Guide Service

MATAPEDIA RIVER

All of our guides have been working the Matapedia River for over 25 years.  They work the river either by foot or by 27 foot canoes.  The guides are eager to impart their knowledge of the magical Matapedia River and the habits of its' fisty Atlantic Salmon.  You will spend over 8 hours fishing each day with a three to four hour break in the middle of the day.  Our guides are curtious, competent, knowledgeable and eager to help you become the best fisherman that you can be.

GUIDING RATES

Walking:    1 Person    $250.00/ day

                  2 People    $300.00/ day

                  3 People    $350.00/day

                  4 People    $375.00/day

Guide with Canoe  " 27 ft river canoe"

                  1 Person    $275.00

                  2 People    $300.00

Head Guide:     Robert Barnaby

SALMON RIVER, PULASKI, NEW YORK

Guiding by Jim Rusher:  Has been guiding and teaching spey casting on the Salmon River since 1983. We start fishing and end fishing on your schedule.  I promise you will walk away with more knowledge of Steelhead and Steelhead fishing than you ever imagined possible in one day of fishing

GUIDING RATES

Walking:     1 Person    $ 250.00

                   2 People    $ 300.00

                   3 People    $ 350.00

                   4 People    $ 400.00

Catch and Release

Our philosophy on the river is that conservation is paramount, that is to say we practice catch and release. I have seen many well-intentioned anglers use ineffective methods in an attempt to release their fish. The Atlantic Salmon Federation has long been a proponent of fishing with pinched hooks and releasing salmon while keeping them in the water. Briefly, the correct techniques for catch and release are as follows:

You must know your river and know the wild Atlantic salmon

Live Release takes angling to a new level of understanding the river and the water condi-tions. It is knowing that high water temperatures and low water levels are particularly stressful to Atlantic salmon. You must take that into account when you fish, and how you treat the fish on the end of the line.

Playing the salmon

An Atlantic salmon on the end of that line is under stress and it is important not to play the fish to utter exhaustion. Severe exhaustion reduces the salmon's odds of surviving.

Bringing the Atlantic salmon in

An exhausted fish needs help. Support the salmon underwater in a natural position fac-ing the current, handling it as little as possible. Give it time to recover. The goal is for the Atlantic salmon to swim away on its own. Keep the salmon in the water. Like an athlete having just completed a major race, this fish needs all the oxygen it can get from the wa-ter passing over its gills.

Do not sway the fish from side to side.

The goal is for the Atlantic salmon to swim away on its own.

Removing the hook from the Salmon

In quiet water, bring the salmon quickly within reach. Leaving the salmon in water and without squeezing it, remove the hook carefully with pliers or thumb and forefinger. If necessary, cut the leader near the fly and spare the fish.

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