Riverside Lodging, Retreat Meetings and Outdoor
Adventures Porter Cove, New Brunswick CANADA
Fly-Fishing For more than eight decades, our lodge on New Brunswick’s Miramichi River has satisfied visitors from around the world, seeking to enjoy the peace of the Miramichi River, to challenge the wild Atlantic Salmon—“the king of sport fish”-- and to fish for wild brook trout. Salmon fishing season is regulated from April 15 until October 15 annually.A fishing licence is required to fish our legendary river and can be purchased onsite at Ponds Resort.Non-residents of New Brunswick are required to fish with a licensed guide.
Pond's Resort on the Miramichi offers a classic and memorable MiramichiRiver fly-fishing experience for individuals and groups, regardless of level of experience.
Salmon and trout pools offer a variety of fishing experiences. Guests are rotated through our pools.
Our guides are professionals and know this river! They are experienced, productive and often entertaining.
We support Hook-and-Release angling in the summer run of salmon.
We are conservation award-winners from the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) and New Brunswick's Miramichi Salmon Association (MSA).
We rent fly-fishing equipment.
Private lessons are available and must be booked in advance.
We fish primarily with eight and nine foot rods with eight or nine weight forward floating lines and classic salmon flies.
Fishing for feisty, fighting Brook Trout is also available in the Miramichi River, its brooks and tributaries. Fishing for Brook Trout requires fly-fishing equipment and special flies, a trout-fishing license and a guide for a non-resident of New Brunswick.