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South Fork San Joaquin River, John Muir Wilderness

All about finding fish in America's designated wilderness areas

What we're about

I'm no expert, and I'm not going to share any amazing secrets, but if you are interested in exploring wilderness areas and finding fish the information I have here might be helpful.

the challenge

I'm working on catching fish in as many of the 803 designated wildernesses in the US as I can. As of September 2024 I'm up to 81, I suspect this is more than most but I still have a long way to go.

the book

I started documenting the special places this hobby has led me to, and then started documenting the places I still need to get to. It's far from comprehensive, but the result is a book with an entry for each wilderness area where I have found fish, along with research and map graphics for all widerness areas where I believe there are fish to catch. I intend to keep updating this to reflect new discoveries as long as I'm capable of getting out there and exploring.

Download the Book

Enjoy maps, descriptions, pictures and other assorted tidbits of information about fish in wilderness areas. Areas are listed alphabetically with a graphical index to help you see where they are located.

First posted December 6, 2023
Updated September 20, 2024; went to three volumes, and added observations at twelve new wilderness areas where I found fish this summer (and several others where I didn't).

Vol 1 Wilderness Areas A through G (pdf)

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Vol 2 Wilderness Areas H through P (pdf)

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Vol 3 Wilderness Areas Q through Z (pdf)

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Welcome to Wilderness Fish!

an invitation

I hope you enjoy this work, and maybe even find it useful. It will continue to be a work in progress, I am always adding information either based on personal experiences or research through a wealth of sources. You can be one of those sources! If I've got anything wrong, please let me know. If you have information you think I should add, let me know. I am especially interested in any information that documents fish in one of the wildernesses I have listed at the back of volume 2 in the "No Fish List." Any verifiable information, including your pictures if they are geocoded, will be considered. I am also very interested in hearing your feedback, good bad or indifferent. The most important thing, though, is to get out there and explore!