Looking for a good fight, or just a great meal? Anglers can fish for more than nine top species in the Northwest Territories.
Visitors and residents over the age of 16 and under 65 require Northwest Territories fishing licences, available by mail, from government offices or at lodges and convenience stores across the territory.
Fishing Records
Less than 400 anglers per year have the opportunity to fish Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories. The fourth largest lake in North America, Great Bear is famous for its record breaking lake trout and Arctic grayling, and holds the All Tackle World Records for both trout and grayling, as well as dozens of line class records.
Arctic Grayling:
(5 lb. 15 oz.) Katseyedie R., August 16, 1967, Jeanne Branson
Lake Trout:
(72 lb.) Great Bear Lake, July 19, 1991, Lloyd Bull
Arctic Char:
(32 lb. 9 oz.) Tree River, July 30, 1981, Jeffery Ward
(Plummer’s Lodges)
Fishing
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