Marble River Summer Steelhead

The marble river is considered to be one of the best steelhead fishing rivers on vancouver island.

Marble river summer steelhead.

In august 2014 during a cruise up the west coast of vancouver island the crew of venture took the tender into the marble river. The gold river like it s southern popular sister the stamp river is a river with good runs of both summer and winter steelhead. Marble river provincial park is a very popular destination for recreational angling including fly fishing on the river and tidal water fishing in the marine portion of the park. This time the species teetering on the edge of extinction is the southern california steelhead trout and the abused habitat is a 4 8 mile long stretch of the l a.

The marble river is a beautiful river it is one of the best steelhead rivers on vancouver island. River flood control channel that. Fly fishing for steelhead on the gold river. In summer the gold river is always worth a try because of considerable summer runs of several species of pacific salmon.

The river is a joy to fish or just watch as it tumbles down through a series of rapids that are just full of fish but remember you must release all trout and char. The stocks of summer steelhead winter steelhead and sockeye are small and are found in some alice lake tributaries. In the town of gold river the heber runs into the gold. On the middle marble river link river prevents anadromous fish from entering victoria lake.

The nimpkish river is the largest river on vancouver island and the legend roderick haig brown called it the big one. North vancouver island steelhead rivers 6 nimpkish river. This is a classic river that is perfect for fly fishing. Chinook and coho salmon steelhead cutthroat rainbow and dolly varden trout can all be caught in this park.

Fishing marble river provincial park is a very popular destination for recreational angling including fly fishing on the river and tidal water fishing in the marine portion of the park. The gold river is unique on vancouver island for it is a river with runs of steelhead. Marble river park s recreational opportunities are complemented by the. Chinook and coho salmon steelhead cutthroat rainbow and dolly varden trout can all be caught in this park.

The marble river trail contains a number of angler access. But unlike the stamp river which has received a heavy hatchery program almost all steelhead on the gold are wild steelhead. The gold river on vancouver island. This river lies on the northern part of vancouver island and runs from nimpkish lake to the cute little town of port mcneill.

This short video documents what we saw.