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Return to Sport Fishing
Nootka Sound is home to a wide range of bottom fish and salmon. Below is a detailed list of groundfish available in Nootka Sound. Please remember to check the fishing regulations prior to going fishing.
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Yelloweye Rockfish
* Up to 100cm in Length
* Yellow to red body
* Bright yellow eyes
* Black tips on fins
* Adults have light band on lateral line
* Juveniles are red with 2 light bands, one on laternal line and a shorter one below
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Canary Rockfish
* Up to 76cm in Length
* Body mottled orange to yellow on grey background
* Lateral line is pale
* Fins are bright orange
* 3 orange bands radiating from eyes
* Anal fin edge slants
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Tiger Rockfish
* Up to 61cm in Length
* White to red body
* 5 dark red or black narrow vertical bands
* 2 dark red or black bands radiating from eyes
* Can have Brownish-red body with black vertical bands
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China Rockfish
* Up to 43cm in Length
* Black body mottled with yellow, white and pale blue
* Broad yellow stripe starting at third dorsal spine
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Quillback Rockfish
* Up to 61cm in Length
* Dark brown to black body mottled with orange-yellow
* Appears to have freckles
* Dorsal fin is high and deeply incised
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Bocaccio Rockfish
* Up to 91cm in Length
* Dark orange-red to olive brown body
* Lower jaw is long and projects past upper jaw
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Salmon
Learn about the different kinds of salmon found in Nootka Sound. View the Salmon species. |
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