Region 7a: Omineca > Occasional Angler Spots

Cobb Lake
Description:
Nearest town/city: Prince George
Driving directions: Follow Highway 16 west from Prince George for about 65 km to Finnmore Road.
Facilities: A 2WD accessible recreation site is located on the lake; it has a day-use area, toilets and a cartop boat launch.
Fish in the lake: Stocked with brook and rainbow trout
Tips: Brook trout fishing is best in fall and early winter.
Try fly fishing for the exceptionally strong rainbow in spring.

Eskers Lake
Description: Eskers Provincial Park is home to a series of lakes that provide a variety of excellent fishing opportunities for all anglers; they are well suited to fishing with a canoe, casting from the shore, or ice fishing. In the winter, hiking trails connecting all the lakes become a snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing paradise.
Nearest town/city: northwest of Prince George
Driving directions: From Prince George, turn west off Highway 97 north onto Chief Lake Road. Continue west for 27 km (at km 12 Chief Lake Road turns into Ness Lake Road); at the west end of Ness Lake Road turn north onto Ness Lake Road North. Follow this road for 1 km to the Eskers Provincial Park entrance.
Facilities: A day-use area, pit toilets and a hand pump for drinking water. For more information about Eskers Provincial Park, visit: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks
Fish in the lake: brook trout
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Grassham Lake
Description: Grassham Lake is full of small, easy-to-catch rainbow trout and is ideal for fly fishing. The lake's irregular shoreline and islands are also perfect for exploration by canoe. A two-day hiking trail to Mount Shass begins at Grassham Lake; the trail head is only accessible by canoe.
Nearest town/city: west of Fort St James
Driving directions: Located one hour west of Fort St James along the Cunningham Forest Service Road.
Facilities: A small, rustic recreation site provides campsites, picnic tables and pit toilets.
Fish in the lake: rainbow trout
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