Welcome back everyone to what we hope will be another great season at Salmon Lodge, Camp Bonaventure and The Club. This season will without a doubt be very different from all others with the Covid-19 pandemic still fluid in the world and many travel restrictions and quarantine controls in place. To all of our dear friends, that feel more like family, that cannot get to us this season, we wish you all the very best and we look forward to seeing you next year. Please know that you will be truly missed by us all. Our teams are thinking of you and we wish you all a safe and healthy 2020 season.
Captivating view of the Grand Cascapedia from the Salmon Lodge veranda.
As our spring began to roll around this year our rivers were flooded with moderate amounts of rain on cloudy days and melting snow on the hot sunny ones. Our spring was a healthy mixture of cool rainy days, followed by a reminder of winter’s cold front and then a surprise tease of what summer’s heat has to offer. Our rivers began to take shape the last week of May and spoiled us with beautiful water conditions for the first week of June.
Welcome home Dan Greenberg! So nice to see you back in your element!
The Grand Cascapedia was a little tea stained in colour the first few days of this week and ran at 130+ cubic meters per second. As the week progressed, the Grand cleared and began to show her beautiful green and blue tones. Her water levels finished off the week at a comfortable 70 cubic meters per second. The Bonaventure river was clear and ready for June 1st. With her levels starting the week at 100 cubic meters per second and finishing in the 50 cubic meters per second range, the Bonaventure river allowed for some wonderful fishing this week. The Petite Cascapedia only opens on June 15th but its water levels are average for this time of year ending the week in the 45 cubic meters per second range.
A beautiful day on the river for our dear friends Fiona & John!
At this time, I would like to thank everyone for their patience, acceptance and understanding as we venture into our new normal. We do not take for granted how fortunate we are to have our camp family composed of the most wonderful guests, guides, lodge staff, management team and ownership group. Here’s to our 2020 season.
Stay safe & Tight lines,
Julia
