Fish

Former TNRD director fighting for endangered steelhead trout recovery near Merritt
Steven Rice is trying to rebuild a once vibrant Steelhead trout fishery on the Nicola…

Will we ‘walk across the backs’ of sockeye salmon in the Okanagan again?
The Adams River is famous for huge runs of sockeye salmon each fall as the…

Kamloops man going to Scotland for world level fly fishing competition
An angler in Kamloops is going to Scotland to compete for Team Canada at the…

Where you can watch kokanee spawning in the Okanagan
It’s the time of year when B.C.’s landlocked salmon are travelling upstream to spawn, and…

Sockeye being caught, sold illegally before reaching Kamloops
Poachers are catching sockeye in the Fraser River and selling them online before they can…

iN PHOTOS: More of Penticton Creek’s concrete channel being turned into ideal fish habitat
Penticton Creek is being upgraded to replicate a more natural state. In its actual natural…
Popular Okanagan Rail Trail could expand into the lake
With the Okanagan Rail Trail drawing hundreds of thousands of users since it opened in…

Divers pick trash from Okanagan Lake — including those with fins and gills
Scuba divers have been cleaning garbage out of Okanagan Lake for decades, but Amanda Fay…

Heat wave could have huge impact on Thompson-Okanagan fish
Warm waters make a dangerous journey for sockeye salmon and one researcher is suggesting residents…

Sockeye fry released into streams and lakes across Okanagan
The Okanagan Nation Alliance fisheries team is releasing sockeye fry into streams this spring across…

Native or invasive? Kamloops woman finds eel-like lamprey in Thompson River
An eel-like fish caught in the Thompson River has caught attention of Kamloops residents. Shaylene…

Scientists using fish farts to track species, learn how fish in Okanagan Lake communicate
A fish sound professor says there are lots to be learned from Okanagan Lake fish…

B.C. beachgoers find large, bizarre fish on shore
A B.C. family was enjoying a walk on the beach last week when they found…

How dump trucks and power washers are helping save Okanagan Lake kokanee
It’s been decades since the kokanee population crashed in Okanagan Lake. While major projects like…

More than 100K sockeye should soon be back in south Okanagan lakes
Four years after they started their journey from the south Okanagan to the Pacific Ocean,…