LAKE NIPIGON BASIN
     Lake Nipigon
     Nipigon River
     Fisheries Goals
     Brook Trout Management Strategies
     South Bay
     Spawning Brook Trout
     Gapen's Pool Project

HISTORY OF THE NIPIGON AREA
    Nipigon River video (circa 1923)
   The Visit of Father Allouez to
     Lake Nipigon in 1667
     The World Record Brook Trout
    Was it caught in 1915 or 1916?
     Early Gentlemen Anglers
     Royalty on the Nipigon
     Cultural History of the Nipigon
     Fish History of the Nipigon
     Power Development Changed
     the Nipigon River
     Pease Family Photo Album (1928)

"Victorian Fly Fishers on the Nipigon”
                   by: Mark Chochla
"The Fly and the River"
"Camping and Native Guides"
"Women Fly Fishers on the Nipigon River"

THE BROOK TROUT
     Nipigon Brook Trout Weight Table
     Fish Anatomy
     Tagged Brookies
     Tale of the Scale
     Brook Trout Names
     Brook Trout Reproduction
     Distribution Map
     Splake
     Links to Brook Trout Articles
     Coasters

GENERAL ARTICLES
      Jig Flies
     Catch and Release
     Lake Superior
     Humour
     Calculating the Best Fishing Times
Thunder Bay Region lake stocking
     LAKE SUPERIOR SALMON
    Steelhead

FLY FISHING
     Fly Tying
     Entomology
    Thunder Bay Fishing Message Board

Links

Nipigon Water flow Information

Canadian Hydrometric river water levels

2008-09 MNR Fishing Regs (PDF) zone 6

The Brook Trout and Coaster information gathered here at Brook Trout Heaven, focus on
Northwestern Ontario fly fishing and sport fishing in Lake Nipigon, Lake Superior and it's tributaries.
(all Brook Trout posted on this site were released)

The Book is Announced!

Brook Trout He...

Fish'n the Nipigon

By Alan Muir

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"Brook Trout Heaven"
is a collection of short stories about my fishing adventures on Lake Nipigon and the famed Nipigon River. The photos (including underwater) show the beauty and magnificence of this legendary fish in a pristine environment.

"Victorian Fly Fishers on the Nipigon”
a three part series by: Mark Chochla

"The Fly and the River"
"Camping and Native Guides"
"Women Fly Fishers on the Nipigon River"

"BiG FisH"
It’s the stuff of legend, the target of skeptics and an intriguing reminder of a bygone era. The true story behind angling’s most talked about brook trout.
(published in Outdoor Canada by Charles Wilkins)