Fishing near Coquitlam, British Columbia
Coquitlam sits in Metro Vancouver's northeastern corner, bordered by the Coquitlam and Fraser rivers and within easy reach of the Pitt River system. The area is best known for its urban salmon fisheries — coho and chum push through local waterways each fall — alongside year-round trout fishing at stocked lakes like Como Lake and Lafarge Lake, and the wilder angling available at DeBoville Slough and the Lower Pitt River.
Species & education
Learn what type of fish are in Coquitlam, British Columbia and what's needed to catch them.
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Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Black Rockfish
Sebastes melanops
Cabezon
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Chum Salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
Coastal Cutthroat Trout
Coho Salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Copper Rockfish
Sebastes caurinus
Kelp Greenling
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus
Pacific Cod
Gadus macrocephalus
Pacific Herring
Clupea pallasii
Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Quillback Rockfish
Sebastes maliger
Sablefish
Anoplopoma fimbria
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