Halifax, NS

Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

The classic fly-rod salmon of Atlantic Canada and New England rivers. Atlantic salmon do not feed in fresh water, yet take swung and riffling flies with explosive surface strikes and long, leaping runs.

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

A beautifully marked char native to eastern North America, at home in cold creeks, beaver ponds and backcountry lakes. Brook trout are willing biters on small spinners, worms and dry flies, and a favourite of beginners.

Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

A powerful migratory bass shared by both coasts — Atlantic beaches and rivers, and San Francisco Bay and Delta on the Pacific side. Stripers school on baitfish, feed hard at night and in current, and hit plugs, swimbaits and bait alike.

Atlantic Cod

Gadus morhua

The fish that built the North Atlantic — cod still stack on the banks and wrecks from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Maine, taking jigs and bait fished right on the bottom.

Pollock

Pollachius virens

The cod's faster cousin — pollock school over the same North Atlantic wrecks and ledges but fight harder and feed up in the water, a favourite on Gulf of Maine party boats.