Twenty-three lakes in the Yukon are stocked with rainbow trout, Arctic char, kokanee salmon and chinook salmon. Stocked lakes provide good fishing and most are easily accessible by vehicle or via a short (less than 1 km) walk on a good trail.

You do need a valid Yukon fishing license to fish in a stocked lake. Find out more!

Fishing in the Yukon - Locations and Species Found

ALASKA HIGHWAY
		IRON CREEK		Arctic grayling
		HYLAND RIVER		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, char sp.
		WATSON LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern Pike, Whitefish sp.
		UPPER LIARD		Arctic grayling, Bull trout.
		RANCHERIA RIVER		Arctic grayling, Bull trout.
		DAUGHNEY LAKE		Lake trout, Northern Pike, Bull Trout, Arctic grayling.
		SWIFT RIVER		Arctic grayling, Bull trout.
		MORLEY LAKE & RIVER		Lake trout, Northern pike, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		TESLIN LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Burbot, Whitefish sp., Chinook.
		TESLIN RIVER		Arctic grayling.
		JOHNSON'S CROSSING		Excellent Arctic grayling fishing below the bridge in early Spring.
		SQUANGA LAKE		Excellent fishing for Northern pike. Arctic grayling, Lake trout, Whitefish sp.
		MARSH LAKE		Lake trout, Northern pike, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		FISH LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling.11 miles down the Fish Lake road.
		JACKSON (LOUISE) LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling.8 miles down the Fish Lake road.
		MCINTYRE CREEK		Arctic grayling.
		KUSAWA LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.18 miles down the Kusawa Lake road.
		MENDENHALL CREEK		Good fly fishing for Arctic grayling.
		AISHIHIK ROAD
		A) CANYON LAKE		A) 18 miles north on the Aishihik road. Lake whitefish.
		B) AISHIHIK LAKE		B) 27 miles north on the Aishihik road. Lake trout, Northern pike, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		C) SEKULMAN LAKE		C) Headwater lake connected with the northern basin of Aishihik Lake. Lake trout, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		D) LACELLE LAKE		D) Lake trout, Whitefish sp.
		E) GILTANA LAKE		E) Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Burbot.
		PINE LAKE		Lake trout, Northern pike, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		KLOO LAKE		Lake trout, Northern pike, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		KLUANE LAKE		Lake trout, Northern pike, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp., Burbot.
		PICKHANDLE LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		WATSON LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		FRANCES LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp., Char sp., Burbot, Northern pike.
		FRANCES RIVER		Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp., Char sp.
		SIMPSON LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp., Burbot.
		FINLAYSON RIVER		Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		FINLAYSON LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		JACKFISH LAKE		Northern pike.
		LAPPIE RIVER		Arctic grayling.
		LITTLE SALMON LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		FRENCHMAN LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
TAGISH ROAD
		SIX MILE RIVER		Excellent lake trout fishing.
		TAGISH LAKE		Lake trout, Northern pike, Whitefish sp., Arctic grayling, Burbot.
		CRAG LAKE		Whitefish sp.
		CHOOTLA LAKE		Whitefish sp.
ATLIN ROAD
		LITTLE ATLIN LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		LUBBOCK RIVER		Excellent arctic grayling fishing in spring.
		SNAFU LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike.
		TARFU LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, popular Northern pike fishing spot.
		ATLIN LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike.
HAINES HIGHWAY
		KATHLEEN RIVER		Rainbow trout (catch and release only), Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		KATHLEEN LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Kokanee, Whitefish sp.
		DEZADEASH LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		KLUKSHU CREEK		Spawning area for Chinook, Sockeye, and Coho salmon. Whitefish sp.
		KLUKSHU LAKE		Lake trout, Sockeye salmon, Whitefish sp.
		STELLA LAKE		Dolly Varden, Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.
		TATSHENSHINI RIVER		Steelhead, Dolly Varden, Chinook, Coho and Sockeye salmon.
		TAKHANNE RIVER		Arctic grayling, Dolly Varden, Rainbow trout.
WHITEHORSE AREA
		CHADBURN LAKE		Lake trout, Round whitefish.
		YUKON RIVER		Arctic grayling, Lake trout, Whitefish sp., Northern pike.
Check The Anglers Guide to Stocked Lakes for other good fishing spots around the City of Whitehorse and in other local communities.
FLY-IN LAKES
		TOOBALLY LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Char sp., Whitefish sp., Northern pike.
		ALLIGATOR LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		TATLMAIN LAKE		Lake trout, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		TINCUP LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike.
		WOLF LAKE		Lake trout, Whitefish sp., Arctic grayling, Northern pike.
		BIG KALZAS LAKE		Lake trout, Northern Pike, Whitefish sp.
		WELLESLEY LAKE		Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Burbot, Whitefish sp.
KLONDIKE LOOP
		LAKE LABERGE		Lake trout, Northern pike, Inconnu, Burbot, Whitefish sp.
		FOX CREEK		Arctic grayling.
		FOX LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		LITTLE FOX LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		BRAEBURN LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		TWIN LAKES		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		NORDENSKOLD RIVER		Arctic grayling.
		TATCHUN LAKE		Northern pike.
		TATCHUN CREEK		Arctic grayling, Chinook salmon spawning area in September.
		VONWILCZEK LAKE		Northern pike.
		CROOKED CREEK		Arctic grayling.
		ETHEL LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		KLONDIKE RIVER		Arctic grayling, Chinook salmon in August.
		YUKON RIVER		Arctic grayling, Chinook salmon.
		FORTY-MILE RIVER		Arctic grayling.
Silver Trail
		MAYO LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		MINTO LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
		McQUESTEN LAKE		Northern pike.
		HANSON LAKE		Northern pike.
		LADUE LAKE		Northern pike
		HALDANE LAKE		Rainbow trout (stocked)
		JANET LAKE		Lake trout, Northern pike
		PROCTOR LAKE		Northern pike
		STEWART RIVER		Salmon
		MAYO RIVER		Arctic grayling, Inconnu
		McQUESTEN RIVER		Arctic grayling
		MOOSE CREEK		Arctic grayling
		MINTO CREEK		Arctic grayling
DEMPSTER HIGHWAY
		KLONDIKE RIVER		Arctic grayling.
		BLACKSTONE RIVER		Arctic grayling, Char sp.
		CHAPMAN LAKE		Arctic grayling.
		BIG CREEK		Arctic grayling.
		OGILVIE RIVER		Arctic grayling.
		TOMBSTONE		Arctic grayling.
SOUTH CANOL
		SIDNEY LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike.
		QUIET LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp., Burbot.
		LAPPIE LAKES		Small Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Whitefish sp.
		ROSE RIVER		Arctic grayling
		SIDNEY CREEK		Arctic grayling
		EVELYN CREEK		Arctic grayling
NORTH CANOL
		MARJORIE LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling.
		DRAGON LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Broad whitefish. Many of the streams along the North Canol have Arctic grayling during the spring and early summer. Summer travel only; the road is closed from October to June.
		SHELDON LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp.
CARCROSS ROAD
		LEWES LAKE		Arctic grayling, Lake trout, Whitefish sp.
		SPIRIT LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling.
		BENNETT LAKE		Lake trout, Arctic grayling, Northern pike, Whitefish sp., Burbot.

Most major rivers in the Yukon contain Burbot and Whitefish species. Arctic grayling are often found in the pools and back eddies of all major rivers.