Explore 1585 lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and coastal fishing spots across the USA and Canada.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A Northern Peninsula lake in the St. Genevieve River system managed as a Special Trout Management Area to protect its large brook trout. Located in Northern Peninsula, insular Newfoundland.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A red-rock Army Corps reservoir on the Rio Chama with walleye, smallmouth, crappie, catfish and holdover trout; trotlines are legal here. Located in the Rio Chama valley (Rio Arriba County), in Georgia O'Keeffe country.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A vivid blue reservoir on the North Saskatchewan River famous for its frozen methane bubbles, Abraham Lake is a big, windswept fishery for bull trout, rainbow and cutthroat trout, lake whitefish, and mountain whitefish. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES2 (Red Deer & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
A 625-acre state park lake with split-limit bass regulations and a saugeye fishery freed of its size minimum for 2026-27. Located in Preble and Butler counties in Hueston Woods State Park.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A western-Newfoundland lake managed as a Special Trout Management Area with a summer season limited to protect its brook trout. Located in western insular Newfoundland.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A long, deep south-west Yukon lake (Äshèyi) managed as Conservation Waters for lake trout, grayling, pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-west Yukon, north of the Alaska Highway.
river in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Sauger, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A major river system running the length of the state, offering largemouth and spotted bass, crappie, catfish and white bass. Located on central and southwest Alabama, formed by the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A designated Wild River ('the Branch') flowing from the Katmai lakes, celebrated for trophy rainbow trout, all five Pacific salmon, char and grayling. Located on the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
A remote flood-control reservoir on the Bill Williams River famed as one of Arizona's best largemouth bass and crappie lakes. Located on the Bill Williams River in the remote western Arizona desert.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
A clear canyon reservoir with trout and walleye between Pathfinder and Gray Reef. Located in the North Platte River southwest of Casper.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A small study lake north of Yellowknife managed as a catch-and-release lake trout fishery. Located a research watershed north of Yellowknife.
river in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A big, cold tailwater below Kinzua Dam holding trophy trout in its upper miles and walleye, smallmouth and muskies through its islands. Located in northwestern Pennsylvania, from the Allegheny Reservoir tailwater at Warren downstream toward Oil City and Pittsburgh.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
A shallow, fertile 120-acre South Jersey millpond and Lunker Bass Lake with quality largemouth, pickerel and channel catfish. Located in Salem County (Alloway Township).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A classic winter steelhead drift river flowing out of the Coast Range to Alsea Bay, with a strong fall Chinook fishery in tidewater. Located in the central Oregon coast between Corvallis and Waldport.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
Georgia's largest river, the mighty Altamaha flows undammed to the Atlantic and is legendary for trophy flathead and blue catfish, largemouth bass, redbreast sunfish (bream) and a coastal striped bass run with its own two-fish, 22-inch limit. Located in the great blackwater river of southeast Georgia.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A clear central-Ohio reservoir with standing timber and rocky points that produce saugeye, crappie, and quality largemouth. Located in Delaware County just north of Columbus.
reservoir in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A broad Snake River reservoir on the Snake River Plain, American Falls is one of Idaho's top trout producers, growing fat rainbow and brown trout, and also holds walleye, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Located in the Southeast Region on the Snake River near American Falls.
river in California, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
A Sierra-fed tributary flowing through Sacramento, known for striped bass, catfish and smallmouth bass alongside its salmon and steelhead runs. Located on a Sacramento River tributary flowing through metropolitan Sacramento.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A deep, clear lake near Denare Beach in east-central Saskatchewan, Amisk Lake holds walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and lake trout in the Sturgeon-weir watershed. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
reservoir in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Hybrid Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout
A spring-fed high-desert reservoir that stays ice-free, known for winter trout fishing and Oregon's state-record hybrid bass. Located in the Summer Lake basin in northern Lake County.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout
A clearwater lower-peninsula stream celebrated for its steelhead runs and Dolly Varden, with king and coho salmon runs subject to closure. Located on the lower Kenai Peninsula near Anchor Point.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A quiet Kent County lake with largemouth bass, bluegill and crappie. Located in near Felton in Kent County.
river in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Once written off to pollution, the Androscoggin is now a comeback story, offering quality brown and rainbow trout in its upper reaches and one of Maine's best river smallmouth fisheries downstream. Located in from Gilead on the New Hampshire border to Brunswick (South Zone).
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The big tailwater of Umbagog Lake, with a famous fly-fishing-only reach below Errol Dam, year-round sections near Pontook, and a catch-and-release stretch from Berlin to the Maine border. Located in the Great North Woods from Errol through Berlin to the Maine line.
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A warm southern Black Hills reservoir with walleye, smallmouth and crappie. Located in the Cheyenne River south of Hot Springs in Fall River County.
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Striped Bass
The Animas rolls out of Colorado through Aztec and Farmington to the San Juan — in San Juan County there are no bag or possession limits on channel catfish or striped bass. Located in the Farmington area (San Juan County, northwest New Mexico).
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Bass
A steep-walled Salt River canyon reservoir known for smallmouth bass, walleye, largemouth bass and yellow bass. Located on the Salt River between Roosevelt and Canyon lakes.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A remote TVA trout reservoir on the Hiwassee with a special three-fish rule allowing only one trout over 14 inches. Located in the Hiwassee River in Cherokee County.
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
Florida's largest river by flow, the Apalachicola runs from Lake Seminole to the Gulf and offers largemouth bass, striped and sunshine bass and outstanding channel and flathead catfish along its sloughs and main channel. Located in the largest river in Florida, flowing through the Panhandle to Apalachicola Bay.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A 2,350-acre clear-water lake in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area with a 10-inch, 15-fish crappie regulation. Located in Murray County in the Arbuckle Mountains near Sulphur.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
An 1,820-acre Edmond city reservoir where a five-fish striper/hybrid rule protects the fishery for metro anglers. Located in Oklahoma County at Edmond.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden, Inconnu
A clear Gwich'in heritage river (Tsiigehnjik) with grayling and inconnu, and catch-and-release Dolly Varden. Located the Gwich'in region near Tsiigehtchic.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
The northernmost of the four big flood-control lakes, wind-swept Arkabutla is a proven producer of giant crappie and stout channel catfish within a short drive of Memphis. Located in the Coldwater River flood-control reservoir south of Memphis (Tate and DeSoto counties).
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The great navigable river crossing the state, offering largemouth and spotted bass, white and hybrid striped bass, sauger, crappie and trophy catfish. Located on the main-stem Arkansas River (McClellan-Kerr Navigation System).
river in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The upper Arkansas River holds the longest continuous stretch of Gold Medal trout water in Colorado, a wild brown and rainbow trout fishery from Leadville to the Royal Gorge. Located on the upper Arkansas River, the longest stretch of Gold Medal water in Colorado.
river in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Walleye, White Bass
The Arkansas River flows southeast across Kansas through Wichita and is a channel, flathead and blue catfish and white bass river that also holds walleye, sauger, largemouth bass and freshwater drum under the statewide river rules. Located in flowing southeast across Kansas through Wichita to the Oklahoma line.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Sauger, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass
The navigation-channel reach of the Arkansas, with 16-inch walleye rules, snagging closures at Zink Dam and big blue catfish in the locks. Located in from Keystone Dam through Tulsa and Muskogee downstream to the Arkansas state line.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass
Crossing from Maine to join the Saint John, the Aroostook River is a managed smallmouth bass water below the Tinker dam that also holds brook trout and muskellunge. Located in the Upper Saint John RFA, on the New Brunswick–Maine border.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
The Upper and Lower Arrow Lakes are broad reservoirs on the Columbia River holding Gerrard-strain rainbow trout, bull trout, kokanee, and mountain whitefish in cold, clear water. Located in B.C. Region 4 (Kootenay).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A long tundra lake on the Lockhart River route, home to lake trout, pike and grayling. Located the barrenlands north-east of Great Slave Lake.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The Catskills' premier NYC water-supply reservoir — wild brown trout water at the foot of the Esopus, with walleye under an 18-inch rule. Located in the Catskills (Ulster County).
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large lake at the headwaters of the Churchill River in western Labrador, part of the Churchill River Drainage Basin Watershed, holding lake trout, brook trout and northern pike. Located in western Labrador (Zone 4, Churchill River drainage).
river in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Goldeye, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
Winding across the southern prairies toward its confluence with the Red River at Winnipeg, the Assiniboine holds channel catfish, walleye, sauger, freshwater drum, goldeye, and northern pike through its turbid, meandering course. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass
The 225-acre centerpiece of the Assunpink WMA and a designated Lunker Bass Lake known for big largemouth over shallow weed flats. Located in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area (Monmouth County).
river in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
The million-acre Atchafalaya Basin is America's greatest river swamp and a legendary bass, crappie (sac-a-lait), bream and catfish fishery, fished from bayous and canals among endless cypress and tupelo. Located in America's largest river swamp, spanning south-central Louisiana.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
One of Alberta's great wild rivers, the upper Athabasca sweeps out of Jasper through foothills country holding the threatened Athabasca rainbow trout, bull trout, Arctic grayling, mountain whitefish, walleye, and northern pike. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES3 (Athabasca & Pembina) fish management zone.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large wilderness lake in western Labrador within the Churchill River Drainage Basin Watershed, prized for trophy brook trout, lake trout and northern pike. Located in western Labrador (Zone 4, Churchill River drainage).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A vast glacial lake straddling the Yukon-BC border with lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located on the Yukon-BC border south of Carcross.
river in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The Au Sable at Grayling is America's most storied trout river — birthplace of Trout Unlimited — whose flies-only 'Holy Water' from Burton's Landing to Wakeley Bridge is catch-and-release for wild brown and brook trout. Located in the legendary trout river at Grayling in the northern Lower Peninsula.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass
A popular Kings County lake (including Loon Lake) that is a designated Special Bass Management Area, holding smallmouth bass, brook trout and chain pickerel. Located in Kings County, RFA 5 (Annapolis Valley).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
A treeline tundra lake at the head of the Lockhart River, prized for wild lake trout and grayling. Located the barrenlands at the head of the Lockhart River.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A 14,000-acre Corps of Engineers lake near Raleigh-Durham famous for slab crappie (8-inch minimum) and heavy largemouth bass. Located in the Triangle in Chatham County.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Burbot, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
The longest natural lake in B.C., Babine is a cold, deep Skeena headwater famous for big rainbow and lake trout, char, burbot, and the sockeye run that built its fishery. Located in B.C. Region 6 (Skeena).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A shallow, fertile 348-acre Trout Pond in Pittsburg that grows fat rainbows and brookies and fishes best right after the fourth-Saturday-in-April opener. Located in the Great North Woods (Pittsburg).
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
Flowing out of the Cape Breton Highlands to Bras d'Or Lake at Baddeck, this clear river holds brook and rainbow trout, with special seasonal rules on its upper reaches to protect native brook trout. Located in Victoria County, RFA 1 (Cape Breton Island).
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A deep, rocky Yadkin River reservoir known for big blue catfish, largemouth bass and striped bass in the Uwharrie foothills. Located in the Yadkin chain in Stanly and Montgomery counties.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Northern Pike
A small creek near Yellowknife managed for catch-and-release grayling, with a spring fishing closure. Located flowing into Yellowknife Bay near Yellowknife.
lake in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
Nunavut's only inland community lake, a vast water at the head of Chesterfield Inlet holding Arctic char, lake trout, lake whitefish and grayling under Schedule VI base limits. Located the Kivalliq region at Qamani'tuaq, on the Thelon-Kazan system.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye · Nearby campsites: Balsam Lake Provincial Park Campground
The highest point on the Trent–Severn Waterway, Balsam Lake is a clearer Kawartha lake with muskellunge, smallmouth and largemouth bass and walleye. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 17.
reservoir in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie, Yellow Perch · Nearby campsites: Steamboat Rock State Park Campgrounds
A 27-mile irrigation reservoir in the Grand Coulee, one of Washington's premier walleye and smallmouth waters. Located in the Grand Coulee between Electric City and Coulee City in central Washington.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
The largest natural lake in Connecticut, a shallow, weedy lake known for largemouth bass, northern pike, chain pickerel and panfish. Located in Litchfield and Morris, the largest natural lake in Connecticut.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A popular cottage lake near Athabasca, Baptiste Lake holds northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, and lake whitefish over its weedy shallows and deeper holes. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB2 fish management zone.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water in South Kingstown along the Chipuxet drainage. Located in South Kingstown.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A fertile south-central Kentucky reservoir, Barren River Lake is known for hybrid striped bass, largemouth bass, crappie and catfish, with a protective walleye slot on the lake and the entire Barren River system. Located in a Barren River impoundment southeast of Bowling Green.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A smaller Southwest Miramichi tributary, the Bartholomew holds Atlantic salmon and brook trout, with a summer trout closure to protect fish during warm water. Located in the Miramichi RFA, east-central New Brunswick.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Bass
A Verde River reservoir in the Sonoran Desert foothills known for largemouth bass, big flathead catfish, crappie and bluegill. Located on the Verde River northeast of Phoenix.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The crown jewel of the Boundary Waters, Basswood Lake offers wilderness walleye, smallmouth bass, lake trout and trophy northern pike reached by paddle and portage from Ely. Located in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the Ontario border in Lake County.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A long, Z-shaped bay of Lake Ontario, the Bay of Quinte is world-famous for its trophy walleye fishery and also produces excellent largemouth and smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 20.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep border lake shared with Connecticut and a designated trout water; Rhode Island regulations apply for trout, black bass and chain pickerel, with salmon limits per Connecticut rules. Located in Exeter on the Rhode Island-Connecticut border.
lake in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Bonneville Cisco, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish
Nicknamed the “Caribbean of the Rockies” for its turquoise water, Bear Lake is home to fish found nowhere else — the Bonneville cisco, Bear Lake cutthroat and Bear Lake whitefish — plus big lake trout (mackinaw). Its January cisco run, netted through the ice, is one of Idaho's most famous fisheries. Located in the Southeast Region straddling the Idaho-Utah state line.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
An eastern Kings County river with cold, clean water supporting wild brook trout and a modest catch-and-release Atlantic salmon run. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The birthplace of American fly fishing — the storied Catskill freestone with famous no-kill water at Horton and wild browns through Roscoe. Located in the Catskills (Sullivan and Delaware counties).
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The uppermost White River reservoir, a deep, clear northwest-Arkansas lake with largemouth, smallmouth and striped bass, crappie and white bass. Located on the upper White River near the Ozark headwaters in northwest Arkansas.
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
A small Pawcatuck tributary set aside for Rhode Island's wild salmonids, with a designated no-kill catch-and-release section. Located in Richmond in southern Rhode Island.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A narrow, brushy tailwater renowned for some of the largest brown trout per mile in Montana. Located in southwest Montana from Clark Canyon Dam through Dillon to Twin Bridges.
lake in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A White Mountains lake managed for trophy trout under catch-and-release, fly-and-lure rules, while offering unlimited harvest of its bass and catfish. Located on near Springerville in Apache County.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A small New Castle County pond managed as a trophy largemouth bass fishery with a 15-inch minimum and a 2-fish daily limit, plus bluegill and crappie. Located in near Newark in New Castle County.
reservoir in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass
A 720-acre lake in Beech Fork State Park - a numbers fishery for largemouth bass in flooded timber plus hybrid stripers and panfish. Located in the Beech Fork State Park hills south of Huntington in Wayne County.
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A big irrigation reservoir managed with a reduced two-walleye limit. Located in Butte County northeast of Belle Fourche (Orman Dam).
river in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Walleye
A river flowing west to Lake Winnipeg through the boreal shield, the Berens River holds walleye and northern pike along with a protected lake sturgeon population. Located in Manitoba's Northeast Division for angling.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A deep Army Corps reservoir on the Mahoning River with one of inland Ohio's best natural-reproduction walleye populations. Located in Mahoning, Portage, and Stark counties in northeast Ohio.
lake in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye
A popular state-park lake just north of Des Moines, Big Creek Lake is managed for quality fishing with an 18-inch largemouth bass limit and a 15-inch, one-over-20-inch walleye rule, and also holds muskellunge, bluegill, crappie and channel catfish. Located in a state-park lake north of Des Moines in Polk County.
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The state's most storied fly water, tumbling off the Kittatinny Ridge with a 4.2-mile catch-and-release stretch including the famous Blewett Tract. Located in the Kittatinny Ridge (Stokes State Forest, Sussex County).
lake in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
At 237 feet, Wisconsin's deepest inland lake - a two-story fishery holding the state-record inland lake trout plus cisco, walleye and trophy smallmouth. Located in Wisconsin's deepest natural inland lake in Green Lake County.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A clear reservoir in southeastern Kansas, Big Hill is one of the state's best smallmouth bass waters, managed with a largemouth slot and an 18-inch smallmouth limit, also holding spotted bass, walleye, crappie and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Big Hill Creek reservoir east of Cherryvale in southeastern Kansas.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A legendary freestone river holding brown trout, rainbows and the last native fluvial arctic grayling in the lower 48 states. Located in the last stronghold of river-dwelling arctic grayling in the lower 48, from Wisdom to Twin Bridges.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
One of the Jonathan's Brook watershed ponds managed as a Special Trout Management Area with a minimum size limit protecting small brook trout. Located in central-eastern insular Newfoundland (Jonathan's Brook watershed).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large, remote central-Yukon lake holding lake trout, northern pike, Arctic grayling, whitefish and burbot. Located central Yukon, in the Kalzas country north-east of Pelly Crossing.
lake in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Apache Trout, Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A premier high-elevation trout lake in the White Mountains, stocked with rainbow, brook and cutthroat trout and holding native Apache trout. Located on the high White Mountains of Apache County.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
A Lunenburg County lake in the Mushamush watershed, this is a designated Special Bass Management Area holding smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and white perch. Located in Lunenburg County, RFA 3.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A western PEI river near Glenwood carrying a reduced trout limit to protect its wild brook trout. Located in Prince County, Glenwood, western Prince Edward Island.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A classic Ozark smallmouth float with 8-inch goggle-eye water below Highway 17 and a one-fish, 15-inch trophy smallmouth reach from Slabtown to the Gasconade. Located in the Ozark smallmouth stream from Texas County to the Gasconade River (Texas, Pulaski, Phelps counties).
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The largest lake on the historic Rideau Canal system, Big Rideau Lake offers deep, clear water with lake trout, muskellunge, largemouth and smallmouth bass and walleye. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 18.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A lake (T'à Tlèn Âyi) on the Big Salmon River holding lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-central Yukon on the Big Salmon River.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A rugged Fundy coast river on the Fundy Trail, the Big Salmon is a scenic brook trout stream with fly-fishing-only water in its upper reaches; there is no open season for sea-run Atlantic salmon. Located in the Inner Bay of Fundy RFA, southern New Brunswick.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Northern Pike, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Forming Iowa's short northwestern border with South Dakota, the Big Sioux River is a boundary-river fishery for walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, northern pike and channel and flathead catfish, with no length limit on its black bass and a catch-and-release-only rule on shovelnose sturgeon. Located in Iowa's northwestern border with South Dakota above Sioux City.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A short, gin-clear limestone spring creek restored to wild brook and brown trout, fished catch-and-release below the famous 'Ditch'. Located in the Cumberland Valley at Newville, west of Carlisle.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The 26-mile-long headwater lake of the Minnesota River straddles the South Dakota border, offering reliable walleye fishing plus big bluegill, perch and channel catfish along its prairie shorelines. Located in the Minnesota-South Dakota border between Ortonville and Big Stone City (Big Stone County).
river in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A freestone trout stream tumbling out of the Sawtooth foothills through the Wood River Valley, the Big Wood is a popular wild rainbow and brown trout fishery, with smallmouth bass in its lower reaches. Located in the Magic Valley Region flowing through the Wood River Valley near Ketchum and Bellevue.
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A dramatic 71-mile canyon reservoir behind Yellowtail Dam with walleye, bass, catfish and sturgeon. Located in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area straddling the Montana-Wyoming border.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Walleye
One of the finest tailwater trout fisheries in North America, flowing cold and clear from Yellowtail Dam through the Crow Reservation. Located in the world-famous tailwater below Yellowtail Afterbay Dam at Fort Smith.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A small Trophy Bass Water perched above the Gila River that produced the state-record largemouth and white bass; a Winter Trout Water with oars-or-electric-motors-only boating. Located in the Gila River valley (Grant County, southwest New Mexico).
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
South Dakota's largest natural lake, a premier walleye and perch fishery. Located in Day County in the northeast Glacial Lakes region.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A classic freestone trout river flowing north beneath the Bitterroot Range, beloved by dry-fly anglers. Located in the Bitterroot Valley from Darby to Missoula.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A deep lake in Saskatchewan's far north on the Fond du Lac River, Black Lake is a trophy fishery for lake trout, northern pike, and walleye, and also holds Arctic grayling and lake whitefish. Located in Saskatchewan's Northern Zone for angling.
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
A classic north-central Louisiana cypress lake near Campti, Black Lake is a long-time favorite for crappie, bream, largemouth bass and catfish among its stumps and breaks. Located in a cypress-break lake at Campti in Natchitoches Parish.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Black Lake hosts Michigan's storied winter lake sturgeon spearing season, a quota fishery that closes within days; the rest of the year it fishes well for walleye, 46-inch-minimum muskellunge and northern pike under a liberal 5-pike rule. Located in a 10,000-acre lake in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A fertile, 20-mile bass factory in the St. Lawrence Valley with a special 15-inch bass rule, big bluegills, crappie and walleye. Located in St. Lawrence County near Ogdensburg.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A quiet blackwater river with strong bream fishing and seasonal stripers. Located in Williamsburg and Georgetown counties in the Pee Dee lowcountry.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A Kings County reservoir lake that is a designated Special Bass Management Area, with smallmouth bass and brook trout. Located in Kings County, RFA 5 (Annapolis Valley).
river in Idaho, USA
A high-country river above and below Blackfoot Reservoir, the Blackfoot River is a prized native Yellowstone cutthroat trout fishery managed to protect its wild cutthroat. Located in the Southeast Region flowing toward the Snake River near Blackfoot.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A storied freestone river with recovering native cutthroat and bull trout populations. Located in the valley east of Missoula made famous by A River Runs Through It.
river in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish
A brushy Cache Valley canyon stream managed as a wild brown trout fishery with a bonus brown limit and a one-big-fish rule. Located in Blacksmith Fork Canyon southeast of Logan (Cache County).
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A designated trout water on its Cumberland and Lincoln reaches, with warmwater fishing through the Blackstone River Valley. Located in Cumberland and Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A man-made reservoir south of Saskatoon, Blackstrap is a popular recreation lake managed with reduced limits for walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and burbot. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Tannin-stained water dropping through Blackwater Falls and its rugged canyon - stocked trout in the state park and a dedicated catch-and-release reach. Located in the Canaan Valley and Blackwater Falls State Park in Tucker County.
reservoir in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
An Army Corps flood-control lake managed under both the Big Bass and Panfish Enhancement programs, known for largemouth and slab crappies. Located in the Tulpehocken Creek valley northwest of Reading in Berks County.
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
Colorado's largest body of water, a Gunnison River reservoir famous for its trophy lake trout (Mackinaw) and its huge kokanee salmon run. Located on the Gunnison River, Colorado's largest body of water.
river in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A clear, spring-fed river through the cave country of southern Indiana, the Blue River is a state-designated natural and scenic river prized for smallmouth bass under the protected-slot limit, along with largemouth bass, rock bass and channel catfish. Located in the spring-fed river through the cave country of southern Indiana.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A spring-fed granite-boulder stream with a winter trout season, a catch-and-release fly zone and native spotted bass in its pools. Located in Johnston County, four miles east of Tishomingo and six miles north.
reservoir in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A 2,040-acre flood-control lake on the New River at Hinton - hybrid stripers, smallmouth, walleye, catfish and spring white bass runs. Located in the New River valley at Hinton in Summers County.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout
The tiger muskie capital of New Mexico — a high-density population produced the 38-pound state record here, alongside stocked rainbow trout and catfish. Located in the Zuni Mountains west of Grants (Cibola/McKinley counties).
river in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye
The Red River's southern headwater stream on the Minnesota line, sharing the Red's channel catfish reputation and its reduced walleye and pike limits. Located in the headwaters of the Red River south of Wahpeton.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A Tri-Cities reservoir where tailwater trout share water with bass and stripers. Located in the South Fork Holston and Watauga rivers in the Tri-Cities.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A gentle coastal river draining to the Northumberland Strait through the famous Bouctouche dune, this Southeast stream is a sea-run and resident brook trout water. Located in the Southeast RFA, eastern New Brunswick.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A tidal eastern river feeding Boughton Bay, popular for brook and rainbow trout and open to the fall extended rainbow trout season below Ross's Dam. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A power-plant cooling reservoir near Estevan whose warm water supports an unusual southern fishery, Boundary Dam is best known for its introduced smallmouth bass along with walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: Bow Valley Campground
Flowing out of the Canadian Rockies through Calgary, the Bow River is internationally recognized as one of the best wild rainbow trout fisheries in the world.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A 1,600-acre panhandle irrigation reservoir known for abundant northern pike under a liberal 10-fish bag, plus smallmouth, largemouth, walleye and panfish. Located in the Niobrara River north of Hemingford in the Pine Ridge (Dawes County).
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A broad Wind River impoundment with walleye, trout, perch and crappie. Located in the Wind River near Shoshoni.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A quiet eastern PEI river holding brook and rainbow trout, with an extended rainbow trout season at Affleck's Pond and the waters below it. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A roadside lake north of Whitehorse popular for lake trout, grayling and northern pike. Located southern Yukon along the Klondike Highway.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass
A 2,640-acre cooling lake for the Braidwood nuclear station, Braidwood Lake is famous for fast-growing, trophy largemouth bass thanks to its warm water, and also holds white and hybrid striped bass, channel catfish and bluegill. Located in a power-plant cooling lake in Will County.
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water in Burrillville, a stocked tributary of the Blackstone. Located in Burrillville in northwestern Rhode Island.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The largest of the Salt Valley lakes at 1,800 acres, with 10-inch-minimum crappie, walleye and largemouth, and catch-and-release-only fishing for its trophy flathead catfish, striped bass, white bass and wiper. Located in Oak Creek northwest of Lincoln (Lancaster County).
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
The southernmost state-park reservoir in New Mexico, offering white bass, walleye, largemouth and catfish in the Chihuahuan Desert; a Pecos drainage trotline water. Located in the lower Pecos valley north of Carlsbad (Eddy County).
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, White Perch
A vast inland sea at the heart of Cape Breton, the brackish Bras d'Or holds sea-run brook trout and rainbow trout around its many bays and river mouths; natural bait is permitted here year round. Located in central Cape Breton Island, RFA 1.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water in the Arcadia Management Area. Located in Exeter and West Greenwich in the Arcadia Management Area.
lake in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
An 845-acre stump-filled trophy-bass factory managed for largemouth over 24 inches. Located in the flooded timber south of Farmville in Prince Edward County.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A deep, pine-rimmed 14,220-acre mountain reservoir feeding the year-round trout water of the Lower Mountain Fork below its dam. Located in McCurtain County in the Ouachita Mountains.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A clear, deep Corps of Engineers reservoir on the East Fork of the Whitewater River, Brookville Lake is one of Indiana's top walleye and hybrid striped bass lakes, also holding largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie and bluegill, with a stocked 18-inch brown trout fishery in its cold tailwater. Located in a clear Corps of Engineers reservoir on the East Fork of the Whitewater River near the Ohio line.
reservoir in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, White Sturgeon
The uppermost of the Hells Canyon reservoirs on the Snake River, Brownlee is a nationally known smallmouth bass and crappie fishery that also produces channel catfish and holds white sturgeon. Located in the Southwest Region on the Snake River in Hells Canyon.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, White Perch
A broad tidal river within the Brudenell resort area, known for brook trout, rainbow trout, sea-run trout and white perch, with a fall extended rainbow trout season. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A quiet parkland lake in the North Saskatchewan watershed, Buck Lake is known for walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, and lake whitefish over its weedy flats. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
Ohio's oldest state park lake, a shallow canal-era impoundment rebuilt behind a new dam, loaded with crappie and saugeye. Located in Fairfield, Licking, and Perry counties east of Columbus.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye
A connected Kawartha lake known for muskellunge and largemouth bass among its rock and weed structure on the Trent–Severn Waterway. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 17.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A narrow mountain reservoir on the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, Buckhorn Lake is a quality muskellunge and largemouth and smallmouth bass fishery with crappie and catfish in its timbered headwaters. Located in a Middle Fork Kentucky River impoundment in the eastern Kentucky mountains.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A small water-supply lake managed for quality largemouth with a 16-inch minimum and a 20-crappie combined limit. Located in Nash and Wilson counties east of Raleigh.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
A high-desert reservoir below the Absarokas with trout and walleye. Located in west of Cody in the Shoshone River drainage.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A shallow southeastern prairie lake managed for quality walleye with a 14-inch minimum, plus northern pike and yellow perch. Located in southeastern North Dakota near Cayuga.
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
America's first national river, a clear, free-flowing Ozark stream celebrated for wild smallmouth bass, rock bass and bream. Located on a free-flowing Ozark river (Ozark Zone) in northern Arkansas.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A shallow, fertile lake in the Qu'Appelle Valley between Moose Jaw and Regina, Buffalo Pound is a productive walleye and northern pike water within a provincial park, with a strong yellow perch population. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Virginia's largest lake - 50,000 acres of flooded Roanoke River bottomland famous for striped bass, crappie and blue catfish (the 143-lb world-record blue came from here). Located in the Roanoke (Staunton) River on the Virginia-North Carolina line near Clarksville.
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout
A major Skeena tributary around Smithers and Telkwa, the Bulkley is a premier fly-fishing river for wild summer steelhead, with strong Dolly Varden and coho and chinook salmon runs. Located in B.C. Region 6 (Skeena).
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A vast, deep, clear White River reservoir in the Ozarks renowned for largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, crappie and walleye. Located on the White River on the Arkansas-Missouri border in the Ozarks.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The Missouri arms of Bull Shoals offer deep, clear water for trophy largemouth and smallmouth, walleye and 20-inch-minimum striped bass under Missouri's lake regulations. Located in the Missouri portion of the White River reservoir on the Arkansas line (Taney and Ozark counties).
reservoir in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 968-acre Corps of Engineers lake on the Little Kanawha - a well-rounded fishery for walleye, largemouth bass, crappie and channel catfish. Located in the Little Kanawha River valley near Burnsville in Braxton County.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
A secluded 664-acre state park lake in the Wayne National Forest hills, managed with a 12-to-15-inch protected bass slot. Located in Athens and Morgan counties in southeast Ohio.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Burt Lake anchors northern Michigan's Inland Waterway and is rated among the state's best walleye lakes, with 46-inch-minimum muskellunge, smallmouth bass, northern pike and abundant perch. Located in a 17,000-acre lake on the Inland Waterway in Cheboygan County.
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
Rebuilt and restocked by LDWF as a trophy bass factory, Bussey Brake near Bastrop is managed with an unusual 18-inch maximum length limit for bass and produces giant largemouth along with quality crappie and bream. Located in a rebuilt trophy-bass reservoir near Bastrop in Morehouse Parish.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
A 2,120-acre Corps reservoir that is one of west-central Ohio's most reliable stocked walleye fisheries. Located in Clark County near Springfield.
reservoir in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Sturgeon
A sprawling desert reservoir at the confluence of the Snake and Bruneau rivers, C.J. Strike is one of southern Idaho's most productive mixed fisheries — smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, trout and white sturgeon. Located in the Southwest Region on the Snake River near Bruneau.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
The downstream companion to Elephant Butte, with good walleye numbers, large channel catfish, and hybrid striped bass (wipers) stocked since 2022 — the only New Mexico water with wipers. Located in the lower Rio Grande below Elephant Butte (Sierra County).
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Draped in Spanish moss and bald cypress, Caddo Lake is one of the South's most atmospheric fisheries, with quality largemouth bass under a protective slot, excellent crappie and white bass, and strong catfish action in its maze of sloughs and boat roads. Located in a cypress-studded natural lake straddling the Texas-Louisiana line near Shreveport.
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A clear Ouachita Mountain river above DeGray Lake managed as a quality smallmouth stream, also holding largemouth, rock bass and bream. Located on an Ouachita Zone Quality Stream above DeGray Lake.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
Southwest Ohio's deep, clear 2,830-acre reservoir with muskellunge, saugeye, crappie, and quality bass. Located in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties in southwest Ohio.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass
Indiana's first flood-control reservoir, Cagles Mill Lake (also called Cataract Lake) at Lieber State Recreation Area is a 1,400-acre fishery for largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, channel catfish and stocked white and hybrid striped bass. Located in Indiana's first flood-control reservoir, also called Cataract Lake, at Lieber State Recreation Area.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A celebrated fall-run tributary of the Southwest Miramichi, the Cains is famous for its autumn Atlantic salmon fishing and classic streamer water, with brook trout throughout. Located in the Miramichi RFA, east-central New Brunswick.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A 5,200-acre Sandhills irrigation reservoir with one of Nebraska's best walleye populations, plus muskellunge, white bass, wiper and channel catfish. Located in the Calamus River northwest of Burwell (Loup and Garfield counties).
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A productive boreal lake north of Athabasca, Calling Lake is known for walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch across its shallow, fertile basin. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB1 fish management zone.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
One of Mississippi's premier trophy bass state lakes, Calling Panther's flooded timber has produced double-digit largemouth since it opened, protected by a 20-inch maximum-length rule. Located in a state fishing lake west of Crystal Springs (Copiah County).
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A tumbling river with waterfalls on the Ingraham Trail, popular for grayling and pike. Located the Ingraham Trail east of Yellowknife.
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
Known as the 'Salmon Capital of the World,' the Campbell River draws anglers for its powerful chinook and coho runs, sea-run cutthroat, and winter-run steelhead below the Quinsam confluence. Located in B.C. Region 1 (Vancouver Island).
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A clean, deep Finger Lake with quality lake trout, spring browns and rainbows along the shale points, plus smallmouth on the drop-offs. Located in the western Finger Lakes at Canandaigua.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A clear, sandy-bottomed lake within Candle Lake Provincial Park, this popular water holds walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, and lake whitefish and is managed with a reduced walleye limit. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Connecticut's largest lake, a big western Connecticut reservoir renowned for smallmouth and largemouth bass, stocked walleye and trout. Located in western Connecticut, the state's largest lake.
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, White Bass
Middle Tennessee's flagship trout tailwater, stocked with rainbow, brown, brook and cutthroat trout March through December. Located in the tailwater below Center Hill Dam, flowing to the Cumberland River.
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A 25-mile reservoir on the Missouri near Helena, one of Montana's most popular walleye, perch and trout fisheries. Located in the Missouri River east of Helena.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Bass
A scenic Salt River canyon reservoir with largemouth and yellow bass, walleye, catfish and a stocked winter rainbow trout fishery. Located on the Salt River in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Crappie
North Carolina's largest river system, with 8-inch crappie and 30-sunfish limits, a shad run and a closed striped bass fishery. Located in the coastal plain from Buckhorn Dam to Wilmington.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A small designated trout water in Coventry, stocked in spring and fall. Located in Coventry near the Connecticut border.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, White Perch
One of the three rivers meeting at Cardigan Bay, this tidal river holds brook and rainbow trout and white perch, with a fall extended rainbow trout season below Alleys Mill. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
At 25,000 acres, Carlyle Lake is the largest lake wholly within Illinois, a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Kaskaskia River known for white bass and hybrid striped bass, largemouth bass, crappie, blue, channel and flathead catfish, walleye and sauger. Located in Illinois' largest inland lake, a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Kaskaskia River.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A small designated trout water in the Carolina Management Area in Richmond. Located in Richmond in the Carolina Management Area.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Flowing north past Grantsville toward Pennsylvania, the Casselman River is a popular stocked trout stream whose lower Maryland miles are managed as a delayed-harvest trout area beneath Interstate 68. Located in a stocked trout river at Grantsville in northern Garrett County.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
A Southern California reservoir that has produced some of the largest largemouth bass on record, also holding striped bass, catfish and panfish. Located on a State Water Project reservoir north of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County.
creek in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A meadow trout stream feeding Deerfield Reservoir, with wild brook and brown trout. Located in the high Black Hills above and below Deerfield Reservoir.
flowage in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Petenwell's downstream twin - a shallow, fertile flowage with slot-limit walleye, crappie in the stumps and some of central Wisconsin's best catfishing. Located in the 13,000-acre Wisconsin River flowage below Petenwell in Adams and Juneau counties.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The upper Catawba offers a rare piedmont trout fishery — a 14-inch, two-fish special-regulation reach near Morganton and delayed harvest along the Marion Greenway. Located in Burke and McDowell counties around Marion and Morganton.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: Cave Lake Campgrounds
A 32-acre state park reservoir in the Schell Creek Range known for brown trout - a former state record came from here - plus stocked rainbows and winter ice fishing. Located in Cave Lake State Park in the Schell Creek Range southeast of Ely (White Pine County).
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Known as the “Muskie Capital of the South,” Cave Run Lake is Kentucky's signature muskellunge fishery and also holds largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, white bass and catfish among its timbered coves. Located in a Licking River reservoir near Morehead in eastern Kentucky.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The longest Finger Lake — lake trout on the flats, landlocked salmon and browns on the surface in spring, and largemouth in the weedy north end. Located in the Finger Lakes between Ithaca and Seneca Falls.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Also known as Raccoon Lake, this 2,000-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir at Raccoon State Recreation Area is managed with a 16-inch largemouth bass limit and offers bass, crappie, bluegill, channel catfish and stocked white and hybrid striped bass. Located in the Raccoon State Recreation Area reservoir on Raccoon Creek in Parke County.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A clear high-plains reservoir in western Kansas, Cedar Bluff is a strong walleye and wiper fishery that also holds largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, crappie and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Smoky Hill River reservoir south of I-70 near Ogallah in western Kansas.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
One of Iowa's premier smallmouth bass and channel catfish rivers, the Cedar River winds through eastern Iowa past Waterloo and Cedar Rapids, also holding largemouth bass, walleye, flathead catfish and northern pike under the interior-stream bass rules. Located in a major interior river through eastern Iowa past Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A deep, clear Caney Fork reservoir with smallmouth, walleye and giant muskellunge. Located in the Caney Fork River gorge between Smithville and Cookeville.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
Gateway to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, big windswept Chamberlain Lake (including Round Pond and Telos Lake) is prized for native lake trout, brook trout and whitefish in a truly remote setting. Located in headwater of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (North Zone).
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
A shallow, fertile lake just north of Fort St. John, Charlie Lake is a Peace-country favourite for northern pike, yellow perch, and burbot, popular in both open water and through the ice. Located in B.C. Region 7B (Peace).
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A South Platte reservoir at the edge of Denver with walleye, largemouth and smallmouth bass, trout, catfish and crappie. Located on the South Platte River drainage south of Denver.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Below Buford Dam the Chattahoochee River becomes a cold, year-round trout tailwater flowing through metropolitan Atlanta, stocked with rainbow and brown trout and holding wild fish, with designated delayed-harvest and artificial-only sections. Located in the cold tailwater below Buford Dam through metro Atlanta.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A National Wild and Scenic River with wild and stocked trout along the Georgia border, including a seasonal catch-and-release reach. Located in the Wild and Scenic gorge on the Georgia border in Oconee County.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A rugged Oconee County trout stream with a seasonal catch-and-release section above Cassidy Bridge. Located in Oconee County's gorge country near Walhalla.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Western New York's storied muskellunge lake — a shallow, fertile two-basin lake managed for true-strain muskies plus abundant walleye and panfish. Located in far western New York at Jamestown.
lake in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A 1,730-acre hydropower lake near Morgantown with walleye, bass, white bass and one of the state's few notable yellow perch fisheries. Located in the Cheat River canyon just east of Morgantown.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Chum Salmon, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A clearwater river running through Fairbanks, the Chena is Interior Alaska's flagship Arctic grayling fishery and also holds northern pike, burbot and whitefish. Located on the Tanana River drainage at Fairbanks in Interior Alaska.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The closest big reservoir to Wichita, Cheney is one of the top wiper and walleye fisheries in Kansas, also holding striped bass, trophy blue catfish, crappie, largemouth bass and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Ninnescah River reservoir northwest of Wichita.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A Holston River reservoir with striped bass, seasonal smallmouth rules and crappie. Located in the Holston River between Cherokee Dam and John Sevier Dam.
river in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Striped Bass, White Perch
The tidal Chesapeake & Delaware Canal across northern Delaware, a productive run for striped bass, white perch and catfish. Located in the C&D Canal across northern Delaware.
coastal in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
North America's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay is a premier destination for striped bass fishing amid tidal marshes and historic waterfront towns.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden
A popular hike-in lake in Kananaskis Country, Chester Lake is the one water in Alberta where northern Dolly Varden may be kept, and also offers cutthroat trout in its clear alpine setting. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES1 (Oldman & Bow) fish management zone.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, Ouananiche
Maine's third-largest lake, remote Chesuncook (including Moose Pond, Caribou Lake and Ripogenus Lake) offers wild landlocked salmon and brook trout fishing deep in the North Woods below Katahdin. Located in Maine's third-largest lake, on the West Branch Penobscot (North Zone).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A short, powerful south-coast river known for trophy fall Chinook and one of the state's few wild winter steelhead harvest fisheries. Located in Oregon's far south coast, entering the Pacific at Brookings.
lake in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, remote canyon lake below the Mogollon Rim managed as a quality trout fishery with fly-and-lure-only rules, and holding bass and catfish. Located on a remote canyon on the Mogollon Rim in Navajo County.
river in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
A prairie river with channel catfish, walleye and sturgeon chub country. Located in western South Dakota from the Black Hills to Lake Oahe.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
One of America's premier trophy largemouth lakes, on the Tennessee River at Dayton. Located in the Tennessee River north of Chattanooga.
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
Centerpiece of Louisiana's largest state park, cypress-lined Chicot Lake near Ville Platte is a scenic largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and catfish fishery fished from pirogues and small boats. Located in a cypress-lined state-park lake near Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A scenic lake in Duck Mountain Provincial Park, Child's Lake is a walleye and northern pike water that also holds yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A turquoise, high-elevation lake at the edge of the Coast Mountains, Chilko is famous for wild rainbow trout and bull trout in a remote wilderness setting, and feeds one of B.C.'s great sockeye runs. Located in B.C. Region 5 (Cariboo).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of the Lower Mainland's most popular rivers, the Chilliwack-Vedder is famous for its strong runs of chinook and coho salmon and winter-run steelhead, plus resident cutthroat and rainbow trout. Located in B.C. Region 2 (Lower Mainland).
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye
A remote high-desert reservoir with walleye, black bass, wipers and catch-and-release tiger muskie prowling its flooded sage flats. Located in the Little Humboldt River north of Winnemucca (Humboldt County).
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
A two-basin lake east of Augusta, China Lake is a popular year-round fishery for brown trout, bass, white perch and pickerel, fished heavily through the ice each winter. Located in a two-basin lake east of Augusta in Kennebec County (South Zone).
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Shoal Bass, Spotted Bass
A clear, spring-fed limestone river of the central Panhandle, the Chipola is Florida's stronghold for the shoal bass (which must be released here), along with largemouth and spotted bass, redbreast sunfish and catfish. Located in a clear limestone river of the Florida Panhandle in Calhoun and Jackson counties.
flowage in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Wisconsin's most storied musky water - the 69-pound world-record muskellunge came from the Big Chip in 1949 - plus walleye, crappie and timber-studded bays. Located in the 15,300-acre 'Big Chip' near Hayward in Sawyer County.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A boreal-edge lake north of Spiritwood, Chitek Lake is a walleye and northern pike fishery managed with a reduced walleye limit, also holding yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A small lake in the Yellowknife study-lake group managed for catch-and-release lake trout. Located a research watershed north of Yellowknife.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Walleye, White Crappie
A 100-acre national forest lake near Ackerman managed for quality fishing, Choctaw Lake carries protected-slot bass, special bream, crappie and catfish limits, and a no-harvest walleye rule. Located in the Tombigbee National Forest south of Ackerman (Choctaw County).
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Choke Canyon State Park — Calliham Unit Campground
A brushy South Texas reservoir known for double-digit largemouth, big blue catfish and abundant alligators along its shores. Located in the Frio River in Live Oak and McMullen counties, south Texas.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A clear, deep lake in the Christina River watershed south of Conklin, Christina Lake holds northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, and lake whitefish in its cool boreal waters. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB4 fish management zone.
river in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
A historic fur-trade waterway of interconnected lakes and rapids stretching across northern Saskatchewan, the Churchill River is a wilderness fishery for walleye, sauger, northern pike, lake trout, and Arctic grayling. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Ouananiche
The largest river in Labrador, draining the Churchill Falls hydroelectric system to Lake Melville, holding brook trout, ouananiche, lake trout, Arctic char and northern pike. Located in central Labrador (Zone 5).
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A brushy, wild brown trout tailwater through Cimarron Canyon State Park, with a Red Chile catch-and-release section below Tolby Campground. Located in Cimarron Canyon below Eagle Nest Dam (Colfax County).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
Portland's home steelhead river, with winter and summer hatchery runs, spring Chinook and coho stacked below River Mill Dam. Located in the Mt. Hood foothills southeast of Portland, joining the Willamette at Oregon City.
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Burbot, Rainbow Trout
A windswept high-desert reservoir producing very large rainbow and brown trout at the head of the Beaverhead. Located in the Beaverhead headwaters south of Dillon.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye · Nearby campsites: Thompson Falls State Park Campground
Montana's largest river by volume, recovering superfund reaches upstream and big trout water below Missoula. Located in western Montana from Warm Springs through Missoula to the Idaho border.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
Officially the J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, this 71,000-acre Savannah River lake is one of the largest in the Southeast and offers outstanding largemouth bass, striped and hybrid bass, crappie and bream fishing. Located in the Savannah River on the Georgia–South Carolina line.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
A Trophy Bass Water and home of the state-record walleye, open noon March 1 to noon October 31, with dinosaur tracks along the shoreline at the state park. Located in the high plains of northeast New Mexico (Union County).
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A deep, 4,500-acre New River reservoir known for striped bass, walleye and smallmouth. Located in the New River near Dublin in Pulaski County.
river in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A spring-influenced sandstone-gorge stream in central Ohio's largest nature preserve, managed as a special trout water. Located in Fairfield and Hocking counties in Clear Creek Metro Park.
river in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A hemlock-shaded trout stream below Pleasant Hill dam where brown trout hold in the gorge's cool riffles. Located in Richland and Ashland counties, including the Mohican State Park gorge.
lake in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
California's largest natural lake and one of the best bass lakes in America, a shallow, fertile water teeming with largemouth bass, catfish, crappie and bluegill. Located on the largest natural lake wholly within California, in the North Coast Ranges.
lake in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Bass
A shallow, wind-swept natural lake in Cerro Gordo County, Clear Lake is famous for its yellow bass and also produces walleye (managed with a 17- to 22-inch release slot), muskellunge, white bass, bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass and channel catfish. Located in a large natural lake in Cerro Gordo County in north-central Iowa.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A strikingly clear lake within Clearwater Lake Provincial Park near The Pas, this deep, cold water is famous for lake trout and also holds walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Northwest Division for angling.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Flowing east out of the Rockies near Rocky Mountain House, the Clearwater is a scenic foothills river prized for wild cutthroat and bull trout, rainbow trout, and mountain whitefish. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES2 (Red Deer & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A deep, clear mountain-fed lake in the Dehcho holding lake trout and grayling. Located the Dehcho region in the Mackenzie Mountains foothills.
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
East Tennessee's premier trophy trout tailwater, with big browns below Norris Dam. Located in the tailwater below Norris Dam in Anderson County.
river in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The Virginia headwaters of the Clinch - America's most biodiverse river - with trophy smallmouth and walleye. Located in the biodiverse upper Clinch valley of far southwest Virginia.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass
A 4,895-acre cooling lake for the Clinton power station, Clinton Lake stays warm year-round and is known for largemouth and smallmouth bass, blue and channel catfish, white and hybrid striped bass, crappie and bluegill. Located in a power-plant cooling lake on Salt Creek in DeWitt County.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A popular reservoir west of Lawrence, Clinton is known for its walleye, sauger and crappie, along with largemouth and smallmouth bass, wiper and channel, blue and flathead catfish. Located in a Wakarusa River reservoir just west of Lawrence.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
A vast barrenland lake in the Lockhart system with lake trout and grayling. Located the barrenlands east of Great Slave Lake.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A West River tributary near the community of Clyde River, holding brook and rainbow trout, with an extended rainbow trout season on its lower reaches. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A small Southeast coastal river popular with local anglers for spring sea-run brook trout as it flows to Cocagne Bay. Located in the Southeast RFA, eastern New Brunswick.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A no-wake Rio Grande reservoir on Cochiti Pueblo land with pike, walleye, crappie, catfish and bluegill; boats are restricted to trolling speeds and the spillway is closed to fishing. Located in the Rio Grande between Santa Fe and Albuquerque (Sandoval County).
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Goldeye, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A reservoir on the Saskatchewan River upstream of Nipawin, Codette Lake is a strong walleye, sauger, and northern pike fishery that also holds yellow perch and goldeye. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
The premier salmon river of the Codroy Valley in south-western Newfoundland, holding strong runs of Atlantic salmon and brook trout in a rich agricultural valley. Located in south-western insular Newfoundland (Codroy Valley).
lake in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass
A sprawling, scenic lake in the northern Panhandle, Coeur d'Alene Lake offers a mix of warmwater and coldwater fishing — landlocked Chinook salmon and kokanee in open water, largemouth and smallmouth bass along the shorelines, plus northern pike and cutthroat. Located in the Panhandle at the city of Coeur d'Alene.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie
A 1,100-acre cooling lake for the Coffeen power station, Coffeen Lake is managed for quality largemouth bass and crappie and also holds smallmouth bass, channel catfish and bluegill. Located in a power-plant cooling lake in Montgomery County.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A small White Pine County reservoir with trout and 10-inch-minimum black bass below closed spring-fed headwaters. Located in the Diamond Range of White Pine County.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A deep, cold lake straddling the Alberta–Saskatchewan border, Cold Lake is a trophy fishery for lake trout, walleye, and northern pike, and once produced a provincial-record lake trout. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB1 fish management zone.
river in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
The river that defines Arizona's western edge, offering striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, big flathead and channel catfish and panfish in its backwaters. Located on the main-stem Colorado River along Arizona's western border.
river in California, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Striped Bass
The California reach of the lower Colorado River along the Arizona border, a desert river famed for striped bass, largemouth bass, flathead and channel catfish and panfish. Located on the lower Colorado River forming California's border with Arizona, in the Colorado River District.
river in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
The tailwater reach past Laughlin with stocked rainbows below the dam, a 10-striper limit, 13-inch-minimum black bass and 25-catfish bags. Located in the Colorado River from Davis Dam past Laughlin to the state line (Clark County).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Sturgeon, Yellow Perch
The largest river in the Pacific Northwest, the Columbia River hosts legendary Chinook salmon runs alongside steelhead and smallmouth bass.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A remote northern Sahtú lake with lake trout, pike, grayling and abundant whitefish. Located the northern Sahtú region near the community of Colville Lake.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A productive trout and bass lake south of Ely where invasive northern pike must be killed on capture and carry a no-consumption mercury advisory. Located in the Steptoe Valley south of Ely (White Pine County).
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A sprawling Canadian River reservoir with very good smallmouth (14-inch minimum here), walleye, white bass, crappie and large channel catfish. Located in the Canadian River drainage (San Miguel County, eastern New Mexico).
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A Sussex County pond on the Nanticoke drainage near Seaford holding largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill. Located in near Seaford in Sussex County.
lake in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
The three connected basins of the Congamond Lakes at Southwick offer largemouth bass, stocked trout, crappie and bluegill; the lakes sit on the Connecticut state line but Massachusetts regulations apply. Located in a three-basin lake system at Southwick on the Connecticut border.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A blackwater-edged river through Congaree National Park, part of the Santee striper system with strong catfish and bass fishing. Located in Columbia downstream past Congaree National Park.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A south-coast salmon river flowing to the Bay d'Espoir area, of great cultural importance to the Miawpukek First Nation and holding a monitored Atlantic salmon run. Located in south coast, insular Newfoundland.
river in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
New England's longest river, a major fishery for striped bass, channel catfish, smallmouth and largemouth bass and northern pike as it flows to Long Island Sound. Located in New England's longest river, flowing through central Connecticut to Long Island Sound.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Perch, Yellow Perch
The broad Connecticut River through the Pioneer Valley carries northern pike, walleye, channel catfish, bass and big panfish, with famous spring runs of migratory fish below its dams. Located in New England's largest river through Northfield, Turners Falls, Hadley and Springfield.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
New England's longest river forms the entire NH-VT border: trophy trout water in the Pittsburg headwaters, and walleye, pike, bass and panfish through the broad lower reaches. Located in the NH-Vermont border from Pittsburg to the Massachusetts line.
reservoir in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Perch
The 4,000-acre pool of the lower Susquehanna above Conowingo Dam, this reservoir delivers outstanding smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, channel catfish and walleye fishing on the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. Located in the 4,000-acre Susquehanna River impoundment above Conowingo Dam.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
One of the few north-flowing rivers in the state, with smallmouth through its slow reaches, browns and rainbows in the riffles, and a special one-mile artificial-lures section in Henniker. Located in the Merrimack Valley (Rindge to Concord).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The largest lake in the Mount Washington Valley (1,316 acres), managed as a Lake Trout and Salmon Lake with good salmon trolling and excellent smallmouth fishing. Located in the Mount Washington Valley (Conway, Eaton).
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
The Santee Cooper tailrace river, with striped bass, largemouth and big blue catfish in its freshwater reaches. Located in Berkeley County from the Tailrace Canal toward Charleston.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redeye Bass, Spotted Bass
Formed where the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers meet at Rome, the Coosa River is the heartland of Georgia's native redeye (Coosa) bass, and also holds spotted and largemouth bass and trophy catfish. Lake sturgeon may not be taken here. Located in the northwest Georgia valley near Rome.
river in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
A major Kitikmeot river draining the central barrenlands to Coronation Gulf, holding Arctic char, grayling and lake trout, with a reduced char limit above Bloody Falls. Located the Kitikmeot region near Kugluktuk, above Bloody Falls.
reservoir in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Iowa River north of Iowa City, Coralville Lake is a well-known catfish, white bass, crappie and walleye fishery that also holds bluegill, largemouth bass and freshwater drum. Located in a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Iowa River north of Iowa City.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A riverine Cumberland reservoir with smallmouth, walleye and trophy stripers. Located in the upper Cumberland River near Carthage.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large lake northeast of The Pas, Cormorant Lake is a walleye and northern pike fishery that also produces yellow perch across its broad, shallow basin. Located in Manitoba's Northwest Division for angling.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
The Annapolis Valley's Cornwallis River is a Special Trout Management Area known for its brown trout, with reduced size and bag rules, night fishing for brown trout, and an October catch-and-release fly-only brown trout season. Located in Kings County, RFA 5 (Annapolis Valley).
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A Flint Hills reservoir on the Neosho River, Council Grove is a dependable walleye, saugeye and wiper fishery, also holding largemouth and spotted bass, crappie and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Neosho River reservoir just north of Council Grove in the Flint Hills.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
Draining Country Harbour Lake to a long tidal inlet, this river carries a later opening than most to protect its early-run brook trout. Located in Guysborough County, RFA 2 (eastern mainland).
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A Kent County millpond on the Murderkill River drainage holding largemouth bass, bluegill and crappie. Located in near Felton in Kent County.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A clear Coventry lake (Lake Wangumbaug) with smallmouth and largemouth bass, stocked rainbow trout and yellow perch. Located in also called Lake Wangumbaug, in Coventry.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A large, forest-ringed lake on southern Vancouver Island, Cowichan Lake offers classic wild cutthroat and rainbow trout fishing along its drop-offs, plus kokanee and Dolly Varden in its cold depths. Located in B.C. Region 1 (Vancouver Island).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A designated Canadian Heritage River, the Cowichan is a blue-ribbon fly-fishing stream famous for wild brown and rainbow (steelhead) trout, sea-run cutthroat, and fall runs of coho and chinook salmon. Located in B.C. Region 1 (Vancouver Island).
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie
A 6,965-acre lake within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge near Carbondale, Crab Orchard Lake is a longtime bluegill, redear sunfish, crappie, largemouth bass and channel catfish fishery managed with a 16-inch bass limit. Located in the centerpiece lake of Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Williamson County.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
West Virginia's storied backcountry trout river - gated forest roads, limestone-treated water and miles of stocked and wild trout in the Cranberry Wilderness. Located in the Cranberry Wilderness backcountry of the Monongahela National Forest.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A popular irrigation reservoir in the Bow River watershed east of Calgary, Crawling Valley is a top walleye and northern pike destination that also holds yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP1 (Milk & South Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Rainbow Trout
A Lake Ontario tributary running through the Greater Toronto Area, the Credit River is a popular urban destination for migratory steelhead, salmon and resident brown trout. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 16.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A large, clear lake in the remote northwest, Cree Lake is a renowned fly-in destination for trophy lake trout and northern pike, with walleye, Arctic grayling, and lake whitefish across its cold, sandy basin. Located in Saskatchewan's Northern Zone for angling.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A tailwater packed with wild redband trout in a scenic rimrock canyon, fishing well through winter below Bowman Dam. Located in the basalt canyon below Bowman Dam near Prineville in central Oregon.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
A large lake on the Nelson River system, Cross Lake is a walleye, sauger, and northern pike fishery that also holds abundant lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's North Central Division for angling.
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
Shreveport's water-supply lake, Cross Lake is a productive urban fishery for largemouth bass, crappie, bream and catfish, with cypress shorelines and boat docks providing year-round cover. Located in Shreveport's water-supply reservoir on Cross Bayou.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A tributary in the Montague/Brudenell watershed of eastern PEI, holding wild brook trout in its shaded runs. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A remote lake on the Ontario border reached by portage from the Whiteshell, Crowduck Lake is a prized walleye and smallmouth bass fishery managed with strict trophy-protection release rules, also holding northern pike. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A blue-ribbon fly-fishing stream in the Crowsnest Pass, this spring-fed river is renowned for its wild, hard-fighting rainbow and cutthroat trout, with brown trout and mountain whitefish rounding out the catch. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES1 (Oldman & Bow) fish management zone.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A small foothill reservoir managed for trout. Located in Curt Gowdy State Park west of Cheyenne.
river in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
The Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam is one of America's great trout tailwaters, producing trophy brown, rainbow and brook trout in 75 miles of cold water, along with striped bass, walleye and sauger in its lower reaches. Located in the tailwater below Wolf Creek Dam, flowing 75 miles to the Tennessee state line.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Missouri's signature spring-fed float stream: a Blue Ribbon trophy trout reach below Montauk, wild brown water at Cedargrove, and smallmouth, goggle-eye and walleye down its 100-plus scenic miles. Located in the spring-fed Ozark National Scenic Riverways from Montauk State Park to the Arkansas line (Dent, Shannon, Carter, Ripley counties).
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
North Louisiana's crappie showcase, cypress-lined D'Arbonne Lake at Farmerville is famous for slab white crappie and also offers solid largemouth bass, bluegill and catfish fishing. Located in a Bayou D'Arbonne impoundment at Farmerville in Union Parish.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
World-famous for producing the all-tackle world record smallmouth bass, gin-clear Dale Hollow Lake straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee line and offers trophy smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass, walleye, crappie, trout and muskellunge. Located in a clear highland reservoir straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
Stretching 14 miles through midcoast Maine, Damariscotta Lake mixes coldwater fishing for brown trout and salmon with excellent bass, white perch and pickerel action, plus a famous alewife run at its outlet. Located in a long midcoast lake at Jefferson and Nobleboro (South Zone).
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A border river that changes character from a stocked mountain trout stream in Stokes County to a striper and blue catfish river below Danville. Located in the Virginia line from Stokes County to Caswell County.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A shallow, fertile lake near Riding Mountain, Dauphin Lake is a popular walleye and northern pike fishery managed with a trophy-protection size limit and spring closures on its tributaries. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of America's most celebrated fly-fishing streams — catch-and-release water for large wild browns in its upper reaches, hatchery supported below Avery Creek. Located in Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Walleye
A 200-acre national forest lake south of Tupelo, Davis Lake is one of the few public waters where Mississippi's native southern walleye can be legally kept, alongside slot-protected bass and abundant bream. Located in the Tombigbee National Forest south of Tupelo (Chickasaw County).
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout
A remote wilderness river in Dartmouth's Second College Grant, managed for wild brook trout with catch-and-release rules on the lower river. Located in the Great North Woods (Second College Grant).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout
A remote coastal river, the Dean is world-famous for its powerful, hard-running wild summer steelhead, and also holds cutthroat, Dolly Varden, and runs of coho and chinook salmon. Located in B.C. Region 5 (Cariboo).
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A Bighorn Basin reservoir with a reduced walleye limit. Located in the Bighorn Basin near Deaver.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A Colchester County river running to Cobequid Bay near Debert, holding brook trout, with a later opening on its lower reaches to protect early-run fish. Located in Colchester County, RFA 6 (north-central mainland).
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout
A lower-peninsula stream draining to Cook Inlet, known for steelhead, Dolly Varden and salmon runs governed by peninsula-wide regulations and emergency orders. Located on the lower Kenai Peninsula on Cook Inlet.
lake in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Maryland's largest freshwater lake at 3,900 acres, Deep Creek is the state's premier walleye, smallmouth bass and yellow perch water, with northern pike, largemouth bass and panfish along its 65 miles of shoreline in the western mountains. Located in Maryland's largest inland lake, at McHenry in Garrett County.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A Wasatch Front standby for walleye, smallmouth, trout and perch. Anglers must not release black bullhead catfish here — there is no limit and all must be killed. Located in the lower Provo River in Provo Canyon (Wasatch County).
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A large lake on the Humber River system feeding Newfoundland's premier salmon river, holding brook trout, ouananiche and Atlantic salmon on passage. Located in western insular Newfoundland (Humber watershed).
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake
A cold, high-elevation Black Hills lake known for splake and rainbow trout. Located in Castle Creek in the high central Black Hills.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Massachusetts' blue-ribbon trout stream, the dam-controlled Deerfield River offers reliable cold water, wild and stocked trout, and two dedicated catch-and-release sections in its scenic upper valley. Located in a cold tailwater flowing from the Vermont line through Charlemont to the Connecticut River.
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A clear Caddo River reservoir in the Ouachita foothills with largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass and a strong hybrid striped bass fishery. Located on the Caddo River in the Ouachita foothills south of Hot Springs.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A long lake in the boreal transition near Big River, Delaronde is a productive walleye and northern pike fishery managed with a reduced walleye limit, also holding yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Striped Bass, White Perch
The tidal Delaware River along Delaware's northern shore, a major fishery for striped bass, white perch and large catfish including introduced blue and flathead catfish. Located in the tidal Delaware River along New Castle County.
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
The wild main stem forming New Jersey's western border — smallmouth, walleye, muskellunge, striped bass and shad runs, shared shoreline-to-shoreline with Pennsylvania. Located in the NJ-PA boundary from the Delaware Water Gap to Trenton and the tidal river below.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
The wild-trout main stem of the Upper Delaware — NY/PA border water with wild rainbows and browns, plus shad runs, bass and walleye downstream. Located in the NY/PA border from Hancock to Port Jervis.
river in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
The longest undammed river in the East - wild rainbows and browns in the upper river, smallmouth, walleye and shad through the Water Gap, and striped bass toward tide. Located in Pennsylvania's eastern border with New York and New Jersey, from Hancock through the Delaware Water Gap to tidewater at Trenton.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Coho Salmon, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish
A crystal-clear, spring-fed Tanana tributary famous for its trophy Arctic grayling, whitefish and a remarkable fall run of coho salmon far inland. Located on a spring-fed tributary of the Tanana River near Delta Junction.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Iowa's longest river, the Des Moines flows the length of the state and is a strong walleye, channel and flathead catfish and white bass fishery below its dams, also holding smallmouth and largemouth bass and freshwater drum under the interior-stream rules. Located in Iowa's longest river, flowing through the center of the state to the Mississippi.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large, island-studded boreal lake in east-central Saskatchewan, Deschambault Lake is a well-regarded walleye and northern pike fishery that also holds yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Oregon's blue-ribbon desert canyon river, home of wild redside rainbows, the salmonfly hatch and hard-running summer steelhead. Located in central Oregon, flowing north from the Cascades to the Columbia at its famous lower canyon.
reservoir in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A 3,500-acre Cascades reservoir stocked heavily with rainbow trout and holding kokanee and landlocked Chinook beneath fir-lined shores. Located in the North Santiam canyon in the western Cascades east of Salem.
river in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
Each spring millions of walleye run the Detroit River, making it one of the world's great walleye fisheries; the urban river also gives up smallmouth bass, white bass, yellow perch and catch-and-release lake sturgeon. Located in the connecting river between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie at Detroit.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
North Dakota's premier natural lake — a flooded prairie basin producing walleye, jumbo perch, northern pike and white bass through open water and a legendary ice season. Located in the closed Devils Lake basin around the city of Devils Lake.
river in Texas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Guadalupe Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass
Often called the most pristine river in Texas — a spring-fed, turquoise desert river with world-class smallmouth and native Guadalupe bass, protected by catch-and-release rules on its lower canyons. Located in the remote Chihuahuan Desert canyons of Val Verde County, flowing to Lake Amistad.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
Home water of Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Dewey Lake in the eastern Kentucky mountains offers largemouth and smallmouth bass, muskellunge, crappie, bluegill and catfish. Located in a Johns Creek impoundment at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park near Prestonsburg.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A Colchester County lake in the province's Trophy Trout Stocking Program, open all year with a reduced bag limit for its stocked trout. Located in Colchester County, RFA 6 (north-central mainland).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large, shallow south-west Yukon lake (Titl'àt Mä̀n) with lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-west Yukon near Haines Junction.
lake in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
A 3,000-acre mountain lake at 5,180 feet famed for fast fishing over stocked rainbows, with tiger and brown trout as sterile predators. Located in the high Cascades between Mt. Thielsen and Mt. Bailey, north of Crater Lake.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A large Southern California off-stream reservoir celebrated for trophy largemouth bass, smallmouth and spotted bass, catfish, crappie and bluegill. Located on an off-stream reservoir near Hemet in Riverside County.
river in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Lake Trout
A Rankin Inlet-area river connecting Diana and Peter lakes to Hudson Bay, fished for Arctic char and lake trout under a reduced char limit. Located the Kivalliq region near Rankin Inlet, flowing to Hudson Bay.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Inconnu, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A lake near Inuvik (Airport Lake) with detailed seasonal windows: harvest is open in spring and winter but closed each fall. Located the Inuvialuit region near Inuvik (also called Airport Lake).
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large boreal lake in west-central Saskatchewan, Dore Lake is a remote walleye and northern pike fishery that also holds yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A French Broad reservoir near the Smokies known for crappie and spring walleye runs. Located in the French Broad River near Dandridge and Sevierville.
lake in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, White Perch
A pond at Tignish on PEI's north-western tip, and the only Island water open for a winter white perch fishery. Located in Prince County, Tignish, north-western Prince Edward Island.
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Redear Sunfish, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
North America's most biodiverse river, with smallmouth, rock bass and a stocked trout tailwater below Normandy Dam. Located in Middle Tennessee from Normandy Dam through Columbia.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A major western river draining to Bedeque Bay, the Dunk holds brook and rainbow trout and a catch-and-release Atlantic salmon run, with a staged fall extended rainbow trout season around Scales Pond. Located in Prince County, western Prince Edward Island.
reservoir in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A long, deep canyon reservoir behind one of the tallest dams in the country, Dworshak is famous for its kokanee and its trophy smallmouth bass, along with rainbow and cutthroat trout and bull trout. Located in the Clearwater Region on the North Fork Clearwater River.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A structure-rich lake near Vermilion Bay renowned for giant muskellunge and lake trout alongside strong walleye and smallmouth bass populations. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 5.
lake in California, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A large high-desert alkaline lake, home of the hard-fighting native Eagle Lake rainbow trout found nowhere else in the wild. Located on a large alkaline natural lake northwest of Susanville in Lassen County.
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A big Mississippi River oxbow on the Louisiana-Mississippi line, Eagle Lake is known for heavyweight largemouth bass under a 16-inch minimum and some of the region's best slab crappie fishing. Located in a Mississippi River oxbow shared with Mississippi, in Madison Parish.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Ouananiche
A jewel of Aroostook County's Fish River chain, Eagle Lake offers excellent fishing for landlocked salmon, brook trout, togue and whitefish in Maine's far north. Located in one of the Fish River chain lakes in Aroostook County (North Zone).
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
A storied Mississippi River oxbow north of Vicksburg, Eagle Lake produces heavyweight largemouth bass and outsized crappie in its stained, timber-lined waters. Located in an oxbow of the Mississippi River north of Vicksburg (Warren County), including the channel to the Muddy Bayou water control structure.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A high-mountain lake at 8,200 feet stocked with kokanee (the state record came from here) and trout, where northern pike must be kept — no limits and no returning pike to the lake. Located in the Moreno Valley of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colfax County).
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Ouananiche
One of the great wilderness Atlantic salmon rivers of Sandwich Bay in south-eastern Labrador, renowned for its large, abundant salmon and remote fly-in lodges. Located in Sandwich Bay, south-eastern Labrador (Zone 3).
chain of lakes in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The world's largest inland chain of freshwater lakes - 28 connected lakes of musky, walleye and panfish water in the heart of Wisconsin's north woods. Located in the 28-lake chain around Eagle River in Vilas County.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: Spring Valley State Park Campgrounds
A scenic Lincoln County canyon reservoir with stocked rainbows, browns, largemouth and crappie, popular for camping and ice fishing. Located in Spring Valley State Park near Pioche (Lincoln County).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large central-Yukon lake with lake trout, northern pike, grayling, whitefish and burbot. Located central Yukon, in the upper Macmillan country.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
The East Aishihik River (including Otter Pond), managed with mandatory rainbow-trout release. Located south-west Yukon below Aishihik Lake.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Straddling the Maine-New Brunswick border, East Grand Lake is a renowned landlocked salmon, lake trout and smallmouth bass fishery of 16,000 clear, cold acres. Located in an international border lake with New Brunswick, at Danforth (South Zone).
lake in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
A caldera lake in Newberry National Volcanic Monument growing chunky browns, rainbows, kokanee and Oregon's tiger trout experiment. Located in the Newberry Volcano caldera southeast of Bend, at 6,400 feet.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A small coldwater lake managed for catch-and-release trout. Located in Park County west of Cody.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Stone Mountain State Park's centerpiece stream — delayed harvest through the park below Bullhead Creek, with wild trout water on all other park streams. Located in Stone Mountain State Park in Wilkes County.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A deep, clear lake in the boreal forest north of the Nipawin region, East Trout Lake is one of Saskatchewan's southernmost lake trout waters and is managed with special lake trout and northern pike limits. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A renowned wild brown trout tailwater winding through sage canyons, with a catch-and-release single-barbless reach below the Sweetwater Creek confluence. Located in the East Walker River from the California line toward Yerington (Lyon County).
creek in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A productive mountain trout creek with a seasonal catch-and-release reach and an artificial-lures-only heritage preserve section. Located in Pickens County below the Blue Ridge escarpment.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: Echo Canyon Campgrounds
A 65-acre state park reservoir near Pioche stocked with rainbow trout and holding largemouth and crappie in its tule edges. Located in Echo Canyon State Park east of Pioche (Lincoln County).
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
One of the Fishing Lakes chain in the scenic Qu'Appelle Valley near Fort Qu'Appelle, Echo Lake is a favourite walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, and lake whitefish fishery for anglers across southern Saskatchewan. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A famous free-flowing blackwater river with outstanding redbreast and bass fishing. Located in the longest free-flowing blackwater river in North America, through the ACE Basin.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The largest reservoir in the Flint Hills, El Dorado is a strong walleye, wiper and largemouth bass fishery that also holds smallmouth and spotted bass, blue catfish, crappie, stocked rainbow trout and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Walnut River reservoir east of El Dorado in the Flint Hills.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
The middle reservoir on the Rio Chama, holding trout and kokanee with an October-through-December kokanee snagging season. Located in the Rio Chama valley (Rio Arriba County, north-central New Mexico).
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass
New Mexico's largest reservoir and the home of the 54-pound state-record striped bass — blue catfish up to 40 pounds are common, with white bass, black bass and walleye throughout. Located in the lower Rio Grande (Sierra County, southern New Mexico).
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A large South Park reservoir on the South Platte with rainbow and brown trout, kokanee salmon and northern pike. Located on the South Platte River in South Park below Spinney Mountain.
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A clear Ozark border stream flowing from Missouri into Arkansas, a quality smallmouth bass fishery with rock bass and bream. Located on from the Missouri state line to the Spring River confluence.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A federally designated Wild & Scenic river where Greer Spring doubles the flow: Blue Ribbon rainbows below Greer, harvest trout below Turner Mill, and one-smallmouth trophy rules toward Arkansas. Located in the spring-fed National Scenic River in south-central Missouri (Oregon County).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish
A crystalline East Kootenay river, the Elk is one of North America's premier wild westslope cutthroat trout fly fisheries, also holding strong bull trout and mountain whitefish. Located in B.C. Region 4 (Kootenay).
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
Southwest Missouri's busiest float stream is also a fine smallmouth fishery, protected by a 15-inch minimum and one-smallmouth daily rule. Located in the southwest Missouri float stream near Noel (McDonald County).
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A cool southern Middle Tennessee tailwater stocked with four trout species. Located in the tailwater below Tims Ford Dam near Winchester.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A two-personality river: nationally known wild trout water in its spring-fed headwaters and a first-rate musky, walleye and smallmouth fishery downstream. Located in the 172-mile river from Pocahontas County highlands to Charleston.
river in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
Kentucky's most celebrated smallmouth bass stream, Elkhorn Creek tumbles through the Bluegrass near Frankfort and is managed with a protective black bass slot limit in its lower reach; it also holds rock bass, largemouth bass and channel catfish. Located in a famed Bluegrass smallmouth stream near Frankfort, joining the Kentucky River.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A steep, clear mountain river tumbling out of Pinkham Notch through Jackson, with a classic fly-fishing-only section below the covered bridge. Located in the Mount Washington Valley (Jackson).
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 1,150-acre canyon reservoir with quality walleye under special length rules, a three-fish wiper limit, muskellunge and all three black bass species. Located in the Tri-County supply canal system near Elwood (Gosper County).
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A popular cottage lake north of Prince Albert, Emma Lake holds walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, and lake whitefish across its clear, deep basin. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A clear glacial lake with strong smallmouth, walleye and bluegill fishing. Located in Day County's Glacial Lakes country.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
Home of the world-record white crappie, Enid remains a premier slab factory among the north Mississippi flood-control lakes, with bonus bass, bream and catfish. Located in the Yocona River flood-control reservoir near Enid (Lafayette, Panola and Yalobusha counties).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A quiet central-Yukon lake (Takwä̀nt'ye) with lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located central Yukon, north of the Stewart River.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redeye Bass, Spotted Bass
A long, biologically rich river of the Coosa basin, the Etowah River flows from the north Georgia mountains to Rome and offers redeye and spotted bass, largemouth bass and catfish in its shoals and pools. Located in the north Georgia Piedmont from the mountains to Rome.
coastal in Florida, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A vast subtropical wetland, the Everglades offers unique backcountry fishing for snook, tarpon, and largemouth bass amid mangrove-lined channels.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Ouananiche
The longest river in Newfoundland and its largest Atlantic salmon producer, draining Red Indian Lake to the sea at Bay of Exploits, with fishways at Grand Falls-Windsor that pass tens of thousands of salmon each year. Located in central insular Newfoundland.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Falcon State Park Campground
A legendary border-water bass factory on the Rio Grande whose flooded brush produces stringers of heavyweight largemouth when water levels cooperate. Located in the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border in Starr and Zapata counties.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A popular resort lake in the Whiteshell near the Ontario border, Falcon Lake offers walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, and yellow perch across its warm, developed shoreline. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
A designated trout water in the Arcadia Management Area with a two-mile no-kill catch-and-release section. Located in Exeter and West Greenwich in the Arcadia Management Area.
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A storied Mississippi River oxbow in Pointe Coupee Parish, False River is a long-time bass and crappie lake rebounding under a 14-inch bass minimum, with excellent bluegill, catfish and white bass fishing along its camps and cypress edges. Located in a Mississippi River oxbow lake at New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish.
river in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A nationally renowned tailwater trout river with famed Trout Management Areas below Goodwin Dam, holding wild and stocked brown, rainbow and brook trout. Located in a nationally renowned wild trout river in northwestern Connecticut.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
A warm power-plant lake that fishes year-round, managed for big largemouth under a 16-24 inch slot. Located in Fayette County between Austin and Houston, near La Grange.
river in California, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
A major Sacramento tributary below Lake Oroville, a productive river for striped bass, catfish and warmwater bass and a noted salmon and steelhead run. Located on a major Sacramento River tributary rising in the northern Sierra.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A pine-ringed Jemez Mountains state-park lake and one of the state's most dependable stocked rainbow trout waters; oars or electric motors only. Located in the Jemez Mountains (Sandoval County, north-central New Mexico).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A roadside south-east Yukon lake with lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-east Yukon along the Robert Campbell Highway.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout
The largest of the Connecticut Lakes (3,071 acres) near the Canadian border, a premier North Country trolling water for landlocked salmon, lake trout and rainbows. Located in the Great North Woods (Pittsburg).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
One of the Cranberry Lakes chain at Cranberry Portage on the Grass River, First Cranberry Lake is a clear northern water holding walleye, northern pike, and lake trout. Located in Manitoba's Northwest Division for angling.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A popular lake near Whitehorse holding lake trout, grayling and northern pike. Located just west of Whitehorse.
lake in Utah, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake, Yellow Perch
Utah's largest natural mountain lake, ringed by aspen (including the famous Pando clone), with mackinaw to 30-plus pounds, splake, rainbows and unlimited yellow perch. Located in the Fish Lake Plateau at 8,800 feet (Sevier County).
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A Fremont County trout lake with a stream-style trout limit. Located in Fremont County.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden
The Fishing Branch (Ni'iinlii Njik) Ecological Reserve, a spring-fed northern river with a strict one-fish grayling limit. Located far-northern Yukon in the Porcupine drainage.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large saline-fed lake in east-central Saskatchewan near Wadena, Fishing Lake is a well-known walleye and northern pike destination that also produces yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
Kentucky's easternmost major reservoir, Fishtrap Lake on the Levisa Fork holds largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, walleye and catfish in a steep, mountain-rimmed valley. Located in a Levisa Fork impoundment southeast of Pikeville in far eastern Kentucky.
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A classic north-woods float river through state forest - musky and smallmouth in the rapids, walleye in the deep runs, and canoe camping on wooded banks. Located in the Flambeau River State Forest country from Park Falls to the Chippewa River.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A 91-mile canyon reservoir shared with Wyoming that has produced Utah's biggest lake trout, plus trophy kokanee, smallmouth and burbot. A Utah or Wyoming reciprocal permit lets you fish the whole reservoir. Located in the Green River canyon country on the Utah-Wyoming border (Daggett County).
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
A 225-acre Omaha flood-control lake managed as a trophy fishery: 21-inch-minimum bass, catch-and-release northern pike, and maximum length limits protecting big bluegill, redear and crappie. Located in the West Papillion Creek watershed in northwest Omaha (Douglas County).
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A deep, clear 1,143-acre mountain reservoir in the coalfields with walleye and quality bass. Located in the Pound River in Dickenson County in far southwest Virginia.
reservoir in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Also known as Johnson's Pond, a large warmwater reservoir in Coventry popular for bass and pickerel. Located in Coventry (also known as Johnson's Pond).
lake in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Yellow Perch · Nearby campsites: Big Arm Unit — Flathead Lake State Park Campground, Finley Point Unit — Flathead Lake State Park Campground, Wayfarers Unit — Flathead Lake State Park, West Shore Unit — Flathead Lake State Park
The largest natural freshwater lake in the western United States, Flathead Lake sits beneath snow-capped peaks and holds lake trout and yellow perch.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A broad, clear river draining Glacier country, home to native westslope cutthroat and bull trout. Located in northwest Montana from the confluence of the North and Middle Forks to Flathead Lake.
river in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The mighty St. Lawrence through the Montréal region is a world-class multispecies fishery — trophy walleye, muskellunge, northern pike, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, black crappie, and a protected lake sturgeon population thrive in its wide channels, weed flats, and current seams. Located in Montréal / Montérégie (zone 8).
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Redeye Bass, Shoal Bass
One of Georgia's premier shoal bass rivers, the Flint River flows largely undammed through southwest Georgia and is famous for hard-fighting shoal bass (which carry a protected slot below Warwick Dam), along with largemouth and redeye bass, redbreast sunfish and catfish. Located in the free-flowing river of southwest Georgia below Lake Blackshear.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A popular American River reservoir near Sacramento with largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, stocked rainbow trout and catfish. Located on the American River east of Sacramento.
river in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A powerful wilderness river connecting Wollaston and Athabasca lakes across the far north, the Fond du Lac is prized for trophy Arctic grayling, northern pike, lake trout, and walleye, managed under catch-and-release (CR1) limits along its main reaches. Located in Saskatchewan's Northern Zone for angling.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A deep 10,000-acre TVA reservoir below the Smokies, fished for smallmouth bass, walleye, muskellunge and white bass under statewide limits. Located in the Great Smoky Mountains in Graham and Swain counties.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A long sagebrush reservoir with trout, kokanee and burbot. Located in the upper Green River in Lincoln County.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 19,900-acre Grand River reservoir near Tulsa managed with a 10-inch, 15-fish crappie rule and a snagging-open tailwater. Located in Cherokee, Mayes and Wagoner counties on the Grand (Neosho) River.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Knoxville's Tennessee River reservoir with largemouth, catfish and winter sauger. Located in the Tennessee River at Knoxville.
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Burbot, Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Montana's largest body of water, a 134-mile prairie sea famous for walleye, northern pike, lake trout and Chinook salmon. Located in the 134-mile Missouri River impoundment in the C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A southern-Labrador salmon brook flowing to Forteau Bay on the Strait of Belle Isle, holding Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Located in Strait of Belle Isle, southern Labrador (Zone 2).
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A north-eastern river flowing to Fortune Bay, holding wild brook trout and stocked rainbow trout with an extended rainbow trout season on its lower reaches. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Illinois' largest concentration of natural lakes, the Fox Chain O'Lakes links a dozen glacial lakes on the upper Fox River and offers largemouth and smallmouth bass, muskellunge, walleye, flathead catfish, bluegill and crappie in a heavily fished, boat-friendly system. Located in the interconnected glacial lakes of Lake and McHenry counties on the upper Fox River.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A roadside lake north of Whitehorse holding lake trout, grayling and northern pike. Located southern Yukon along the Klondike Highway.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large two-armed lake in south-east Yukon's Liard drainage holding lake trout, bull trout, grayling, pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-east Yukon in the Liard drainage.
lake in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
A 165-acre horseshoe-shaped state park lake in the Big Bass Program, fished for largemouth, pickerel and panfish. Located in Frances Slocum State Park in Luzerne County near Wilkes-Barre.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A long east–west lake south of Burns Lake, Francois is a productive Omineca fishery for rainbow and bull trout, burbot, and kokanee, with easy access and quiet shorelines. Located in B.C. Region 7A (Omineca).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Sockeye Salmon, White Sturgeon
British Columbia's longest river, the Fraser is a vital salmon migration corridor and offers excellent Chinook salmon and sturgeon fishing.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
One of Iowa's finest wild-trout streams, French Creek in Allamakee County holds a self-sustaining population of wild brown trout managed as catch-and-release, artificial-lures-only water, along with brook trout in its headwaters. Located in a wild-trout stream in Allamakee County in the northeastern corner of Iowa.
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A historic river flowing from Lake Nipissing to Georgian Bay, the French River is a classic multi-species destination for walleye, muskellunge, northern pike and smallmouth bass. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 10.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A short north-shore river draining to the Northumberland Strait near Tatamagouche, the French River holds sea-run and resident brook trout and opens two weeks later than the general season. Located in Colchester County, RFA 6 (north-central mainland).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A central-Yukon lake (Łútth'i Mä̀n) managed with mandatory lake-trout release. Located central Yukon near the Klondike Highway.
river in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A legendary Gold Medal tailwater below Ruedi Reservoir, famed for large, selective rainbow and brown trout. Located on a Gold Medal tailwater below Ruedi Reservoir in the Roaring Fork Valley.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A coastal lake near the village of Gabarus, this is one of the few Nova Scotia waters open to landlocked salmon angling, with native brook trout as well. Located in Cape Breton County, RFA 1 (Cape Breton Island).
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A fast canyon river from Yellowstone Park to Three Forks, fished heavily for wild rainbows and browns. Located in the canyon from Yellowstone National Park through Big Sky to Three Forks.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A productive eastern Newfoundland salmon river draining Gambo Pond to Freshwater Bay, popular for its accessible salmon and sea-trout angling. Located in eastern insular Newfoundland.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A deep, fjord-like lake feeding the Gander River, holding ouananiche, brook trout and Arctic char. Located in central-eastern insular Newfoundland.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A classic big-water salmon river flowing from Gander Lake to Gander Bay, long famed for its fly fishing and its runs of bright Atlantic salmon. Located in central-eastern insular Newfoundland (SFA 4).
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
An eastern Connecticut lake with largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Located in the Salem/Bozrah/Montville area of eastern Connecticut.
river in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Walleye
The cold outflow of Garrison Dam, a year-round hotspot where deep releases from Lake Sakakawea concentrate walleye, chinook salmon, rainbow and brown trout below the powerhouse. Located in immediately below Garrison Dam near Riverdale.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A Kent County lake near Smyrna known for largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and yellow perch. Located in near Smyrna in Kent County.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Missouri's crookedest river offers 280 miles of smallmouth, goggle-eye and catfish water, with a trophy one-smallmouth reach from Highway Y to Highway D. Located in the longest river entirely within Missouri, winding from the Ozarks to the Missouri River (Wright to Gasconade counties).
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
A reservoir lake above Wolfville in the Gaspereau valley, this Kings County water carries an extended smallmouth bass season and holds brook trout and white perch. Located in Kings County, RFA 5 (Annapolis Valley).
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Famous for world-class whitewater below Summersville Dam, the Gauley also holds walleye, smallmouth and muskellunge in its rugged lower canyon. Located in the whitewater canyon between Summersville Dam and Gauley Bridge.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A popular suburban reservoir on Fall Creek northeast of Indianapolis, Geist Reservoir is known for its hybrid striped bass and white bass, along with largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, walleye and channel catfish. Located in a suburban reservoir on Fall Creek northeast of Indianapolis.
lake in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Southeastern Wisconsin's deep, clear resort lake - 135 feet deep with smallmouth on the drop-offs, big pike, and the state-record inland brown trout (1984). Located in the 5,200-acre spring-fed lake at Lake Geneva in Walworth County.
lake in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A famous high-elevation stillwater with fast-growing rainbows, brook trout and a no-limit kokanee fishery. Located in the high plateau between Anaconda and Philipsburg.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye · Nearby campsites: Killbear Provincial Park Campground
A vast eastern arm of Lake Huron dotted with the 30,000 Islands, Georgian Bay offers world-class muskellunge, smallmouth bass, northern pike and lake whitefish among granite shoals. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 14.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Also known as Waconda Lake, Glen Elder is one of the largest reservoirs in Kansas and a top walleye, wiper and white bass fishery, also holding striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, spotted bass, crappie, blue catfish and stocked rainbow trout. Located in also called Waconda Lake, a Solomon River reservoir west of Beloit.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large North Platte reservoir with walleye, bass and catfish. Located in eastern Wyoming on the North Platte River.
lake in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, White Perch
A small impoundment east of Charlottetown, Glenfinnan Lake is open to angling year round but is catch-and-release only and no longer stocked with rainbow trout. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A vast, pristine wilderness lake in northeastern Manitoba, Gods Lake is one of the world's premier fly-in trophy fisheries — famous for giant lake trout and northern pike alongside brook trout, walleye, and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Northeast Division for angling.
river in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A remote wilderness river flowing from Gods Lake toward Hudson Bay, the Gods River is world-renowned for its trophy brook trout — all of which must be released — along with northern pike and walleye. Located in Manitoba's Northeast Division for angling.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A sandy-shored lake within a provincial park near Yorkton, Good Spirit Lake is a warm, fertile water offering walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A quiet Guysborough County lake that is one of the very few Nova Scotia waters open to landlocked salmon all year, with brook trout as well. Located in Guysborough County, RFA 2 (eastern mainland).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye
A residential Yellowknife lake linked to Kam Lake, with the same spring walleye protection. Located within the city of Yellowknife, connected to Kam Lake.
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A clear Laurentian lake at Nominingue, this water offers walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, and lake trout in a classic cottage-country setting. Located in Hautes-Laurentides (zone 10).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
One of Estrie's largest lakes at the head of the Saint-François River, Grand lac Saint-François is a walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass water within Frontenac National Park's boreal setting. Located in Estrie / Chaudière-Appalaches (zone 5).
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Chain Pickerel, Muskellunge, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
New Brunswick's largest lake, Grand Lake is a warm, sprawling fishery for smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, muskellunge and white perch, and is also open to landlocked salmon angling. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, southern New Brunswick.
lake in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
Colorado's largest and deepest natural lake, a deep, cold mountain lake holding lake trout, rainbow trout and brown trout. Located on Colorado's largest and deepest natural lake, at the west entrance of Rocky Mountain National Park.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Brook Trout, Ouananiche
The largest lake on the island of Newfoundland, draining via the Humber system, holding brook trout, ouananiche (landlocked salmon) and Arctic char in its deep cold water. Located in west-central insular Newfoundland.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 46,500-acre Ozark-foothills reservoir renowned for crappie docks and springtime paddlefish snagging on its Neosho River arm. Located in northeast Oklahoma's Craig, Delaware, Mayes and Ottawa counties.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
Ohio's largest inland lake by surface area, a shallow 13,500-acre canal reservoir with strong crappie and channel catfish action. Located in Auglaize and Mercer counties in west-central Ohio.
river in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass
Maine's most famous fly-fishing-only river, Grand Lake Stream runs three miles from West Grand Lake to Big Lake and draws anglers from around the world for its landlocked salmon runs. Located in the classic fly-fishing-only salmon river below West Grand Lake (South Zone).
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A designated Canadian Heritage River, the Grand is southern Ontario's best-known brown trout tailwater below Shand Dam and offers superb smallmouth bass downstream. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 16.
river in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A quiet northwest river known for channel catfish. Located in the northwest corner from Shadehill Reservoir to the Missouri.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Coho Salmon, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A canyon river famous for its fall swing fishery, when summer steelhead stack in its lower reaches on their way to the Snake. Located in northeast Oregon from the Blue Mountains through La Grande to the Washington line.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A granite-rimmed state-park reservoir with trout and kokanee. Located in Curt Gowdy State Park west of Cheyenne.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A DFW-metro reservoir managed for trophy largemouth with an 18-inch harvest threshold, plus white bass and catfish. Located in Denton Creek in Denton and Tarrant counties, between Dallas and Fort Worth.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A warmwater reservoir with bass, walleye and catfish. Located in the North Platte drainage near Wheatland.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
Framed by sandstone cliffs, Grayson Lake in eastern Kentucky is a scenic largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie and catfish reservoir managed with a protective black bass slot limit. Located in a Little Sandy River impoundment south of Grayson in eastern Kentucky.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Inconnu, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
The largest lake entirely within Canada and a world-record lake trout fishery, managed as a Special Management Area. Located the Sahtú region near the community of Déline.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Inconnu, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A clear, fast river linking Great Bear Lake to the Mackenzie, renowned for large grayling. Located the Sahtú region draining Great Bear Lake to the Mackenzie River.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A long, deep fjord-like lake near Port Alberni, Great Central holds hard-fighting rainbow and cutthroat trout, abundant kokanee, and a run of sockeye salmon. Located in B.C. Region 1 (Vancouver Island).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, clear border lake shared with Maine, managed for lake trout and salmon under the NH-Maine interstate rules with its own lake trout length exception. Located in the NH-Maine border (Wakefield, NH and Acton, ME).
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A big coastal-plain river with excellent blue and flathead catfishing, redbreast sunfish and seasonal stripers. Located in the Pee Dee region from the North Carolina border to Winyah Bay.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
The largest of the Belgrade Lakes and the inspiration for 'On Golden Pond,' Great Pond is a premier central Maine fishery for smallmouth and largemouth bass, northern pike and panfish. Located in the largest of the Belgrade Lakes, near Belgrade Lakes village (South Zone).
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A 29-mile reservoir that produced the former world-record northern pike (46 lb 2 oz) — statewide limits over big flats of pike, walleye and smallmouth. Located in the southern Adirondacks (Fulton and Saratoga counties).
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Sauger, Walleye, White Bass
A shallow, brine-tinged refuge lake where the walleye-family limit carries no size minimum and selenite crystals form in the flats nearby. Located in Alfalfa County on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Inconnu, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
The deepest lake in North America and the NWT's premier fishery, holding trophy lake trout, northern pike, walleye, inconnu and grayling. Located the North Slave region around Yellowknife and Hay River.
bay in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Whitefish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
One of North America's premier trophy fisheries - world-class walleye, giant smallmouth around the Door County shoreline, resurgent musky and whitefish. Located in the bay of Green Bay from the city of Green Bay to the Door Peninsula.
river in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass
One of North America's most biologically diverse rivers, the Green River flows through Mammoth Cave country and offers superb smallmouth bass, rock bass, muskellunge, catfish and freshwater drum fishing under statewide regulations. Located in flowing west through Mammoth Cave National Park toward the Ohio River.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A cold tailwater below Lake Summit with delayed-harvest water from Fishtop Falls and hatchery supported fishing down to the gas pipeline crossing. Located in the Green River Gorge in Polk and Henderson counties.
river in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The tailwater below Flaming Gorge Dam is one of the world's great trout rivers — gin-clear water with thousands of browns and rainbows per mile through the A, B and C sections in Browns Park. Downstream, the desert river turns to warmwater and endangered-fish habitat. Located in northeastern and eastern Utah, from Flaming Gorge Dam through Browns Park, Desolation Canyon and on to the Colorado River confluence.
river in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Burbot, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
Wyoming’s great western river, spanning mountain trout water and desert canyon reaches. Located in western Wyoming from the Wind River Range toward Utah.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A scenic south-central Kentucky reservoir, Green River Lake offers quality muskellunge, largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, white bass and catfish fishing along its rolling, wooded shoreline. Located in a Green River impoundment south of Campbellsville.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
One of the longest free-flowing rivers in the East - a float-fishing favorite for smallmouth bass, rock bass and fall walleye. Located in the 170-mile free-flowing river through Pocahontas, Greenbrier and Summers counties.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A clear lake set in aspen parkland within Greenwater Lake Provincial Park, this water holds walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch and is managed with a reduced walleye limit. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A nine-mile boundary lake shared with New York, famous for trophy muskellunge, walleye and largemouth, with its own interstate regulations and reciprocal licenses. Located in the NJ-NY border (Passaic County, NJ and Orange County, NY).
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A clear southern-Ozark reservoir on the Little Red River famed for walleye, hybrid striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass and white bass. Located on the Little Red River in the southern Ozarks near Heber Springs.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A recreational lake south of Fort McMurray, Gregoire Lake is a boreal fishery for northern pike, walleye, and yellow perch popular with local anglers year-round. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB4 fish management zone.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A clear lake in Meadow Lake Provincial Park, Greig Lake is a popular walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch fishery managed with a reduced walleye limit. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
lake in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Lake Trout
A tundra lake in the Freshwater Creek system near Cambridge Bay, part of a productive Arctic char and lake trout fishery, with a reduced char limit. Located the Kitikmeot region on Victoria Island near Cambridge Bay.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The most famous trophy crappie lake in America, Grenada's fertile flood-control waters grow 3-pound-plus white crappie, with strong catfish and largemouth fishing when spring waters rise. Located in the Yalobusha River flood-control reservoir at Grenada (Grenada, Calhoun and Yalobusha counties).
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A remote south-coast salmon river reachable mainly by boat, prized for its scenery and its runs of Atlantic salmon. Located in south coast, insular Newfoundland.
lake in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, White Crappie
A 50-acre northeast Nebraska WMA lake with 34-inch-minimum northern pike, largemouth bass and seasonally stocked rainbow trout fed by the East Branch Verdigre Creek trout stream. Located in Verdigre Creek north of Royal in northeast Nebraska (Antelope County).
river in Texas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Guadalupe Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Redear Sunfish
The southernmost year-round trout fishery in the United States — a cold Canyon Dam tailwater holding rainbow and brown trout among cypress-lined runs, plus native Guadalupe bass. Located in the Texas Hill Country below Canyon Dam in Comal County.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large parkland lake northwest of Red Deer, Gull Lake is a favourite for walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, and lake whitefish, and a busy ice-fishing destination in winter. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Clear, deep Gull Lake near Kalamazoo is managed with a protected slot limit for northern pike and offers smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch and bluegill around its steep drop-offs. Located in a 2,030-acre deep kettle lake in Kalamazoo and Barry counties.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The premier chain of the Brainerd Lakes Area, the Gull Lake Chain mixes classic walleye structure with strong bass, panfish and trophy northern pike fishing minutes from Brainerd's resorts. Located in the Brainerd Lakes Area (Crow Wing and Cass counties), including connected Gull, Upper Gull, Margaret, Ray, Love, Nisswa, Roy and Round lakes.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass
Gun Lake, southwest Michigan's busiest all-sports lake, holds 46-inch-minimum muskellunge, largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike and excellent panfish inside Yankee Springs country. Located in a 2,680-acre lake in Barry County between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.
river in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A storied western Colorado trout river, much of it Gold Medal water, celebrated for wild rainbow and brown trout below Blue Mesa and through the Black Canyon. Located on a major Colorado River tributary in western Colorado, much of it Gold Medal water.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Cold releases from Prettyboy Dam make Gunpowder Falls one of the East Coast's best wild brown trout streams, with a celebrated catch-and-return reach from the dam to Bluemount Road and stocked put-and-take water downstream. Located in a blue-ribbon tailwater below Prettyboy Reservoir in Baltimore County.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A scenic mountain lake with lake trout and rainbow trout. Located in the Wind River Range near Pinedale.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A clear tributary of the Kennebecasis, the Hammond River is a popular smallmouth bass and brook trout stream with fly-fishing-only water above French Village. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, southern New Brunswick.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Nebraska's second-largest reservoir at 13,500 acres is a walleye, white bass and wiper factory on the Republican River, with big flathead catfish and spring crappie runs. Located in the Republican River near Republican City and Alma (Harlan County).
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
The largest lake in the southern Coast Mountains, Harrison Lake offers big-water fishing for cutthroat and bull trout, rainbow trout, and kokanee, with white sturgeon in the connected Harrison River. Located in B.C. Region 2 (Lower Mainland).
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, White Perch
A Cumberland County lake carrying an extended, open-all-year season for rainbow and brook trout, with year-round perch fishing. Located in Cumberland County, RFA 6 (north-central mainland).
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A sprawling 55,600-acre flood-control reservoir loaded with crappie, blue catfish (slot-protected) and hybrid-rich bass water in the flooded timber of the Osage arm. Located in the Osage and South Grand rivers above Lake of the Ozarks (Benton, Henry, St. Clair counties).
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A western Newfoundland salmon river flowing to St. George's Bay, popular for accessible salmon and trout angling near Stephenville. Located in western insular Newfoundland (Bay St. George).
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass
A popular recreation lake southwest of Fredericton, Harvey Lake holds landlocked salmon and is a managed smallmouth bass water. Located in the Southwest RFA, southwestern New Brunswick.
lake in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Pennsylvania's largest natural lake by volume - deep, clear glacial water open to fishing year-round with trout, smallmouth and walleye. Located in the highlands of Luzerne County northwest of Wilkes-Barre.
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch · Nearby campsites: Black Sandy State Park Campground
A canyon reservoir on the Missouri near Helena with kokanee, walleye and rainbow trout. Located in the Missouri River canyon northeast of Helena.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
A prairie reservoir with walleye, catfish, crappie and bass. Located in southeastern Wyoming near the Nebraska line.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Inconnu, Northern Pike, Walleye
A major South Slave river with walleye, pike, grayling and inconnu, and reduced limits tied to Great Slave Lake. Located the South Slave region flowing into Great Slave Lake.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A winding prairie reservoir on the Heart River, holding walleye, northern pike and channel catfish in its cottonwood-lined arms west of the Missouri. Located in the Heart River southwest of Glen Ullin.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A 1,955-acre former power-plant cooling lake near Morris, Heidecke Lake is managed as a diverse fishery for largemouth and smallmouth bass, muskellunge, walleye, white and hybrid striped bass, channel catfish and crappie. Located in a former power-plant cooling lake at Morris in Grundy County.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A meadow-lined New River tributary managed as delayed-harvest water, prized for its winter catch-and-release fly fishing. Located in Ashe County near the Virginia line.
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Tucked against the Atchafalaya Basin levee near Breaux Bridge, Henderson Lake is a storied Cajun fishery for sac-a-lait (crappie), largemouth bass, bream and catfish among lily pads and cypress. Located in a levee-side swamp lake in the Atchafalaya Basin near Breaux Bridge.
reservoir in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A 1,100-acre put-and-take trout and warmwater lake near Portland, managed under special one-bass and 25-crappie daily rules. Located in Washington County's Scoggins Valley west of Forest Grove.
river in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
The Henrys Fork of the Snake River (the North Fork) is one of the most celebrated fly-fishing rivers on earth, its famous Harriman Ranch flats and Box Canyon holding big wild rainbow trout, along with browns and native cutthroat. Located in the Upper Snake Region on the North Fork of the Snake River near Island Park and Ashton.
lake in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Tiger Trout
A shallow, fertile natural lake at 6,500 feet just west of Yellowstone, Henrys Lake is a world-famous trophy trout fishery producing enormous Yellowstone cutthroat, cutthroat-rainbow hybrids and brook trout, protected by special seasons and gear rules. Located in the Upper Snake Region in the Island Park area near the Montana line.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A quiet no-wake trout and kokanee reservoir that produced the state-record lake trout; kokanee snagging opens after the egg-take closure each November. Located in the Rio Chama valley (Rio Arriba County, north-central New Mexico).
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Kentucky's oldest major reservoir, deep and steep-sided Herrington Lake is a long-standing hybrid striped bass, largemouth and spotted bass, crappie, bluegill and catfish fishery in the heart of the Bluegrass. Located in a deep Dix River impoundment between Danville and Lexington.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Deep, gin-clear Higgins Lake is a Type E inland trout lake where anglers troll for lake trout and rainbow trout over 100-foot depths, with smallmouth bass and yellow perch along its sandy drop-offs. Located in a deep, clear 9,900-acre lake in Roscommon and Crawford counties.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A fertile, stained Yadkin reservoir that hosts major bass tournaments and produces heavyweight largemouth, crappie and catfish under statewide limits. Located in the Yadkin River in Davidson and Rowan counties.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A high-country Savery Creek reservoir with trout and perch. Located in south-central Wyoming near the Colorado line.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A three-bay Winsted lake known for smallmouth and largemouth bass, stocked brown trout and yellow perch. Located in Winsted in northwestern Connecticut.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, White Perch
PEI's largest river and a Canadian Heritage River, the Hillsborough winds past Charlottetown to Hillsborough Bay, holding brook and rainbow trout, sea-run trout, Atlantic salmon and white perch. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The closest big reservoir to the Kansas City metro, Hillsdale is a quality largemouth bass and walleye fishery, also holding crappie and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Big Bull Creek reservoir northwest of Paola south of Kansas City.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
An artificial-lures-only slough on the Mason Valley WMA managed for larger trout under a 16-inch minimum and a 2-fish limit. Located in the Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area north of Yerington (Lyon County).
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A broad, boulder-strewn delayed-harvest trout river in the Cherokee National Forest. Located in the tailwater below Appalachia Powerhouse in Polk County.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Tiger Trout
A hike-in Carson Range gem with brook and tiger trout under artificial-lures-only rules and a May-through-October season. Located in the Carson Range above Washoe Valley (Washoe County).
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A scenic canyon reservoir at the Gates of the Mountains, fishing well for rainbows, kokanee, walleye and perch. Located in the Gates of the Mountains canyon on the Missouri River north of Helena.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
Columbus's no-wake water-supply reservoir, a numbers factory for crappie and saugeye with big flathead catfish after dark. Located in the northeast side of Columbus in Franklin and Delaware counties.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Northern Pike, Walleye
A river in the Edéhzhíe National Wildlife Area with reduced pike and walleye limits and a permit requirement. Located the Edéhzhíe area north of the Mackenzie River.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden
A tundra river draining to the Arctic coast, managed as a catch-and-release-only Arctic char fishery. Located the Inuvialuit region flowing to Amundsen Gulf.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A trophy-managed Day County walleye lake with a one-fish, 28-inch rule. Located in Day County in the Glacial Lakes region.
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A foothills reservoir west of Fort Collins with walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass, rainbow trout, catfish and crappie. Located on the foothills west of Fort Collins in the South Platte drainage.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
At 20,000 acres, Houghton Lake is Michigan's largest inland lake and a year-round workhorse fishery for walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and panfish, famous for its January Tip-Up Town ice festival. Located in Michigan's largest inland lake, in Roscommon County in the northern Lower Peninsula.
river in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A major western Connecticut river with a celebrated fly-fishing Trout Management Area for brown and rainbow trout, plus a strong catch-and-release smallmouth bass fishery. Located in a major western Connecticut river with a famous trout management area.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The Housatonic's Massachusetts mainstem through Lee, Stockbridge and Great Barrington is a large, fertile river managed for trophy trout under a one-fish, 20-inch rule, with two artificial-lure catch-and-release areas. Located in the mainstem from the confluence of the East and West Branches to the Connecticut border.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Perch
A 150-mile tidal river with a famous spring striped bass run, a protected largemouth and smallmouth fishery, and catch-and-release water above Troy. Located in the tidal Hudson from Troy to New York Harbor.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Ouananiche
Newfoundland's most famous salmon river, flowing from Deer Lake through the Humber Valley to the Bay of Islands, renowned for its large Atlantic salmon and its fall catch-and-release fishery on the lower river. Located in western insular Newfoundland (SFA 13).
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish
A wild, undeveloped reservoir holding one of the last strongholds of native bull trout and westslope cutthroat. Located in the South Fork Flathead drainage south of Glacier National Park.
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water stocked along its East Greenwich and North Kingstown reaches. Located in East Greenwich and North Kingstown.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
Flowing through New Glasgow to the Hunter River estuary, this popular central river holds brook and rainbow trout, with an extended rainbow trout season at Campbells Pond. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A chain of brackish coastal lakes near Tuktoyaktuk holding Arctic char, lake trout, pike and grayling. Located the Inuvialuit region south-east of Tuktoyaktuk.
lake in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A rainbow-trout pond on Hyde Creek in Cornwall, open for the fall extended rainbow trout season from the dam down to the Ferry Road. Located in Queens County, Cornwall, central Prince Edward Island.
river in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass
The Illinois River, running the length of the state to the Mississippi, has rebounded into a strong smallmouth and largemouth bass, white bass, sauger, catfish and freshwater drum fishery, with the tailwater below the Starved Rock and Marseilles dams a noted sauger and white bass hotspot. Located in the central Illinois waterway near Starved Rock and the Starved Rock and Marseilles pools.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
Oklahoma's best-known float stream, a state Scenic River where smallmouth rules and cast-net bans protect the upper watershed. Located in Cherokee County's scenic-river corridor above Lake Tenkiller, including Barren Fork Creek and Flint Creek.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A small high-desert reservoir off US 50 stocked with rainbow trout, a reliable stop on 'the Loneliest Road in America'. Located in US 50 between Eureka and Ely (White Pine County).
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
The heart of the Indian Bay – Bonavista North watershed, a renowned trophy brook-trout fishery managed as a Special Trout Management Area to protect its large wild trout. Located in Bonavista North, eastern insular Newfoundland.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A shallow 5,100-acre canal-country lake that many call Ohio's saugeye capital, with hot bites through the ice and at the spillway. Located in Logan County in west-central Ohio.
lake in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A warmwater lake in South Kingstown fished for bass, pickerel and panfish. Located in South Kingstown.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A central interior river flowing through Marshalltown and Iowa City, the Iowa River is a productive smallmouth bass, walleye and catfish stream that also holds largemouth bass and freshwater drum under the interior-stream bass and catfish rules. Located in a central interior river flowing through Marshalltown and Iowa City to the Mississippi.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Winding through North Shore wetlands and canoe country, the Ipswich River is a listed major river with spring-stocked trout, largemouth bass and chain pickerel in its slow, tea-colored water. Located in a listed major river through Reading, Middleton and Ipswich on the North Shore.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large, island-filled lake in northeastern Manitoba, Island Lake is a remote walleye and northern pike fishery that also holds yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Northeast Division for angling.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Formerly Huntington Reservoir, J. Edward Roush Lake impounds the Wabash River in northeastern Indiana and is a walleye, largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, channel catfish and white bass fishery. Located in the Huntington Reservoir on the Wabash River in northeastern Indiana.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Nashville's home reservoir, known for largemouth, hybrid stripers and crappie. Located in the Stones River on Nashville's east side.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large, fertile lake near North Battleford, Jackfish Lake is a busy walleye and northern pike fishery that also gives up plentiful yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The Current River's crystalline little sister carves through bluff country with smallmouth and goggle-eye, under a one-fish 15-inch trophy smallmouth rule from Highway 17 to the Current. Located in the wild upper tributary of the Current River in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Texas and Shannon counties).
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout
A large glacial lake beneath the Tetons with cutthroat, lake trout and kokanee. Located in Grand Teton National Park.
river in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A cold, fertile tailwater below Gathright Dam with wild rainbows and big brown trout. Located in the tailwater below Gathright Dam in Alleghany County.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A short, cold coastal river draining into Chaleur Bay, the Jacquet holds sea-run Atlantic salmon and brook trout and carries fly-fishing-only water above the Route 134 bridge. Located in the Chaleur RFA, northern New Brunswick.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Springfield's smallmouth stream drops through Galena's famous float country into Table Rock, with a trophy one-smallmouth reach from Hooten Town to Galena. Located in the Ozark stream from Springfield to Table Rock Lake (Greene, Christian, Stone counties).
river in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A slow prairie river with walleye, channel catfish and spring white bass runs. Located in the prairie corridor from the North Dakota line to Yankton.
river in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Redbreast Sunfish, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Virginia's signature smallmouth float river above Richmond and a world-class trophy blue catfish fishery in its tidal reaches. Located in Virginia's largest river, from the Alleghany Highlands through Richmond to the Chesapeake Bay.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A popular James River impoundment with camping and marinas, managed with a 14-inch minimum on its walleye alongside pike, crappie, perch and smallmouth bass. Located in the James River just north of Jamestown.
river in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A remote wilderness river system holding rainbow trout and threatened bull trout, where every bull trout must be released immediately. Located in the Jarbidge Wilderness in far northern Elko County.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A meandering cottonwood-lined river holding big brown trout between Twin Bridges and Three Forks. Located in the cottonwood bottoms from Twin Bridges to Three Forks.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A 127-acre lake in Jericho Mountain State Park with stocked trout, largemouth bass and a special northern pike fishery. Located in the Great North Woods (Berlin).
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Splake, Tiger Muskellunge
A deep plateau reservoir known for big splake and tiger muskie, with a one-big-trout rule protecting mid-size fish. Located in the Wasatch Plateau west of Orangeville (Emery County).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A free-flowing desert river with an outstanding smallmouth bass float fishery and a wild run of summer steelhead. Located in north-central Oregon, the longest undammed river in the state.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Crappie, White Perch
A 50,000-acre border reservoir ('Buggs Island') with special 9-inch/25 crappie limits, 18-inch walleye, striped bass and giant blue catfish. Located in the Roanoke River on the Virginia border.
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A fertile Red River Parish impoundment, John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir is managed with a protective bass slot and offers strong crappie, bluegill and catfish fishing. Located in a Red River Parish reservoir near Coushatta.
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A large plains reservoir on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado, holding walleye, wiper (white bass), crappie, catfish and largemouth bass. Located on the Arkansas River on the southeastern Colorado plains.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The shallowest big reservoir in Kansas, John Redmond north of Burlington is a well-known crappie and walleye fishery, also holding largemouth bass, wiper, saugeye and channel, blue and flathead catfish. Located in a Neosho River reservoir north of Burlington.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 2,189-acre canal-system reservoir popular for walleye, white bass, wiper, sauger and a 10-fish channel catfish bag, ringed by cabins south of Lexington. Located in the Tri-County supply canal south of Lexington (Gosper and Dawson counties).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A North Slave lake with reduced walleye limits and a spring closure window. Located the North Slave region north of Yellowknife.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A deep, busy recreation reservoir above Deer Creek with quality smallmouth fishing, brown trout, rainbows and perch schools. Located in the upper Provo River near Park City (Wasatch County).
river in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A wadeable, riffle-and-pool smallmouth river threading the Alleghenies, with a 31.7-mile catch-and-release bass section. Located in the ridge-and-valley country between Huntingdon and its mouth on the Susquehanna near Duncannon.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A short, productive river below Lady Evelyn Falls managed under the Mackenzie River Management Area with reduced limits. Located the Dehcho region between Kakisa Lake and Great Slave Lake.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: Kekuli Bay Park Campground
Famed for its shifting turquoise 'lake of many colours' waters near Vernon, Kalamalka holds rainbow trout and a strong kokanee population over its marl shoals and deep basins. Located in B.C. Region 8 (Okanagan).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye
A small urban Yellowknife lake with a spring walleye closure to protect spawning fish. Located within the city of Yellowknife.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A widening of the Thompson River west of Kamloops, this lake is the namesake home of the hard-fighting Kamloops-strain rainbow trout, with bull trout and kokanee also present. Located in B.C. Region 3 (Thompson-Nicola).
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass
West Virginia's largest interior river - formed by the New and Gauley rivers, with hybrid stripers below the dams and excellent walleye, bass and big catfish. Located in the Kanawha Valley from Gauley Bridge through Charleston to Point Pleasant.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The oldest federal reservoir in Kansas, Kanopolis is a productive walleye, saugeye and wiper fishery, also holding trophy blue catfish, largemouth bass, crappie, stocked rainbow and brown trout and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Smoky Hill River reservoir southeast of Salina.
river in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
The Kansas River, or “Kaw,” is a big prairie river flowing across northeastern Kansas and a popular flathead, channel and blue catfish and white bass fishery, also holding walleye, sauger, smallmouth and largemouth bass and freshwater drum under the statewide river rules. Located in the “Kaw,” flowing across northeastern Kansas from Junction City to Kansas City.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A glacial Kenai Peninsula river with an early king salmon run and strong sockeye and coho returns; one of the few peninsula waters open to king salmon fishing. Located on the western Kenai Peninsula south of the Kenai River.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The easternmost of the Qu'Appelle Valley's Fishing Lakes, Katepwa Lake is a deep, popular resort lake holding walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A pristine, fly-fishing-only tributary of the Restigouche, the Kedgwick winds through remote forest and is celebrated for its wild Atlantic salmon and native brook trout. Located in the Restigouche RFA, northwestern New Brunswick.
lake in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Dolly Varden, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A large, glacially-fed lake at the head of the Kenai River, holding lake trout, Dolly Varden, rainbow trout and sockeye salmon. Located on the headwaters of the Kenai River on the Kenai Peninsula.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
Alaska's most famous sport-fishing river, the Kenai is a glacial-turquoise powerhouse renowned for record-class king salmon, immense sockeye runs, trophy rainbow trout and Dolly Varden. Located on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska.
river in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Born at Moosehead Lake, the Kennebec is one of the Northeast's great trout and salmon tailwaters, with wild rainbows and browns below its dams, landlocked salmon in the upper river and smallmouth bass through its lower reaches. Located in flowing from Moosehead Lake through Skowhegan and Augusta to the sea.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass
A major Saint John tributary flowing through the Sussex valley, the Kennebecasis offers smallmouth bass and brook trout, with fly-fishing-only stretches and managed-water bass rules downstream. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, southern New Brunswick.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
One of the largest man-made lakes in the eastern United States, Kentucky Lake is a legendary crappie and bass destination that also produces catfish, white bass, sauger, bluegill and redear sunfish across its huge expanse of flats, ledges and embayments. Located in a vast Tennessee River impoundment in far western Kentucky.
river in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Winding through the Palisades and the Bluegrass in a chain of navigation pools, the Kentucky River offers largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, crappie, sauger, white bass and excellent channel, blue and flathead catfish fishing. Located in flowing 260 miles from the eastern Kentucky mountains through the Bluegrass to the Ohio River.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The crooked lake of the Finger Lakes — clear, deep water with abundant wild lake trout and one of the best smallmouth bites in the chain. Located in the Y-shaped Finger Lake at Penn Yan and Hammondsport.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A Belle Fourche River reservoir with pike, bass and walleye. Located in northeastern Wyoming near Moorcroft.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A 23,600-acre reservoir at the meeting of two prairie rivers, known for striped bass and flathead catfish; special walleye rules begin below its dam. Located in the Arkansas and Cimarron river confluence west of Tulsa.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A free-flowing Ouachita mountain river with spotted bass and flathead catfish, protected by method closures below Hugo Dam. Located in southeast Oklahoma from the Ouachitas through Hugo Lake to the Red River.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch
A scenic Kent County millpond in Killens Pond State Park holding largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and pumpkinseed. Located in Killens Pond State Park near Felton, Kent County.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie
A clear, rocky 2,750-acre reservoir in the Shawnee foothills, Kinkaid Lake is famous for trophy muskellunge and smallmouth bass and also holds largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and channel catfish. Located in a clear Shawnee-foothills reservoir in Jackson County.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A chain of five desert reservoirs (Adams-McGill, Dacey, Cold Springs, Haymeadow, Tule) with trout and largemouth bass, plus seasonal trespass closures for nesting waterfowl. Located in the White River Valley south of Lund (Nye County).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout
A Skeena tributary of near-mythical status, the Kispiox has produced some of the largest steelhead ever caught on a fly, and also holds Dolly Varden and coho and chinook salmon. Located in B.C. Region 6 (Skeena).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A large, remote lake in northwestern Manitoba, Kississing Lake is a trophy lake trout and northern pike fishery that also holds walleye and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Northwest Division for angling.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon
A historic gold-rush river holding Arctic grayling and, in the Yukon drainage, Pacific salmon. Located central Yukon, joining the Yukon River at Dawson City.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish
Yukon's largest lake (Łù'àn Mä̀n), a turquoise glacial water holding lake trout, grayling, whitefish and burbot. Located south-west Yukon along the Alaska Highway.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Sockeye Salmon
A small clear salmon river (Łu Gha Chua) in the Alsek drainage with tight seasonal and gear restrictions. Located south-west Yukon in the Alsek/Tatshenshini drainage.
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The North Shore's premier steelhead river draws spring runs of wild rainbow trout from Lake Superior. Fish sanctuary: between the signs from the top of the second falls 100 feet downstream, and from the State Highway 61 bridge downstream to the sign below the fish trap, the river is permanently closed to fishing. Located in the North Shore of Lake Superior northeast of Duluth (St. Louis and Lake counties).
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A trophy trout reservoir high in the Pine Forest Range under a 1-trout, single-barbless-artificial rule, reached by rough four-wheel-drive roads. Located in the Pine Forest Range northwest of Winnemucca (Humboldt County).
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
A 469-acre trophy-managed bass lake where an 18-inch minimum grows some of Ohio's heaviest largemouth. Located in Knox County near Fredericktown in central Ohio.
reservoir in Hawaii, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
Hawai‘i's only trout fishery, the Kōke‘e Public Fishing Area takes in cool mountain streams, ditches and reservoirs (including Pu‘u Lua Reservoir) in Kōke‘e State Park, stocked with rainbow trout and open only during a short season announced by the state each year. Located in the streams and reservoirs of Kōke‘e State Park in the highlands of western Kaua‘i.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A 1,350-acre power-plant lake whose warm discharge keeps largemouth and hybrid stripers feeding through the winter. Located in Seminole County southeast of Oklahoma City.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A big tailwater famous for trophy rainbow trout below Libby Dam, including the state-record rainbow water. Located in far northwest Montana from Libby Dam to the Idaho border.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: Kokanee Creek Park Campgrounds
A deep fjord lake in the West Kootenay, Kootenay Lake is world-renowned for its giant Gerrard-strain rainbow trout and trophy bull trout, with kokanee as the key forage fish. Located in B.C. Region 4 (Kootenay).
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
Flowing through Kouchibouguac National Park to lagoons and barrier islands, this Southeast river is a productive sea-run brook trout stream. Located in the Southeast RFA, eastern New Brunswick.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A long mountain-ringed lake south-west of Whitehorse with lake trout, grayling, pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-west Yukon, south of the Alaska Highway.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
Draining Lake Iliamna to Bristol Bay, the Kvichak is legendary for trophy rainbow trout and one of the largest sockeye salmon runs on the planet. Located on the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Inconnu, Northern Pike
The river draining Lac la Martre below Whatì Falls, managed for catch-and-release inconnu. Located the Tłı̨chǫ region below Whatì Falls.
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A vast, shallow lake straddling the Quebec–Ontario border, Lac Abitibi is a walleye and northern pike stronghold that also holds sauger, lake sturgeon, and yellow perch in its turbid, wind-driven waters. Located in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (zone 13 Est).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A clear resort lake at Saint-Donat in the Laurentian highlands, Lac Archambault holds lake trout, smallmouth bass, walleye, and northern pike beneath forested mountains. Located in Lanaudière (zone 9).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A long lake on the Saint-François River system in the Appalachian foothills, Lac Aylmer is a walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass fishery that also holds lake trout in its deeper basins. Located in Estrie / Mauricie (zone 7).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A warm, fertile lake in the Gatineau Valley near Messines, Lac Blue Sea is a walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass fishery popular with cottagers. Located in Outaouais (zone 10).
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Proclaimed the “Catfish Capital of the Universe,” shallow and fertile Lac des Allemands southwest of New Orleans is famous for channel and blue catfish, sac-a-lait (crappie), bluegill and largemouth bass. Located in a shallow swamp lake southwest of New Orleans, the “Catfish Capital of the Universe”.
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A broad widening of the Ottawa River where it meets the St. Lawrence, Lac des Deux Montagnes is a renowned muskellunge, walleye, and northern pike water that also holds smallmouth bass and lake sturgeon. Located in Laurentides / Montréal (zone 8).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A long, deep lake north of Maniwaki, Lac des Trente et Un Milles is famous for its lake trout, and also produces walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass along its cliff-lined shores. Located in Outaouais (zone 10).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A remote Tłı̨chǫ lake with lake trout, pike and grayling. Located the Tłı̨chǫ region north-west of Whatì.
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Ouananiche, Walleye
A long, deep lake south of Saguenay, Lac Kénogami holds landlocked ouananiche and lake trout in its cold depths along with walleye and northern pike. Located in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (zone 28).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A sprawling, maze-like lake in the Témiscamingue highlands, Lac Kipawa is a wilderness fishery for walleye, northern pike, lake trout, sauger, and smallmouth bass among countless rocky bays and islands. Located in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (zone 13 Ouest).
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large, historic boreal lake in northeastern Alberta, Lac La Biche is a rehabilitated walleye fishery that also holds northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and burbot. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB1 fish management zone.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Inconnu, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
The largest Tłı̨chǫ lake, a trophy northern pike and walleye water that also holds lake trout and inconnu. Located the Tłı̨chǫ region near the community of Whatì.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A vast, island-filled lake in north-central Saskatchewan, Lac la Ronge is a legendary multi-species fishery for lake trout, walleye, northern pike, lake whitefish, and burbot, managed as a catch-and-release (CR1) water with mandatory barbless hooks. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A classic stocked interior trout lake south of Kamloops, Lac le Jeune is a favourite fly and troll fishery for feisty rainbow trout in a forested resort setting. Located in B.C. Region 3 (Thompson-Nicola).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, cold lake near Ivry-sur-le-Lac in the Laurentians, Lac Manitou is a lake trout and brook trout water that also holds smallmouth bass. Located in Laurentides (zone 9).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, cold glacial lake in the Eastern Townships, Lac Massawippi is prized for lake trout and rainbow trout, and also holds brown trout and smallmouth bass along its steep shorelines. Located in Estrie (zone 6).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A deep, scenic lake straddling the Quebec–Vermont border, Lac Memphrémagog is a diverse trophy fishery for lake trout, landlocked ouananiche, smallmouth and largemouth bass, walleye, northern pike, and rainbow trout. Located in Estrie (zone 5).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass
A large, island-dotted lake near Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, Lac Ouareau is a lake trout, smallmouth bass, and northern pike fishery in the southern Laurentians. Located in Lanaudière (zone 9).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A wide, weedy fluvial lake of the St. Lawrence on the Ontario border, Lac Saint-François is a top muskellunge and largemouth water that also holds walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, and yellow perch. Located in Montérégie (zone 8).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Ouananiche, Sauger, Walleye
A huge, near-circular inland sea and the spiritual home of the ouananiche, Lac Saint-Jean is Quebec's iconic landlocked-salmon fishery, also producing walleye, northern pike, lake trout, brook trout, and lake whitefish. Located in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (zone 28).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A vast, shallow widening of the St. Lawrence and a UNESCO biosphere reserve, Lac Saint-Pierre is a famous walleye, northern pike, and muskellunge fishery — but its once-legendary yellow perch remain under a harvest moratorium. Located in Mauricie / Centre-du-Québec (zone 7).
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Lake Whitefish, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Walleye
One of Ontario's largest lakes, this vast reservoir near Sioux Lookout is famous for numbers of walleye and northern pike and a growing trophy crappie fishery. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 4.
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Walleye
A large lake connected to the Ottawa River system near Angliers, Lac Simard holds walleye, northern pike, and a lake sturgeon population across its broad, irregular basin. Located in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (zone 13 Ouest).
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye
A quiet electric-motor-only Akron water-supply reservoir with walleye, crappie, and largemouth around its weedy flats. Located in Geauga County southeast of Cleveland.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Guadalupe Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
Austin's downtown river-run lake (formerly Town Lake), a no-gas-motor fishery with surprisingly stout largemouth under a slot limit. Located in the Colorado River through downtown Austin (Travis County).
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A rugged reservoir in the Temagami wilderness with countless bays and islands, offering lake trout, walleye and northern pike far from the crowds. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 11.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Lahontan Campgrounds
A sprawling high-desert reservoir on the Carson River known for walleye, white bass, wipers and channel catfish, with cottonwood-lined coves and sandy beaches. Located in the Carson River between Silver Springs and Fallon (Churchill and Lyon counties).
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
New Jersey's deepest natural lake (110 feet), a Holdover Trout Lake stocked with landlocked Atlantic salmon alongside browns and rainbows. Located in Kittatinny Valley State Park (Andover, Sussex County).
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
The largest natural freshwater lake in Nova Scotia, Lake Ainslie feeds the Margaree system and offers brook trout in its cool inflows along with abundant white and yellow perch. Located in Inverness County, RFA 1 (Cape Breton Island).
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A canyon-walled West Texas reservoir with an outsized reputation for heavyweight largemouth and quality spotted bass. Located in the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in Garza County, southeast of Lubbock.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A large, cool mountain reservoir on the Feather River plateau prized for big rainbow and brown trout and smallmouth bass. Located on the North Fork Feather River on the high Plumas County plateau.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A deep, clear border reservoir at the mouth of the Devils River, famous for sight-fishing big largemouth over hydrilla and rock. Located in the Rio Grande at Del Rio on the Texas-Mexico border (Val Verde County).
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Crappie, White Perch
A 13,000-acre power-plant reservoir an hour from Richmond, known for largemouth, striped bass and crappie. Located in the North Anna River between Fredericksburg and Charlottesville.
lake in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass
A 3,225-acre Big Bass Program lake north of Pittsburgh where largemouth share weedy bays with muskies and hybrid stripers. Located in Moraine State Park in Butler County.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A 27-mile Sheyenne River reservoir behind Baldhill Dam, mixing walleye, white bass, crappie, perch and northern pike in the wooded Sheyenne valley. Located in the Sheyenne River above Baldhill Dam near Valley City.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A vast, cold lake in Alberta's remote far northeast, Lake Athabasca is a fly-in trophy destination famous for enormous lake trout and northern pike, along with walleye and lake whitefish. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB4 fish management zone.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
A clear East Texas water-supply lake managed for quality largemouth under a slot limit, next door to TPWD's Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. Located in Henderson County near Athens, home of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A sprawling embayment separated from Lake Sakakawea by an embankment, known for numbers of walleye, jumbo yellow perch and smallmouth bass among its rocky islands. Located in adjacent to Lake Sakakawea near Coleharbor.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Twin sister to Kentucky Lake and connected to it by a free-flowing canal, Lake Barkley is a first-rate crappie, largemouth bass and catfish reservoir with strong white bass and bluegill fishing along the Land Between the Lakes shoreline. Located in a Cumberland River impoundment paralleling Kentucky Lake, joined to it by a canal.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A central Texas reservoir with one of the state's few self-sustaining hybrid striper fisheries and strong blue catfish. Located in the Leon River in Bell and Coryell counties, central Texas.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A large Napa County reservoir with largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, rainbow trout, catfish and crappie. Located on Putah Creek in the Vaca Mountains of Napa County.
reservoir in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A three-armed canyon reservoir and one of the only U.S. waters where anglers may keep a trophy bull trout, alongside kokanee and bass. Located in the confluence of the Deschutes, Crooked and Metolius rivers behind Round Butte Dam.
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Dating to a 19th-century Red River logjam, moss-draped Lake Bistineau southeast of Bossier City fishes like a giant swamp, with excellent crappie, largemouth bass, bream and catfish among flooded cypress. Located in a cypress-tupelo reservoir southeast of Bossier City.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
An 8,700-acre Flint River reservoir in southwest Georgia, Lake Blackshear is a cypress-lined lake known for largemouth bass, crappie and bream, with the trophy shoal bass water of the Flint River just downstream. Located in the Flint River in southwest Georgia near Cordele.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A clear, deep 3,290-acre mountain reservoir on the Toccoa River, Lake Blue Ridge is one of the few Georgia lakes with a self-sustaining smallmouth bass population, and also holds walleye and largemouth bass. Located in the Toccoa River in the north Georgia mountains near Blue Ridge.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Lake Bob Sandlin State Park Campground
A scenic Cypress Creek reservoir with strong largemouth, crappie and catfish populations near Mount Pleasant. Located in Big Cypress Creek in Titus, Camp and Franklin counties, northeast Texas.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
A 1,200-acre lily-padded state fishing lake east of Laurel, Bogue Homa is a storied south Mississippi bass and bream water with a 15-inch bass release rule. Located in a state fishing lake east of Laurel (Jones County).
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye
The highest and one of the most scenic of the Georgia Power mountain lakes, 2,775-acre Lake Burton on the Tallulah River holds largemouth and spotted bass, walleye, crappie and stocked trout. Located in the Tallulah River in the north Georgia mountains of Rabun County.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Redear Sunfish
A small desert reservoir in the Coachella Valley within the Colorado River District, stocked with largemouth bass, catfish, trout in winter and panfish. Located on a Coachella Canal reservoir near La Quinta, within the Colorado River District.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A small warmwater lake managed with a protected largemouth slot. Located in the Wind River Reservation near Fort Washakie.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 3,370-acre Oklahoma State University lake with an 18-inch walleye rule and winter trout stocked in its Turtle Pond. Located in Payne County west of Stillwater.
reservoir in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Coho Salmon, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A large high-mountain reservoir on the North Fork Payette River, Lake Cascade is renowned for its jumbo yellow perch and its stocked coho salmon and rainbow trout, with smallmouth bass along the rocky shores. Located in the Southwest Region near Cascade in the Long Valley.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A 120-mile border lake with lake trout and landlocked salmon in the broad water, big pike in the bays and one of the Northeast's best smallmouth fisheries. Located in the NY/Vermont border from Whitehall to Rouses Point.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
One of the Shubenacadie Canal lakes above Dartmouth, Lake Charles is among the small group of Nova Scotia waters open to landlocked salmon, with brook trout as well. Located in Halifax County, RFA 3.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A clear TVA mountain reservoir shared with Georgia, managed with liberal combined limits for its abundant spotted and Alabama bass and a special crappie and striper fishery. Located in the Georgia border in Clay County.
lake in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Better known as Webster Lake, Lake Chaubunagungamaug is famous for the longest place name in the United States and for consistent largemouth and smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and panfish fishing. Located in the 1,442-acre lake at Webster in south-central Massachusetts (Webster Lake).
lake in Washington, USA · Fish species: Burbot, Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass · Nearby campsites: Lake Chelan State Park Campgrounds
Washington's deepest lake - 1,486 feet - with lake trout, kokanee, landlocked chinook and smallmouth bass. Located in the 50-mile glacial trench lake reaching into the North Cascades.
lake in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
Arkansas's largest natural lake, a great oxbow of the Mississippi River in the Delta celebrated for crappie, bream, largemouth bass and big catfish. Located on an oxbow of the Mississippi River in the southeast Delta near Lake Village.
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
One of north Louisiana's clearest lakes, Lake Claiborne near Homer offers largemouth and spotted bass, crappie, bream, catfish and a popular striped and hybrid striped bass fishery. Located in a clear north Louisiana reservoir near Homer in Claiborne Parish.
lake in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Minutes from Boston inside Cochituate State Park, Lake Cochituate's connected ponds hold northern pike, largemouth bass, chain pickerel and panfish, making it MetroWest's most convenient big-fish water. Located in a chain of ponds at Natick and Framingham in eastern Massachusetts.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Houston's big-bass playground and a repeat Bassmaster Classic venue, with a 16-inch largemouth minimum and heavyweight blue catfish. Located in the West Fork of the San Jacinto River in Montgomery and Walker counties, north of Houston.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Kentucky's premier striped bass water, deep and clear Lake Cumberland stretches over 100 miles and also offers outstanding smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass, walleye, crappie and catfish fishing among its cliff-lined arms. Located in a huge, deep Cumberland River reservoir in south-central Kentucky.
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A sprawling Arkansas River impoundment in the river valley, a top tournament bass lake also full of crappie, catfish and white and hybrid striped bass. Located on an Arkansas River impoundment near Russellville.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A Souris River refuge impoundment northwest of Minot known for walleye and northern pike, fished in designated refuge areas with seasonal boating rules. Located in the Souris River within the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 2,800-acre impoundment of the Sangamon River through the city of Decatur, Lake Decatur is a productive largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, bluegill and white bass fishery. Located in an impoundment of the Sangamon River at Decatur in Macon County.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A vast reservoir formed by the Gardiner Dam on the South Saskatchewan River, Lake Diefenbaker is one of Canada's premier fisheries — famous for producing world-record rainbow trout alongside trophy walleye, sauger, northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and burbot. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye
A small Richland County recreation lake near Hankinson where walleye carry a 14-inch minimum size limit. Located in Richland County near Hankinson.
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large prairie reservoir on the Marias River known for walleye, northern pike and trophy potential. Located in the Marias River north-central prairie near Chester.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Burbot, Coho Salmon, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch · Nearby campsites: East Harbor State Park Campground
The shallowest Great Lake, Lake Erie is famed as the 'Walleye Capital of the World' and also holds strong smallmouth bass and yellow perch fisheries.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
Michigan's slice of western Lake Erie is prime big-water walleye territory, with limit catches of walleye and yellow perch, bruiser smallmouth bass and white bass runs off the mouths of the Raisin and Detroit rivers. Located in Michigan's southeast corner of Lake Erie off Monroe.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
New York's warm, walleye-rich corner of Lake Erie, with world-class smallmouth structure and steelhead-packed tributaries every fall. Located in western New York (Chautauqua, Erie and Cattaraugus counties).
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
Oklahoma's largest lake at 102,000 acres, a sprawling Canadian River impoundment loved for blue catfish, crappie and sandy-beach camping. Located in McIntosh, Okmulgee and Pittsburg counties in east-central Oklahoma.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Texas's most famous trophy largemouth factory — home to most of the state's Top 50 bass and the heart of the ShareLunker program — plus outstanding crappie fishing. Located in the Sabine River basin in Hopkins, Rains and Wood counties, east of Dallas.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout
A 1,934-acre impoundment of the upper Connecticut River below Murphy Dam, holding salmon, lake trout, and big brown and brook trout in cold, tannic water. Located in the Great North Woods (Pittsburg).
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A 100-mile Missouri River reservoir famous for walleye, smallmouth and spring catfish runs. Located in the Missouri River between Big Bend Dam and Fort Randall Dam.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 20,000-acre Roanoke River reservoir with seasonal striped bass size rules, 18-inch walleye and a trophy blue catfish regulation. Located in the Roanoke River below Kerr Dam on the Virginia border.
lake in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
Florida's second-largest lake, this broad, brackish-influenced widening of the St. Johns River holds largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill along with striped and sunshine bass that run up from the river. Located in the St. Johns River between Volusia, Putnam, Lake and Marion counties.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The Queen of American Lakes — 32 miles of spring-fed Adirondack water holding trophy lake trout, landlocked salmon and famous deep-water smallmouth. Located in the southeastern Adirondacks.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Lake Gogebic, the UP's largest inland lake, is walleye water first and foremost, backed by jumbo yellow perch under a special perch rule, smallmouth bass and northern pike in its 13,380 tea-stained acres. Located in the Upper Peninsula's largest inland lake, in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties.
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A large Colorado River headwaters reservoir prized for lake trout, kokanee salmon and rainbow and brown trout. Located on the Colorado River headwaters below Rocky Mountain National Park.
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A fertile Saluda River reservoir with strong largemouth, crappie and catfish fishing. Located in the Saluda River between Greenwood and Newberry counties.
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye
A clear Ouachita Mountain reservoir on the Little Missouri River with largemouth and spotted bass, walleye, crappie and hybrid striped bass. Located on the Little Missouri River in the Ouachita Mountains near Murfreesboro.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Alabama's largest lake and one of the premier trophy largemouth bass fisheries in the country, a sprawling grass-filled Tennessee River impoundment. Located on the Tennessee River in Marshall and Jackson counties.
lake in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass
A large lake in the Harris Chain near Leesburg, Lake Harris offers largemouth bass, speckled perch and bream along with a popular put-grow-and-take sunshine bass fishery. Located in the Harris Chain of Lakes near Leesburg in Lake County.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass
A 56,000-acre Savannah River reservoir straddling the Georgia-South Carolina line, Lake Hartwell is a major tournament bass lake famous for largemouth and spotted bass plus a strong striped and hybrid bass and crappie fishery. Located in the Savannah River on the Georgia–South Carolina line.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A windy high-plains lake with trout, kokanee and yellow perch. Located in the Laramie Plains west of Laramie.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
A clear Colorado River reservoir celebrated for largemouth and smallmouth bass, striped bass and world-record redear sunfish. Located on the Colorado River on the Arizona-California border at Lake Havasu City.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 2,500-acre Oklahoma City water-supply lake ringed by a lighted shoreline trail, popular for walleye, crappie and channel cats. Located in Oklahoma County in northwest Oklahoma City.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
New Jersey's largest lake (over 2,600 acres) is a Trophy Muskie Water with hybrid stripers, walleye, big largemouth and channel catfish across its sprawling coves. Located in the Skylands region (Sussex/Morris counties).
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge
Lake Hudson in Lenawee County is one of Michigan's premier trophy muskellunge waters, an important Great Lakes-strain broodstock lake now protected by a 50-inch minimum size limit. Located in a 580-acre impoundment in Lake Hudson State Recreation Area, Lenawee County.
lake in Florida, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Butterfly Peacock Bass, Largemouth Bass
A canal-connected lake in Delray Beach, Lake Ida is one of the best-known butterfly peacock bass fisheries in the state, also holding largemouth bass and bluegill in its warm, clear water. Located in in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County.
lake in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
A natural spring-fed lake at Florala straddling the Florida line, managed with a special black bass creel limit. Located on Covington County at Florala on the Florida border.
lake in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A Panhandle lake in Walton County near the Alabama line, this Lake Jackson carries its own special black bass and hybrid bass limits and holds largemouth and spotted bass, speckled perch, bream and sunshine bass. Located in near Florala on the Alabama line in Walton County.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A clear foothills reservoir at the base of the Linville Gorge, with a 15-inch walleye rule and quality smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing. Located in the Catawba headwaters in Burke and McDowell counties.
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A cold, deep mountain reservoir holding South Carolina's state-record brown trout, managed with a seasonal trout slot. Located in the Blue Ridge escarpment in Oconee and Pickens counties.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The deepest of the big three Muskoka lakes, 'Lake Joe' is a clear cold-water lake with lake trout and strong smallmouth bass fishing. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 15.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A 25,000-acre gem inside Voyageurs National Park, Kabetogama serves up outstanding walleye, sauger, northern pike and smallmouth bass around its rock reefs and island-studded basin. Located in Voyageurs National Park south of Rainy Lake in St. Louis County.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Watertown's home lake, a popular walleye, crappie and bluegill fishery. Located in the Big Sioux River at Watertown.
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A deep, clear mountain reservoir with spotted bass, largemouth and smallmouth under the 10-fish black bass rule. Located in the Blue Ridge foothills of Oconee and Pickens counties.
lake in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
A 34,000-acre lake in the Kissimmee Chain, Lake Kissimmee is a premier trophy largemouth bass destination with expansive hydrilla and bulrush habitat, plus strong crappie and bream fishing. Located in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in Osceola and Polk counties.
lake in British Columbia, CAN
A large reservoir on the Kootenay River straddling the B.C.–Montana border, Koocanusa produces rainbow and bull trout, kokanee, and mountain whitefish along its long, deep arms. Located in B.C. Region 4 (Kootenay).
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A 90-mile international reservoir known for its kokanee fishery and native bull trout. Located in the Kootenai River reservoir stretching from Libby Dam into British Columbia.
lake in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A huge, shallow Rock River lake famous for its 18-inch-minimum walleye and roaming schools of white bass and crappie. Located in the 10,500-acre Rock River widening in Jefferson County.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Inconnu, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A famous Yukon River widening (Tá'aan) with lake trout, grayling, pike, whitefish, burbot and inconnu. Located on the Yukon River just north of Whitehorse.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Redear Sunfish, Walleye
A state fishing lake near Saltillo with trophy-slot bass management, winter-stocked rainbow trout and a protected walleye population that must be released. Located in a state fishing lake near Saltillo (Lee County).
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
Officially Lake Sidney Lanier, this 38,000-acre reservoir on the Chattahoochee River is Georgia's most popular lake and a nationally renowned spotted bass fishery, also holding striped bass, walleye, crappie and bream in its deep, clear water. Located in the foothills north of Atlanta in Hall and Forsyth counties.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A Housatonic River impoundment prized for largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, channel catfish and perch. Located in the Housatonic River impoundment above Shepaug Dam.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Lake Livingston State Park Campground
A vast Trinity River reservoir famed for its blue catfish and white bass runs, with striped bass stocked in its lower lake. Located in the Trinity River in Houston, Leon, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and Walker counties.
reservoir in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
A shallow, weedy irrigation reservoir in the Treasure Valley, Lake Lowell is a warmwater bass, bluegill, crappie and catfish fishery, with springtime bass protected by a seasonal catch-and-release rule. Located in the Southwest Region within Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge near Nampa.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A 1,600-acre canal reservoir south of North Platte with a 10-fish channel catfish bag and a no-minimum smallmouth rule tied to the NPPD canal system. Located in the NPPD canal system south of North Platte (Lincoln County).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Freshwater Drum, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A large, shallow prairie lake west of Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba is a productive walleye, sauger, and northern pike fishery that also holds yellow perch, white bass, and freshwater drum. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The largest lake on Manitoulin Island — the world's largest freshwater island — Lake Manitou is known for lake trout, smallmouth bass and stocked salmonids. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 10.
lake in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike
A 1,275-acre Big Bass Program lake ringed by 26 miles of shoreline, popular for largemouth, crappies and northern pike. Located in Codorus State Park in southern York County.
lake in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Crappie
South Carolina's largest lake, famous for giant blue catfish, largemouth bass and striped bass in flooded cypress country. Located in the Santee Cooper lakes country between Columbia and Charleston.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A deep, clear Tallapoosa River reservoir famous for spotted bass and a strong stocked striped bass fishery. Located on the Tallapoosa River in east-central Alabama.
lake in Montana, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A productive lowland lake popular for kokanee, rainbow trout, largemouth bass and yellow perch. Located in the hills west of Flathead Lake near Dayton.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
North Carolina's largest natural lake — a shallow coastal legend for big largemouth (16-inch minimum), slab crappie and striped bass in its canals. Located in Hyde County on the Albemarle-Pamlico peninsula.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
Nebraska's 30,000-acre 'Big Mac' is the state's premier fishery, with trophy walleye, white bass and wiper runs up the creeks each spring and smallmouth along the white-sand beaches. Located in the North Platte River at Kingsley Dam near Ogallala (Keith County).
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
The largest reservoir on the Colorado River, a sprawling desert lake with striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass and catfish. Located on the Colorado River behind Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
Nevada's side of the giant Colorado River reservoir, with unlimited striped bass as of 2026, largemouth and smallmouth in the coves, and big channel catfish after dark. Located in the Colorado River above Hoover Dam near Las Vegas (Clark County).
lake in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
The most-studied lake in the world and Madison's ice-fishing mecca - deep-water perch and cisco water with quality walleye, pike and panfish. Located in Madison's biggest lake on the Yahara chain in Dane County.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A scenic Turtle Mountains lake straddling the Manitoba line, popular for walleye, perch, bluegill and pike — fishing is prohibited from the bridge between North and South Lake Metigoshe. Located in the Turtle Mountains on the Manitoba border.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass
One of the five Great Lakes, Lake Michigan offers world-class fishing for lake trout, salmon, and smallmouth bass along its rocky shoals and deep basins.
lake in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The Illinois waters of Lake Michigan off Chicago and the northern suburbs are a world-class Great Lakes fishery for chinook and coho salmon, rainbow (steelhead) and brown trout and lake trout, with a productive nearshore yellow perch and smallmouth bass fishery along the harbors and breakwalls. Located in the Illinois lakefront from Chicago north to the Wisconsin line.
lake in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Indiana's short but productive Lake Michigan shoreline off Gary, Portage and Michigan City is a Great Lakes fishery for Chinook and coho salmon, steelhead (rainbow), brown and lake trout, with a strong nearshore yellow perch, lake whitefish and smallmouth bass fishery along the harbors and breakwalls. Located in Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline from Gary to Michigan City.
lake in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Wisconsin's big-water salmon and trout fishery - charter fleets troll for chinook, coho, rainbow and brown trout from Kenosha to Algoma, with lake trout on the reefs. Located in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan shore from Kenosha to the Door Peninsula.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
A lake within the town of Yarmouth carrying an extended smallmouth bass season, with chain pickerel and perch also present. Located in Yarmouth County, RFA 4 (southwestern mainland).
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 1,685-acre reservoir on the Mahoning River, connected upstream to Berlin Lake, with walleye, crappie, and white bass runs. Located in Mahoning County west of Youngstown.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A 2,100-acre North Platte valley reservoir with a 10-pike daily bag, quality walleye and white bass, closed each fall and early winter as a waterfowl refuge. Located in the North Platte valley northeast of Scottsbluff (Scotts Bluff County).
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The Twin Cities' signature lake spreads 14,000 acres across dozens of named bays, holding excellent largemouth bass, muskellunge, northern pike, walleye and panfish within sight of the Minneapolis skyline. Located in the western Twin Cities suburbs in Hennepin County.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
A cold, clear Colorado River reservoir famous for striped bass and largemouth bass, with a stocked rainbow trout fishery in the cold water below Hoover Dam at Willow Beach. Located on the Colorado River between Hoover and Davis dams.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
A clear Colorado River reservoir below Hoover Dam with unlimited striped bass as of 2026, smallmouth along the canyon walls and rainbow trout in the cold upper river reach. Located in the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Davis Dam (Clark County).
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Walleye
A state fishing lake near Aberdeen managed for big bass with a trophy slot, liberal crappie limits, and a protected no-harvest walleye population. Located in a state fishing lake near Aberdeen (Monroe County).
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A deep, clear pumped-storage reservoir known for quality largemouth and big blue catfish. Located in Fairfield County northwest of Columbia.
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A cold, clear 2,530-acre highland reservoir behind Gathright Dam with trophy trout, bass and yellow perch. Located in the Jackson River in the Alleghany Highlands above Covington.
lake in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Crappie
The lower Santee Cooper lake, a world-renowned trophy catfish water that shares its striper and bass fishery with Lake Marion. Located in Berkeley County north of Charleston, connected to Lake Marion by the Diversion Canal.
lake in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 5,700-acre clear-water lake inside Oklahoma's oldest and largest state park, fished under statewide limits for bass and crappie. Located in Carter and Love counties south of Ardmore.
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 50,000-acre Saluda River reservoir known for striped bass, largemouth and big blueback-herring-fed fisheries. Located in the Midlands west of Columbia on the Saluda River.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The heart of Ontario's cottage country, Lake Muskoka holds lake trout in its cold depths plus abundant smallmouth and largemouth bass and muskellunge. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 15.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch
One of Alberta's largest reservoirs, sprawling across the prairie near Brooks, Lake Newell is a warm, fertile water famous for walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, and stocked rainbow trout. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP1 (Milk & South Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A huge, deep cold-water lake north of Thunder Bay, Lake Nipigon is legendary as the home water of the world-record brook trout and holds trophy lake trout and walleye. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 6.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large, relatively shallow lake at North Bay that is one of Ontario's most popular walleye destinations, with a strong ice fishery and good muskellunge and smallmouth bass. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 11.
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A deep, clear Ozark reservoir on the North Fork River known for striped bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie and bream. Located on the North Fork River in the north-central Ozarks.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie, White Perch
North Carolina's largest lake — 32,000 acres of spotted bass, largemouth, stripers, white perch and trophy blue catfish minutes from Charlotte. Located in the Catawba chain north of Charlotte.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A Piney Woods crappie mecca on Big Cypress Bayou with flooded timber, largemouth and chunky channel cats. Located in Big Cypress Bayou in Camp, Marion, Morris and Upshur counties, northeast Texas.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
The North Dakota reach of the massive Oahe reservoir, where the Missouri's flooded channel holds walleye, sauger, northern pike, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Located in the Missouri River south of Bismarck to the South Dakota border.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
A 19,000-acre Georgia Power reservoir on the Oconee River, Lake Oconee is a top largemouth bass and crappie destination that also supports a productive striped and hybrid bass fishery. Located in the Oconee River in the central Georgia Piedmont.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Missouri's 54,000-acre playground is one of America's best big-bass and crappie lakes, with heavyweight blue catfish protected by a slot limit and hybrid stripers in the dam tailwaters. Located in the Osage River in central Missouri (Bagnell Dam, Miller/Camden/Morgan/Benton counties).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A long reservoir on the Assiniboine River along the Saskatchewan border, Lake of the Prairies is a top walleye and sauger destination that also holds northern pike, yellow perch, and channel catfish. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Lake Sturgeon, Lake Whitefish, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A sprawling border lake of more than 14,000 islands straddling Ontario, Manitoba and Minnesota, Lake of the Woods is a world-class multi-species fishery famous for trophy muskellunge, walleye, and smallmouth bass. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 5.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The Minnesota corner of this 950,000-acre border sea is a legendary walleye and sauger factory, with trophy northern pike in the back bays, muskellunge around the islands and lake sturgeon in the tributary mouths. Located in the Minnesota waters of Lake of the Woods (Lake of the Woods and Roseau counties).
lake in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Tiger Trout, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
The 650-acre 'Little Mac' below Kingsley Dam is Nebraska's best year-round trout lake, with stocked rainbows and tiger trout plus walleye, white bass and smallmouth from the big lake's cold discharge. Located in below Kingsley Dam at Lake McConaughy (Keith County).
lake in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
Florida's largest lake and one of the most famous bass fisheries in the world, the 730-square-mile 'Big O' is renowned for trophy largemouth bass along its vast marsh edges and for outstanding speckled perch (black crappie) and bluegill. Located in the interior of south-central Florida.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
Southwest Mississippi's 1,100-acre national forest showpiece, Okhissa was built for trophy bass and carries a protected slot plus special bream, crappie and catfish limits. Located in the Homochitto National Forest near Bude (Franklin County).
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch · Nearby campsites: Darlington Provincial Park Campground, Presqu'ile Provincial Park Campground
The smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area, Lake Ontario is renowned for its Chinook salmon and lake trout fishery, especially near Toronto and the Bay of Quinte.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The big water of New York's salmon fishery — trophy chinook, steelhead and brown trout offshore, with tributary runs from the Niagara to the Salmon River. Located in the Lake Ontario shore from Niagara to Jefferson counties.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The largest lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, Lake Opeongo is a backcountry fishery renowned for lake trout, brook trout and smallmouth bass. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 15.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A large Feather River reservoir in the Sierra foothills renowned for spotted bass, along with largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish and crappie. Located on the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
reservoir in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Arkansas's largest lake fully within the state, a clear Ouachita Mountain reservoir with largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, striped bass and stripers. Located on the Ouachita River in the Ouachita Mountains west of Hot Springs.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Oklahoma City's oldest reservoir, a shallow 1,500-acre North Canadian River lake known for crappie, catfish and carp on the flats. Located in Oklahoma County in west Oklahoma City.
lake in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Idaho's largest lake and one of the deepest in the United States, Lake Pend Oreille is legendary for trophy Kamloops rainbow trout and giant lake trout (mackinaw), alongside kokanee, bull trout, bass and illegally introduced northern pike. Located in the Idaho Panhandle near Sandpoint and Bayview.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass, Yellow Perch
The Mississippi's great natural lake below Red Wing, Lake Pepin serves up year-round walleye and sauger fishing, white bass schools, big catfish and bluff-country scenery on the Wisconsin border. Located in the natural widening of the Mississippi River between Red Wing and Wabasha on the Wisconsin border.
flowage in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 23,000-acre Wisconsin River flowage - slot-protected walleye, 50-inch-minimum musky water, white bass blitzes and big flathead catfish. Located in Wisconsin's second-largest lake, a Wisconsin River flowage in Adams and Juneau counties.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch
A crystal-clear 16,600-acre natural bay lake with a protected 16-20-inch largemouth slot and outstanding sight fishing for pumpkinseed and yellow perch. Located in Pettigrew State Park in Washington and Tyrrell counties.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass
A large desert reservoir northwest of Phoenix, one of the few Arizona lakes with white bass, plus largemouth bass, striped bass, crappie and catfish. Located on the Agua Fria River northwest of Phoenix.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
One of South Dakota's largest natural lakes, with walleye, perch and summer white bass. Located in Hamlin and Brookings counties.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
A vast, deep desert-canyon reservoir on the Colorado River renowned for striped bass, smallmouth and largemouth bass and walleye. Located on the Colorado River on the Arizona-Utah border at Page.
reservoir in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Nicknamed “Iowa's Walleye Capital,” Lake Rathbun is a large Corps of Engineers reservoir managed with a 15-inch walleye minimum, and is famous for its walleye, white bass, crappie, bluegill and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Corps of Engineers reservoir in Appanoose County in southern Iowa.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A big Dallas-area reservoir with dependable hybrid striper schools, white bass runs and quality blue catfish. Located in the East Fork of the Trinity River in Collin, Dallas, Kaufman and Rockwall counties.
reservoir in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Iowa's largest lake, Red Rock is a sprawling Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Des Moines River famous for its enormous white bass and crappie fishing, along with walleye, bluegill, largemouth bass, freshwater drum and channel and flathead catfish. Located in Iowa's largest lake, a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Des Moines River in Marion County.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
A 26,650-acre Savannah River reservoir between Lakes Hartwell and Clarks Hill, Lake Richard B. Russell carries its own two-fish striped bass limit and holds largemouth and hybrid bass and crappie in its undeveloped, forested shoreline. Located in the Savannah River between Lakes Hartwell and Clarks Hill on the South Carolina line.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A small, scenic Gila forest lake managed as a Trophy Bass Water for largemouth over five pounds, with stocked rainbow trout and catfish; oars or electric motors only. Located in the Gila National Forest (Grant County, southwest New Mexico).
reservoir in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Burbot, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake - Washington's largest reservoir, famous for net-pen rainbow trout, kokanee, walleye and smallmouth bass. Located in the 150-mile Columbia River reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam in northeast Washington.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, clear Muskoka lake connected to Lake Joseph and Lake Muskoka, offering lake trout, bass and the occasional muskellunge. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 15.
reservoir in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
The largest lake in Nova Scotia, this Queens County reservoir is a renowned wilderness fishery for smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and white perch, with brook trout in its cold tributaries. Located in Queens County, RFA 4 (southwestern mainland).
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass
The middle Savannah River reservoir, with limited development, excellent bass fishing and a trophy striper rule. Located in the Savannah River between Lakes Hartwell and Thurmond on the Georgia border.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Burbot, Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
North Dakota's giant — a 178-mile Missouri River reservoir famed for walleye, trophy northern pike, chinook salmon and a fall salmon snagging season below the Highway 23 bridge. Located in the Missouri River between Williston and Garrison Dam.
lake in Washington, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
An 8-mile suburban lake east of Seattle with strong smallmouth fishing, cutthroat trout and a fall hatchery coho fishery. Located in the Eastside suburbs between Bellevue and Issaquah.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A forest-ringed Nantahala mountains reservoir with a no-minimum bass regulation designed to thin its dense largemouth and smallmouth population. Located in Graham County near Robbinsville.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A shallow, weedy Kawartha lake near Port Perry famous for muskellunge and largemouth bass, plus walleye and slab black crappie. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 17.
reservoir in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass
Formed where the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers meet at the Georgia line, this 37,500-acre reservoir (Jim Woodruff Reservoir) is a grass-filled bass and crappie destination that also holds spotted bass, sunshine bass, bream, pickerel and big catfish. Located in the Jim Woodruff Reservoir at the Georgia line in Jackson and Gadsden counties.
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
An 80-mile Missouri River reservoir with outstanding walleye fishing below Oahe Dam and around West Bend. Located in the Missouri River between Oahe Dam at Pierre and Big Bend Dam.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
An 11,000-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Kaskaskia River, Lake Shelbyville is one of Illinois' premier muskellunge lakes and also offers largemouth and smallmouth bass, striped and white bass, walleye, sauger and crappie. Located in a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Kaskaskia River in Moultrie and Shelby counties.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The most intensively fished inland lake in Ontario and the province's ice-fishing capital, Lake Simcoe is famous for lake trout, lake whitefish, jumbo yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 16.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass
A clear North Coast reservoir on Dry Creek with a strong largemouth and smallmouth bass fishery plus catfish and bluegill. Located on Dry Creek in the hills northwest of Healdsburg.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 4,200-acre municipal lake serving the state capital, Lake Springfield is a well-established fishery for largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, bluegill and white bass. Located in the city of Springfield's water-supply lake in Sangamon County.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A shallow, fertile lake between Lake Huron and Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair is considered one of the best muskellunge and smallmouth bass fisheries on the planet. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 19.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
Lake St. Clair is one of North America's best smallmouth bass and muskellunge fisheries, a shallow, fertile connecting water that also produces walleye, yellow perch and giant lake sturgeon within sight of downtown Detroit. Located in the 430-square-mile connecting water between Lakes Huron and Erie, east of Detroit.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
The largest of the Great Lakes, Ontario's Superior waters offer cold, clear big-water fishing for lake trout, chinook salmon, and protected coaster brook trout. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 9.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Sturgeon, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Splake, Walleye
The Minnesota waters of the world's largest freshwater lake produce lake trout, Chinook and coho salmon, steelhead and kamloops rainbow trout along 150 miles of basalt shoreline. A Minnesota angling license and trout/salmon stamp validation are required. Located in Minnesota's North Shore from Duluth to the Canadian border at the Pigeon River.
lake in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Lake Sturgeon, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Splake, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The greatest of the Great Lakes - lake trout around the Apostle Islands, Chequamegon Bay's world-class smallmouth and walleye, plus salmon, splake and whitefish. Located in the Bayfield Peninsula, Apostle Islands and Chequamegon Bay.
lake in California, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A famously clear alpine lake straddling California and Nevada, Lake Tahoe holds trophy lake trout and rainbow trout in its deep, cold waters.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
The Nevada side of the famous alpine lake holds trophy lake trout (mackinaw) plus rainbows, browns and kokanee, fished from Cave Rock, Sand Harbor and deep offshore ledges. Located in the Nevada east shore of Lake Tahoe (Carson City, Douglas and Washoe counties).
reservoir in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
An 8,800-acre reservoir on the Ochlockonee River west of Tallahassee, Lake Talquin is famous for its speckled perch and channel catfish and also holds largemouth bass, bluegill, shellcracker and sunshine bass. Located in on the Ochlockonee River between Leon and Gadsden counties.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
America's most famous trout tailwater 'lake': cold water from Table Rock Dam grows trophy rainbows (12-20 inch protected slot in the upper 3 miles) and 20-inch-minimum browns right through downtown Branson. Located in the cold White River tailwater between Table Rock Dam and Powersite Dam at Branson (Taney County).
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
The 700-acre centerpiece of Percy Quin State Park, Lake Tangipahoa mixes slot-protected bass with liberal crappie fishing and stocked catfish under the pines of southwest Mississippi. Located in Percy Quin State Park south of McComb (Pike County).
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Lake Tawakoni State Park Campground
The 'Catfish Capital of Texas' — trophy blue cats in winter, plus one of the state's best striped bass and white bass fisheries. Located in the Sabine River basin in Hunt, Rains and Van Zandt counties, east of Dallas.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A deep, island-studded clear lake south of the town of Temagami prized for lake trout and smallmouth bass in a remote wilderness setting. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 11.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie
A 12,900-acre clear-water Ozark reservoir with a 10-inch crappie minimum below Horseshoe Bend and trout waters below its dam. Located in Cherokee and Sequoyah counties in the Cookson Hills.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
An 89,000-acre border reservoir famous as one of America's premier striped bass fisheries, with its own two-state license and its own limit table. Located in the Oklahoma-Texas border on the Red River, Bryan, Johnston, Love and Marshall counties.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A vast prairie lake that produces walleye, pike and jumbo perch. Located in Kingsbury County near De Smet.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 6,070-acre central-Oklahoma reservoir with an 18-inch walleye minimum and a saugeye fishery stocked by ODWC. Located in Cleveland County east of Norman.
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
Also known as Clarks Hill Lake, a 71,000-acre Savannah River reservoir with famous hybrid and striper fishing. Located in the Savannah River above Augusta on the Georgia border (Clarks Hill Lake).
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A Pee Dee River reservoir beside Morrow Mountain with strong largemouth, white bass and crappie fishing and trophy blue catfish regulations. Located in the Yadkin-Pee Dee chain in Stanly and Montgomery counties.
lake in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
Known as Lake Toho, this 22,700-acre lake near Kissimmee is one of Florida's most celebrated trophy bass waters, hosting major tournaments and producing double-digit largemouth from its grass and reed flats. Located in near Kissimmee in Osceola County.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A Minnesota-border walleye and crappie lake at the continental divide between the Hudson Bay and Gulf watersheds. Located in the Minnesota border in Roberts County at the head of the Red River basin.
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass
A scenic lake near St. George, Lake Utopia holds landlocked salmon and is a managed smallmouth bass water; it is closed to smelt fishing to protect forage. Located in the Southwest RFA, southwestern New Brunswick.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A 40,000-acre maze of rocky islands and bays on the edge of the Boundary Waters, Lake Vermilion offers premier walleye and muskellunge fishing plus smallmouth bass, big bluegill and northern pike. Located in the Iron Range near Tower and Cook in St. Louis County, northeastern Minnesota.
lake in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A cypress-rimmed jewel of the Verret Basin, Lake Verret is a classic south Louisiana fishery for largemouth bass, sac-a-lait (crappie), bream and catfish among its grass beds and swamp edges. Located in a cypress-rimmed basin lake near Pierre Part in Assumption Parish.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A reservoir on the Little Saskatchewan River near Rivers, Lake Wahtopanah (Rivers Reservoir) is a walleye and northern pike fishery managed with a trophy walleye release, also holding yellow perch. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
reservoir in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A 5,700-acre Pocono impoundment with 52 miles of shoreline, fished hard for stripers, walleye, smallmouth and big brown trout. Located in the Pocono Mountains on the Pike-Wayne county line.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
Also called Lake Eufaula, this 45,000-acre Chattahoochee River reservoir on the Georgia-Alabama line has long been nicknamed the 'Big Bass Capital of the World' for its trophy largemouth, and also holds crappie and catfish. Located in the Chattahoochee River on the Georgia–Alabama line at Eufaula.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Crappie
A 637-acre flood-control lake near Wahoo managed for big bass with a 21-inch minimum, plus walleye, northern pike, channel catfish and crappie. Located in Sand Creek just north of Wahoo (Saunders County).
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
One of the Delta's grandest natural oxbows, cypress-lined Lake Washington is celebrated for big crappie and bass. Possession of black bass under 15 inches or crappie under 11 inches is prohibited while in Paul Love Park or on the weir. Located in the Mississippi Delta near Glen Allan (Washington County).
lake in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Seattle's big urban lake - smallmouth and largemouth bass, cutthroat trout, and huge schools of yellow perch. Located in the 22-mile urban lake between Seattle and Bellevue.
reservoir in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A Catawba River reservoir with a storied crappie and largemouth fishery. Located in the Catawba River northeast of Columbia.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A 927-acre lake just above Meredith Bay with rainbows, lakers and bass; a reduced trout limit applies. Located in the Lakes Region (Meredith, New Hampton).
lake in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Redear Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Indiana's largest natural lake, Lake Wawasee in Kosciusko County is a classic glacial lake offering largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, bluegill, redear sunfish, crappie, yellow perch and channel catfish. Located in Indiana's largest natural lake, in Kosciusko County.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A 255-acre spring-fed lake high in Wawayanda State Park, a Holdover Trout Lake stocked with landlocked Atlantic salmon and full of bass and pickerel. Located in Wawayanda State Park (Sussex County).
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Lake Whitney State Park Campground
The 'Striper Capital of Texas' — a long Brazos River reservoir with limestone bluffs and a storied striped bass fishery. Located in the Brazos River between Waco and Fort Worth (Hill and Bosque counties).
lake in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
Wisconsin's largest inland lake at 131,000 acres - a year-round walleye factory, trophy-managed flathead catfish, and the legendary winter lake sturgeon spearing season. Located in the Fox River valley between Oshkosh, Appleton and Fond du Lac.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Walleye, Yellow Perch
"Big Winnie" is a 58,000-acre walleye factory on the Mississippi River system, famous for jumbo perch, strong pike fishing and wide, wind-swept sand and gravel flats. Located in the Chippewa National Forest between Deer River and Bena (Beltrami, Cass and Itasca counties).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Goldeye, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
One of the largest lakes in the world, Lake Winnipeg supports a massive commercial and sport fishery for walleye and channel catfish along its sandy shores.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A vast, remote lake in west-central Manitoba, Lake Winnipegosis is a walleye, sauger, and northern pike water with a strong yellow perch population and abundant lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Burbot, Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
New Hampshire's largest lake (44,424 acres) is the state's flagship landlocked salmon and lake trout fishery, with superb smallmouth bass around its rocky islands and slab white perch and cusk through the ice. Located in the Lakes Region (Alton, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro).
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Perch
A border reservoir on the Catawba chain with largemouth and Alabama bass, white perch schools and a one-over-32-inch trophy blue catfish rule. Located in the Catawba River on the South Carolina line near Charlotte.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A Housatonic River impoundment offering largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye and channel catfish. Located in the Housatonic River impoundment above Stevenson Dam.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A designated Wild and Scenic river of the Seacoast with bass, pickerel and stocked trout, including an extended-season catch-and-release reach below Wiswall Dam. Located in the Seacoast region (Raymond to Durham).
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass
A deep 2,058-acre cooling lake for the LaSalle nuclear station, LaSalle Lake has produced some of Illinois' biggest largemouth bass and is managed with an 18-inch, one-fish bass limit, alongside white and hybrid striped bass and channel catfish. Located in a power-plant cooling lake near Marseilles in LaSalle County.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A long, narrow prairie lake northwest of Regina, Last Mountain Lake (Long Lake) is a hugely popular walleye and northern pike fishery that also gives up yellow perch, lake whitefish, and burbot through a busy open-water and ice season. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
One of Kentucky's clearest and deepest lakes, Laurel River Lake sits in the Daniel Boone National Forest and holds trophy smallmouth bass, largemouth and spotted bass, walleye, crappie and rainbow trout. Located in a deep, clear reservoir in the Daniel Boone National Forest near Corbin.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A classic Coosa River bass lake with spotted and largemouth bass, crappie and catfish, a frequent tournament venue. Located on the Coosa River in central Alabama.
lake in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Apache Trout, Arctic Grayling
A remote, cold, high-elevation lake in the White Mountains, one of the only waters in Arizona managed for Arctic grayling alongside Apache trout under fly-and-lure rules. Located on the high White Mountains near Mount Baldy in Apache County.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Minnesota's third-largest lake is a storied walleye and muskellunge fishery, with big pike in its weedy bays and strong perch and panfish populations around Walker Bay and the countless islands. Located in the Chippewa National Forest near Walker in Cass County, north-central Minnesota.
river in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A world-famous cold tailwater trout fishery on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, holding wild and stocked rainbow trout with some brown trout. Located on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam near Page.
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The 3,400-acre lower lake of the Smith Mountain pumped-storage project, with largemouth, crappie and white bass. Located in the Roanoke River immediately below Smith Mountain Dam.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
One of Alberta's largest lakes, Lesser Slave is a big-water boreal fishery famous for trophy walleye and northern pike, along with yellow perch, lake whitefish, and burbot. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB2 fish management zone.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout
The legendary limestone spring creek of Fox and Marinaro - slow, weedy water holding wary wild browns under catch-and-release rules. Located in the Cumberland Valley limestone country at Carlisle.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A 30,000-acre Missouri River mainstem reservoir shared with South Dakota, offering walleye, sauger, smallmouth with no minimum length, big channel catfish and abundant panfish. Located in the Missouri River at Gavins Point Dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border (Knox County).
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A deep, clear Warrior-drainage reservoir (Smith Lake) renowned for spotted and Alabama bass and a trophy striped bass fishery. Located on the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River in northwest Alabama.
reservoir in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Deep, clear and 3,100 acres, Liberty Reservoir is famous for landlocked striped bass alongside smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie and panfish; boating is controlled by Baltimore City watershed permits. Located in a 3,100-acre Baltimore water-supply reservoir on the Patapsco's North Branch.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
From hatchery supported water near Linville village through the wilderness of Linville Gorge to walleye runs above Lake James, one river with three personalities. Located in Avery and Burke counties from Grandfather Mountain to Lake James.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A rugged salmon and trout river tumbling to the Eastern Shore at Liscomb Mills, with an artificial-fly-only section by the fish ladder and good brook and rainbow trout throughout. Located in Guysborough County, RFA 2 (eastern mainland).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A southern-Yukon lake with lake trout, grayling, northern pike and burbot under special slot and seasonal protection. Located southern Yukon north of Atlin Lake.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A scenic, deep boreal lake northeast of the Nipawin area, Little Bear Lake holds lake trout, northern pike, and walleye in its cold, clear water. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Northern Pike, Walleye
A South Slave river feeding Resolution Bay, with reduced pike and walleye limits shared with Great Slave Lake. Located the South Slave region near Pine Point.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
An urban limestone stream with wild brown trout protected by no-harvest rules through its Allentown park sections. Located in the Lehigh Valley through Allentown.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A blackwater river prized for redbreast sunfish fishing among cypress and tupelo. Located in the blackwater swamps of Dillon, Marion and Horry counties.
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
The cold tailwater below Greers Ferry Dam, a celebrated brown trout stream that once produced the world-record brown trout. Located on the cold tailwater below Greers Ferry Dam near Heber Springs.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A central-Yukon lake (Chu Cho) with lake trout, grayling, northern pike and burbot. Located central Yukon on the Little Salmon River.
lake in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Montgomery County's largest lake, 505-acre Little Seneca at Black Hill Regional Park is managed with a protected slot limit that grows quality largemouth bass, plus crappie, sunfish and channel catfish. Located in a 505-acre emergency water-supply lake at Black Hill Regional Park, Boyds.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A clear, cold tributary of the Northwest Miramichi, the Little Southwest is prized for wild Atlantic salmon and sea-run brook trout in a remote forested setting. Located in the Miramichi RFA, east-central New Brunswick.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A stocked trout lake in the Cypress Hills of southwestern Saskatchewan, Loch Leven is a scenic, high-elevation put-and-take fishery for rainbow and brook trout. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
reservoir in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Ouananiche, Yellow Perch
A drinking-water reservoir east of Saint John, Loch Lomond holds landlocked salmon, brown trout and brook trout, with special brown-trout size and bag rules to protect the fishery. Located in the Inner Bay of Fundy RFA, near Saint John.
reservoir in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Minutes from Baltimore, 2,400-acre Loch Raven Reservoir is a renowned largemouth bass and crappie fishery that has produced state-record fish, with chain pickerel, yellow perch, white perch and channel catfish rounding out the bite. Located in Baltimore's 2,400-acre drinking-water reservoir on the Gunpowder Falls.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
A long lake south of Antigonish along the South River, Lochaber Lake holds brook trout together with smallmouth bass and both white and yellow perch. Located in Antigonish County, RFA 2 (eastern mainland).
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A popular Coosa River impoundment offering strong spotted and largemouth bass, crappie and catfish fisheries. Located on the Coosa River east of Birmingham.
river in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish
A classic Cache Valley canyon stream with wild browns low and native Bonneville cutthroat high — a two-fish, flies-and-lures river through most of the canyon. Located in Logan Canyon in the Bear River Range (Cache County).
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A short, scenic salmon river within Gros Morne National Park flowing to the East Arm of Bonne Bay, holding Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Located in Gros Morne National Park, western insular Newfoundland.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 2,400-acre north Missouri reservoir managed for walleye and hybrid stripers, both under 18- and 20-inch minimums. Located in the Little Chariton River near Macon (Macon County).
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
The northernmost big water of the Fish River chain, Long Lake at St. Agatha is famous for fast landlocked salmon fishing and a lively winter smelt fishery. Located in the St. Agatha/Madawaska lake of the Fish River chain (North Zone).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
An easily-accessed stocked lake within Whitehorse city limits. Located on the eastern edge of Whitehorse.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch · Nearby campsites: Long Point Provincial Park Campground
A shallow, productive bay of Lake Erie sheltered by the Long Point sand spit, renowned for its trophy walleye, jumbo yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 19.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A north-central Kansas reservoir near the Nebraska line, Lovewell is a strong walleye and wiper fishery, also holding trophy blue catfish, largemouth bass, crappie and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a White Rock Creek reservoir north of Mankato near the Nebraska line.
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Whitefish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Green Bay's famous trophy-walleye river - spring giants below the De Pere dam, plus musky, smallmouth and whitefish runs in the heart of the city. Located in the Fox River from the De Pere dam to its mouth in the city of Green Bay.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Striped Bass, Walleye
A cold tailwater trout fishery below Tenkiller Dam with a trophy brown trout zone and 16-inch walleye in its lower reaches. Located in Sequoyah County from Tenkiller Ferry Dam to the Arkansas River confluence near Gore.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A clear lake in the Kathleen system holding lake trout, grayling and kokanee, with mandatory rainbow-trout release. Located south-west Yukon near Haines Junction.
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, White Bass, White Crappie
The mighty Mississippi forming Arkansas's eastern boundary, a big-river fishery for trophy blue, channel and flathead catfish, largemouth bass, white bass and crappie. Located on the main-stem Mississippi River along Arkansas's eastern border.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Oklahoma's premier year-round trout stream, twelve miles of cold tailwater with trophy-only rules for oversized rainbows and browns. Located in McCurtain County below Broken Bow Dam, through Beavers Bend State Park.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
The whirlpool-carved gorge below Niagara Falls, a year-round drift fishery for steelhead, lake trout, king salmon and fall-run walleye. Located in the Niagara Gorge from the falls to Lake Ontario.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Striped Bass
The big, sandy border river below Texoma, home to striped bass runs, blue catfish and alligator gar under two-state license rules. Located in the Oklahoma-Texas border below Denison Dam at Lake Texoma.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout
A natural landslide lake with cutthroat and lake trout. Located in the Gros Ventre drainage east of Jackson.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A community-favourite stocked lake at Watson Lake, managed with the stocked-lake limits. Located at Watson Lake in south-east Yukon.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
Delaware's largest freshwater pond, a 200-acre New Castle County lake known for largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and other panfish. Located in Lums Pond State Park near Bear, New Castle County — Delaware's largest freshwater pond.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A designated scenic blackwater river known for redbreast sunfish. Located in the scenic river corridor through Florence and Sumter counties.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A remote barrenland lake known for big lake trout and grayling. Located the barrenlands north-east of Great Slave Lake.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Goldeye, Inconnu, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
Canada's longest river, carrying inconnu, pike, walleye, whitefish, grayling and goldeye through the heart of the NWT. Located flowing north-west from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
The large headpond behind the Mactaquac Dam, this reservoir is a top smallmouth bass, muskellunge and chain pickerel fishery, with managed-water slot and seasonal limits on its bass. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, near Fredericton.
river in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Ohio's best-known coldwater stream, a spring-fed brown trout river winding through Champaign and Clark counties. Located in west-central Ohio from Logan County to its mouth at Dayton.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
One of the most famous trout rivers in the world, a fifty-mile riffle of wild rainbows and browns. Located in the famous fifty-mile riffle from Yellowstone National Park to Three Forks.
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass
Headwater lake of the Magaguadavic River, this Southwest lake is a managed smallmouth bass water that also holds landlocked salmon and chain pickerel. Located in the Southwest RFA, southwestern New Brunswick.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A fabled North Country trout river flowing to Umbagog Lake, managed as catch-and-release wild trout water with single barbless hooks. Located in the Great North Woods (Second College Grant, Wentworth's Location, Errol).
reservoir in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A high-desert reservoir on the Big Wood River, Magic Reservoir is southern Idaho's classic trophy trout and perch fishery, holding big rainbow and brown trout along with smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Located in the Magic Valley Region on the Big Wood River.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass
A 720-acre Monmouth County reservoir circled by a popular perimeter trail, fishing well for largemouth, hybrid striped bass and crappie among standing timber. Located in the Jersey Shore region (Howell Township, Monmouth County).
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A coastal-plain trout-stocked river running from Howell to the salt, popular on spring stocking weeks and holding bass and pickerel in its slower water. Located in the Jersey Shore region (Monmouth County).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A central-Yukon lake managed with mandatory lake-trout release and slot limits on grayling and pike. Located central Yukon near the Klondike Highway.
river in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The upper Manistee parallels its famous neighbor the Au Sable through jack pine country, its artificial-lures-only and flies-only reaches from County Road 612 to CCC Bridge protecting big wild brown trout. Located in the upper river's gear-restricted trout water in Crawford and Kalkaska counties.
lake in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout
A stark alkaline desert lake beneath Steens Mountain, managed as a flies-and-lures fishery for large Lahontan cutthroat trout. Located in the east base of Steens Mountain in remote Harney County.
reservoir in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
A flood-control reservoir on the Natchaug River holding largemouth bass, northern pike, chain pickerel and panfish. Located in the Natchaug River flood-control reservoir near Mansfield.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A UNESCO Biosphere river winding through the Margaree valley to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, celebrated worldwide for its Atlantic salmon (managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada) and for excellent brook, brown and rainbow trout in its clear runs and pools. Located in Inverness County, RFA 1 (Cape Breton Island).
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Walleye
A remote prairie river below Tiber Dam holding trout in its upper reaches and sauger and walleye downstream. Located in the north-central prairie from Tiber Dam to the Missouri River at Loma.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A shallow, fertile reservoir northwest of Marion, Marion Reservoir is a productive walleye and wiper fishery, also holding largemouth bass, crappie and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Cottonwood River reservoir northwest of Marion.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Northeast Missouri's 18,600-acre flood-control reservoir is a crappie and catfish standout, with 26-inch minimums protecting its big blue and flathead cats. Located in the Salt River in northeast Missouri near Monroe City (Monroe and Ralls counties).
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout
A catch-and-release-only alpine lake above Lake Tahoe holding Lahontan cutthroat, fished with single barbless artificials during its short summer season. Located in the Carson Range above Lake Tahoe's east shore (Washoe County).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
An accessible upper-Yukon-River lake with lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located on the upper Yukon River south-east of Whitehorse.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A clean, deep lake in Bigelow Hollow State Park holding smallmouth and largemouth bass, stocked rainbow trout and yellow perch. Located in Bigelow Hollow State Park in Union, northeastern Connecticut.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A complex of ponds and sloughs on the Walker River managed for waterfowl and warmwater fishing, open from the second Saturday in February through September under a 14-inch bass minimum. Located in the Walker River north of Yerington (Lyon County).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Manchester's water-supply lake is a first-rate warmwater fishery for largemouth, smallmouth, crappie and white perch — no swimming, but fishing is a tradition. Located in the Merrimack Valley (Manchester, Auburn).
river in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Home of the famous spring walleye run, when millions of Lake Erie walleye push up the Maumee's rocky riffles past wading anglers. Located in northwest Ohio from the Indiana line to Maumee Bay at Toledo.
reservoir in Washington, USA · Fish species: Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Muskellunge, Yellow Perch
A 2,250-acre Cowlitz River reservoir - Washington's best-known tiger muskellunge water, with stocked rainbows and fall salmon. Located in the Cowlitz River between Mossyrock and Mayfield dams in Lewis County.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A long central-Yukon lake (Ts'agro Mä̀n) holding lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located central Yukon, east of the village of Mayo.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike
A family-friendly recreation pond east of Bismarck with bluegill, crappie, bass and pike — all fish caught while ice fishing must be released immediately. Located in Burleigh County just east of Bismarck.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
A stocked trout lake in the Whiteshell, McHugh Lake is a scenic put-and-grow fishery managed with strict gear and harvest rules — the source of the tiger trout on the cover of Manitoba's own Anglers' Guide. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A glacier-blue Cascades river synonymous with drift boats and wild redside rainbows, managed for wild trout release on the mainstem. Located in the western Cascades east of Eugene, from Clear Lake to the Willamette confluence.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A major Athabasca tributary in west-central Alberta, the McLeod River winds through foothills forest holding Athabasca rainbow and bull trout, Arctic grayling, and mountain whitefish. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES3 (Athabasca & Pembina) fish management zone.
river in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A cobblestone-village trout stream stocked each winter from Gondola Lake dam down to the Highway 49 bridge. Located in the town of Medicine Park in Comanche County, below the Wichita Mountains.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A Woodstock-area Saint John tributary crossing from Maine, the Meduxnekeag is a smallmouth bass and brown/brook trout river with special trout size rules on its main stem. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, near Woodstock.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A long southwestern river of lakes and runs flowing to Port Medway, holding brook trout and smallmouth bass, with artificial-fly-only sections and seasonal closures on its lower reaches. Located in Queens County, RFA 4 (southwestern mainland).
river in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout
A Kivalliq river and lake system near Rankin Inlet supporting a strong Arctic char run along with lake trout and grayling. Located the Kivalliq region near Rankin Inlet, flowing to Hudson Bay.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A cool Clinch River reservoir unusual for its stripers, muskellunge and trout together. Located in the Clinch River northwest of Knoxville.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A clear reservoir south of Topeka, Melvern is a quality walleye, sauger and largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass fishery, also holding crappie, blue catfish and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Marais des Cygnes River reservoir south of Topeka.
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The big border river with Michigan - trophy smallmouth in the upper reaches, walleye and brown trout below the Hattie Street dam, and a restored lake sturgeon fishery. Located in the Wisconsin-Michigan border from Niagara to the mouth at Marinette.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
St. Louis's home float stream mixes a Red Ribbon trout reach near Maramec Spring with one-fish trophy smallmouth water, liberal 12-fish black bass limits and 8-inch goggle-eye rules downstream. Located in the Ozark border stream from Salem to the Mississippi River near St. Louis (Dent to St. Louis counties).
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike
A 275-acre county-park lake near Princeton with stocked northern pike (spring catch-and-release), largemouth, crappie and channel catfish. Located in central New Jersey (Mercer County Park, West Windsor).
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, clear 650-acre Trophy Trout Lake on Scotts Mountain with lake trout, landlocked Atlantic salmon and lunker bass regulations. Located in the Skylands region (Warren County).
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
The lower Merrimack is an underrated warmwater fishery, with smallmouth and largemouth bass, chain pickerel and panfish through its impoundments and tidal reaches in northeastern Massachusetts. Located in from the New Hampshire line through Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill to Newburyport.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
New Hampshire's central artery is an underrated year-round fishery for smallmouth, largemouth, pickerel and panfish through its dams and broad impoundments. Located in the Merrimack Valley from Franklin through Concord, Manchester and Nashua.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 2,900-acre Sandhills gem famed for trophy walleye and muskellunge under a 50-inch minimum, plus quality largemouth, smallmouth and panfish in its clear canyons. Located in the Snake River southwest of Valentine in the Sandhills (Cherry County).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A gin-clear 1,233-acre Lake Trout and Salmon Lake above the Powder Mill Hatchery, prized for wild-quality lake trout, salmon and rainbows. Located in the Lakes Region (New Durham).
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
A famous tea-coloured river draining Lake Rossignol to the Atlantic at Liverpool, the Mersey offers brook trout, night fishing for brown trout below Lake Rossignol, and smallmouth bass under Special Bass Management rules. Located in Queens County, RFA 4 (southwestern mainland).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A gin-clear spring creek erupting from the base of Black Butte, managed as fly-only catch-and-release water for redbands and bull trout. Located in the spring-fed canyon below Black Butte near Camp Sherman in central Oregon.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
South Carolina's first designated scenic river, a wild trout stream through Jones Gap State Park. Located in Jones Gap State Park in northern Greenville County.
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A headwater lake of the Tetagouche system, Middle Tetagouche Lake is one of the few New Brunswick waters open to landlocked salmon angling, also holding native brook trout. Located in the Chaleur RFA, northern New Brunswick.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Nicknamed the “Fishing Capital of Kansas,” Milford is the state's largest reservoir and a premier blue catfish, walleye and wiper fishery, also holding largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, crappie, channel and flathead catfish. Located in Kansas's largest reservoir, on the Republican River northwest of Junction City.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Goldeye, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
Alberta's only river that drains south to the Gulf of Mexico, the Milk River winds through badlands and holds a unique prairie fish community of goldeye, sauger, walleye, and northern pike. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP1 (Milk & South Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A well-known western river beside Mill River Provincial Park, holding brook and rainbow trout with a reduced trout limit on the Carruthers Brook branch and a fall catch-and-release Atlantic salmon season. Located in Prince County, western Prince Edward Island.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Burbot, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Minnesota's second-largest inland lake is world famous for walleye and trophy smallmouth bass, with muskellunge, northern pike and jumbo perch on its wind-swept mud flats and rock reefs. It is an intensive management lake: regulations may change during the year and are posted at public accesses and mndnr.gov/millelacslake. Located in central Minnesota, about 100 miles north of the Twin Cities (Aitkin, Crow Wing and Mille Lacs counties).
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The tannic, boulder-strewn Millers River is a classic north-county trout stream with two catch-and-release sections and strong smallmouth bass fishing through its lower gorges. Located in a freestone river through Winchendon, Athol and Orange in north-central Massachusetts.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A shallow widening of the Mackenzie River in the Edéhzhíe area, with reduced pike and walleye limits. Located a widening of the Mackenzie River near Fort Providence.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A trophy-trout desert reservoir where nearly every trout goes back — only one fish over 22 inches may be kept. Located in the Beaver River west of Beaver (Beaver County).
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Northern Pike, Ouananiche
A world-renowned trophy brook-trout water in the Minipi watershed of central Labrador, famous among fly anglers for its exceptionally large wild brook trout. Located in central Labrador (Zone 5).
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large lake in the Meadow Lake region of northwestern Saskatchewan, Ministikwan is a walleye and northern pike fishery managed with reduced limits, also holding yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
chain of lakes in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The 'Island City' waters - deep, clear musky and walleye lakes including Minocqua, Kawaguesaga and Tomahawk, a north-woods resort fishery since the 1890s. Located in the Minocqua-Tomahawk lakes complex in Oneida County.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
The long, slow Mira River is one of Cape Breton's most popular warm-water fisheries, holding smallmouth bass, white perch and introduced chain pickerel along with brook trout in its cooler tributaries. Located in Cape Breton County, RFA 1 (Cape Breton Island).
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
The most storied Atlantic salmon river in North America, the Southwest Miramichi draws anglers worldwide for its bright salmon and grilse runs, along with abundant brook trout in its cool, tea-coloured water. Located in the Miramichi RFA, east-central New Brunswick.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Mississinewa River near Peru, Mississinewa Lake is one of northern Indiana's better walleye lakes and also produces white bass, largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Mississinewa River in north-central Indiana.
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The mighty Mississippi River begins its 2,300-mile journey in Minnesota, offering excellent fishing for walleye, catfish, and smallmouth bass in its upper reaches.
river in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass, Yellow Perch
The pools of the Upper Mississippi River along Illinois' Iowa border are a nationally known walleye and sauger fishery, especially in the tailwaters below the locks and dams, and also give up smallmouth and largemouth bass, white bass, bluegill, crappie, northern pike and channel catfish. Located in the pooled Upper Mississippi along Illinois' northwestern border near the Quad Cities.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass, Yellow Perch
Forming Iowa's entire eastern border, the Mississippi River is a big-water fishery governed by boundary-river rules, famous for its walleye and sauger below the navigation dams, its bluegill, crappie and largemouth bass in the backwaters, and its trophy channel, blue and flathead catfish. Located in Iowa's eastern border with Wisconsin and Illinois from the pools above Dubuque to Keokuk.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
The big river along Missouri's east side fishes by its own liberal rules: 20 blue-and-channel-cat combined, 8 walleye/sauger with no minimum, 30 temperate bass, and year-round black bass fishing at a 12-inch minimum. Located in Missouri's eastern border water from the Iowa line past St. Louis (including pools 20-26).
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass, Yellow Perch
The great river's backwater sloughs and wing dams - year-round walleye and sauger below the locks, giant flatheads, and famous bluegill and crappie fishing. Located in the Upper Mississippi pools 3-9 from Prescott to Genoa, including Lake Pepin.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Forming Iowa's western border with Nebraska, the Missouri River is a swift, turbid big-river fishery governed by boundary-river rules, best known for its channel, blue and flathead catfish and its shovelnose sturgeon, and also holding walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, freshwater drum and bigmouth buffalo. Located in Iowa's western border with Nebraska from Sioux City to Hamburg.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Montana's blue-ribbon tailwater below Holter Dam holds thousands of trout per mile, while the lower river is prime walleye and sauger water. Located in its Montana headwaters at Three Forks through the famous Craig tailwater to the North Dakota border.
river in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Nebraska's big-river fishery: blue and flathead catfish below Gavins Point Dam, walleye and sauger on the wing dams, and the state's only paddlefish snagging water. Located in Nebraska's eastern border from the South Dakota line past Omaha to the Kansas line.
river in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The last free-flowing stretch of the Missouri in North Dakota, a clear tailwater-fed river with outstanding walleye and sauger fishing plus channel catfish and smallmouth bass. Located in the free-flowing reach from Garrison Dam through Bismarck-Mandan.
river in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
One of the largest river deltas in the United States, a maze of bayous and backwaters rich with largemouth bass, bream, crappie and catfish. Located on the vast river delta north of Mobile Bay.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A remote lake on the Nelson River system, Molson Lake is a fly-in walleye, northern pike, and lake trout fishery in Manitoba's northeastern wilderness. Located in Manitoba's Northeast Division for angling.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A 505-acre Highlands reservoir built for trophy fish — a Trophy Muskie Water with walleye, smallmouth and a spring catch-and-release season for northern pike. Located in the Highlands (Passaic County).
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Winding through Frederick County farm country to the Potomac, the Monocacy is a productive float-fishing river for smallmouth bass, channel catfish and sunfish, with a catch-and-release bass reach in its lowest miles. Located in the Potomac's largest Maryland tributary, through Frederick County.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A pooled navigation river flowing north into Pennsylvania - walleye and sauger below the locks, white bass runs, and heavyweight flathead catfish. Located in the north-flowing river from Fairmont through Morgantown to the Pennsylvania line.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Bass, White Crappie
At more than 10,000 acres, Monroe Lake is the largest lake in Indiana, a Corps of Engineers reservoir south of Bloomington known for largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and redear sunfish, channel and flathead catfish, and stocked white and hybrid striped bass. Located in Indiana's largest lake, a Corps of Engineers reservoir south of Bloomington.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, White Perch
The tidal river running through the town of Montague, holding brook trout, rainbow trout and white perch in its estuary. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A 1,500-acre cooling lake managed for trophy largemouth with an 18-inch minimum and a 2-fish limit. Located in a power-plant cooling lake near Montrose (Henry County).
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Crappie
A deep, historic Mississippi River oxbow in the north Delta, Moon Lake serves up excellent crappie fishing along its cypress edges plus bass, bream and catfish. Located in an oxbow of the Mississippi River near Lula (Coahoma County), including the area east of Hwy 1.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Northern Pike, Walleye
A Trout Lake tributary where walleye retention is closed in spring and limited afterward. Located the Dehcho region, a tributary of Trout Lake.
river in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Ouananiche
Draining the Jackman region into Moosehead Lake, the Moose River is a celebrated trout and salmon river whose lower reaches below Brassua Dam hold large landlocked salmon and brook trout. Located in flowing from Jackman through Brassua Lake to Moosehead Lake (North Zone).
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
New England's largest lake, Moosehead is Maine's flagship North Woods fishery for brook trout, landlocked salmon and lake trout (togue), fished from Greenville, Rockwood and Kokadjo in both summer and through the ice. Located in New England's largest lake, at Greenville in the North Woods (North Zone).
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
The biggest water in the Rangeley chain, Mooselookmeguntic (including Cupsuptic Lake) is a storied wild brook trout and landlocked salmon fishery ringed by the mountains of western Maine. Located in the largest of the Rangeley chain, including Cupsuptic Lake (North Zone).
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water in Coventry flowing west toward Connecticut. Located in Coventry in western Rhode Island.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
Prince Edward Island's premier river and the heart of the Morell River Conservation Zone, celebrated for its sea-run brook trout, rainbow trout and catch-and-release Atlantic salmon, which returns to designated sections for the fall extended season. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A remote, spruce-ringed state-park lake stocked with trout, open March through October as weather permits; oars or electric motors only. Located in the Sangre de Cristo foothills near Mora (Mora County).
lake in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A sprawling, shallow Columbia Basin lake with outstanding walleye, bass and panfish fishing. Located in the Columbia Basin city of Moses Lake in Grant County.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Northern Pike, Walleye
A walleye-spawning creek closed each spring to protect the run before opening in summer. Located flowing into Great Slave Lake in the North Slave region.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 7,850-acre flood-control reservoir famed for walleye and big northern pike in the stumpy north end refuge waters. Located in Trumbull County in northeast Ohio.
stream in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout
Virginia's most famous limestone spring creek - a fly-fishing-only meadow stream with large, wary brown trout. Located in the limestone spring-creek country of Augusta County near Bridgewater.
lake in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A 1,200-acre power-plant cooling lake that never freezes - warm-water discharge keeps bass, walleye and hybrid stripers biting all winter at 3,000 feet. Located in the Allegheny Front plateau in Grant County.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
A 122-acre glacial lake in Warren County managed for northern pike (spring catch-and-release) alongside largemouth, pickerel and panfish. Located in the Skylands region (Liberty Township, Warren County).
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A small northeast Wyoming reservoir managed with a trophy trout minimum. Located in northeastern Wyoming.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
A small stocked trout lake northwest of Edmonton near Spruce Grove, Muir Lake is managed as a quality fishery for hard-fighting tiger trout and rainbow trout with special catch-and-keep rules. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Mullett Lake, the Inland Waterway's second giant, produces walleye, 46-inch-minimum muskellunge, northern pike and smallmouth bass, and once yielded Michigan's record lake sturgeon. Located in a 16,700-acre lake on the Inland Waterway in Cheboygan County.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A clear lake connected to Jackfish Lake near the Battlefords, Murray Lake is a popular walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch fishery ringed by cottages. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, White Perch
A south-shore tidal river at the village of Murray River, holding brook and rainbow trout and white perch, with an extended rainbow trout season at MacLures Pond. Located in Kings County, south-eastern Prince Edward Island.
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A National Wild and Scenic trout river from Lake Hopatcong to the Delaware, featuring the year-round Point Mountain Trout Conservation Area. Located in the Skylands region (Sussex, Morris, Warren and Hunterdon counties).
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A classic Eastern Shore trout and sea-trout river running through the Musquodoboit valley, managed as a Special Trout Management Area with reduced bag and size rules and fly-only water on its middle reaches. Located in Halifax County, RFA 3.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Sauger, Walleye
A prairie river winding east through ranch country to Fort Peck Reservoir, fished for walleye, sauger and catfish. Located in central Montana prairie from Martinsdale to Fort Peck Reservoir.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Char, Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A short, powerful Bristol Bay river draining Naknek Lake, world-famous for enormous rainbow trout alongside massive sockeye, king and coho salmon runs. Located on the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A rocky, island-strewn border lake in Voyageurs National Park, Namakan holds strong walleye and sauger populations under a protected slot, plus smallmouth bass, pike and lake sturgeon. Located in the Ontario border east of Lake Kabetogama in Voyageurs National Park (St. Louis County).
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The wild northern arm of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway - trout water in the upper river, then smallmouth, musky and sturgeon on the lower floats. Located in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway from Hayward to Riverside.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
North Carolina's only kokanee salmon fishery — a cold, deep mountain reservoir that also holds walleye and smallmouth bass. Located in Macon and Clay counties in the Nantahala National Forest.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A cold tailwater famous for its delayed-harvest section above the gorge and year-round hatchery supported water among the rafters below the powerhouse. Located in the Nantahala Gorge in Macon and Swain counties.
river in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Striped Bass, White Perch
A tidal Sussex County river flowing to the Chesapeake, known for striped bass, white perch and abundant catfish including introduced blue and flathead catfish. Located in the tidal Nanticoke River around Seaford in Sussex County.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Joining the Saint John at Fredericton, the Nashwaak is a cold, clear river with strong brook trout fishing and smallmouth bass in its lower reaches, plus several seasonal angling closures to protect trout. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, near Fredericton.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A major central-Labrador river draining the Smallwood Reservoir area to Grand Lake and Lake Melville, holding brook trout, lake trout, Arctic char and northern pike. Located in central Labrador (Zone 5).
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A short, spring-fed north-shore river flowing to the fishing harbour at Naufrage, holding wild brook trout and a run of sea-run trout and Atlantic salmon. Located in Kings County, north shore of eastern Prince Edward Island.
river in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A restored western Connecticut river with Trout Management Areas and a sea-run brown trout program, holding brown, rainbow and brook trout. Located in a recovering trout and sea-run trout river in western Connecticut.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
New Mexico's portion of the big two-state reservoir behind Navajo Dam — great kokanee trolling water with very good smallmouth bass, plus a fall kokanee snagging season. Located in the San Juan River basin (San Juan and Rio Arriba counties, northwest New Mexico).
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A large San Juan River reservoir straddling the New Mexico line, known for largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie and catfish. Located on the San Juan River on the Colorado-New Mexico border.
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Chinook Salmon, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, White Sturgeon
A major Fraser tributary, the Nechako holds rainbow and bull trout, mountain whitefish, and chinook salmon, and is home to an endangered white sturgeon population that is fully protected. Located in B.C. Region 7A (Omineca).
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
An upper Coosa River impoundment with productive largemouth and spotted bass, crappie and bream fishing. Located on the Coosa River near Gadsden in northeast Alabama.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A big, timbered coastal river whose mainstem and bay host fall Chinook and winter steelhead within an hour of Portland. Located in the north Oregon coast, entering the Pacific at Nehalem Bay south of Manzanita.
river in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Walleye
One of Canada's largest rivers, draining Lake Winnipeg to Hudson Bay, the Nelson River is a powerful northern fishery holding walleye, northern pike, brook trout, and a protected lake sturgeon population. Located in Manitoba's North Central Division for angling.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
Flowing from the highlands of Mount Carleton down to Bathurst and Chaleur Bay, the Nepisiguit is a rugged Atlantic salmon and brook trout river with a counting fence and numerous fly-fishing-only stretches. Located in the Chaleur RFA, northern New Brunswick.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
A popular 130-acre state fishing lake near Philadelphia managed with a protected bass slot, strong bluegill and shellcracker fishing and stocked channel catfish. Located in a state fishing lake near Philadelphia (Neshoba County).
lake in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char
The largest lake on Baffin Island and the largest lake within an island in the world, holding a noted landlocked Arctic char population under Schedule VI base limits. Located the Qikiqtaaluk region in the interior of Baffin Island.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A blackwater coastal river with excellent largemouth, crappie and redbreast sunfish fishing and a protected striped bass population. Located in the coastal plain from Falls Lake Dam to New Bern.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A cold, infertile Catskill reservoir with a rare inland landlocked salmon fishery alongside wild browns in the Neversink valley. Located in the Catskills (Sullivan County).
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A deep Stanislaus River reservoir in the Gold Country with largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, rainbow trout and catfish. Located on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada foothills.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye
One of the world's oldest rivers, managed with a 14-22-inch protected slot for its trophy smallmouth below Fields Dam and muskellunge in its deeper runs. Located in Alleghany and Ashe counties in the northwestern mountains.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye
West Virginia's premier smallmouth river, carving the New River Gorge - big bass, walleye and muskellunge in whitewater ledges and deep pools. Located in the New River Gorge National Park region between Bluestone Dam and Gauley Bridge.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
One of the deepest and cleanest lakes in New Hampshire, Newfound is famous for big lake trout and landlocked salmon over 183 feet of glacially cold water. Located in the Lakes Region (Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Hebron).
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A designated Sussex County trout pond stocked with rainbow, brown and brook trout that opens the first Saturday in March. Located in near Greenwood in Sussex County — a designated trout pond.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Tiger Muskellunge
A small Cache Valley reservoir with a catch-and-release tiger muskie fishery alongside bass and panfish. Located in the Cache Valley north of Logan (Cache County).
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Connecting Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, the powerful Niagara River offers a spectacular cold-season fishery for steelhead, lake trout and smallmouth bass in its lower drift. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 20.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Below Bennett Spring's famous trout park, the Niangua's White Ribbon water carries stocked rainbows and browns 11.5 miles to Prosperine Access amid quality smallmouth habitat. Located in the Ozark stream below Bennett Spring State Park (Dallas and Laclede counties).
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A scenic Tennessee River gorge reservoir with bass, catfish and winter sauger. Located in the Tennessee River gorge downstream of Chattanooga.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: Monck Park Campground
A productive lake near Merritt set in open grassland hills, Nicola Lake grows chunky rainbow trout on rich insect hatches and supports a popular kokanee fishery. Located in B.C. Region 3 (Thompson-Nicola).
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A cold headwater lake near Mount Carleton, Nictau Lake holds landlocked salmon and trophy brook trout, protected by tighter bag and size limits. Located in the Upper Saint John RFA, near Mount Carleton.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The intimate, spring-fed Nissitissit River at Pepperell is one of eastern Massachusetts' finest small trout streams, with a fly-fishing-only catch-and-release area from the New Hampshire border downstream. Located in a small trout stream entering from New Hampshire at Pepperell.
lake in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Southeastern Pennsylvania's premier warmwater lake - 1,450 acres of Big Bass Program water with tiger muskies, walleye and pickerel. Located in Nockamixon State Park in upper Bucks County.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Bordering Mammoth Cave country, Nolin River Lake is a popular largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie, white bass and catfish reservoir with clear lower-lake water and fertile upper arms. Located in a Nolin River impoundment north of Mammoth Cave National Park.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A sprawling, island-studded lake in the Taltson system with lake trout, pike and grayling. Located the region east of Great Slave Lake toward the Taltson River.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
The quiet Missouri end of Norfork holds walleye, stripers and all three black bass under the same lake rules as neighboring Bull Shoals. Located in the Missouri portion of the North Fork River reservoir on the Arkansas line (Ozark County).
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A short, cold, spring-fed tailwater below Norfork Dam famous for wild brown and rainbow trout and its blue-ribbon fly fishing. Located on the cold tailwater below Norfork Dam in the Ozarks.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A deep, clear TVA reservoir famous for striped bass, smallmouth and summer walleye. Located in the Clinch and Powell river arms north of Knoxville.
lake in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A 305-acre state park lake on the North Fork Hughes River - trophy-managed muskellunge, quality largemouth and family panfishing. Located in North Bend State Park on the North Fork Hughes River in Ritchie County.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Reborn from acid-mine drainage recovery, the North Branch is now a first-class trout tailwater along the West Virginia line, with catch-and-return zones below Jennings Randolph Lake, a delayed-harvest reach in Potomac State Forest, and wild browns, rainbows and brook trout. Located in the Maryland-West Virginia border river below Jennings Randolph Lake.
river in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A remote southwest Virginia smallmouth river managed for trophy bass over 20 inches. Located in the valley river from Saltville to the Tennessee line in far southwest Virginia.
river in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Missouri's premier wild-trout stream: Rainbow Spring feeds a Blue Ribbon reach of naturally reproducing rainbows, with Red Ribbon browns from Patrick Bridge to Norfork Lake and superb smallmouth throughout. Located in the Ozark trout and smallmouth stream above Norfork Lake (Ozark County).
river in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
A major Wyoming trout and warmwater river, including the famed Gray Reef tailwater. Located in central and southeastern Wyoming.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Goldeye, Lake Sturgeon, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
Flowing through the heart of Edmonton, the North Saskatchewan is a big prairie river holding walleye, sauger, goldeye, northern pike, mountain whitefish, and a protected lake sturgeon population. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A legendary emerald summer-steelhead river with 34 miles of fly water, fished by Zane Grey and generations of steelheaders since. Located in the Cascades east of Roseburg, from Soda Springs Dam to the Umpqua forks.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
The major northern branch of the Miramichi, the Northwest is a renowned salmon river with excellent brook trout fishing through its runs and holding pools. Located in the Miramichi RFA, east-central New Brunswick.
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A major tributary of Georgian Bay, the Nottawasaga hosts strong spring and fall runs of steelhead (rainbow trout), chinook salmon and brown trout. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 16.
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A warm-water stronghold on the lower Clark Fork known for bass, pike and a no-limit walleye fishery. Located in the lower Clark Fork River in far northwest Montana.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, clear 722-acre Monadnock-region lake managed for lake trout and salmon, with a loyal following of early-season trollers. Located in the Monadnock region (Hancock, Nelson).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
An immense, ultra-remote lake straddling the Manitoba–Nunavut border, Nueltin Lake is a legendary fly-in fishery for trophy lake trout, northern pike, and Arctic grayling, also holding walleye and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Northeast Division for angling.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
One of the great king salmon rivers of the world, the Nushagak also carries huge runs of chum, coho and sockeye salmon plus rainbow trout, grayling and pike. Located on the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The hottest big-bass lake in America in recent years, producing a string of 13-pound-plus ShareLunker largemouth from its flooded timber. Located in the Colorado and Concho rivers in Coleman, Concho and Runnels counties, west-central Texas.
lake in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, White Perch
A small central-PEI lake open to angling year round on a catch-and-release basis; a health advisory warns that its fish should not be eaten because of elevated mercury levels. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island.
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A year-round stocked trout tailwater below Dale Hollow Dam. Located in the tailwater below Dale Hollow Dam in Clay County.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A productive warmwater lake in the Wind River Basin. Located in Fremont County near Riverton.
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
Below the Jackson Bluff dam the lower Ochlockonee River flows to Ochlockonee Bay and supports a distinctive Gulf striped bass run with its own bag limit, plus largemouth bass, redbreast sunfish and catfish. Located in the lower Ochlockonee River below the Jackson Bluff dam in the Big Bend.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
Below Milledgeville the Oconee River flows through the coastal plain toward the Altamaha, carrying a special two-fish, 22-inch striped bass limit and offering largemouth bass, crappie and catfish. Located in the central Georgia river below Milledgeville.
lake in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A deep glacial trench at 4,800 feet holding Oregon's premier kokanee fishery and the state-record lake trout water. Located in the Cascade crest along Willamette Pass southeast of Eugene.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A classic free-flowing blackwater river, the Ogeechee winds through east Georgia to the coast and is prized for its redbreast sunfish (bream), largemouth bass, chain pickerel (jackfish) and catfish, with a coastal striped bass run carrying its own two-fish, 22-inch limit. Located in the free-flowing blackwater river of east-central Georgia.
river in Illinois, USA
Forming Illinois' southern border with Kentucky, the Ohio River is a big-water trophy catfish destination for blue, channel and flathead catfish, and also holds largemouth and smallmouth bass, sauger, northern pike, redear sunfish and rock bass. Located in the Illinois-Kentucky border along the far southern tip of the state.
river in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Redear Sunfish, Rock Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Forming Indiana's entire southern border, the Ohio River is a big-water fishery governed by a separate six-state rulebook, famous for trophy blue, channel and flathead catfish and for hybrid striped bass below its dams, and also holding largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, white bass, sauger, crappie, muskellunge and shovelnose sturgeon. Located in Indiana's southern border with Kentucky from Evansville to the Cincinnati area.
river in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Big-river fishing for trophy blue and flathead catfish, hybrid stripers below the dams, and sauger stacking in winter tailwaters. Located in Ohio's 451-mile southern border from East Liverpool to Cincinnati.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass
The big-river fishery on West Virginia's western border - sauger, walleye, hybrid stripers and trophy flathead and blue catfish around the navigation dams. Located in West Virginia's 277-mile western border from Chester to Kenova.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A broad freestone stream through oil-boom history, with Delayed Harvest water stocked under the Keystone Select trophy trout program. Located in Oil Creek State Park between Titusville and Oil City in Venango County.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
The centrepiece of the Okanagan Valley, this long, deep lake offers trophy rainbow trout that feed on its huge kokanee population, along with burbot in the depths. Located in B.C. Region 8 (Okanagan).
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A Cumberland River reservoir on Nashville's doorstep with bass, crappie and stripers. Located in the Cumberland River northeast of Nashville.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Rising in the Rockies of southwestern Alberta, the upper Oldman is a classic foothills trout stream holding wild cutthroat, rainbow, and bull trout along with mountain whitefish in its clear riffles and pools. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES1 (Oldman & Bow) fish management zone.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A heavily stocked designated trout water in Lincoln Woods State Park, minutes from Providence. Located in Lincoln Woods State Park in Lincoln.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
New York's largest inland lake and its walleye capital — statewide limits apply to a fishery that produces millions of walleye plus jumbo perch and bass. Located in central New York northeast of Syracuse.
lake in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
One of the Berkshires' best all-around fisheries, Onota Lake in Pittsfield offers northern pike, largemouth and smallmouth bass, stocked trout and abundant panfish, with good boat access year-round. Located in a 617-acre Berkshires lake at Pittsfield in western Massachusetts.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass
A Saint John tributary below Fredericton, the Oromocto River offers smallmouth bass, brook trout and chain pickerel through its slow, warm lower reaches. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, near Fredericton.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A warm lake straddling the B.C.–Washington border in Canada's only desert, Osoyoos is an unusual Okanagan fishery offering smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, and yellow perch. Located in B.C. Region 8 (Okanagan).
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Brook Trout, Northern Pike
A remote lake in the Eagle River watershed of south-eastern Labrador, holding brook trout, Arctic char and northern pike within reach of the Eagle Plateau. Located in Eagle River watershed, south-eastern Labrador (Zone 3).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A sandy-bottomed 4,024-acre Lake Trout and Salmon Lake fed by the Bearcamp River, fishing well for salmon and rainbows in spring and bass and pickerel all summer. Located in the Lakes Region (Freedom, Ossipee).
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The easternmost Finger Lake and its tiger muskie factory — walleye, bass and browns share the water with 30-pound-class tigers. Located in the easternmost Finger Lake, south of Syracuse.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Otsego Lake near Gaylord is one of only a handful of Michigan waters with a lake sturgeon harvest season, alongside dependable fishing for walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Located in a 1,972-acre lake south of Gaylord in Otsego County.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
James Fenimore Cooper's Glimmerglass — a deep, cold lake at Cooperstown managed for large lake trout under a one-fish, 23-inch rule. Located in Cooperstown, at the source of the Susquehanna River.
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The great river forming the Ontario–Quebec boundary, the Ottawa River is a big-water fishery for walleye, muskellunge, northern pike and smallmouth bass, and holds protected lake sturgeon. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 12.
river in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Flowing out of Arkansas past Monroe, the Ouachita River and its oxbows offer excellent crappie, bass and bream fishing, with big blue and flathead catfish in the river bends. Located in flowing from Arkansas through Monroe to the Black and Red rivers.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A mid-sized Finger Lake stocked with lake trout, browns and rainbows, with a strong walleye class and panfish bays at both ends. Located in the Finger Lakes south of Auburn.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A Bismarck community pond managed entirely for catch-and-release fishing — every fish caught must be released immediately, and the pond closes from sunset to sunrise. Located in Burleigh County in Bismarck.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A desert tailwater canyon that has become a destination brown trout fishery, managed catch-and-release for browns below the dam. Located in the high desert of Malheur County below Owyhee Dam, near the Idaho border.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A large, shallow eastern Connecticut pond known for largemouth bass, chain pickerel, black crappie and yellow perch. Located in Griswold in eastern Connecticut, the state's largest pond.
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake, Yellow Perch
The largest and deepest Black Hills reservoir, home to rainbow and brown trout plus lake trout. Located in Rapid Creek in the central Black Hills west of Rapid City.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie
A flood-control lake with a strong crappie program and split-limit bass regulations in the rolling hills west of Chillicothe. Located in Highland and Ross counties in southwest Ohio.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A rocky, island-studded lake within Paint Lake Provincial Park near Thompson, this popular water is a walleye and northern pike fishery that also holds lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's North Central Division for angling.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A broad border reservoir beneath the Wyoming Range with trout, kokanee and bass. Located in the Snake River on the Idaho border.
lake in Utah, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
A storied southern Utah trout lake at 8,400 feet whose name means 'big fish' in Paiute — rainbows for the pan and a protected slot on cutthroat and tiger trout. Located in the Markagunt Plateau west of Bryce Canyon (Garfield County).
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
A Hants County lake managed as a Special Bass Management Area, Panuke Lake holds smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and white perch. Located in Hants County, RFA 5.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A remote Sandwich Bay salmon river in south-eastern Labrador, holding Atlantic salmon, brook trout and Arctic char in pristine wilderness. Located in Sandwich Bay, south-eastern Labrador (Zone 3).
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Yellow Perch
A mountain Ocoee River reservoir stocked with trout alongside bass and muskellunge. Located in the Ocoee River in Polk County (also called Ocoee Lake).
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass
A tannin-stained 95-acre Pine Barrens-edge lake in Parvin State Park, managed as a Lunker Bass Lake with pickerel and slab crappie. Located in Parvin State Park (Salem County).
river in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
America's largest free-flowing river system in the lower 48 winds through swamps and marsh to the Gulf, holding largemouth and spotted bass, bream, catfish and chain pickerel in its oxbows and distributaries. Located in the last unimpounded major river system in the lower 48, from Merrill to the Hwy 90 bridge (George and Jackson counties), including connected oxbow lakes and the East and West Pascagoula rivers.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The uppermost of the Qu'Appelle Valley Fishing Lakes, Pasqua Lake is a shallow, weedy prairie lake known for walleye, northern pike, and yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A remote boundary tributary of the Restigouche, the Patapedia is fly-fishing-only Crown Reserve water known for wild Atlantic salmon in a wilderness setting. Located in the Restigouche RFA, northwestern New Brunswick.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Threading the long greenway of Patapsco Valley State Park, the Patapsco River offers stocked put-and-take trout water near Ilchester, smallmouth bass in its rocky runs, and a catch-and-release bass reach between Interstate 70 and Frederick Road. Located in running through Patapsco Valley State Park between Baltimore and Ellicott City.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A sprawling North Platte impoundment famous for walleye and trout. Located in the North Platte River southwest of Casper.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, White Bass, White Crappie
Indiana's second-largest reservoir, spanning Orange, Dubois and Crawford counties, Patoka Lake is managed with a 15-inch largemouth bass limit and is famous for its bass, crappie, bluegill and redear sunfish, catfish and stocked hybrid striped bass. Located in Indiana's second-largest lake, a Corps of Engineers reservoir in the southern hill country.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Between the Washington suburbs' twin reservoirs, the upper Patuxent River hides quality catch-and-return trout water: a fly-fishing-only reach below Brighton Dam and an artificial-lures-only reach upstream between Route 97 and Route 27. Located in the trout reaches between Triadelphia and Rocky Gorge reservoirs and above Brighton Dam.
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A designated trout water and the state's largest river system, flowing from Worden Pond to the sea; freshwater regulations apply upstream of the U.S. Route 1 bridge in Westerly. Located in Hopkinton, Richmond, Charlestown and Westerly along the Connecticut border.
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Both the North Branch (Scituate, Cranston) and South Branch (Coventry, West Warwick) are designated trout waters. Located in Scituate, Cranston, Coventry and West Warwick (North and South branches).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike
The great river of the northeast, the Peace flows through boreal country holding Arctic grayling, bull trout, mountain whitefish, and northern pike in its side channels and tributaries. Located in B.C. Region 7B (Peace).
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Goldeye, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
The mighty Peace flows across northwestern Alberta through boreal country, holding walleye, northern pike, goldeye, bull trout, Arctic grayling, and mountain whitefish in its main stem and tributaries. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB3 fish management zone.
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
From wild Red Chile headwaters above Pecos Falls through the Green Chile box canyon near Cowles to a Winter Trout Water below Villanueva State Park — the Pecos wears every hat New Mexico offers. Located in the Pecos Wilderness through Villanueva and beyond (San Miguel County and downstream).
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Dolly Varden, Inconnu, Northern Pike
A major Gwich'in river with grayling, pike and inconnu, and catch-and-release-only Dolly Varden. Located the Gwich'in region near Fort McPherson.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A small Wind River drainage lake with a protective trout minimum. Located in Fremont County.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A warm, fertile lake near Ninette in south-central Manitoba, Pelican Lake is a popular walleye and northern pike fishery that also produces yellow perch. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A shallow, island-dotted 11,000-acre lake near Orr known for outsized bluegill and crappie, quality largemouth and smallmouth bass, and steady walleye and pike fishing. Located in near Orr in northern St. Louis County.
lake in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A 798-acre Sandhills refuge lake famous for big bluegill under a one-over-9-inch rule, slot-protected northern pike and a three-fish tiger muskie bag. Located in the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge in the Sandhills (Cherry County).
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
Winding through the foothills and parkland northwest of Edmonton, the Pembina River holds Arctic grayling, bull and brown trout, mountain whitefish, walleye, and northern pike across its varied reaches. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES3 (Athabasca & Pembina) fish management zone.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Born in Franconia Notch, the 'Pemi' runs cold and quick past Plymouth to Franklin, with stocked trout, wild rainbows and smallmouth in the lower river. Located in the White Mountains and Lakes Region (Woodstock to Franklin).
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A large, brawling limestone freestoner famous for its green drake hatch and a 7.48-mile catch-and-release all-tackle section. Located in the limestone valleys of Centre, Mifflin and Union counties below Coburn.
river in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
Below Ripogenus Dam in the shadow of Katahdin, the West Branch of the Penobscot is widely regarded as Maine's finest landlocked salmon river, with abundant wild fish in its heavy, boulder-strewn water. Located in the famed landlocked salmon river below Ripogenus Dam, near Katahdin (North Zone).
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The biggest NYC reservoir and a famous big-brown-trout water on the East Branch Delaware, managed with a 15-inch, two-fish trout rule. Located in the western Catskills (Delaware County).
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A cold Highlands river with wild brown trout enhancement sections in the Newark watershed and a Seasonal Trout Conservation Area below Appelt Park. Located in the Highlands (Morris and Passaic counties).
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Home water of the state trout hatchery, with a Seasonal Trout Conservation Area running past the hatchery grounds near Oxford. Located in the Skylands region (Warren and Sussex counties).
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass
Forming Florida's western boundary with Alabama, the blackwater Perdido River carries its own special limits and holds largemouth and spotted bass, redbreast sunfish, bluegill, speckled perch, striped bass and catfish. Located in the river forming Florida's western border with Alabama.
river in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout
The Pere Marquette, a National Scenic River, hosts legendary runs of Chinook salmon and steelhead; its flies-only water from M-37 to Gleason's Landing is catch-and-release for all trout and salmon. Located in the famed flies-only salmon and steelhead river in Lake County, western Michigan.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A well-known walleye and crappie reservoir northeast of Topeka, Perry also holds largemouth and smallmouth bass, sauger, trophy blue catfish and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Delaware River reservoir northeast of Topeka.
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A deep, clean 2,880-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir with largemouth, smallmouth, walleye and crappie. Located in the Smith River in the Blue Ridge foothills near Bassett.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Mississippi's corner of the Tennessee River impoundment is world-class smallmouth bass water, with largemouth and spotted bass, sauger, jumbo crappie and heavyweight blue catfish. Mississippi resident licenses are valid on this state-line water; no paddlefish harvest is allowed. Located in the Tennessee River where Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee meet (Tishomingo County).
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A renowned smallmouth bass fishery straddling the northwest corner of Alabama on the Tennessee River. Located on the Tennessee River at the Mississippi and Tennessee borders.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye, White Crappie
A quiet 10-horsepower Muskingum Watershed lake with a storied muskellunge history and reliable crappie and saugeye. Located in Belmont and Harrison counties in eastern Ohio.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A central Kawartha lake on the Trent–Severn Waterway with sprawling weed flats, Pigeon Lake produces muskellunge, largemouth bass, walleye and crappie. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 17.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A big, shallow recreational lake southwest of Edmonton, Pigeon Lake is one of central Alberta's most popular walleye fisheries, also giving up northern pike, yellow perch, and lake whitefish. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The big water of the PA Grand Canyon - stocked and wild trout in its upper reaches with smallmouth taking over downstream in summer. Located in the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon region of Tioga and Lycoming counties.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A Kings River reservoir in the southern Sierra foothills famed for spotted bass, along with largemouth and smallmouth bass, trout and catfish. Located on the Kings River in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Fresno.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A lake near Haines Junction managed with mandatory lake-trout release. Located south-west Yukon near Haines Junction.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Tiger Muskellunge, Yellow Perch
America's premier trophy tiger muskie water — strictly catch-and-release for tigers — plus crappie, perch and bass in the Ogden Valley. Located in the Ogden Valley above Ogden Canyon (Weber County).
reservoir in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
The centerpiece of Piney Run Park near Eldersburg, this 300-acre reservoir mixes largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and channel catfish with stocked trout in the cooler months. Located in a 300-acre park lake near Eldersburg in Carroll County.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Ouananiche
Labrador's most famous and accessible Atlantic salmon river, flowing to the Strait of Belle Isle near L'Anse-au-Loup, celebrated among fly anglers for its bright salmon. Located in Strait of Belle Isle, southern Labrador (Zone 2, SFA 14B).
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Walleye
Jamestown Reservoir's quieter twin on Pipestem Creek, sharing the same 14-inch walleye minimum plus solid pike and crappie fishing. Located in Pipestem Creek northwest of Jamestown.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A Hillsborough River tributary near Mount Stewart, holding wild brook trout in its cool, wooded reaches. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A tidal freshwater lake ringed by steep peaks, Pitt Lake and its river are a renowned bull trout and cutthroat fishery, with anglers chasing char that follow salmon fry and smolts. Located in B.C. Region 2 (Lower Mainland).
lake in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye
A clear state-recreation-area lake north of Cedar Rapids, Pleasant Creek is one of eastern Iowa's top muskellunge lakes and is managed with an 18-inch largemouth bass limit, also holding walleye, bluegill, crappie and channel catfish. Located in a state-recreation-area lake north of Cedar Rapids in Linn County.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A 602-acre designated Trout Pond beneath Mount Kearsarge, stocked with trout and unusual among trout ponds in permitting rainbow smelt as bait. Located in the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region (New London).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large tundra lake at the head of the Coppermine River with lake trout, grayling and pike. Located the barrenlands at the headwaters of the Coppermine River.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, White Bass, White Crappie
Missouri's muskie headquarters: a 7,800-acre Ozark highland lake with a dedicated muskellunge program plus 13-inch bass and 9-inch crappie rules. Located in the Pomme de Terre River near Hermitage (Hickory and Polk counties).
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A reservoir south of Topeka, Pomona is a popular walleye, saugeye and crappie fishery, also holding largemouth bass, wiper and channel, blue and flathead catfish. Located in a 110-Mile Creek reservoir south of Topeka.
lake in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Pontoosuc Lake on the Pittsfield-Lanesborough line is a popular Berkshires destination for tiger muskellunge, northern pike, bass and stocked trout, with an active ice-fishing scene each winter. Located in a 480-acre lake straddling Pittsfield and Lanesborough in the Berkshires.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
A long tidal lake east of Dartmouth, Porters Lake is a popular smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and perch fishery lying east of the Highway 102 mandatory-retention boundary. Located in Halifax County, RFA 3 (east of the Highway 102 boundary).
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A Northern Peninsula salmon water famed among fly anglers for its salmon and large brook trout, flowing to Portland Creek Pond and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Located in Northern Peninsula, insular Newfoundland.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Possum Kingdom State Park Campground
A deep, clear canyon reservoir on the Brazos famed for its Hell's Gate cliffs, striped bass and quality largemouth. Located in the Brazos River canyons west of Fort Worth (Palo Pinto County).
reservoir in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch · Nearby campsites: Potholes State Park Campground
A 28,000-acre Columbia Basin reservoir famous for walleye, largemouth in the flooded dunes, and big panfish. Located in the sand-dune country south of Moses Lake in the Columbia Basin.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The nontidal upper Potomac is one of America's storied smallmouth bass rivers, floating anglers past Williamsport, Harpers Ferry and Point of Rocks with walleye, muskellunge, channel catfish and panfish sharing its ledges and grass beds. Located in the nontidal Potomac mainstem from Cumberland to Great Falls.
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A modern northeast Louisiana state-park reservoir, Poverty Point is managed for trophy largemouth bass with a protected slot limit and also gives up quality crappie, bluegill and catfish. Located in a state-park reservoir near Delhi in northeast Louisiana.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A 1,400-acre cooling lake near Pekin, Powerton Lake grows trophy largemouth bass under an 18-inch, one-fish limit and also holds blue, channel and flathead catfish, white and hybrid striped bass and walleye. Located in a power-plant cooling lake near Pekin in Tazewell County.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Walleye, White Crappie
A 105-acre metro lake in Papillion with a 15- to 18-inch protected bass slot, walleye, channel catfish and panfish; no live baitfish allowed. Located in Papillion in the Omaha metro (Sarpy County).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A popular road-accessible lake on the Ingraham Trail with lake trout, pike, walleye and grayling. Located the Ingraham Trail east of Yellowknife.
bay in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A shallow, weedy Great Lakes bay famous for spring smallmouth, trophy muskies and ice-fishing panfish minutes from downtown Erie. Located in the sheltered bay behind Presque Isle State Park at Erie.
reservoir in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Uppermost of Baltimore's three water-supply reservoirs, 1,500-acre Prettyboy offers quiet fishing for smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie and yellow perch, and its cold dam releases create the famous Gunpowder Falls trout tailwater below. Located in a 1,500-acre watershed reservoir in the hills of northern Baltimore County.
lake in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A deep, clear glacial lake ringed by cedar forest, Priest Lake is one of Idaho's premier lake trout (mackinaw) fisheries and also holds kokanee, cutthroat and bull trout, plus illegally introduced northern pike. Located in the northern Panhandle above Priest River.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout
The headwater tarn of the Pemigewasset beneath Cannon Cliff, a fly-fishing-only brook trout pond with a protected 12-to-16-inch slot. Located in Franconia Notch State Park (Franconia).
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A widening of the Yellowknife River just outside town, offering pike, walleye, lake trout and grayling. Located the Yellowknife River system near Yellowknife.
river in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Utah's most-fished trout stream — the Blue Ribbon middle and lower Provo hold 3,000-plus browns per mile within an hour of Salt Lake City. Located in the Wasatch Mountains from the Uintas through Jordanelle and Deer Creek reservoirs to Utah Lake (Summit, Wasatch and Utah counties).
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A large Arkansas River reservoir known for walleye, wiper (white bass), largemouth and smallmouth bass, catfish and crappie. Located on the Arkansas River west of Pueblo.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Shallow and fertile, Pushaw Lake near Bangor is one of eastern Maine's best warmwater fisheries, loaded with largemouth and smallmouth bass, white perch, crappie and pickerel. Located in a shallow, warm lake northwest of Bangor (South Zone).
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A sprawling border reservoir shared with Pennsylvania, known for walleye, crappie, and one of the region's best muskellunge fisheries. Located in the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in Ashtabula County.
river in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Goldeye, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Winding eastward through its broad glacial valley, the Qu'Appelle River links a chain of prairie lakes and holds walleye, northern pike, channel catfish, goldeye, yellow perch, and native bigmouth buffalo. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
reservoir in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Massachusetts' largest inland water, the 25,000-acre Quabbin Reservoir is a cold, clear trophy fishery famous for lake trout, landlocked salmon and smallmouth bass, fished from designated boat-launch areas under DCR rules. Located in the vast drinking-water reservoir at Belchertown in central Massachusetts.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The slow upper meadows and rocky lower gorge of the Quaboag River hold northern pike, trout and smallmouth bass, making this listed major river one of central Massachusetts' most varied fisheries. Located in flowing from Quaboag Pond through the Brookfields and Warren to Three Rivers.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, clear desert reservoir near St. George with year-round bass fishing and stocked winter rainbows; smallmouth must not be released. Located in the Virgin River basin near Hurricane (Washington County).
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout
Restored by decades of volunteer work, Cape Cod's Quashnet River shelters sea-run brook trout in its cress-lined channels, protected by catch-and-release sections from John's Pond downstream. Located in a Cape Cod stream from John's Pond in Mashpee to Waquoit Bay.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout
A quiet forest lake with stocked trout and one of only two New Mexico tiger muskie fisheries; boats are restricted to oars or electric motors only. Located in the Gila National Forest highlands (Catron County, western New Mexico).
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
One of the deepest lakes in the world, Quesnel Lake is a cold, clear Cariboo giant holding trophy rainbow and bull trout, lake trout, kokanee, and mountain whitefish. Located in B.C. Region 5 (Cariboo).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A scenic lake (Kìt Den  / Chu La) at the head of the Big Salmon River, with lake trout, grayling, pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-central Yukon at the head of the Big Salmon River.
reservoir in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass
A 630-acre mountain reservoir on the Guyandotte River - clear water, steep timbered banks, hybrid stripers, bass and crappie. Located in the Guyandotte River mountains near Justice in Wyoming and Mingo counties.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
Also known as Lake Wedowee, a scenic Tallapoosa River impoundment managed with a protected largemouth bass slot. Located on the Tallapoosa River in Randolph and Clay counties (Lake Wedowee).
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large reservoir on the Souris River in southeastern Saskatchewan, Rafferty is a diverse fishery for walleye, sauger, northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and introduced smallmouth bass. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A large, clear border lake in the Fort Frances area with deep rocky structure, Rainy Lake produces outstanding walleye, smallmouth bass and trophy muskellunge, plus a lake trout fishery. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 5.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Shared with Ontario and bordered by Voyageurs National Park, Rainy Lake pairs a famous walleye fishery carrying a protected 18-26 inch slot with outstanding smallmouth bass, crappie and trophy northern pike water. Located in the Minnesota waters of Rainy Lake at International Falls, including Black Bay, the Rat Root River and Rat Root Lake (Koochiching and St. Louis counties).
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Each spring the Rainy River hosts one of North America's great walleye and lake sturgeon runs, drawing anglers to the border current between International Falls and Baudette. A person cannot possess or use a gaff while fishing on the Rainy River. Located in the Minnesota-Ontario border from International Falls to Lake of the Woods (Koochiching and Lake of the Woods counties).
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A wild foothills tributary of the North Saskatchewan, the Ram River tumbles through canyons and holds native cutthroat and bull trout, rainbow trout, and mountain whitefish in its cold, clear water. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES2 (Red Deer & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A trout-stocked river flowing out of New York past Oakland to Pompton Lake, with smallmouth and largemouth sharing its deeper runs. Located in the northern Highlands (Bergen and Passaic counties).
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout
A clear south-east Yukon river in the Liard drainage known for grayling and bull trout. Located south-east Yukon along the Alaska Highway.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Ouananiche
Cradle of American fly fishing, Rangeley Lake made its name on giant brook trout and still offers outstanding fishing for brookies and landlocked salmon amid the mountains of western Maine. Located in the namesake of western Maine's Rangeley Lakes region (North Zone).
creek in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The Black Hills' flagship trout stream, with wild browns and two catch-and-release zones. Located in the central Black Hills from Pactola Dam through Rapid City.
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The broad main stem below the branches, with smallmouth in the riffles and a special trophy hybrid striped bass regulation downstream of Duke Island Park dam. Located in central New Jersey (Somerset and Middlesex counties).
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
New Jersey's marquee trout stream, from wild-trout headwaters through the catch-and-release Ken Lockwood Gorge to heavily stocked water below Long Valley. Located in the Skylands region (Morris, Hunterdon and Somerset counties).
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A small Saint John-area brook, Ratcliffe Brook is one of the few Inner Bay of Fundy waters open to landlocked salmon angling, and also holds brook trout. Located in the Inner Bay of Fundy RFA, near Saint John.
reservoir in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
Pennsylvania's largest lake entirely within the state - 8,300 acres of deep, clear water known for striped bass, lake-run trout and smallmouth. Located in Huntingdon County in the ridges of central Pennsylvania.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, White Perch
A Sussex County millpond on Broad Creek at Laurel, known for largemouth bass, crappie, white perch and bluegill. Located in at Laurel in Sussex County.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout
Tiny, spring-fed Red Brook is one of the last strongholds of sea-run ('salter') brook trout on the Atlantic coast, protected as a catch-and-release, artificial-lure-only fishery for its entire listed reach. Located in a coastal stream from White Island Pond to Buttermilk Bay at Wareham and Plymouth.
river in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A New Castle County trout stream with a fly-fishing-only section along Creek Road near Yorklyn, stocked with rainbow, brown and brook trout. Located in near Yorklyn in New Castle County — a designated trout stream with a fly-fishing-only section.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Goldeye, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
Carving through the Alberta badlands near Drumheller, the lower Red Deer River is a prairie fishery for walleye, sauger, goldeye, northern pike, and a fully protected lake sturgeon population. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A scenic Uinta Basin reservoir under Navajo sandstone cliffs (with dinosaur tracks on shore) holding rainbows, bass and a capped panfish bag. Located in the red-rock country north of Vernal (Uintah County).
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A large central-Newfoundland lake at the head of the Exploits River, holding ouananiche (landlocked salmon) and brook trout. Located in central insular Newfoundland (Exploits watershed).
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A remote northwestern lake surrounded by boreal forest, Red Lake offers classic Canadian Shield fishing for walleye, northern pike and lake trout. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 4.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, White Perch
A coastal Sussex County pond near Lewes with largemouth bass, white perch and crappie. Located in near Lewes in Sussex County.
river in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Goldeye, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, White Bass
A legendary trophy fishery flowing north through Winnipeg to Lake Winnipeg, the Red River is world-renowned for its giant channel catfish and also holds walleye, sauger, freshwater drum, white bass, goldeye, and northern pike. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
river in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Channelized into navigation pools, the Red River through Louisiana is a surprisingly rich fishery whose backwaters and oxbows hold largemouth bass, crappie and bream, with blue and flathead catfish in the main channel. Located in the navigable Red River and its oxbows from Shreveport to the Mississippi.
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A heavily stocked mountain stream with a Green Chile section above the Carson National Forest boundary and an Xmas Chile canyon reach down to its Rio Grande confluence. Located in the Enchanted Circle from the town of Red River to the Rio Grande (Taos County).
river in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye
The slow, silty boundary river of the north — one of North America's best trophy channel catfish fisheries, with special three-fish walleye and pike limits on the North Dakota side. Located in the Minnesota border from Wahpeton through Grand Forks to Pembina.
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
North America's premier channel catfish river flows north along the North Dakota border, producing 20-pound-plus cats along with walleye, sauger and northern pike from Breckenridge to the Manitoba line. Culling is not allowed. Located in the Minnesota-North Dakota border from Breckenridge north past Moorhead and Grand Forks to the Canadian border.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 1,630-acre southwest Nebraska reservoir (Hugh Butler Lake) with 34-inch-minimum northern pike, walleye, white bass, wiper and crappie. Located in Red Willow Creek north of McCook (Frontier County; also called Hugh Butler Lake).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A clear Grass River system lake near Cranberry Portage, Reed Lake is a walleye and northern pike fishery managed with reduced limits, also holding lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Northwest Division for angling.
lake in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Tennessee's great earthquake lake - a shallow cypress-studded natural lake famous for crappie and bluegill. Located in the cypress country of Lake and Obion counties in the northwest corner.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
One of Canada's largest lakes, straddling the Saskatchewan–Manitoba border, Reindeer Lake is a remote fly-in trophy fishery for enormous lake trout and northern pike, along with walleye, Arctic grayling, and lake whitefish, managed under catch-and-release (CR1) limits. Located in Saskatchewan's Northern Zone for angling.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
An 18,900-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Big Muddy River, Rend Lake is one of southern Illinois' top destinations for crappie, largemouth bass, white and striped bass, bluegill and channel catfish. Located in a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Big Muddy River in Franklin and Jefferson counties.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A major Southwest Miramichi tributary, the Renous is a well-known Atlantic salmon and brook trout river with a mix of public and Crown Reserve water. Located in the Miramichi RFA, east-central New Brunswick.
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
A vast reservoir at the head of the Gatineau River, Réservoir Baskatong is one of Quebec's premier walleye and northern pike destinations, also giving up sauger, lake trout, and lake whitefish across its island-studded waters. Located in Outaouais / Hautes-Laurentides (zone 11).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A reservoir on the Ottawa River headwaters south of Rouyn-Noranda, Réservoir Decelles is a walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass fishery in the Abitibi backcountry. Located in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (zone 13 Ouest).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Ouananiche, Sauger, Walleye
An immense, labyrinthine reservoir in Quebec's remote interior, Réservoir Gouin is a legendary walleye and northern pike fishery — a maze of thousands of islands and bays that also holds sauger, lake trout, and landlocked ouananiche. Located in Haute-Mauricie (zone 14).
lake in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A large reservoir on the Matawin River north of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Réservoir Taureau is a walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass fishery ringed by wild, forested shorelines. Located in Lanaudière (zone 15).
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
One of the world's premier Atlantic salmon rivers, the Restigouche forms the New Brunswick–Quebec boundary as it runs to Chaleur Bay, famed for its huge, hard-fighting bright salmon over cold, clear pools; much of the main stem is private or leased water. Located in the Restigouche RFA, northwestern New Brunswick.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A fertile southern Kawartha lake near Peterborough, Rice Lake is a walleye and largemouth bass hotspot that also gives up big black crappie and muskellunge. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 17.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A tidal Southeast river running to the Northumberland Strait, the Richibucto holds sea-run brook trout and a variety of estuary species. Located in the Southeast RFA, eastern New Brunswick.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
One of Texas's largest reservoirs, celebrated for hybrid stripers, white bass and heavyweight blue catfish. Located in Richland and Chambers creeks in Freestone and Navarro counties, southeast of Dallas.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A scenic chain of lakes and canals connecting Kingston to Ottawa, the Rideau Lakes are a relaxed family fishery for largemouth bass, muskellunge, and bluegill.
reservoir in Washington, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A 23-mile Cowlitz reservoir with a unique landlocked coho and chinook fishery plus smallmouth bass. Located in the upper Cowlitz River valley behind Mossyrock Dam in Lewis County.
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
The river of the 20-pound state-record brown trout, with Red Chile catch-and-release water below Cooper's Landing, Green Chile water in the Rio Chama WMA, Xmas Chile water below Abiquiu Dam and a fall kokanee snagging reach. Located in north-central New Mexico from the Colorado line through Abiquiu (Rio Arriba County).
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout
A premier native Rio Grande cutthroat stream in the Valle Vidal country, with a Red Chile catch-and-release section above the Latir Creek confluence; the Valle Vidal opens July 1. Located in the Valle Vidal and Rio Costilla drainage (Taos County, far northern New Mexico).
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
New Mexico's great river — a wild brown trout fishery in the gorge, an Xmas Chile Special Trout Water from the Colorado line to Taos Junction Bridge, with no-minimum smallmouth in the north and winter-stocked rainbows below Elephant Butte. Located in the Rio Grande Gorge and beyond (Taos and Rio Arriba counties through southern New Mexico).
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A boulder-strewn Jemez canyon stream with wild brown trout and a six-mile Green Chile section from Deer Creek Landing up to Stable Canyon. Located in the Jemez Mountains canyon country (Sandoval County).
river in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Flowing north from Lac Mégantic to the St. Lawrence at Lévis, the Chaudière is a smallmouth bass, walleye, and northern pike river running through the Beauce countryside. Located in Chaudière-Appalaches (zone 6).
river in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A slow, weedy channel of the Ottawa–St. Lawrence system north of Laval, the Rivière des Mille Îles is a productive muskellunge, northern pike, walleye, and smallmouth bass fishery threading a chain of islands. Located in Laval / Laurentides (zone 8).
river in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The lower Ottawa River forms the Quebec–Ontario boundary and is a premier muskellunge and walleye river, also giving up northern pike, smallmouth bass, and lake sturgeon along its dam pools and rocky shoals. Located in Outaouais / Montréal (zone 8).
river in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A major river flowing south through the Outaouais to the Ottawa River at Gatineau, the Gatineau holds walleye, northern pike, and smallmouth bass through its long reservoirs and runs. Located in Outaouais (zone 10).
river in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Flowing north from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence, the Richelieu is a classic walleye, smallmouth bass, and northern pike river that also holds sauger and abundant yellow perch. Located in Montérégie (zone 8).
river in Quebec, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A large boreal river flowing south through La Mauricie to the St. Lawrence at Trois-Rivières, the Saint-Maurice holds walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, sauger, and brook trout through its dam pools and rapids. Located in Mauricie (zone 7).
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye
The last reservoir on the Roanoke chain, sharing Lake Gaston's seasonal striper rules, 18-inch walleye limit and blue catfish regulation. Located in the lower Roanoke River in Halifax and Northampton counties.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Crappie
Home of the famous spring striped bass run — a proclamation-managed slot fishery with special crappie, sunfish and circle-hook rules. Located in the coastal plain from Roanoke Rapids Dam to Albemarle Sound.
river in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A Gold Medal freestone river running from Aspen to Glenwood Springs, prized for wild rainbow, brown and brook trout. Located on a Gold Medal freestone river flowing from Aspen to the Colorado River at Glenwood Springs.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake
A high-elevation mountain reservoir with trout and splake. Located in the Snowy Range west of Laramie.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
One of Montana's premier blue-ribbon trout streams, managed for wild fish with restrictive tackle rules. Located in the blue-ribbon canyon southeast of Missoula.
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A rocky, fast Morris County trout stream stocked from Longwood Lake dam to Boonton Reservoir, partly inside the Brook Trout Conservation Zone. Located in the Highlands (Morris County).
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 2,080-acre lake near Hillsboro with unlimited-horsepower boating, crappie brush piles, and a productive saugeye fishery. Located in Highland County in southwest Ohio.
lake in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Known as Lake Habeeb and famed for some of Maryland's clearest water, this 243-acre state-park lake beneath Evitts Mountain holds largemouth and smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, crappie, bluegill and stocked trout. Located in 243-acre Lake Habeeb in Rocky Gap State Park near Flintstone.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A lake near The Pas along the Saskatchewan River system, Rocky Lake is a walleye and northern pike fishery that also holds yellow perch. Located in Manitoba's Northwest Division for angling.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A small Avalon salmon river flowing to Colinet Harbour on St. Mary's Bay, with a counting fence and a modest Atlantic salmon run. Located in Avalon Peninsula, insular Newfoundland.
reservoir in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass
Also called Lake Ocklawaha, this 9,500-acre reservoir on the Ocklawaha River is a legendary trophy bass factory of flooded timber and floating vegetation, with strong crappie and bream fishing as well. Located in on the Ocklawaha River in Putnam and Marion counties.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
Oregon's storied wild-and-scenic salmon and steelhead river, from the famous fly-only holy water to spring Chinook at Gold Beach. Located in southwest Oregon from the Cascades near Crater Lake to the Pacific at Gold Beach.
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
A limestone-bedded driftless stream near Lanesboro managed entirely for catch-and-release trout fishing, the Middle Branch Root is a wild brown trout showcase of riffles, springs and undercut banks. Located in Fillmore County in the southeastern Minnesota driftless region.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
Jackson's 33,000-acre home water impounds the Pearl River into a shallow, stump-filled bass and crappie factory, with striped bass running the river channel and bream in the pad fields. Located in the Pearl River northeast of Jackson (Madison and Rankin counties).
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A family-friendly west-central Kentucky reservoir, Rough River Lake offers solid crappie, largemouth and smallmouth bass, white bass and catfish fishing across its winding arms. Located in a Rough River impoundment in west-central Kentucky.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A Northern Peninsula lake joined with 10 Mile Lake in a Special Trout Management Area within the St. Genevieve River system, protecting large wild brook trout. Located in Northern Peninsula, insular Newfoundland.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A 2,350-acre, 180-foot-deep Trophy Trout Lake — home of New Jersey's state-record lake trout and a Lunker Bass Lake for smallmouth and largemouth. Located in the Skylands region (Hunterdon County).
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A state-park glacial lake with walleye, largemouth and panfish. Located in Marshall County near Lake City, inside Roy Lake State Park.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Spring-fed marshes below the Ruby Mountains famous for largemouth bass in the tules and trout in the Collection Ditch, under split-season bass limits. Located in the base of the Ruby Mountains southeast of Elko (Elko and White Pine counties).
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A small, technical brown trout stream winding through ranch country below Ruby Dam. Located in the valley south of Twin Bridges below Ruby Reservoir.
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A Fryingpan River reservoir above Basalt with a cold-water fishery for lake trout, kokanee salmon and rainbow and brown trout. Located on the Fryingpan River in the Roaring Fork Valley.
reservoir in Washington, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye · Nearby campsites: Bridgeport State Park Campground
A 51-mile Columbia River reservoir known for huge net-pen escapee triploid rainbow trout. Located in the Columbia River between Chief Joseph Dam and Grand Coulee Dam.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A clearwater tributary of the Kenai famous for its intense, shoulder-to-shoulder ('combat fishing') sockeye salmon runs and its resident rainbow trout and Dolly Varden. Located on a clearwater tributary of the upper Kenai River.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass · Nearby campsites: Rye Patch Campgrounds
A long, narrow Humboldt River impoundment with a 25-gamefish limit covering walleye, white bass, wipers, channel catfish and largemouth in its flooded river channel. Located in the Humboldt River north of Lovelock (Pershing County).
river in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
Forming the Texas-Louisiana border, the Sabine River runs from piney-woods country through Toledo Bend's tailwater to coastal marsh, offering largemouth and spotted bass, crappie, white bass and heavyweight blue and flathead catfish. Located in the Texas-Louisiana border river, from above Toledo Bend to the coastal marsh.
river in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Meandering out of the White Mountains through Fryeburg's famous canoe country, the Saco River holds brown and rainbow trout in its cool upper reaches and smallmouth bass through its lower river. Located in from Fryeburg on the New Hampshire border to the sea at Saco (South Zone).
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A cold, boulder-strewn freestone river out of Crawford Notch, heavily stocked through North Conway with a fly-fishing-only reach near Lucy Brook. Located in the Mount Washington Valley (Conway).
river in California, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Sturgeon
California's largest river, a Central Valley artery famous for striped bass, sturgeon and catfish as well as its salmon and steelhead runs. Located on California's largest river, flowing through the Central Valley.
river in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie, White Sturgeon
The vast maze of tidal channels where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet, a world-class fishery for striped bass, largemouth bass, catfish, sturgeon and panfish. Located on the vast tidal river delta east of San Francisco Bay.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
At the top of the Gunflint Trail, deep, granite-rimmed Saganaga is famed for giant lake trout and quality walleye in Boundary Waters wilderness shared with Ontario's Quetico country. Located in the end of the Gunflint Trail on the Ontario border in Cook County, including Gull Lake and the Sea Gull River.
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
Saginaw Bay's walleye recovery is one of the Great Lakes' great success stories: the shallow, fertile bay now supports a liberal 8-fish walleye limit alongside superb yellow perch, smallmouth bass and channel catfish fishing. Located in the vast, shallow Lake Huron bay off Bay City in eastern Michigan.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Bass
The lowest of the Salt River chain reservoirs, popular for largemouth and yellow bass, catfish and stocked rainbow trout in the cooler months. Located on the lowest Salt River reservoir northeast of Mesa.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
New Brunswick's great river, the lower Saint John is a broad, warm-water fishery for smallmouth bass, muskellunge, chain pickerel, striped bass and yellow perch as it winds past Fredericton to the sea at Saint John. Located in the Lower Saint John RFA, southern New Brunswick.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Salamonie River in northeastern Indiana, Salamonie Lake offers walleye, largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, channel catfish and white bass across its 2,600 acres. Located in a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Salamonie River in northeastern Indiana.
river in Connecticut, USA
A scenic eastern Connecticut trout river with a Trout Management Area, stocked with brown and rainbow trout. Located in an eastern Connecticut trout river formed by the Jeremy and Blackledge.
river in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
The free-flowing Salmon River — the storied “River of No Return” — carries steelhead and Chinook salmon hundreds of miles inland from the ocean and holds native cutthroat and rainbow trout through its canyons. Salmon and steelhead seasons are set separately each year. Located in the Salmon Region flowing through the “River of No Return” country.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout
New York's most famous salmon and steelhead river — fall kings and cohos from Lake Ontario, winter steelhead, and two fly-fishing-only catch-and-release sections near Altmar. Located in Oswego County, from Altmar to Lake Ontario.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
An Avalon Peninsula salmon river flowing to St. Mary's Bay, one of the most accessible salmon rivers near St. John's, holding Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Located in Avalon Peninsula, insular Newfoundland.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 2,952-acre lake with flooded timber coves holding crappie, split-limit bass, muskellunge, and walleye. Located in Guernsey County in Ohio's largest state park.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A cold tailwater below Lake Murray Dam that supports South Carolina's only midlands trout fishery, plus stripers seasonally. Located in the Lower Saluda tailwater from Lake Murray Dam to the Broad River at Columbia, and the middle reach above Lake Murray.
reservoir in Texas, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Texas's largest reservoir lying wholly within the state and a perennial national bass-tournament venue, with hydrilla flats full of largemouth and slabs of crappie. Located in the Angelina River in the East Texas Piney Woods (Angelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine and San Augustine counties).
river in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Striped Bass
One of America's premier tailwater trout fisheries — the 3.75 miles below Navajo Dam are catch-and-release Special Trout Water, and downstream there are no limits on channel catfish or striped bass. Located in below Navajo Dam (San Juan County, northwest New Mexico).
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass
A large windswept off-stream reservoir in the Central Valley known for striped bass, largemouth bass, catfish and panfish. Located on an off-stream reservoir in the Diablo Range west of Los Banos.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char, Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A large wilderness Atlantic salmon river of south-eastern Labrador flowing to the Labrador Sea, holding salmon, sea-run brook trout and Arctic char. Located in south-eastern Labrador (Zone 3).
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A warm red-sand reservoir that is southern Utah's trophy largemouth factory — and a mandatory-kill water for smallmouth bass. Located in the red-rock desert east of St. George (Washington County).
river in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A spring walleye-run river whose lower reaches reopened to migrating fish after the Ballville Dam removal, with white bass following in May. Located in north-central Ohio from Upper Sandusky through Tiffin and Fremont to Sandusky Bay.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye
A small South Slave lake with strict one-fish limits on both pike and walleye. Located the South Slave region south of Great Slave Lake.
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
A glacial river dropping off Mt. Hood with year-round hatchery steelhead and salmon fishing minutes from the Portland metro area. Located in the western slope of Mt. Hood, entering the Columbia at Troutdale east of Portland.
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A 740-acre piedmont reservoir with quality largemouth and slab crappie. Located in the rolling piedmont east of Farmville in Prince Edward County.
reservoir in Illinois, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 3,022-acre cooling lake for the Kincaid power station, Sangchris Lake is a renowned largemouth bass fishery under a 15-inch limit and also holds smallmouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, bluegill and white bass. Located in a power-plant cooling lake in Christian and Sangamon counties.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A BLM canyon reservoir that produced the 31-pound state-record rainbow trout; open Thursdays through Mondays on a posted seasonal schedule. Located in the foothills between Española and Chimayó (Santa Fe County).
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Suwannee Bass
A clear, spring-fed tributary of the Suwannee, the Santa Fe River is prized for Suwannee bass and redbreast sunfish among its limestone shoals, along with largemouth bass and bluegill. Located in a spring-fed tributary of the Suwannee in north-central Florida.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Walleye
A Pecos River reservoir near the blue holes of Santa Rosa with walleye, catfish and crappie; trotlines are legal in this Pecos drainage lake. Located in the Pecos River drainage (Guadalupe County, eastern New Mexico).
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
The outflow of the Santee Cooper lakes, carrying stripers, catfish and bream toward the coast. Located in the coastal plain below the Santee Cooper lakes.
lake in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A 32,000-acre flood-control giant north of Oxford, Sardis pairs its renowned slab crappie fishery with white bass runs, quality largemouth and abundant catfish. Located in the Little Tallahatchie River flood-control reservoir near Sardis (Panola, Marshall and Lafayette counties).
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
One of the most famous redbreast (bream) rivers in the Southeast, the tea-colored Satilla River twists through southeast Georgia with white sandbars and cypress, offering redbreast sunfish, largemouth bass, chain pickerel and a coastal striped bass run. Located in the winding blackwater river of southeast Georgia.
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
One of Ontario's premier Lake Huron tributaries, the Saugeen River draws anglers for its huge migratory runs of steelhead, chinook salmon and brown trout. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 16.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of the East's premier wild trout streams, the Savage River tailwater below the reservoir dam is managed as trophy trout water for wild brook and brown trout, while the river and its tributaries above the reservoir are catch-and-return for brook trout. Located in a famous trophy-trout tailwater below Savage River Reservoir in Garrett County.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass, White Bass
Forming Georgia's border with South Carolina, the Savannah River below Thurmond Dam carries a special two-fish, 27-inch striped bass limit and offers largemouth bass and trophy blue and channel catfish. Located in the river forming Georgia's eastern border with South Carolina.
reservoir in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
A Corps of Engineers flood-control reservoir on the Des Moines River just north of the capital, Saylorville Lake is known for its white bass and walleye runs, along with crappie, bluegill, largemouth bass and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Des Moines River north of Des Moines.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass
A 9-mile Adirondack lake with landlocked salmon, lake trout under a special 18-inch rule, and quality bass along its rocky shorelines. Located in the eastern Adirondacks (Essex and Warren counties).
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
A high-elevation trout factory managed with predatory cutthroat and tiger trout — a slot-limit fishery where the big fish do the rough-fish control. Located in the Manti-La Sal high country west of Price (Carbon County).
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Burbot, Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Maine's deepest lake and the original home of the landlocked salmon, Sebago pairs its famous salmon fishery with abundant lake trout (togue), smallmouth bass and warmwater panfish across 28,000 acres of clear, deep water. Located in Maine's deepest lake, northwest of Portland (South Zone).
lake in Montana, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
A forested chain-of-lakes fishery with kokanee, pike, bass and perch. Located in the Clearwater chain of lakes north of Missoula.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
Straddling the Saskatchewan–Northwest Territories border at the very top of the province, Selwyn Lake is an ultra-remote fly-in trophy fishery for lake trout, northern pike, and Arctic grayling, managed under the strictest catch-and-release (CR3) limits. Located in Saskatchewan's Northern Zone for angling.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Burbot, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A high-plains reservoir known for trout, walleye and burbot. Located in the North Platte River west of Casper.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The deepest Finger Lake at 618 feet — a year-round lake trout fishery with browns, rainbows and landlocked salmon over vast, cold depths. Located in the heart of the Finger Lakes wine country.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
The third-largest inland lake in Ohio at 3,550 acres, with a 15-inch bass minimum, crappie, and saugeye in its timbered arms. Located in Guernsey and Noble counties in eastern Ohio.
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A remote headwater lake of the Tobique system, Serpentine Lake is open to landlocked salmon angling and holds native brook trout. Located in the Upper Saint John RFA, northwestern New Brunswick.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A remote western Newfoundland salmon river flowing to the Gulf of St. Lawrence south of Bonne Bay, holding Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Located in western insular Newfoundland.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A long lake on the Grass River system south of Thompson, Setting Lake is a strong walleye and northern pike fishery that also holds yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's North Central Division for angling.
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass
A remote northwest reservoir with walleye, pike and catfish. Located in the Grand River in Perkins County near Lemmon.
reservoir in California, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
California's largest reservoir, a sprawling multi-armed lake near Redding famed for its four black bass species, rainbow and brown trout and catfish. Located on the Sacramento River in the far northern mountains near Redding.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of the highest big trout streams in the East, paralleled by scenic railroad grades - stocked and wild trout in cold spruce-country water. Located in the high-elevation Cheat River fork along the Cheat Mountain backcountry.
lake in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
A grass-filled power-plant lake with a national reputation for big largemouth bass and an 8-inch crappie minimum. Located in Wake and Chatham counties southwest of Raleigh.
river in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Redbreast Sunfish, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The storied valley river - North Fork, South Fork and mainstem - famous for smallmouth bass among limestone ledges. Located in the Shenandoah Valley, from the forks near Front Royal to Harpers Ferry.
reservoir in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A 3,560-acre Corps reservoir on the Shenango River managed under the Big Bass and Panfish Enhancement programs, with strong crappie and bass fishing. Located in Mercer County near Sharpsville in northwestern Pennsylvania.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
A deep, cold lake straddling the Lunenburg–Kings boundary, Sherbrooke Lake is one of only two Nova Scotia lakes holding native lake (grey) trout, which are catch and release only; it also has brook trout, smallmouth bass and white perch. Located in Lunenburg County, RFA 3.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Rainbow Trout
A renowned Cariboo trophy trout lake, Sheridan grows fast, heavy rainbow trout on prolific shrimp and chironomid populations, and also holds burbot. Located in B.C. Region 5 (Cariboo).
reservoir in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A scenic Black Hills lake with rainbow trout, pike and panfish. Located in Spring Creek in the central Black Hills near Hill City.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 2,845-acre irrigation reservoir managed for trophy walleye with a 20- to 28-inch protected slot, 10-inch crappie and 34-inch minimum northern pike. Located in Oak Creek northeast of Loup City (Sherman County).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A large, clear lake straddling the Ontario border and the source of Winnipeg's drinking water, Shoal Lake is a catch-and-release walleye and sauger fishery that also holds northern pike, smallmouth bass, and lake whitefish. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
A Colchester County lake southwest of Truro that is a designated Special Bass Management Area, with smallmouth bass and year-round perch fishing. Located in Colchester County, RFA 6 (north-central mainland).
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
A large lake on the historic Shubenacadie Canal north of Dartmouth, Grand Lake is a busy warm-water fishery for smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and perch and is a designated Special Bass Management Area. Located in Halifax County, RFA 3.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Burbot, Chinook Salmon, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A sprawling H-shaped lake in the interior, Shuswap is famed for trophy rainbow trout, lake trout, and bull trout, plus abundant kokanee and returning chinook and sockeye salmon. Located in B.C. Region 3 (Thompson-Nicola).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of the few coastal rivers with a summer steelhead run, offering year-round hatchery steelhead plus spring and fall Chinook. Located in the central Oregon coast, winding from the Coast Range to Siletz Bay at Lincoln City.
lake in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A 3,100-acre dunes lake famous for largemouth bass, panfish and one of Oregon's rare wild coho retention fisheries each fall. Located in the Oregon dunes south of Florence, the largest lake on the Oregon coast.
river in Arizona, USA
A spring-fed creek on Arizona Game and Fish Commission property near Show Low, a celebrated winter fly-fishing water managed as catch-and-release in the cold months. Located on AZGFD-owned property in Navajo County near Show Low.
river in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A spring creek revered by fly anglers worldwide, Silver Creek flows cold and glassy through a high-desert preserve, offering technical dry-fly fishing for wild rainbow and brown trout under strict catch-and-release, fly-only rules on the Nature Conservancy property. Located in the Magic Valley Region on the Nature Conservancy's Silver Creek Preserve near Picabo.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, White Perch
A well-known urban lake in Dover offering largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and white perch. Located in in Dover, Kent County.
lake in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A shallow, weedy 3,000-acre lake near Mount St. Helens regarded as one of Washington's best largemouth bass waters. Located in the Mount St. Helens lowlands east of Castle Rock.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A 969-acre Lake Trout and Salmon Lake south of Conway with salmon, lakers and rainbows over deep water and bass along the sandy drop-offs. Located in the Mount Washington Valley (Madison).
lake in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water in North Kingstown, stocked for spring and fall fishing. Located in North Kingstown.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A south-east Yukon lake off the Campbell Highway holding lake trout, grayling, pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-east Yukon near Watson Lake.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
A sprawling Nelson River lake in north-central Manitoba, Sipiwesk Lake is a remote walleye, sauger, and northern pike fishery across its maze of bays and islands. Located in Manitoba's North Central Division for angling.
river in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
Alabama's only trout stream, a cold tailwater below Lewis Smith Dam stocked with rainbow trout year-round. Located on below Lewis Smith Dam in the Bankhead National Forest.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
A short, spring-fed river near Yakutat regarded as one of the greatest steelhead streams on earth, also holding sockeye, coho, cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden. Located on the Yakutat Area of Southeast Alaska.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The clearest of the Finger Lakes — wild lake trout, rainbows and landlocked salmon in gin-clear water, with an any-number walleye rule unique in the chain. Located in the eastern Finger Lakes at Skaneateles.
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout, Sockeye Salmon
B.C.'s second-largest river, the Skeena is a legendary wild-fish system producing enormous steelhead, all five Pacific salmon species, cutthroat, and Dolly Varden. Located in B.C. Region 6 (Skeena).
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A 10,190-acre Osage Hills reservoir with rocky points and standing timber, managed under a special two-over-20-inch striper rule. Located in Osage County northwest of Tulsa.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
A remote freestone gem tumbling out of state forest to Pine Creek, managed catch-and-release artificial-lures-only for its wild browns and brookies. Located in the Pine Creek Gorge country of Lycoming and Tioga counties.
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Goldeye, Lake Sturgeon, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
The powerful Slave River thunders north toward the Northwest Territories through boreal wilderness, holding trophy walleye, northern pike, goldeye, and a protected lake sturgeon population near its rapids. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB4 fish management zone.
reservoir in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A vast hydroelectric reservoir in western Labrador and part of the Churchill River Drainage Basin Watershed, holding trophy brook trout, lake trout and northern pike under a special lake-trout size limit. Located in western Labrador (Zone 4, Churchill River drainage).
lake in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
A 290-acre Sandhills lake with a liberal 10-pike bag, largemouth bass and quality bluegill and yellow perch under special panfish length rules. Located in the Sandhills south of Rushville (Sheridan County).
reservoir in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie, White Perch
Virginia's premier striped bass reservoir - 20,000 acres of clear water rimmed by the Blue Ridge. Located in the Roanoke River south of Bedford in the Blue Ridge foothills.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Montana's only permit-required float river, a 59-mile limestone canyon full of brown and rainbow trout. Located in the limestone canyon between Camp Baker and Eden Bridge.
river in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A famous brown trout tailwater below Philpott Dam that once produced Virginia's state-record brown. Located in the tailwater below Philpott Dam through Bassett and Martinsville.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Kansas City's 7,200-acre backyard reservoir with quality walleye, crappie under a split 9-inch rule, and 15-inch bass. Located in the Little Platte River north of Kansas City (Clay County).
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A large, glacier-fed river draining the northern Rockies, the Smoky is prized boreal-foothills water for Arctic grayling, bull trout, mountain whitefish, walleye, and northern pike. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES4 (Smoky) fish management zone.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A remote boreal lake northwest of Big River, Smoothstone Lake is a fly-in and drive-to walleye and northern pike fishery managed with a very restrictive walleye limit, also holding yellow perch. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A chain of small southern-Yukon lakes managed with mandatory lake-trout release. Located southern Yukon on the Atlin Road.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Cutthroat Trout
Alpine lakes high in the Snake Range fished catch-and-release only with single barbless artificials for small wild trout. Located in the Snake Range in and around Great Basin National Park (White Pine County).
river in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, White Sturgeon
Below Hells Canyon Dam the Snake River carves the deepest gorge on the continent and is famous for its giant catch-and-release white sturgeon — fish that can top 10 feet — along with hard-fighting smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Located in the Southwest Region in Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in North America.
river in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, White Sturgeon, Yellow Perch
The lower Snake River's four reservoirs hold outstanding smallmouth bass and channel catfish fishing below the Idaho border. Located in the lower Snake between the Tri-Cities and Clarkston in southeast Washington.
lake in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A small high-desert lake managed with a one-fish combined trout limit. Located in north of Pinedale in Sublette County.
reservoir in Oklahoma, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A 5,400-acre power-plant cooling lake whose warm-water discharge grows 20-inch-minimum stripers and 18-inch walleye. Located in Noble and Pawnee counties north of Stillwater.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
Draining to the harbour town of Souris on PEI's eastern tip, this river holds resident and sea-run brook trout along with stocked rainbow trout. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The Potomac Highlands' famous float river - the Trough's canyon smallmouth fishing, stocked trout water near Franklin, and bald eagles overhead. Located in the Potomac Highlands through Pendleton, Grant, Hardy and Hampshire counties.
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of the South's finest wild brown trout tailwaters, with prolific sulphur hatches. Located in the tailwater between South Holston Dam and Boone Reservoir.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Golden Trout
A remote pair of high-alpine lakes in the southern Rockies near Coleman, the South Fork Lakes hold Alberta's rare golden trout, a jewel-coloured mountain trout that survives only in these coldest headwater basins. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES1 (Oldman & Bow) fish management zone.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The New River's southern branch — delayed-harvest trout water at Todd Island and hatchery supported water near Brookshire Park, with smallmouth in its warmer runs. Located in Watauga and Ashe counties near Todd and Boone.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout · Nearby campsites: South Fork State Recreation Area Campgrounds
A 1,650-acre state recreation area reservoir with quality trout, trophy-managed bass and wipers under 15-inch minimums, and a spring catch-and-release bass season. Located in the South Fork Humboldt River south of Elko (Elko County).
river in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
Flowing cold and clear below Palisades Dam, the South Fork of the Snake River holds the largest wild population of native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Idaho, alongside brown trout and rainbow trout, and is managed to favor the native cutthroat. Located in the Upper Snake Region below Palisades Dam near Swan Valley.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A deep bi-state mountain reservoir prized for smallmouth and walleye. Located in the South Fork Holston River on the Tennessee-Virginia line near Bristol.
river in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A Front Range and South Park trout river with several famous Gold Medal tailwaters (Cheesman Canyon, Deckers, Dream Stream), prized for wild rainbow and brown trout. Located on a South Park and Front Range trout river with several Gold Medal tailwaters.
lake in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Deep, clear Quacumquasit (South) Pond in Brookfield is Massachusetts' designated special brown trout water, managed for holdover browns alongside largemouth bass and panfish. Located in a 220-acre kettle pond at Brookfield in central Massachusetts.
river in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Goldeye, Lake Sturgeon, Mooneye, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye
Flowing across the southern prairies toward Saskatoon, the South Saskatchewan River holds a rich native fish community — walleye, sauger, goldeye, mooneye, northern pike, channel catfish, a fully protected lake sturgeon population, and bigmouth buffalo. Located in Saskatchewan's Southern Zone for angling.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A boulder-strewn freestone stream below Mount Mitchell with catch-and-release water in its headwaters and hatchery supported fishing near the county recreation park. Located in the Black Mountains in Yancey County.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A Bonavista Bay pond within the Indian Bay Special Trout Management Area, notable for the so-called "mystery fish of Bonavista Bay" — shown by DFO analysis to be Atlantic salmon. Located in Bonavista North, eastern insular Newfoundland.
creek in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A canyon trout stream with wild browns and a rainbow catch-and-release section. Located in Spearfish Canyon in the northern Black Hills.
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass
A large, wild boundary lake on the St. Croix system, Spednic is one of North America's best smallmouth bass lakes and also holds landlocked salmon; harvest of smallmouth is closed here to protect the trophy fishery. Located in the Southwest RFA, on the New Brunswick–Maine border.
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A high, windswept Gold Medal reservoir on the South Platte in South Park, famous for large wild rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout and northern pike. Located on the South Platte River in South Park, a Gold Medal reservoir.
lake in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Iowa's largest natural lake, Spirit Lake is a classic prairie-glacial walleye and yellow perch factory managed under the 19- to 25-inch walleye slot, with strong populations of muskellunge, smallmouth and largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie and northern pike. Located in Iowa's largest natural lake, in Dickinson County.
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A deep, clear glacial lake near Jamestown — one of only two North American waters holding zander, which count toward the walleye combination limit here. Located in Stutsman County northeast of Jamestown.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A wild, undeveloped 625-acre Highlands reservoir with an electric-motor-only feel, managed as a Lunker Bass Lake for both smallmouth and largemouth. Located in the Highlands (Rockaway Township, Morris County).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A 739-acre clear kettle lake in the southwest corner of the state, known for lake-run rainbows, smallmouth and lake trout, with its own special season. Located in the Monadnock region (Chesterfield).
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A day-use state park lake at Spooner Summit stocked with trout, popular for easy shoreline fishing and winter ice fishing in cold years. Located in Spooner Summit on US 50 above Lake Tahoe (Douglas County).
lake in Washington, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Walleye
An 1,800-acre scabland lake known for largemouth bass, big bluegill and fast-growing rainbow trout. Located in the channeled scablands along I-90 between Ritzville and Spokane.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A cold, spring-fed trout stream in Delaware County, Spring Branch is managed as a quality trout fishery with a 14-inch minimum length limit and artificial-lures-only regulation on its upper reach, holding brown, brook and rainbow trout. Located in a spring-fed trout stream in Delaware County in northeastern Iowa.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of America's most storied wild brown trout streams, managed catch-and-release for 16-plus miles including historic Fisherman's Paradise. Located in the Nittany Valley through State College and Bellefonte in Centre County.
river in Arkansas, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A spring-fed Ozark river rising at Mammoth Spring, cold enough to hold stocked rainbow and brown trout alongside smallmouth bass. Located on a spring-fed Ozark river from Mammoth Spring in north Arkansas.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A scenic Vancouver Island lake near Port Alberni, Sproat Lake is a reliable producer of cutthroat and rainbow trout, kokanee, and Dolly Varden through the open-water season. Located in B.C. Region 1 (Vancouver Island).
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
A 1,290-acre reservoir near Clinton renowned for hybrid striped bass and one of the state's best northern pike fisheries. Located in the Skylands region (Hunterdon County).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The 'On Golden Pond' lake is a classic Lake Trout and Salmon Lake, its clear coves and rocky reefs holding lakers, landlocked salmon, rainbow trout and outstanding smallmouth bass. Located in the Lakes Region (Holderness, Center Harbor, Moultonborough, Sandwich).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout
A glacial river north of Vancouver, the Squamish and its tributaries offer bull trout, Dolly Varden, and rainbow (steelhead) trout, along with fall salmon runs that draw bald eagles by the thousands. Located in B.C. Region 2 (Lower Mainland).
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Shaded and cool, the Squannacook River is a listed major river and a favorite stocked-trout stream, winding through state wildlife lands between Townsend and its mouth on the Nashua. Located in a wooded trout stream through Townsend and Groton in north-central Massachusetts.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A scenic New Fairfield pond connected to Candlewood Lake, holding largemouth and smallmouth bass, stocked trout and yellow perch. Located in a New Fairfield arm of the Candlewood system.
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
Remote and productive, Square Lake is one of the top landlocked salmon and brook trout waters in the Fish River chain of far northern Maine. Located in a Fish River chain lake east of Eagle Lake in Aroostook County (North Zone).
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
One of the Middle Brook watershed ponds near Gambo, managed as part of the Indian Bay – Bonavista North Special Trout Management Area for its wild brook trout. Located in Middle Brook watershed, Bonavista North, insular Newfoundland.
river in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The deep, fast St. Clair River carries Lake Huron's water south past Port Huron, holding trophy smallmouth bass, walleye, muskellunge and one of the Great Lakes' healthiest lake sturgeon populations. Located in the connecting river between Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair at Port Huron.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Chain Pickerel, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass
The international boundary river between New Brunswick and Maine, the St. Croix is a noted smallmouth bass and landlocked salmon water, with fly-only and artificial-lure stretches near Milltown. Located in the Southwest RFA, on the New Brunswick–Maine border.
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A federally protected Wild and Scenic River on the Wisconsin border, the St. Croix mixes smallmouth bass water above Taylors Falls with walleye, sauger, big flathead catfish and one of the Midwest's premier lake sturgeon fisheries below. No fishing is allowed from March 2 through June 15 from the Taylors Falls dam to the upstream side of the Highway 8 bridge. Located in the Minnesota-Wisconsin border from the upper river through Taylors Falls to the Mississippi River at Prescott, including Lake St. Croix.
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A federally protected wild river on the Minnesota border - superb smallmouth floats, walleye and sauger below St. Croix Falls, and a short trophy sturgeon season. Located in the National Scenic Riverway along the Wisconsin-Minnesota border to Prescott.
river in Idaho, USA · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A blue-ribbon cutthroat river winding out of the Bitterroot high country, the St. Joe is one of the West's classic native westslope cutthroat trout streams, managed to protect its wild cutthroat. Located in the St. Joe drainage of the southern Panhandle.
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Striped Bass
Florida's longest river, the languid St. Johns flows north for 310 miles and offers superb fishing for largemouth bass, speckled perch, bluegill and shellcracker, plus striped and sunshine bass and abundant catfish. Located in the slow, north-flowing river of northeast Florida.
river in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Fed by a series of fish ladders, the St. Joseph River through South Bend and Mishawaka is northern Indiana's steelhead and salmon river, drawing runs of Chinook and coho salmon, steelhead (rainbow) and brown trout up from Lake Michigan, and also holding smallmouth bass. Located in the northern river through South Bend and Mishawaka to the Michigan line.
river in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Flowing out of Lake Ontario through the Thousand Islands, the St. Lawrence River is a premier destination for trophy muskellunge, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 18.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Lake Sturgeon, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The Thousand Islands reach of the St. Lawrence — giant muskellunge water with outstanding smallmouth, pike and walleye among the islands and shoals. Located in the Thousand Islands (Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties).
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
The 12,000-acre freshwater estuary shared by Duluth and Superior grows trophy walleye, muskellunge and smallmouth bass in its stained bays and shipping channels above Lake Superior. No fishing is allowed at any time from the Fond du Lac Dam downstream to the Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary cable, and no fishing from the boundary cable to the Highway 23 bridge March 1 - May 18. Located in the lower St. Louis River between Duluth and Superior, Wisconsin, from the Fond du Lac dam to the Lake Superior entries.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large irrigation reservoir south of Lethbridge, St. Mary Reservoir is a windswept prairie fishery producing big northern pike and walleye, plus yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP1 (Milk & South Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish
A clear tributary of the Kootenay near Cranbrook, the St. Mary is a quality wild westslope cutthroat and bull trout stream with exceptional dry-fly water and mountain whitefish. Located in B.C. Region 4 (Kootenay).
lake in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass
Southern Maryland's premier freshwater destination, 250-acre St. Mary's Lake is managed under a bass slot limit and is well known for quality largemouth bass, chain pickerel, crappie and bluegill in its stump-filled coves. Located in a 250-acre impoundment on MD Route 5 in St. Mary's County.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
One of Nova Scotia's premier rivers, the St. Mary's runs through Sherbrooke to the Atlantic and is renowned for its Atlantic salmon (managed by DFO) and strong brook, brown and rainbow trout fishing. Located in Guysborough County, RFA 2 (eastern mainland).
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish
A winding blackwater river forming the Florida-Georgia line, the St. Marys carries its own special limits and offers largemouth bass, redbreast sunfish, bluegill, speckled perch, chain pickerel and catfish. Located in the blackwater river forming Florida's northeastern border with Georgia.
river in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Lake Sturgeon, Lake Whitefish, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
The St. Marys River pours Lake Superior over the rapids at Sault Ste. Marie, mixing Atlantic salmon, pink salmon, steelhead and whitefish with walleye, northern pike and big muskellunge in its island-studded lower reaches. Located in the connecting river between Lake Superior and Lake Huron at Sault Ste. Marie.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A designated trout water in Tiverton and one of the East Bay's best mixed fisheries. Located in Tiverton in the East Bay.
lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A central-Newfoundland reservoir managed as a Special Trout Management Area with a short summer season to protect its brook trout. Located in central insular Newfoundland.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A clear East Arm lake ringed by cliffs, known for hard-fighting lake trout and grayling. Located the East Arm of Great Slave Lake near Fort Reliance.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A Uinta Basin walleye and smallmouth destination with big browns, where the panfish limit is a combined 10 fish. Located in the Strawberry River near Duchesne (Duchesne County).
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A community fishing pond on the Minot State Fairgrounds — all fish caught between April 1 and July 31 must be released immediately, and the pond closes from sunset to sunrise. Located in Ward County on the State Fairgrounds in Minot.
river in Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The big, wild middle reach of the Roanoke - called the Staunton locally - with landlocked stripers running up from Buggs Island Lake. Located in the middle Roanoke River (locally the Staunton) between Leesville Dam and Buggs Island Lake.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye
A reservoir on the Boyne River within Stephenfield Provincial Park, this water is a walleye and northern pike fishery managed with a minimum-size walleye release. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A tributary of the Shubenacadie famous for its tidal bore, the Stewiacke River is a Special Trout Management Area with staged seasons, single-hook and fly-only periods, and a reduced trout bag with a size minimum. Located in Colchester County, RFA 6 (north-central mainland).
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
The largest Custer State Park lake, with trout, pike and panfish. Located in Custer State Park in the southern Black Hills.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 24,900-acre clear-water gem known statewide for walleye and smallmouth, with 10-inch crappie and steady wind for sailors between bites. Located in the Sac River in southwest Missouri near Stockton (Cedar, Dade, Polk counties).
lake in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A 550-acre clear-water lake known for giant muskellunge - a former state-record producer - plus quality walleye under a 15-inch minimum. Located in the Stonecoal Creek valley between Weston and Buckhannon in Lewis and Upshur counties.
reservoir in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A 2,650-acre trophy-managed reservoir ringed by a state park - big largemouth bass, trophy muskellunge and crappie in standing timber. Located in the West Fork River valley near Weston in Lewis County.
lake in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A large, shallow natural lake in Buena Vista County, Storm Lake is a productive walleye fishery managed with a 19- to 25-inch release slot, along with white bass, yellow perch, bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass and channel catfish. Located in a large natural lake in Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
Utah's flagship trout fishery — a high-elevation Blue Ribbon reservoir famous for slab Bear Lake cutthroat, rainbows and a strong kokanee run. Located in the Uinta Basin rim southeast of Heber City (Wasatch County).
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A large lake in the central interior near Fort St. James, Stuart Lake holds rainbow, bull, and lake trout, plus burbot, kokanee, and mountain whitefish across its cold expanse. Located in B.C. Region 7A (Omineca).
lake in North Dakota, USA · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Once separate, now joined to Devils Lake by rising water, Stump Lake shares the basin's outstanding walleye, pike and perch fishing with far less pressure. Located in the eastern arm of the Devils Lake basin near Lakota.
river in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The celebrated canoeing stream through Turkey Run and Shades state parks, Sugar Creek is one of Indiana's finest smallmouth bass streams, managed under a special 20-inch, one-fish bass limit, and also holds rock bass and channel catfish. Located in the canoeing stream through Turkey Run and Shades state parks in west-central Indiana.
river in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The outlet of Lake Sunapee, a productive brown and rainbow trout stream with an extended-season fly-fishing-only section through Newport. Located in the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region (Newport).
reservoir in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye
West Virginia's largest lake - 2,700 acres of famously clear water over sandstone cliffs, with smallmouth bass, walleye and deep-water panfish. Located in the Gauley River canyon country near Summersville in Nicholas County.
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, White Bass
A Pecos River reservoir with good white bass opportunities, walleye and channel catfish; the stilling basin below the dam is a Winter Trout Water stocked with rainbows. Located in the Pecos River drainage (De Baca County, eastern New Mexico).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass
Historic home of the golden Sunapee trout, this 4,136-acre Lake Trout and Salmon Lake still produces quality lakers and salmon, with smallmouth bass along its granite shores. Located in the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region (New London, Newbury, Sunapee).
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A Kings County lake carrying an extended season for rainbow and brook trout, with a reduced winter bag limit. Located in Kings County, RFA 5 (Annapolis Valley).
river in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Muskellunge, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A mile-wide smallmouth factory whose ledges and grass islands also give up flathead catfish, muskies and walleyes. Located in central Pennsylvania, flowing past Sunbury, Harrisburg and York toward the Chesapeake.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A 3,000-acre power-plant cooling reservoir with a 10-fish channel catfish bag, walleye, white bass, wiper and smallmouth; warm discharge keeps winter fishing going. Located in the South Platte valley south of Sutherland (Lincoln County).
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass, Suwannee Bass
The iconic blackwater Suwannee River flows from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico and is the heartland of the Suwannee bass, along with largemouth bass, redbreast sunfish, catfish and Gulf striped bass. Located in the tea-colored river flowing from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Gulf.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Fed by icy releases from the bottom of Quabbin Reservoir, the Swift River fishes all year and holds large, selective rainbows and browns in its gin-clear fly-fishing-only water below Winsor Dam. Located in the Quabbin tailwater from Winsor Dam through Belchertown and Ware.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A clear, popular resort lake west of Red Deer, Sylvan Lake holds northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and burbot beneath its busy summer shorelines. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
An iconic granite-ringed Custer State Park lake stocked with trout. Located in the Needles of Custer State Park.
river in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char
The river at Iqaluit (whose name means 'place of many fish') running through Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park, renowned for its Arctic char, with a reduced water-specific limit. Located the Qikiqtaaluk region at Iqaluit on Baffin Island.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 43,000-acre clear-water Ozark reservoir famous for all three black bass species, quality crappie and walleye, feeding Lake Taneycomo's trout water below the dam. Located in the White River in the Ozarks near Branson (Stone, Barry, Taney counties).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A large southern-Yukon lake (including Windy Arm) with lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located southern Yukon on the Carcross-Atlin lake chain.
river in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Above its root beer-colored falls, the Tahquamenon River winds through wild UP country holding northern pike, walleye, smallmouth bass and a native muskellunge population protected by a 38-inch minimum. Located in the tannin-stained river above its famous falls in Luce County, Upper Peninsula.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon
A tributary of the Yukon River west of Whitehorse holding grayling and Pacific salmon. Located south-west of Whitehorse.
river in Florida, USA · Fish species: Butterfly Peacock Bass, Largemouth Bass
One of the urban Miami-Dade canals stocked with butterfly peacock bass, the Tamiami Canal offers fast-paced sight-fishing for peacocks alongside largemouth bass in the heart of the city. Located in the C-4 canal running west from Miami through Miami-Dade County.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon, Inconnu, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A vast, silty Interior river fed by clearwater tributaries, the Tanana supports king and chum salmon, sheefish, northern pike, burbot, whitefish and grayling. Located on the Interior Alaska drainage from the Canadian border to the Yukon.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A scenic 2,350-acre Muskingum Watershed lake along U.S. 250 known for crappie, saugeye, and shoreline campsites. Located in Harrison County in eastern Ohio.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
A small central-Yukon salmon tributary with a late-summer closure to protect returning fish. Located central Yukon, joining the Yukon River near Carmacks.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A large, shallow Dehcho lake famous for northern pike and walleye. Located the Dehcho region south-west of Great Slave Lake.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A central-Yukon lake (Tetl'ámä̀n) managed with a five-fish daily aggregate that counts released fish. Located central Yukon north of Carmacks.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Sockeye Salmon
A powerful south-west Yukon river in the Alsek drainage, famous for its salmon runs at the Dalton Post fishery. Located south-west Yukon in the Alsek drainage near Dalton Post.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The closest major reservoir to Louisville, fertile Taylorsville Lake is a productive largemouth bass, crappie and catfish water with strong populations of bluegill and white bass. Located in a Salt River impoundment southeast of Louisville.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A remote lake in the extreme northwest corner of Saskatchewan, Tazin Lake is famous for producing giant lake trout and trophy northern pike in a true fly-in wilderness setting, and also holds Arctic grayling. Located in Saskatchewan's Northern Zone for angling.
river in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A heavily stocked mountain trout river managed under the Tellico-Citico permit system. Located in the Cherokee National Forest in Monroe County.
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water in East Providence near the Massachusetts line. Located in East Providence.
river in Mississippi, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The Tenn-Tom's chain of locks and pools through east Mississippi holds excellent crappie, largemouth and spotted bass, blue catfish and bream. No paddlefish harvest is allowed in the waterway, the Tombigbee River or its tributaries; hand-grabbling structures are prohibited. Located in the navigation waterway linking the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee River through east Mississippi, including Columbus and Aberdeen lakes.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A scheduled salmon river flowing through the Terra Nova region to Alexander Bay, holding Atlantic salmon and abundant brook trout. Located in eastern insular Newfoundland (Terra Nova area).
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A large lake on the Alaska Highway with lake trout, grayling, northern pike and burbot. Located south-central Yukon on the Yukon-BC border at Teslin.
river in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
The reach of the Teslin River from the outlet of Teslin Lake downstream, managed for lake trout, grayling and pike. Located south-central Yukon where the Alaska Highway crosses the Teslin River.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A Bathurst-area river running to Chaleur Bay, the Tetagouche offers sea-run Atlantic salmon and brook trout, and its headwater lakes hold one of New Brunswick's few landlocked salmon populations. Located in the Chaleur RFA, northern New Brunswick.
reservoir in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
The largest lake entirely within Arizona, a Salt River reservoir with outstanding largemouth and smallmouth bass, crappie and catfish fishing. Located on the Salt River in the Tonto National Forest northeast of Phoenix.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Crappie
Warm-water discharge keeps this 4,950-acre power-plant lake fishing through winter for hybrid stripers, crappie and bass. Located in a power-plant cooling reservoir near Macon (Macon and Randolph counties).
river in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Rainbow Trout
The lower Thompson is legendary among steelheaders for its large, powerful wild fish, though the fishery has faced conservation closures. It is a Classified Water and also holds resident rainbow trout and returning chinook salmon. Located in B.C. Region 3 (Thompson-Nicola).
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye
Thornapple Lake near Nashville is a Great Lakes-strain muskellunge broodstock water under a 50-inch minimum, and its stained, fertile basin also gives up walleye, largemouth bass, crappie and channel catfish. Located in a 409-acre natural lake on the Thornapple River in Barry County.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Trout
The largest river on Prince of Wales Island, prized for cutthroat trout, steelhead, coho and pink salmon in classic Southeast rainforest surroundings. Located on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A lake on the Burntwood system near Nelson House, Threepoint Lake is a walleye and northern pike fishery that also produces yellow perch. Located in Manitoba's North Central Division for angling.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
The lowest Tallapoosa River impoundment above the fall line, offering bass, crappie and a striped bass fishery. Located on the Tallapoosa River at Tallassee.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
The lake at the end of the Ingraham Trail, a starting point for canoe routes with lake trout, pike and grayling. Located the end of the Ingraham Trail east of Yellowknife.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A designated Kent County trout pond stocked with rainbow, brown and brook trout that opens the first Saturday in March. Located in near Camden in Kent County — a designated trout pond.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A clear highland-rim reservoir known for smallmouth bass and striped bass. Located in the upper Elk River near Winchester in Franklin County.
lake in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water in Coventry that also holds bass and pickerel. Located in Coventry.
river in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
One of Indiana's most scenic and biologically rich streams, the Tippecanoe River is a favorite for smallmouth bass, rock bass, northern pike, channel catfish and bluegill as it winds through north-central Indiana to the Wabash. Located in a clear, winding stream through north-central Indiana to its mouth on the Wabash.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Burbot, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A reservoir on the Saskatchewan River near Nipawin, Tobin Lake is world-renowned as a trophy walleye and northern pike factory that has produced record-class fish, and is managed with strict trophy-protection slot limits. Located in Saskatchewan's Central Zone for angling.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass
A large, clear Saint John tributary draining the Tobique highlands, the Tobique River is a noted brook trout and smallmouth bass water with several seasonal closures below its power dam. Located in the Upper Saint John RFA, northwestern New Brunswick.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A premier north Georgia mountain trout stream, the Toccoa River offers both a freestone upper section and a cold tailwater below Lake Blue Ridge Dam, stocked with rainbow and brown trout and carrying a delayed-harvest section. Located in the north Georgia mountains of Fannin County near Blue Ridge.
reservoir in Louisiana, USA · Fish species: Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Bass
One of the largest man-made lakes in the South and a perennial top-ranked bass lake, Toledo Bend produces trophy largemouth bass, slab crappie, big catfish and strong white bass and striper fishing across 185,000 acres of hydrilla flats, timber and river channel. Located in a giant Sabine River impoundment on the Texas-Louisiana border.
river in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A tea-colored Pine Barrens river and the southernmost quality trout water in the state, with a year-round Trout Conservation Area near Riverwood Park. Located in the Jersey Shore region (Ocean County).
reservoir in Montana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie · Nearby campsites: Tongue River Reservoir State Park Campground
A prairie reservoir near the Wyoming line with outstanding crappie, smallmouth bass and walleye fishing. Located in the red-rock coulee country near Decker on the Wyoming border.
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A remote artificial-lures-only trout reservoir in Eureka County limited to electric or non-motorized boats. Located in the Simpson Park Mountains north of Eureka (Eureka County).
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
An interstate border reservoir stocked heavily with rainbows and browns, famous for its January-opener trout derby and big cutthroat trolled along the west shore. Located in the Nevada-California border on US 395 south of Gardnerville (Douglas County).
lake in Michigan, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Caribbean-blue Torch Lake plunges nearly 300 feet deep, holding lake trout and rainbow trout under Type E rules plus trophy 50-inch-minimum muskellunge and smallmouth bass along its famous sand bars. Located in Michigan's longest inland lake, in Antrim County near Traverse City.
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A Northern Peninsula salmon river at Hawke's Bay with a well-known fishway, one of the more productive salmon rivers on the Great Northern Peninsula. Located in Northern Peninsula, insular Newfoundland.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed
A bald-cypress-lined Sussex County pond in Trap Pond State Park, prized for largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill among the northernmost natural cypress stands. Located in Trap Pond State Park near Laurel, Sussex County.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Inconnu, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A productive Gwich'in lake known for northern pike, whitefish and inconnu. Located the Gwich'in region east of the Mackenzie River.
river in Nunavut, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Char
A short, cold tundra river world-famous for trophy sea-run Arctic char, including record-class fish, with a reduced water-specific limit. Located the Kitikmeot region, flowing to Coronation Gulf east of Kugluktuk.
reservoir in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
One of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission's two Patuxent River reservoirs, 800-acre Triadelphia is a permit-only fishery prized for largemouth bass, crappie, sunfish and channel catfish in a no-gas-motor setting. Located in an 800-acre WSSC water-supply reservoir on the Patuxent near Brighton.
river in Texas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass
The tailwater reach below Livingston Dam is Texas's premier trophy blue catfish and white bass river, with a spring striper run. Located in southeast Texas below Lake Livingston Dam, in Polk and San Jacinto counties.
lake in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Ouananiche
A Tobique-system lake in northwestern New Brunswick, Trousers Lake is one of the Upper Saint John waters open to landlocked salmon, with brook trout as well. Located in the Upper Saint John RFA, northwestern New Brunswick.
lake in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A remote Dehcho lake (Sambaa K'e) managed with tight lake-trout, pike and walleye limits. Located the Dehcho region near the community of Sambaa K'e.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A western PEI brook trout river near Coleman with a delayed opening and a June-onward catch-and-release conservation zone protecting its wild brook trout. Located in Prince County, western Prince Edward Island.
river in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
Nevada's blue-ribbon urban trout stream, with wild browns and rainbows through downtown Reno and a trophy 1-trout artificial-lure reach downstream toward the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation. Located in the Truckee River through Reno and Sparks toward Pyramid Lake (Washoe and Storey counties).
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A south-shore river draining to the Northumberland Strait near Tryon, holding wild brook trout in its cool headwaters. Located in Prince County, south shore of western Prince Edward Island.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Western North Carolina's big trout river, with long delayed-harvest reaches through Webster, Dillsboro and Bryson City and heavily stocked hatchery supported water. Located in Jackson and Swain counties from Cullowhee to Bryson City.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A cool bottom-release tailwater fishery below Blue Marsh Lake, managed as delayed-harvest water for stocked browns and rainbows. Located in the tailwater below Blue Marsh Dam northwest of Reading in Berks County.
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A driftless-area river through northeastern Iowa, the Turkey River is a favorite smallmouth bass and channel catfish stream with cold, trout-holding tributaries, also producing flathead catfish, walleye and brown trout under the interior-stream rules. Located in a driftless-area river through Clayton and Fayette counties in northeastern Iowa.
reservoir in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish
A warm power-plant cooling reservoir in Sullivan County, Turtle Creek Reservoir grows fast, trophy largemouth bass under a 20-inch, one-fish limit and is known for its unlimited channel catfish harvest, along with bluegill, crappie and redear sunfish. Located in a power-plant cooling reservoir in Sullivan County.
flowage in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A wild, island-dotted flowage managed as wilderness - walleye, smallmouth and musky among drowned timber, with paddle-in campsites and loons for company. Located in the 13,000-acre wilderness flowage west of Mercer in Iron County.
river in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
A sprawling southwestern river system of lakes and stillwaters, the Tusket holds smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and abundant perch, with a catch-and-release brook trout sanctuary at Big Meadow Brook. Located in Yarmouth County, RFA 4 (southwestern mainland).
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
The second-largest reservoir in Kansas, Tuttle Creek north of Manhattan is a renowned catfish and crappie fishery famous for its blue catfish, also holding largemouth bass, saugeye and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a Big Blue River reservoir north of Manhattan.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The Twin Lakes (Washinee and Washining) of Salisbury, a deep, cold northwestern Connecticut fishery for smallmouth and largemouth bass, kokanee and rainbow trout. Located in Washinee and Washining lakes in Salisbury.
lake in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Crappie, Yellow Perch
Seven sandpit lakes west of Omaha, headlined by the tag-fishery Trout Lake (Lake No. 5) with put-and-take rainbow trout, plus 21-inch-minimum bass and catch-and-release catfish pits. Located in the Platte-Elkhorn confluence area west of Omaha (Douglas County; seven sandpit lakes).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A restored salmon river where spring Chinook and coho again return past Threemile Dam, alongside hatchery steelhead each fall. Located in northeast Oregon from the Blue Mountains to the Columbia at Umatilla.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Northern Pike, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A wild, shallow border lake inside a national wildlife refuge, home to eagles and ospreys, trophy brook trout, landlocked salmon, smallmouth and northern pike. Located in the Great North Woods on the NH-Maine border (Errol/Cambridge, NH and Upton, ME).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A broad, warm mainstem prized for its dense smallmouth bass population alongside runs of Chinook, coho and steelhead to the sea. Located in southwest Oregon from the forks near Roseburg to Winchester Bay at Reedsport.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, White Perch
South Jersey's largest lake (nearly 900 acres) on the Maurice River, a storied largemouth and pickerel fishery with crappie, white perch and channel cats. Located in South Jersey (Millville, Cumberland County).
river in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A scenic spring-fed river through the driftless bluff country of northeastern Iowa, the Upper Iowa is one of the state's finest smallmouth bass streams, with cold trout tributaries, managed under the interior-stream bass rules with a release-alive segment near Decorah. Located in a spring-fed river through the driftless bluff country of northeastern Iowa.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
A stunning turquoise reservoir high in Kananaskis Country, this cold mountain lake holds bull trout, lake trout, cutthroat and rainbow trout, and mountain whitefish beneath a wall of Rocky Mountain peaks. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES1 (Oldman & Bow) fish management zone.
lake in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Rainbow Trout
A vast, shallow basin lake whose native redband rainbow trout grow to trophy size, protected by a one-fish, 15-inch rule. Located in the Klamath Basin north of Klamath Falls, Oregon's largest lake by surface area.
lake in Arizona, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Bass
A long, shallow lake in the pines near Flagstaff, one of Arizona's few northern pike and walleye fisheries, with channel catfish and yellow bass. Located on the ponderosa pine country southeast of Flagstaff.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The broad, green drift water above Niagara Falls — smallmouth, muskellunge and walleye along the strong current seams between Buffalo and Grand Island. Located in western New York between Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The state-water portion of Minnesota's largest inland lake is a shallow, fertile walleye powerhouse and a renowned trophy northern pike destination. It is an intensive management lake; walleye rules may change during the year and are posted at public accesses. Portions within the Red Lake Indian Reservation are closed to non-band members. Located in Beltrami County in far northern Minnesota, including Shotley Brook and the Tamarac River.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
Running through Fundy National Park to the sea at Alma, the Upper Salmon River is a brook trout stream in a dramatic Bay of Fundy setting. Located in the Inner Bay of Fundy RFA, southern New Brunswick.
river in New Brunswick, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A classic clear-water salmon river and major Restigouche tributary, the Upsalquitch is a fly-fishing-only stream prized for grilse and salmon holding in its steady runs and pools. Located in the Restigouche RFA, northwestern New Brunswick.
lake in Utah, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Utah's largest freshwater lake — shallow, warm and full of white bass, channel catfish and walleye. Home of the endangered June sucker; all suckers must be released, and every northern pike caught must be killed. Located in the Provo-Orem valley floor (Utah County).
lake in New Mexico, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Home of the state-record smallmouth bass (14-inch minimum applies here), with outstanding white bass fishing, good walleye numbers and large channel catfish. Located in the Canadian River drainage near Logan (Quay County, eastern New Mexico).
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large, shallow boreal lake in the Peace watershed, Utikuma is a remote walleye and northern pike fishery ringed by muskeg and spruce forest. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB3 fish management zone.
reservoir in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Kokanee, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout
A San Juan Mountains reservoir near Durango holding kokanee salmon, rainbow and brown trout and northern pike. Located on the Pine River in the San Juan Mountains north of Durango.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
A cold Kings County river in the Brudenell watershed, one of PEI's better wild brook trout streams with a small Atlantic salmon run. Located in Kings County, eastern Prince Edward Island.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, White Perch
A tidal river draining to Orwell Bay, holding wild brook trout in its cool headwaters and white perch in its estuary. Located in Queens County, south-eastern Prince Edward Island.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large, warm lake just west of Edmonton, Wabamun is celebrated for trophy northern pike and yellow perch, along with walleye, whitefish, and a strong ice fishery. Located in Alberta's Parkland-Prairie – PP2 (Red Deer, Battle & North Saskatchewan) fish management zone.
lake in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A pair of large shallow boreal lakes in north-central Alberta, the Wabasca lakes are productive walleye and northern pike waters that also hold yellow perch and lake whitefish. Located in Alberta's Northern Boreal – NB3 fish management zone.
river in Illinois, USA
The free-flowing Wabash River on the Illinois-Indiana line is a premier flathead and blue catfish river that also produces smallmouth and largemouth bass and good numbers of sauger and walleye, which carry no statewide size limit here. Located in the Illinois-Indiana border in southeastern Illinois.
river in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Indiana's official state river and the longest free-flowing river east of the Mississippi, the Wabash is a premier smallmouth bass and big-river catfish stream that also produces walleye, sauger, white bass and the native shovelnose sturgeon in its lower reaches. Located in Indiana's official state river, running from the northeast to the Ohio River at the state's southwestern corner.
lake in Ontario, CAN · Fish species: Black Crappie, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A fertile, weedy lake near Dryden known for fast walleye action and heavyweight muskellunge in its stained, food-rich water. Located in Ontario Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) 5.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Striped Bass
A tea-stained blackwater river with bass, bream and seasonal striped bass. Located in the coastal blackwater corridor from the North Carolina line to Winyah Bay.
reservoir in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
Boston's 4,100-acre backup water supply is one of the state's premier shore fisheries, giving up lake trout, landlocked salmon, big smallmouth bass and holdover brown trout along its walk-in shoreline. Located in the metropolitan drinking-water reservoir at West Boylston in central Massachusetts.
lake in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass
A Sussex County pond at Milton offering largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill. Located in at Milton in Sussex County.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, White Crappie
A 315-acre Salt Valley lake renovated and restocked in 2022, managed with a 15- to 18-inch protected bass slot, muskellunge and panfish. Located in Hickman Branch southeast of Lincoln (Lancaster County).
reservoir in Hawaii, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Butterfly Peacock Bass, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Oscar, Smallmouth Bass
Also called Lake Wilson, this branching reservoir in central O‘ahu is Hawai‘i's premier freshwater fishery, world-famous for trophy tucunare (peacock bass) and largemouth bass — all bass and tucunare are catch-and-release only — alongside oscar, channel catfish and bluegill. A Freshwater Game Fishing License and entry permit are required. Located in the central plateau of O‘ahu at Wahiawā.
reservoir in Hawaii, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Butterfly Peacock Bass, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
A scenic irrigation reservoir in the uplands above Wailua, this Kaua‘i Public Fishing Area offers largemouth and smallmouth bass, tucunare (peacock bass) and bluegill under a three-fish aggregate daily limit; a Freshwater Game Fishing License is required. Located in off Kuamo‘o Road about five miles mauka of Kūhi‘ō Highway above Wailua on Kaua‘i.
lake in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout
A moraine-rimmed alpine lake beneath the Eagle Cap peaks, holding multiple world-record kokanee and deep-dwelling lake trout. Located in the foot of the Wallowa Mountains at Joseph in northeast Oregon.
lake in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A clear, deep border lake in Burrillville and a designated trout water; Rhode Island regulations apply per 250-RICR-60-00-10. Located in Burrillville on the Rhode Island-Massachusetts border.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout
The most heavily fished steelhead tributary in Pennsylvania, with fall-through-spring runs of chrome Lake Erie rainbows. Located in Erie County's steelhead alley, entering Lake Erie west of the city of Erie.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Known as Lake Eufaula and the 'Bass Capital of the World,' a fertile Chattahoochee River impoundment famed for big largemouth bass. Located on the Chattahoochee River at Eufaula on the Georgia border (Lake Eufaula).
river in Alberta, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
Flowing past Grande Prairie into the Smoky system, the Wapiti River is a Peace-country stream holding Arctic grayling, bull trout, mountain whitefish, walleye, and northern pike. Located in Alberta's Eastern Slopes – ES4 (Smoky) fish management zone.
lake in Missouri, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, White Crappie
A shallow, fertile 8,400-acre southeast Missouri reservoir with legendary spring crappie fishing and an 18-inch walleye rule on the lake and its St. Francis River tributaries. Located in the St. Francis River in southeast Missouri (Wayne and Butler counties).
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
The Ware River (including its East Branch, both listed major rivers) is a productive stocked-trout river through quiet central Massachusetts farm country, with smallmouth bass in its warmer lower reaches. Located in a central Massachusetts trout river through Barre, Ware and Palmer.
lake in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, White Bass · Nearby campsites: Washoe Lake Campground
A shallow, windswept valley lake between Reno and Carson City fished for white bass and channel catfish from shore and small boats. Located in Washoe Valley between Reno and Carson City (Washoe County).
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Tennessee's high mountain lake, deep and clear with trout, walleye and smallmouth. Located in the Appalachian highlands of Carter and Johnson counties.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The High Country's premier delayed-harvest river, with two managed reaches around Valle Crucis Community Park drawing fly anglers year-round. Located in Watauga County near Boone and Valle Crucis.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A large designated trout water at Burlingame State Park with trout and warmwater fishing. Located in Charlestown at Burlingame State Park.
river in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A small, tightly regulated trophy trout stream in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Waters Creek is managed to grow large fish and carries special 22-inch (brown and rainbow) and 18-inch (brook) minimum size limits. Located in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Lumpkin County.
reservoir in Tennessee, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A sprawling Tennessee River reservoir with bass, stripers and excellent catfishing. Located in the Tennessee River between Watts Bar Dam and Fort Loudoun Dam.
lake in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass, Yellow Perch
A sprawling natural glacial lake known for walleye, perch and big northern pike. Located in the Glacial Lakes region of Day County.
river in Utah, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish
A blue-collar Blue Ribbon brown trout river along I-80 and I-84, with native Bonneville cutthroat protected along its entire lower run. Located in from the Uinta Mountains through Rockport and Echo reservoirs to the Great Salt Lake (Summit, Morgan, Davis and Weber counties).
lake in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge
A natural lake at North Webster and a longtime muskellunge stronghold managed with a 44-inch minimum, Webster Lake also holds largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie and channel catfish. Located in a natural muskellunge lake at North Webster in Kosciusko County.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
Billed as the 'Crappie Capital of the World,' a sprawling Coosa River impoundment with outstanding crappie and largemouth bass fishing. Located on the Coosa River in Cherokee County near the Georgia border.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Sauger, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large Grass River lake near Snow Lake, Wekusko Lake is a productive walleye, sauger, and northern pike fishery that also holds lake trout and yellow perch. Located in Manitoba's Northwest Division for angling.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Northern Pike
A trophy northern-pike lake in far-western Yukon also holding lake trout, grayling and burbot. Located western Yukon near the Alaska border.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A quiet lake in the Duck Mountain uplands, Wellman Lake is a walleye and northern pike fishery managed with reduced walleye limits, also holding yellow perch. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in Nova Scotia, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A Digby County lake carrying an extended smallmouth bass season into late autumn, alongside brook trout in its cooler waters. Located in Digby County, RFA 4 (southwestern mainland).
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The Adirondacks' signature trout stream beneath Whiteface Mountain, with celebrated catch-and-release water at the Flume and Monument Falls. Located in the High Peaks region at Wilmington and Lake Placid.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A legendary tailwater below Cannonsville Reservoir — cold, flat and technical, with Wild-Premier and Catch-and-Release reaches of large wild browns. Located in Delaware County from Deposit to Hancock.
lake in Ohio, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye
A 2,650-acre reservoir known for trophy muskellunge trolling and a solid stocked walleye program. Located in Portage County east of Ravenna (Michael J. Kirwan Reservoir).
lake in Maine, USA · Fish species: Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
One of Maine's most storied fisheries, West Grand Lake (including Pug Lake) supports wild landlocked salmon, trophy lake trout and superb smallmouth bass beside the guiding village of Grand Lake Stream. Located in a famous salmon and togue lake at Grand Lake Stream village (South Zone).
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Manitoba's deepest lake, formed by a meteorite impact in Whiteshell Provincial Park, West Hawk Lake is a clear, cold water holding lake trout along with smallmouth bass, walleye, and northern pike. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in Connecticut, USA · Fish species: Kokanee, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A deep, exceptionally clear northwestern Connecticut pond, one of the state's few kokanee and lake trout fisheries alongside smallmouth bass. Located in a deep, clear pond in New Hartford and Barkhamsted.
lake in Iowa, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
The deepest and clearest of the Iowa Great Lakes, spring-fed West Okoboji is a premier walleye, yellow perch and smallmouth bass fishery managed with a 19- to 25-inch walleye protected slot, and also holds largemouth bass, muskellunge, bluegill, crappie and northern pike. Located in the deepest of the Iowa Great Lakes in Dickinson County.
reservoir in Georgia, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, White Bass
A 25,900-acre Chattahoochee River reservoir on the Georgia-Alabama line, West Point Lake is known for largemouth bass, hybrid and white bass and crappie among its many creek arms and standing timber. Located in the Chattahoochee River on the Georgia–Alabama line near LaGrange.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A Chattahoochee River impoundment shared with Georgia, offering largemouth and spotted bass, crappie and hybrid striped bass. Located on the Chattahoochee River on the Georgia border north of Lanett.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
Running through Bonshaw Hills Provincial Park to the West River estuary, this classic brook trout river holds a conservation zone protecting the brook trout that hold above Crosbys Pond, plus a small Atlantic salmon run. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island.
river in Massachusetts, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A National Wild and Scenic River, the Westfield's three branches offer big-water trout fishing, with the East Branch's Chesterfield Gorge catch-and-release area among the most beautiful stretches in the state. Located in all branches, draining the eastern Berkshires through Huntington and Westfield.
reservoir in Wyoming, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A large plains reservoir supporting trout and warmwater species. Located in the Laramie Plains northwest of Wheatland.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A north-shore river draining to New London Bay, an active watershed-restoration river holding wild brook trout. Located in Queens County, north shore of central Prince Edward Island.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A major Tennessee River impoundment known for its largemouth bass, crappie and trophy catfish fisheries. Located on the Tennessee River in north-central Alabama.
river in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A New Castle County stream stocked with trout, with a fly-fishing-only section above Thompson Bridge to the Pennsylvania line, and a resident smallmouth bass population. Located in near Newark in New Castle County — a designated trout stream with a fly-fishing-only section.
lake in New Jersey, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A clear, marl-bottomed 69-acre natural lake in Warren County designated as a Holdover Trout Lake, with bass and crappie as well. Located in the Skylands region (Hardwick Township, Warren County).
river in Arkansas, USA
One of America's greatest trout tailwaters, the cold White River below Bull Shoals Dam holds trophy brown trout and abundant rainbows over a 45-mile run. Located on the cold tailwater below Bull Shoals Dam in the Ozarks.
river in Indiana, USA · Fish species: Bluegill, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Flathead Catfish, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, Smallmouth Bass
The West Fork of the White River winds through the heart of Indiana past Indianapolis and has recovered into a productive smallmouth and largemouth bass, rock bass, channel and flathead catfish and bluegill fishery under the statewide river bass slot limit. Located in the West Fork of the White River through central Indiana past Indianapolis.
river in South Dakota, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish
A milky badlands river with hardy channel catfish. Located in the badlands country from the Nebraska line to the Missouri.
lake in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Thirteen connected lakes anchored by Whitefish and Cross Lake Reservoir offer walleye, bass and pike plus deep, clear basins - Big Trout Lake among them - prized by panfish and trout anglers. Located in the northern Brainerd Lakes Area in Crow Wing County, including connected Cross Lake Reservoir, Lower Hay, Arrowhead, Bertha, Clamshell, Big Trout, Pig, Island-Loon, Rush-Hen, Dagget and Little Pine lakes.
river in South Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A high-gradient trout stream falling off the Blue Ridge escarpment into Lake Jocassee. Located in Oconee County below the Whitewater Falls chain.
river in Minnesota, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A spring creek of the southeast Minnesota driftless country, the North Branch Whitewater holds wild brown trout in limestone pools beneath wooded bluffs, with a protected-slot artificial-lures reach. Located in the blufflands of Wabasha, Olmsted and Winona counties in southeastern Minnesota.
lake in New York, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A flood-control reservoir on the Otselic River known for walleye — an 18-inch, three-fish rule extends up the river to Landers Corners. Located in the Southern Tier (Broome County).
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
A high-elevation reservoir north of Elko with trout, smallmouth, wipers, channel catfish and unlimited yellow perch, plus superb ice fishing. Located in the Owyhee River north of Elko (Elko County).
river in Oregon, USA · Fish species: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Sturgeon
Oregon's central artery, with a spring Chinook fishery below Willamette Falls, sturgeon in the lower river and smallmouth bass upstream. Located in western Oregon from the Eugene area north through Portland to the Columbia.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A freshwater impoundment on the Great Salt Lake floodplain known for spring wiper blitzes, walleye, crappie and channel cats. Located in the Great Salt Lake shore north of Ogden (Box Elder County).
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A pristine 110-acre fly-fishing-only Trout Pond inside an Audubon sanctuary, famous for its loon calls and hefty holdover trout. Located in the Monadnock region (Antrim).
river in West Virginia, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A heavily stocked national-forest trout river beneath the Highland Scenic Highway, with a popular delayed-harvest section near Tea Creek. Located in the Monongahela National Forest between the Highland Scenic Highway and Dyer.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout
B.C.'s largest body of fresh water, this vast reservoir behind the W.A.C. Bennett Dam holds bull trout, rainbow and lake trout, Arctic grayling, kokanee, and mountain whitefish. Located in B.C. Region 7B (Peace).
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
A 700-acre northeast Nebraska reservoir with a three-fish wiper/white bass limit, largemouth, northern pike, walleye and channel catfish. Located in Willow Creek southwest of Pierce in northeast Nebraska (Pierce County).
reservoir in Nevada, USA · Fish species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
A Lander County pond-and-reservoir complex with trout, 10-inch-minimum black bass and unlimited yellow perch, fished from sunrise to after sunset. Located in Willow Creek in Lander County, northern Nevada.
river in New York, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
The Beaverkill's twin and home water of the Catskill Fly Fishing Center — stocked-extended and no-kill reaches of browns above Junction Pool. Located in the Catskills at Livingston Manor and Roscoe.
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
A western tributary of the Dunk system near Summerside, holding wild brook trout and stocked rainbow trout. Located in Prince County, western Prince Edward Island.
river in North Carolina, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A National Wild and Scenic River off Grandfather Mountain — catch-and-release water on the game lands above, delayed harvest through the gorge and hatchery supported below. Located in the Wild and Scenic gorge in Avery and Caldwell counties.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Bass, White Crappie
A deep Tennessee River impoundment famed for smallmouth bass and giant catfish below Wilson Dam. Located on the Tennessee River near Florence in northwest Alabama.
reservoir in Kansas, USA · Fish species: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, Walleye, White Bass, White Crappie
Famous as the striped bass capital of Kansas, deep, clear Wilson Reservoir holds trophy striped bass and blue catfish along with walleye, largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, crappie and channel and flathead catfish. Located in a clear Smoky Hill River reservoir north of Wilson in central Kansas.
river in Delaware, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A small, cold New Castle County stream in Brandywine Creek State Park, stocked with rainbow, brown and brook trout. Located in in Brandywine Creek State Park, New Castle County — a designated trout stream.
river in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A powerful river carrying the outflow of Lake of the Woods northwest to Lake Winnipeg, the Winnipeg River is a renowned walleye, sauger, smallmouth bass, and channel catfish fishery that also holds northern pike and a protected lake sturgeon population. Located in Manitoba's Southern Division for angling.
lake in New Hampshire, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Lake Trout, Ouananiche, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
The fourth-largest lake in the state, Winnisquam is a strong two-story fishery with lake trout and salmon in the depths and crappie, perch and bass in the coves. Located in the Lakes Region (Belmont, Laconia, Meredith, Sanbornton, Tilton).
river in Prince Edward Island, CAN · Fish species: Brook Trout
A spring-fed river in the Winter River–Tracadie Bay watershed north of Charlottetown, holding wild brook trout that are the focus of an ongoing trout tagging study. Located in Queens County, central Prince Edward Island (Tracadie Bay watershed).
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
Wisconsin's hardest-working river - walleye and sauger below every dam, smallmouth on the riprap, catfish in the deep holes and sturgeon in the lower river. Located in the state's 430-mile working river from the north woods to Prairie du Chien.
lake in Yukon, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
A remote south-central Yukon lake with lake trout, grayling, northern pike, whitefish and burbot. Located south-central Yukon, east of Teslin.
river in Wisconsin, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Lake Sturgeon, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, White Bass
The Winnebago System's storied spawning river - massive spring walleye runs at New London and Fremont, white bass in May, and summer flathead catfish. Located in the Winnebago System corridor from Shawano through New London to Lake Poygan.
lake in Saskatchewan, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike, Walleye
A huge, remote lake in far northeastern Saskatchewan unique for draining to both the Arctic and Hudson Bay watersheds, Wollaston Lake is a world-class fly-in fishery for trophy lake trout, northern pike, walleye, Arctic grayling, and lake whitefish, managed under catch-and-release (CR1) limits. Located in Saskatchewan's Northern Zone for angling.
lake in British Columbia, CAN · Fish species: Kokanee, Rainbow Trout
A small, deep lake near Lake Country, Wood Lake is celebrated for its fast, silver kokanee and hard-fighting rainbow trout, drawing trollers from across the valley. Located in B.C. Region 8 (Okanagan).
river in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Rhode Island's premier trout stream, a designated trout water flowing through the Arcadia Management Area with stocked brook, brown and rainbow trout. Located in Exeter, Hopkinton and Richmond in southwestern Rhode Island.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Rhode Island's largest natural freshwater pond, a shallow warmwater fishery for bass, pickerel and panfish. Located in South Kingstown at the head of the Pawcatuck River.
lake in Manitoba, CAN · Fish species: Northern Pike, Walleye
A Burntwood River lake west of Thompson, Wuskwatim Lake is a remote walleye and northern pike fishery in Manitoba's northern boreal forest. Located in Manitoba's North Central Division for angling.
pond in Rhode Island, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
A designated trout water impoundment of the Wood River at Wyoming village. Located in Richmond and Hopkinton on the Wood River.
river in Washington, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Washington's only blue-ribbon catch-and-release trout stream - wild rainbows in the Yakima Canyon, plus smallmouth in the lower river. Located in the canyon between Ellensburg and Yakima in central Washington.
river in Colorado, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
A largely free-flowing river of northwestern Colorado offering trout in its upper reaches and northern pike and smallmouth bass downstream. Located on a free-flowing Colorado River tributary in northwestern Colorado.
reservoir in Alabama, USA · Fish species: Alabama Bass, Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Bass, Striped Bass, White Crappie
A narrow Tallapoosa River impoundment below Lake Martin with spotted and largemouth bass and stocked striped bass. Located on the Tallapoosa River below Lake Martin.
reservoir in Kentucky, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass, White Crappie
A fertile, stump-filled eastern Kentucky reservoir, Yatesville Lake is one of the state's best largemouth bass and crappie waters and also produces bluegill and channel and blue catfish. Located in a Blaine Creek impoundment near Louisa in eastern Kentucky.
creek in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
A classic Cumberland Valley limestone-influenced stream whose catch-and-release stretch at Allenberry draws fly anglers year-round. Located in the Cumberland Valley from Boiling Springs to the Susquehanna.
river in Northwest Territories, CAN · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Walleye
A classic Ingraham Trail river with grayling, pike, walleye and lake trout below the falls. Located north of Yellowknife on the Ingraham Trail.
river in Montana, USA · Fish species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
The longest undammed river in the lower 48 states, the Yellowstone River winds through Montana offering blue-ribbon trout fishing amid dramatic mountain scenery.
river in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Maryland's wildest river tumbles north from Oakland through a scenic gorge to Friendsville, with a celebrated catch-and-return trophy trout tailrace below Deep Creek Lake, a delayed-harvest reach below Friendsville, and smallmouth bass and walleye in its lower runs. Located in a wild mountain river flowing north through Garrett County to Friendsville.
river in Pennsylvania, USA · Fish species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
A whitewater tailwater canyon whose year-round trout water runs through Ohiopyle, with smallmouth filling the lower river. Located in the Laurel Highlands, from Confluence through Ohiopyle State Park toward McKeesport.
reservoir in Maryland, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Sauger, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch
Shared with Pennsylvania, this 800-acre-plus flood-control reservoir on the Youghiogheny River holds walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, trophy muskellunge and stocked trout, and carries its own dedicated table of seasons, sizes and limits. Located in an interstate reservoir on the Maryland-Pennsylvania line north of Friendsville.
reservoir in Utah, USA · Fish species: Channel Catfish, Northern Pike, Tiger Muskellunge, Walleye, Yellow Perch
A warm Sevier River impoundment where limits for everything except tiger muskie are doubled — walleye, pike, perch and catfish galore. Located in the Sevier River south of Nephi (Juab and Sanpete counties).
river in Yukon, CAN
The great river of the territory (Tágé Cho, Tagà Shäw), holding grayling, pike, whitefish, inconnu, burbot and Pacific salmon. Located flowing through Whitehorse and central Yukon.
river in Alaska, USA · Fish species: Arctic Grayling, Burbot, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coho Salmon, Inconnu, Lake Whitefish, Northern Pike
One of the longest rivers in North America, the Alaskan Yukon carries legendary (and heavily managed) king and chum salmon runs and holds sheefish, northern pike, grayling and burbot. Located on the Yukon River drainage of Interior and western Alaska.
reservoir in Nebraska, USA · Fish species: Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Hybrid Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye, White Crappie
A 255-acre Omaha city lake with a 21-inch bass minimum, catch-and-release wiper fishing, walleye, muskellunge, crappie and channel catfish. Located in Boxelder Creek in west Omaha (Douglas County).