The Ganaraska River runs through the middle of Port Hope (accessible from Highway 401). It is one of the best streams in Ontario for trout and salmon fishing.
The Ganaraska River is famous for its mind-boggling spring steelhead run.
The fourth Saturday in April, Ganaraska River fishing for steelhead trout opens.
Anglers line the entire length of the river for their chance to catch one of these magnificent fish.
Since the fish run up river, heading north to one of the conservation areas like Sylvan Glen provides even more fishing spots.
The fall is a great time to see salmon begin their annual spawning run up the Ganaraska River.
View these resilient fish as they migrate past the Ganaraska River Fishway, better known as the fish ladder.
Watch as these majestic fish jump the ladder, constructed to help fish get past Corbett's Dam, to spawn.
See silvery coho salmon and migratory brown trout in their vivid spawning colours.
The Ganaraska River is one of Ontario's best spots to swing flies to catch magnificent fish:
The upper part of the river runs through rich farmlands and the lower part through the town of Port Hope.
Fly anglers boast about the beauty of the migratory brown trout they catch in the river, and also the size of the steelhead and salmon.
smallmouth bass
pike
walleye
perch
catfish
carp
freshwater drum (sheephead)
rainbow trout (steelhead)
brown trout
Pacific, Coho and Atlantic salmon
Fish Species Found in Northumberland
Shore fishing the mouth of the Ganaraska is open all year from the C.N.R (Canadian National Railway) bridge south to Lake Ontario.