Where can you catch Rainbow Trout and SteelHeads in Richmond Hill/Markham

[niko91]

John, If steelhead are what you are looking for Ide suggest waiting until Setember and hit up the runs in the great lake tributaries I went for some steelies early May with some luck and then by the end of the month whatever steelies were left were extremely line shy. However there are definitely some trout locations a bit further north that I know of, a bit out of the Markham area but still within an hours drive ide say.
Try catching some resident browns up in the northern reaches of the credit river, The forks of the credit pp is beautiful and produces some real nice fish, keep in mind of the 0-possession limit and no organic baits/barbs allowed in that area. Just south of there around georgetown you can find numerous access points to creeks and streams leading to the credit which are spring fed and cold and hold nice sized (6-12inch) brookies. As far as rainbows are concerned I remember catching some at rockwood conservation area as well as heart lake conservation area some years back, these are stocked fish and I dont remember the fishing to be too good but heard the some nice bows have been taken out of rockwood this season; definately something ide like to investigate further these days if I have the chance. Although these are all a bit out and away from Markham I generally feel that resident trout fishing is best a bit out of the urban landscape both for the quality of the fish (not just talking about size here) as well as for the break away from the urban jungle.

Best of luck =)