This was my 3rd trip to Igloo Lake Lodge and it definitely won’t be my last. Most importantly, my two boys Jacob & Luke were with me on their first fishing expedtion to Labrador. Igloo Lake did not disappoint!
From the day we stepped off the plane in Goose Bay to the day we left, customer service and safety was paramont. After a 25 minute flight in Jim’s 1951 DeHavilland Beaver we landed at Igloo Lake under clear blue skies. On final approach we even spied a large eagle hunting for a meal over Archies Pool. We were greated on the dock by the great staff who unloaded the plane with Jim and took our luggage to the main lodge. My boys, who were eager to catch their first Labrador Brookie were quickly whisked away by Chief Guide Edwin Dominey to the Bowl Pool. This was the beginning of an amazing adventure for myself & my boys.
I’d like to give a special thanks to Edwin for guiding my boys over their 4 day stay. Both boys caught their share of brook trout in the 3 to 7 pound range with Luke having won the largest fish competition with a 7+ lb brookie!b They mentioned to me numerious times how helpful, knowledgeable and patient Edwin was durng their trip.
We were well fed by Roseann and her new “sous-chef” Mike. As usual, the food and hospitality was amazing!
Mike also guided me and another guest on my second trip to Burton’s Pond. The weather was perfect and the fishing even better! Mike has a great sense of hunor and is very personable guy – thanks for the fish and the laughs.
I finished off my trip with an afternoon of fishing Archies and the brook with Edwin. My boys has departed earlier in the week so I needed a new fishng buddy – we caught lots of brookies including a stunning 5 pounder at Archies!
Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Jim & Steve for making Igloo Lake Lodge a little piece of Heaven for us to create great memories!
Our final tally:
5+ pound trout landed: 18
5+ pound trout hooked and lost: too embarrassed to say.
Under 5 pound trout: lost count after the first couple of hours.
Thanks for the amazing adventure! See you in 2019!

I have been looking forward to this trip since January. I have been on quite a few fishing trips over the years but none of them compare to the fishing, food & friends I have enjoyed at Igloo Lake Lodge. It seems that we all live very busy lives now a days & such a place as this is like an oasis for your mind & body.

Perfect little trip to Igloo Lake Lodge (3 days)! This was my second trip but this time was special as I was with my son “Sam” and he was amazed with the size of these brook trout! We simply don’t catch anything of this size in PEI or Nova Scotia! Roseann keep us as fat as the fish and our guide Travis was a wealth of information. We have loads of pictures to keep the memories fresh until next time!
Thanks for everything Jim & staff!

Finally, after many years of thought – Labrador has many of the most beautiful trout on the planet. Many thanks to our guide, Ed and two Roseann for making Dave & I welcome, comfortable, & gastronomically happy.
The evening of music, singing and laughter was a wonderful touch to a great trip!

This is my third adventure to Igloo Lake and it never fails to disappoint. What a wonderful and special corner of the planet it is.
This is Brook Trout heaven, the biggest, most lovely and powerful brookies nature has to offer. I have been privileged to tango with them once more. The autumn colours are spectacular and the brook trout at Burton’s are getting even bigger. This is a mystery!
Aside from all of that, I have made new friends and enjoyed great food and conversations. I am free to talk fishing from this place……I love it!

Dick & I arrived on Twin Otter on the 24th for 7 days fishing. On the 3rd day we hiked to Burton’s Pond and released a Pike each and we also caught several large brook trout in the 3 to 6 pound range including a double hook up. Dick’s magic fly was a bed head – looked like a little brook trout pattern. I used a yellow zoo cougar. Our guide Edwin located a spot with rising brook trout. We caught brookies on olive wolf patterns. Very large versions on the flies. The dry fly was cast out away from the boat and allowed to sit motionless until a fish hit it or it needed to be cast again.
At the end of the day we picked up a few more trout for a total of 17 trout boated!
Our final trip to Burton’s (later in the week) we released 10 nicely coloured (3 to 7 pound range) brookies!
We shared the Lodge with many friendly people from Newfoundland and enjoyed their company.
Edwin is a great guide and his flies were small master pieces (especially his brown bog).
Roseann provide tasty meals everyday. Her wanna bread is second to none.
Thanks to the Igloo Lake staff for a great adventure and my largest brook trout every!

This was my first visit to Igloo Lake for a 3 day fishing trip. Our guide was (Mike) exceptional – everything from teaching me to cast a fly rod to loaning us a few flies. He was helpful in every possible way. Our cook Roseann was a very pleasant woman and a great cook (hope I didn’t gain to much weight). Even though our trip was cut short on our first date due to weather and we couldn’t get on the lake due to wind on one day – our trip was a success! We landed a 5 pound Brookie & a 7.5 pound Brookie on the last hour of our trip!
Thanks for everything!

Wow! What a trip we are planning to make. Interior Labrador by floatplane we will take.
There is Tony, Jerry, Ron and Me. To fish for Brookies, the biggest catch “we will see”.
Now Burton’s Pond is the place for Brookies. The biggest brookie is my only wish. From 2lbs to 4lbs we landed with ease. But my 7 pounder, the biggest please. Sunday baptism at the bow, Sandy fell in and went for a swim.
As Toni proved with a brookie, boasting a 17 inch girth.
Monday started cold, wet and late and Jerry we tried to inflate.
It the end of the day, Ed on accordion and Mike the guitar did play.
So sorry to say its the end of our stay.

What began as an impulsive bid (by Doug) on a fishing trip to Igloo Lake Lodge at the Kids Eat Smart Gala, has culminated in a trip of a lifetime!
We have visited friends in Goose Bay enroute, marvelled at the expanse and beauty of the Big Land while enjoying a thrilling flight in the float plane and shared the excitement of Nanette catching her first beautiful 5.5 pound Brookie (or was it larger….8lbs??).
Nanette received her first fly fishing lessons from our knowledgeable, patient and enthusiastic guide, Deon, and we enjoyed wonderful commaderie with our fellow lodge mates and fisher persons while gathered around the dining table feasting on delicious homemade meals expertly prepared by Roseann morning, noon & night.
We were regaled each evening with fishing stories and other outdoor adventure tales from the past peppered with laughter, good humour and lies.
While we will miss hunkering down for the night in our lovely rustic beds made cozy by handmade quilts embellished with moose and fish, it was satisfying to know that as we savour our memories of our trip to Igloo Lake Lodge, countless breakfasts will be enjoyed
by school age children through out Newfoundland & Labrador.

Outstanding Guide (Mike) & Cook / Organizer (Roseann). Large fish in Burton’s Pond – 7lb’er+ on a dry fly!