Salmon begin entering the river in late May and the average weight for June fish in recent years is well over 18 pounds with better than 10% over 30 pounds. June is for trophy seekers. It is a quality, not quantity fishery when a good week's catch rate may be 3 - 5 large fish per rod. The grilse run usually begins the last week of June and is in full swing by the second week of July. The catch rate can increase to 1 fish per rod day or better with the grilse to salmon ratio increasing to 3-1 or 4-1 by month's end. By August, most of the catch is grilse but large fish show up in the catch as well, and small runs of fresh, late run fish, 10-20 pounds are possible, particularly after a rise of water.

Fishing at Red Pine is in the traditional Gaspe manner from 26-foot canoes, each with a guide and two anglers. Anglers either alternate "drops" in the canoe, or several pools may be waded. The daily fishing periods are from 8:00 am - 12:00 noon and 5:30 - 9:30, the peak taking times of the day.

The 50-year old camp is in an idyllic wilderness setting in the spectacular Restigouche Valley, overlooking the river and flanked by lush green mountains and craggy rock cliffs. This is one of Eastern Canada's finest lodges and if you long to catch large Atlantic salmon, this is one of the world's best venues.

Camp Bonaventure is Quebec’s newest salmon lodge. The elegant lodge is located on the banks of one of Canada’s premier dry fly rivers, the gin clear Bonaventure River, and offers access to trophy waters on the famed Grand Cascapedia as well as a prolific sea run brook trout fishery on the Petite Cascapedia. Also on the Petite Cascapedia, Camp Brule offers beautiful private pools on the Petite, as well as access to ZEC waters on the Grande & Bonaventure.

The famed Miramichi River is ranked one of Canada's best in terms of size of the run. The river offers a long season with angling for "spring salmon" or kelts (post spawning fish) from April 15th - May 15th, and bright salmon fishing from June 10th through October 15th.

We represent Wilson's Sporting Camps located further upstream in McNamee. Wilson's a Miramichi tradition for over 50 years offers private water, with some cold water
pools, veteran guides, good food and comfortable lodging. The Miramichi is accessible by car from Northeast states, approximately a day's drive from Boston.

Labrador is the most remote of the eastern provinces, and as such, offers some of the best fishing. The most prolific salmon river in Eastern Canada is Labrador's mighty Eagle River, which perennially boasts the highest catch rate in North America. The Eagle strain of wild salmon, facing severe stream gradient to make the journey to the headwaters spawning gravel, have selectively evolved as one of the strongest, "hottest" strains of salmon in the world.

Trophy brook trout is Labrador's second biggest drawing card, and the Minipi watershed is most likely the world's finest fishery for trophy squaretails. Minipi fish will average 5.5 pounds, specimens over 8 pounds are taken each year, and several world records (to 10 pounds) have been established here. Landlocked arctic char to 12 pounds and northern pike to 30 are available as well.

For anglers looking for more consistent action and not necessarily trophy fish, we recommend Crooks Lake Lodge on the headwaters of the Eagle River. Crooks Lake offers a mix of river and lake fishing with fish averaging around 3 pounds, occasionally up to 6, but numbers of fish caught are much greater than in the Minipi system.

For anglers in search of trophy lanlocked salmon, McKenzie River Lodge in Western Labrador routinely produces landlocks in the 10 to 16 pound range, as well as lake trout to 30+ ibs., northern pike, brook trout to 4 pounds, and whitefish.