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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. The best option on the Eagle is Goose Bay Oufitters famed Lower Eagle River Salmon Camp, located just below the spectacular Eagle River Falls. 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 most years, 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. |
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| First explored by Lee Wulff some 40 years ago, the fishing remains
as good as it was when Lee first cast a fly here, thanks to the strong catch and release ethic encouraged by Cooper's Minipi Camps who outfit the watershed from three camps, Ann Marie, Minonipi and Minipi
Lake. If you'd like to catch a 7 or 8 pound brook trout on a dry fly, Cooper's Minipi Camps
is the best place in the world to try. 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 4 pounds, occasionally up to 6, but the numbers of fish caught are much greater than in the Minipi system. |
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