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Posted 08 July 2014, 2:50 pm NDT
What a morning here at Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge. Large fish continue to dominate the angling scene. Pictured below are three pics from a battle that Craig had right in front of the lodge with a lovely fish this morning.

Also, this morning a few of us went out in the bay for some trout fishing. The sea run brook trout are in prime condition now. Fat and full of flavor so we wanted to get a few to smoke for an evening treat with drinks. Well...it didn't take long. The trouting action was...
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Hooked, fighting, and landed. Say Cheeeeeese!! (larger version)
Posted 07 July 2014, 11:00 pm NDT
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Steve's new girlfriend...she's 8 months pregnant!!! (larger version)
The lodge is buzzing tonight. The large fish results have continued to be excellent. This evening tales of monster fish are going across the lodge in all directions, and tonight we have a great snap to prove it. But before we get to that, let us tell you about our rookie Norwegian, Eilif...

...This is his first ever salmon fishing vacation and tonight it would be impossible to get the smile off his face. This evening, along with the help of his father and expert guide, Bob Goulding, he...
Posted 05 July 2014, 7:18 pm NDT
We wouldn't go so far as to say that the salmon are pouring in, at least not by Eagle standards. But the fishing is getting very good. Our camp hooked 28 fish today, of which only 4 were grilse. But there is still two hours of fishing remaining this evening.

Guides report that most are in the 13-15 lb range, but we have been hooking some leviathans! Guide, Bob Goulding, and his guests reported hooking a monster today in Pratts that could not be held back. They got three 'slumbering' jumps...
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Posted 03 July 2014, 6:40 am NDT
It is incredible how a few high tides can change things here on the Lower Eagle. It seems the last few rising tides have brought in schools of large fish, and yesterday evening the discussion in the main lodge after dinner was a little more than enthusiastic!

We had several large fish hooked and landed and released yesterday. We had a 95cm hen successfully landed, and estimated at 22-24lbs.

Another guest seen a large fish in the 18-20lb range in Dabbling Pool. He tied on a number 2 blue...
Posted 01 July 2014, 7:31 pm NDT
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Ray and his 15lber (larger version)
Happy Canada Day from the team here at Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge! We have a lot to be thankful for living in such a great country. And it is quite fitting that Canada Day mark our most successful day of the salmon angling season so far. Today our guest, Ray Smallwood, landed this beautiful 15 lber fresh from the ocean. And we have had several other fish hooked today.

We also had a group go to White Bear again today and they had an incredible day. They had a shore lunch with a grilse that...
Posted 29 June 2014, 10:32 pm NDT
Finally, our guests see the first bit of salmon action for this year. It has been a tough first 10 days to our season with the late arrival of fish.

Today, one of our guests hooked up in Back River, and a group of 6 went to White Bear River and landed 3. many more fish have been spotted and rose over the last two days but the success rate reflects on the river still being high and fish just starting to come in.

Reports from other nearby rivers are leading us to believe that the runs are...
Posted 26 June 2014, 6:21 pm NDT
This has been our first ever week without landing a salmon at our lodge. However our guests leave in good spirits. They have had a very relaxing week. Enjoyed some great comraderie with the guides, and we have had spectacular trout fishing. No doubt the salmon are late this year. We have been talking to other camps on different rivers and the same story seems to be the case throughout NL.

There are a few trickling in however. We heard yesterday that a salmon was caught at Devil's Gap, 16...
Posted 22 June 2014, 10:14 pm NDT
It seems that salmon are a little late in most eastern parts of the province of NL this season. We would tend to conclude it is due to the heavy pack ice and late spring. We did see some early fish jumping in Eagle at the start of this month, however since our first guests arrived on Friday we are yet to hook a salmon. Even though the river is still very high, we don't think they are going in under our noses because with 5 guests and 4 guides on the water for the last few days, nobody has...
Posted 18 June 2014, 11:02 pm NDT
Hello folks!! It has been a long cold winter and a long spring with lots of pack ice on the coast. It led us to worry that fish would be late, but we have not been hearing any reports to indicate that and our own fish sightings have been pleasantly surprising. We came to camp on June 3rd to start renovations and have been seeing the odd fish jumping while working around outside at the lodge. We have been too busy to do much testing the waters. However on Father's Day, also the season...
Posted 09 August 2013, 8:30 pm NDT
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This photo says it all...a guest thrilled with his catch and our rookie guide doing an excellent job handling this beauty, and showing this first timer to the Eagle the trip of a lifetime. (larger version)
Our last guests for the 2013 season departed Eagle River this morning. No doubt about it the last two weeks of low water presented a challenge but it was not able to dampen the fantastic season we have had here at Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge.

Our last group was made up of a mix of seasoned pros and 4 anglers who have not fished atlantic salmon before. We are very happy to report that despite what we consider tough conditions, all of our anglers hooked into fish. Sea-run trout were also coming...
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