Angler’s Guide
Top Fishing & Fly-Fishing Campgrounds in BC Parks
From the Kamloops rainbow trout plateaus of Tunkwa Lake to emerald waters in the East Kootenays, explore premier provincial parks with boat launches and docks.
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Thompson-Nicola / Logan Lake🎣 Kamloops Rainbow Trout Capital
Tunkwa Provincial Park
Drive Time: 40 mins from Kamloops / 3.5 hours from Vancouver
Fishery & Specs: World-famous Kamloops rainbow trout stillwater fishery • Open grassland plateaus • Concrete boat launches
East Kootenays / Skookumchuck🎣 Purcell Mountain Trout Fishery
Premier Lake Provincial Park
Drive Time: 45 mins north of Cranbrook
Fishery & Specs: Emerald clear lake stocked with rainbow and brook trout • Fish cleaning station • Boat ramp • Peaceful bays
Revelstoke / Lake Revelstoke🎣 Lake Revelstoke Boat Launch
Martha Creek Provincial Park
Drive Time: 15 mins north of Revelstoke (Hwy 23)
Fishery & Specs: The only provincial park on Lake Revelstoke reservoir • Concrete boat launch • Bull trout and kokanee
Stewart-Cassiar Hwy 37🎣 Stewart-Cassiar Dolly Varden
Meziadin Lake Provincial Park
Drive Time: Stewart-Cassiar Corridor (Northern BC)
Fishery & Specs: Pristine northern wilderness lake renowned for rainbow trout, dolly varden, and nearby Nass River salmon runs
Similkameen / Tulameen🎣 Tulameen Rainbow Trout & Boat Ramp
Otter Lake Provincial Park
Drive Time: 3.5 hours from Vancouver (via Hwy 3 & Princeton)
Fishery & Specs: Rainbow trout and kokanee fishing • Concrete boat ramp • Calm morning waters between mountain ridges