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Grayling. Sometimes incorrectly called whitefish.
Typical range in length for adults: 15-50cm
Maximum length: 75cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 1-2kg
Maximum weight: 2.7kg
Eastern Brook Trout, Speckled Trout,
Coaster Trout, Coasters
Sometimes incorrectly referred to as Dolly Varden Trout
It has a variety of names across North America. In B.C. it is often called ling or freshwater cod. Sometimes it is incorrectly referred to as ling cod; ling cod is a saltwater fish unrelated to the burbot.
Typical range in length for adults: 30-75cm
Maximum length: 90cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 1-7kg
Maximum weight: 9kg
Spring Salmon, King Salmon, Tyee Salmon, Columbia River Salmon, Black Salmon, Chub Salmon, Hook Bill Salmon, Winter Salmon, Quinnat Salmon and Blackmouth
Silver Salmon
Yellowbellies, cutties, cutts, harvest trout, sea trout.
Dog Salmon, Keta Salmon, Silverbrite Salmon
Dollies, sometimes bull trout. They are often confused with bull trout, since these two different species of char are very similar looking. Until recently (the late 1980s and early '90s) they were believed to be the same species.
Length range for resident adults: 7-45cm
Maximum weight for resident fish: 1kg
Length range for anadromous adults: 30-60cm
Maximum weight for anadromous fish: 2.3kg
Kickininee, Little Redfish, Silver Trout, Landlocked Sockeye, Blueback
Typical range in length for adults: 20-25cm
Maximum length: 60cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 0.1-0.2kg
Maximum weight: 4.5kg
Char, grey trout, lake char, laker
Typical range in length for adults: 45-65cm
Maximum length: 125cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 1-3kg
Maximum weight: 21kg
Pike, Great Northern Pike, Jack, Jackfish, Pickerel
Typical range in length for adults: 45-75cm
Maximum length: 117cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 0.5-4kg
Maximum weight: 13kg
Humpback Salmon
Kamloops Trout, Gerrard Trout, Silver Trout, Redband Trout, and Steelhead
Typical range in length for adults: 30-75cm
Maximum length: 90cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 1-7kg
Maximum weight: 9kg
Smallmouth, Bronzeback, Brown Bass, Brownie, Smallie, and Bronze Bass
Red Salmon, Blueback Salmon
Historically they were called steelhead-salmon, salmon-trout or in some areas, hardhead.
Typical range in length for adults: 50-85cm
Maximum length: 120cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 1.4-6.8kg
Maximum weight: 21kg
Pike-perch, Pickerel
Typical range in length for adults: 30-50cm
Maximum length: 70cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 0.5-1kg
Maximum weight: 5kg
Blackspotted Cutthroat
Rocky Mountain whitefish. It is sometimes incorrectly called grayling.
Typical range in length for adults: 15-45cm
Maximum length: 58.5cm
Typical range in weight for adults: 0.5-1.3kg
Maximum weight: 2.3kg
Pacific Sturgeon, Oregon Sturgeon, Columbia Sturgeon, Sacramento Sturgeon, California White Sturgeon