Fishing Program

Our goal at Rapid Lake Lodge's is to provide each guest with a quality Arctic Quebec fishing experience each day. We fish by wading, drifting or casting. You can fly fish or use conventional gear. There are streams that are fly fishing only areas and there are rivers that allow either fly fishing or conventional gear. The type of fishing you do while at our lodge is your choice.

Your pilot / guide is there to help you and to inform you about the rivers we fish. 



The location of our lodges, on the Tunulic and Barnoin River provide great fishing opportunities where the lodges are located and are within easy flying distance to the finest Ungava waters. 

 

Depending on the week, we target five ( 5 ) species of fish, Arctic Char, Brook Trout, Lake Trout, Sea Trout, Landlocked Salmon and most any combination thereof.

In Arctic Quebec there is no other places like Rapid Lake Lodge that has a program that is structured to fly-out everyday. Our competitors are limited to fish where their lodge is located. It is very important to choose a lodge that is able to provide trophy fishing opportunities to the finest waters everyday of the season. At the Rapid Lake Lodge, we have the best of both worlds. We have excellent fishing weeks on our “Home” rivers and we are very close to many “Fly-out rivers.”  Throughout the East Ungava Bay area there are tremendous fishing opportunities and we want our guests to have the chance to see and experience the flavour of this great area.

With that in mind, our program incorporates fly outs to take guests to different rivers throughout the area to fish for, Arctic Char, and Trout. Our central location makes many of the remote streams very accessible and only a short flight away. We are near Torngat Mountains National Park and have permits to operate on "limited access" rivers near the park.

The benefit of choosing to visit the Arctic Quebec Rapid Lake Lodge's is that whether you fly-out to fish a nearby stream or stay and experience the wonders that our home river offers, your fishing day will be filled with adventure and excitement. All of these fly-outs are included in the package price.

Daily Activity

Upon arrival at our lodge, the Camp Manager will meet with you to discuss the type of fishing you would like to do and what options are available during your stay.  It is important to remember that weather controls our ability or lack there of, to accomplish the fly outs each day.  Each evening the Camp Manager will discuss with our pilot /guide staff as to what rivers fished good and what rivers did not.  He will then also check with the pilots for a weather forecast for tomorrow, so he can put together the schedule for the next day.  It is important for you to give feedback to your guide as to the type of fishing you like and if you find that a specific river or type of fishing fits your desires more so than another.  The great thing is that because of our locations of the lodges, you have a tremendous variety of choices for each day.

If you choose to fish the Tunulic, Barnoin or Koroc River, your guide will use boats to transport you within a two to seven-mile radius of the lodge.



We do have fixed times for aircraft departures and mealtimes at the lodges, but other than those you can work with your guide to plan out whatever fishing schedule you would like.  If you are on a fly-out for the day, you will depart the lodge after breakfast and be at a remote location for the day. You will return to the lodge before diner each day.

A typical day on the Tunulic, Barnoin or Koroc River is as follows:

6:30 through 7:30 AM Breakfast.
You can eat at anytime between 6:30 and 7:30 AM.
You will fish until about 11:45 AM and then break for lunch.  Depending upon the location of where you are fishing at determines if you will come back into the main lodge for lunch or if your guide will prepare a shore lunch for you.  You always have the flexibility to return to the lodge should weather become an issue.
You will then fish the river until approximately 4:30 PM.  Cocktails and appetizers are in the main lodge at 5:00 PM and dinner is at 6:00 PM each night.

A typical day with fly-outs from Rapid Lake or Barnoin River is as follows:

The first thing to keep in mind about any fly out program is that the weather controls everything that we do.  We are located in a remote part of the world and we are flying in a rugged wilderness where weather conditions change rapidly and sometimes unexpectedly.  We schedule fly outs the night before based upon weather predictions.  If you are scheduled to be on a fly out, we want you to have breakfast right at 6:30 AM so you have time to prepare for the excursion.  You will depart the lodge after breakfast and spend the day on a remote river.  Your guide will either prepare a shore lunch or have sandwiches for you.  You will return to the lodge between 4:30 and 5:30 PM.

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