fish from entering victoria lake.

The gold river is unique on vancouver island for it is a river with runs of steelhead. Chinook and coho salmon steelhead cutthroat rainbow and dolly varden trout can all be caught in this park. In the town of gold river the heber runs into the gold. In summer the gold river is always worth a try because of considerable summer runs of several species of pacific salmon.

The marble river trail contains a number of angler access. Fly fishing for steelhead on the gold river. The marble river is considered to be one of the best steelhead fishing rivers on vancouver island. Marble river park s recreational opportunities are complemented by the.

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