When to go

The best months for all 60 destinations on one page. April has the most in season (44). A gold underline marks this month.

TroutSteelheadAtlantic salmonSaltwater flatsInshore saltOutside the best months (often still fishable)

Best months for each destination. A filled cell means the month is in season.
DestinationJanJFebFMarMAprAMayMJunJJulJAugASepSOctONovNDecD
Trout
Arkansas RiverColorado · $375In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Assynt LochsScotland · $298–318In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Beaverkill & WillowemocNew York · $225–263In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Big Flat BrookNew Jersey · $225In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Bighorn RiverMontana · $363In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Bow RiverAlberta · $282In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Bristol BayAlaskaIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Central PA LimestonersLittle Juniata · $250In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Deerfield RiverMassachusetts · $238–300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Derbyshire WyeEngland · $166In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Driftless Areaand southeast Minnesota · $250–325In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Esopus CreekNew York · $225–375In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Farmington RiverConnecticut · $300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Great Smoky MountainsNorth Carolina · $188–263In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Green RiverUtah · $350In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Guadalupe RiverTexas · $225–300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Henry's ForkIdaho · $398–425In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Housatonic RiverConnecticut · $300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Kenai RiverAlaska · $330In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Lehigh RiverPennsylvania · $313In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Little Lehigh CreekPennsylvania · $200In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Lower DeschutesOregon · $325In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Lower Sacramento RiverCalifornia (Keswick Dam to Red Bluff) · $300–325In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Madison RiverMontana · $400In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Missouri RiverMontana · $370–395In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Musconetcong RiverNew Jersey · $225–275In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Neversink RiverNew York · $250In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
New Zealand South IslandNelson · $210In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
North Georgia TailwatersGeorgia · $263–300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Northern PatagoniaNeuquén · $280In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Rangeley LakesMaine · $225–300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Río GrandeTierra del FuegoIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
River TestEngland · $533–666In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
River UskWalesIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
San Juan RiverNew Mexico · $313–338In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
South Branch Raritan RiverNew Jersey · $225–275In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
South Fork SnakeIdaho · $440In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
South HolstonTennessee · $288In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Swift RiverMassachusetts · $238–263In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Tulpehocken CreekPennsylvania · $188–238In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Upper DelawareNew York / Pennsylvania · $275In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
West Branch AusableNew York · $300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
White and Norfork RiversArkansas · $275–300In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Yellowstone National ParkFirehole · $395In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Steelhead
Ohio Steelhead AlleyOhio · $250–275In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Olympic PeninsulaWashington · $275–325In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
PA Steelhead AlleyPennsylvania · $300–325In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Pere MarquetteMichigan · $300–350In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Salmon RiverNew York · $275In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Skeena SystemBritish Columbia · $750In seasonIn seasonIn season
Atlantic salmon
IcelandBlanda and others · $649In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Miramichi RiverNew Brunswick · $211In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
River SpeyScotland · $817In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Saltwater flats
Ambergris CayeSan Pedro · $240In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Andros IslandCentral and South Andros · $400In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Ascension BayQuintana Roo · $425In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Florida KeysIslamorada to Key West · $500In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
Inshore salt
Cape CodMonomoy · $450In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season
MontaukNew York · $450–550In seasonIn seasonIn season
Mosquito LagoonFlorida · $350In seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn seasonIn season

Each destination's page links the sources for its season. Rivers fish outside their best months too, just less reliably. For one month at a time, with species, see month by month; to filter by price or skill level, use the Calendar view on the home page.

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