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 Alexander dam has stopped the upstream migration of exotics such as sea lamprey, alewife, carp, brown trout, rainbow and salmon species. This lower section of the river provides some of the most important spawning habitat (Gapen’s Pool) for the largest remnant population of the famous “coaster” brook trout of Lake Superior.
Native Species
Brook Trout
Lake Trout
Lake Whitefish
Lake herring/cisco
Round Whitefish
Northern Pike
Longnose sucker
White sucker
Shorthead redhorse
Lake sturgeon
Lake chub
Emerald Shiner
Spottail shiner
Burbot
Brook stickleback
Ninespine stickleback
Trout-perch
Yellow perch
Smallmouth Bass
Walleye
Least darter
Johnny darter
Logperch
Mottled sculpin
Slimy sculpin
Non Native Species
Sea lamprey
Alewife
Rainbow smelt
Pink Salmon
Coho Salmon
Chinook Salmon
Rainbow Trout
Brown Trout
Carp
Clockwise starting top left:
Whitefish, Pink Salmon, Chinnock Salmon, Steelhead, Northern Pike, Lake Trout.
There are 50 species of fish identified in the Nipigon system.
Nipigon Fish Species
