Questions please?! Here are a bunch of questions that get asked by guests and potential guests while trying to plan an adventure to Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge. If we have missed your question, email us at dwight@prattfallslodge.com

A: The best dates really does depend on your taste. The biggest fish run from late June to the first week of July. During this time we see the largest of the salmon but not the quantity like the rest of July. Early fishing always presents a small gamble of the salmon being late due to a number of factors. The remainder of July is prime time! There is a good mix of large salmon and vast runs of grilse. August presents some really great fishing as well. Grilse runs hold strong until late August and there are always late large 'Jacks' (male salmon) arriving in the river. By mid August Sea-run brook trout are starting to return to the river and offer another fun fishery that only gets better during the last 2 weeks of August.

A: Yes, residents and non-residents each get 4 tags. We encourage catch and release, however it is your choice if you would like to keep a grilse. Large salmon cannot be kept. Sitting down to a meal of delicious and healthy wild atlantic salmon is a real treat, but we think that releasing it and watching it return to it's mission on the river feels even better!

A: Sea-run trout and char excursions to Sandwich Bay from the lodge are offered. There is an extra charge of $50/day per person to cover the extra cost associated with doing this. That is offered from Late June to the third week of July. After that the trout are very hard to target because they are spread out on the headlands and are glutted on baitfish. They offer a great fishery again in mid August.

A: Don't you just hate it when you visit a website and in the end have to make a phone call just to see if the trip fits into your budget? We have a page just for this. Click on "Rates and Packages" in the left menu and download our current rates. The rates sheet also explains any extra costs that may be incurred outside of your package rate.

A: Yes, we offer group and corporate rates. Have a corporate function to hold? We can cater for up to 16. We also offer discounts to parents/children under 18 combinations, and to husband/wife combinations. We tailor these based on how much fishing time is requested and the number of people involved. Email Dwight at dwight@prattfallslodge.com for a quote.

A: The flight from Goose Bay is 40-50 minutes aboard a twin otter or caravan on floats. We look after arranging the flight and cost is split among the guests. The average cost per guest in 2010 was 600-650 return. The float plane departs Goose Bay early morning on Friday, so most guests arrive in Goose Bay on Air Canada's Thursday afternoon flight from Halifax or St. John's. That means an overnight in Goose Bay Thursday night. You are responsible for your meals and accommodations in Goose Bay, however we can book your hotel for you if you like. We have a company shuttle van that looks after getting you at the airport in Goose Bay, as well as getting you to Otter Creek for the float plane flight the next morning. You then return the following Friday in the morning, so you can catch the commercial flights to Halifax and St. John's.

It should also be noted that if a group wants to change the day of arrival and departure and space is available to do that at the lodge, we will arrange the charters for any given day.

A: We felt it was time for a change. Goose Bay Outfitters has a 40 year history of providing outfitting services on the Eagle River so it was not an easy decision to change the name of the lodge. Jelle & Millie Terpstra sold the camp to Dwight Lethbridge and Mitch Fong who both fished Eagle since childhood. They grew up knowing the biggest falls on Eagle which are in full view of the lodge as "Pratt Falls". Goose Bay Outfitters was once a company which operated several outfitting camps, and was also somewhat misleading as Goose Bay was only a transportation hub for the camp and no fishing was offered in the Goose Bay area. So a new company name and lodge name is born! Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge (Ltd.)