Fishing near Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria sits at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, BC, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets the approaches to Haro Strait — some of the most productive saltwater fishing on the Pacific coast. The city is BC's capital and a year-round angling destination, known for chinook salmon practically in the shadow of the Legislature, summer runs of all five Pacific salmon species, and a resurgent halibut fishery. Freshwater options are close at hand too, from smallmouth bass at Thetis Lake to steelhead and trout on the Cowichan River — widely known as the Fly Fishing Capital of Canada.