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Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
The most abundant fish in the Whistler area. The rainbow trout provides
many anglers with joy and excitement every year. Many of the lakes
are stocked annually with this highly acrobatic game fish. The rainbow
trout can grow up to 25 kilograms, however, a fish of that size
is very rare. Rainbow trout average in the 12 - 16 inches range
and are readily taken on a fly.
Where
are rainbow trout located in lakes in the Spring?
Steelhead
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Male Steelhead
Female Steelhead
The steelhead
is a cousin of the rainbow trout and is pound for pound the strongest
fighting fish of the west coast. Steelhead are anadromous which
means they travel to the ocean to live and return to fresh water
to spawn. Steelhead are in our rivers from late January until May
with peak fishing in March.
Steelhead photos above from Inland Fishes of Washington
by Whitney and Wydoski, ©copyright 1979 University of Washington
Press. 
For a more scientific
way on how to distinguish between the species of salmonids try our
Key to the Species of the Family Salmonidae.
- Green Lake and Green River
- Alta Lake
- Alpha Lake
- Nita Lake
- Loggers Lake
- Madley Lake
- Callaghan Lake and Callaghan Creek
- Lillooet Lake and Lillooet River
- Cheakamus Lake and Cheakamus River
- Squamish River
- Mamquam River
- Birkenhead River
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