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The Kootenay Fish Maps

Four ways into the same open BC fish data — built from FISS observations and Freshwater Atlas layers, hosted free. Start with the Explorer to look around, then jump to a focused view: what’s recorded in a water, where the fishing signal is strongest, or which segments hold your species.

Start here

Explorer — the multi-layer map →

Topographic base with the full Freshwater Atlas stream network (zoom-tiered), lakes, fish observations, barriers and road crossings — each a toggle. The map that grows.

What’s in this water?

Observations & species mix →

Every angling-target record, clustered. Click a point for that waterbody's species composition. Answers "what's in this water?"

Where does it fish well?

Fishing hotspots →

One marker per waterbody, coloured poor → excellent by a quality signal, sized by survey effort. Answers "where's the best fishing?"

Where’s my species?

Fish by river segment →

The St. Mary system split into beats and painted by status. Filter by species — recorded or inferred — to light up exactly the water that holds them.

Where can I float?

Drift & Float Suitability →

Analyze river reaches by their suitability for drift boats, pontoons, and rafts. Stream gradients and difficulty classes are mapped from American Whitewater datasets.