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Banff National Park of Canada
How to Identify Your Catch
Mountain National Parks in Alberta and British Columbia
How to Identify Your Catch
Anglers are responsible for distinguishing one fish species from another. If you are unsure, release it.
BNP = Banff; JNP = Jasper; KNP = Kootenay; YNP = Yoho; WLNP = Waterton Lakes; MRGNP = Mount Revelstoke/Glacier National Parks
Black spots, light background
Cutthroat Trout - BNP, JNP, KNP, YNP, WLNP, MRGNP © Karl Geist
Rainbow Trout - BNP, JNP, KNP, YNP, WLNP, MRGNP © Karl Geist
Females and males; red bodies during fall spawn, with green or black heads. Silvery bodies for remainder of the year.
KNP: zero possession
Kokanee Salmon - KNP© Karl Geist
Brown Trout - BNP, WLNP © Karl Geist
Arctic Grayling - WLNP © Karl Geist
No black spots on body
Bull Trout - BNP, JNP, KNP, YNP, WLNP, MRGNP © Karl Geist
Brook Trout - BNP, JNP, KNP, YNP, WLNP, MRGNP © Karl Geist
Lake Trout - BNP, JNP, KNP, YNP, WLNP, MRGNP © Karl Geist
Other
Northern Pike - JNP, WLNP © Karl Geist
Mountain Whitefish - BNP, JNP, KNP, YNP, WLNP © Karl Geist
Lake Whitefish - BNP, JNP, WLNP © Karl Geist