Fishing near Whitehorse, Yukon

Whitehorse sits in the southern Yukon along the Yukon River, with Schwatka Lake at its doorstep and Lake Laberge, Marsh Lake, and a network of smaller stocked lakes within an hour's drive. The fishery runs from open-water grayling in river riffles to ice fishing for burbot and lake trout, drawing both locals and visiting anglers after northern pike, arctic grayling, rainbow trout, lake trout, and burbot.