Angler Comments • Igloo Lake Lodge
September 10, 2017

Fantabulous weekend getaway at Igloo Lake lOdge! Amazing people, beautiful environment and an awesome cook “Ms. Darlene”. Excellent food! Next trip for a week for sure. Love the fish! Thank you!

Laura Compton HVGB, Lab
September 10, 2017

Hay Jim, This is a wonderful place – its a trip I will never forget! It’s a very peaceful place! The food was great – thanks to Darlene! Thanks Jim. Hope to get back some day.

Jamie Faulkner HVGB, Lab
September 10, 2017

Awesome getaway at a truly awesome location with awesome staff to support the lodge and make the experience so enjoyable. Loved the whole Igloo Lake Experience! Darlene provided hot hearty meals that truly added to the experience.
A big thank you to jim and his generosity for providing a two night / 3 day getaway for two lucky people from 5th Wing Goose Bay (CFB Goose Bay) Military Family Resource Centre.
Loved it ……to the moon and back!

Shawn Organ Canadian Forces Base, 5th Wing Goose Bay
September 8, 2017

I would like to start by saying the flight from Goose Bay to Igloo Lake on the Beaver owned and piloted by Jim Burton was fantastic. The Igloo Lodge opened my eyes to how beautiful a spot it is located in such a remote area. Congratulations to the cook, Darlene for such great meals! The staff was overly friendly and extremely helpful. On guest caught & released a brook trout over 10 pounds and that brought extra excitement and talk at the Lodge.
Thank you Jim Burton for your hospitality and I look forward to coming back to Igloo again.

Lionel Letemplier HVGB, Labrador
September 8, 2017

Can’t believe how blessed I am to have been invited to such a wonderful spot. Only here for two days but learned so much about this lake and how to fish it. Being ill prepared, everyone was so helpful with preparing me with trout flies that should work. I had a major tug and then a second tug that broke my line and lost the fly that was given to me by Colin (sorry Colin). Thanks to Darlene for the great food and hospitality!
Jim is a perfect host sharing his time with all his guests.
In my next life, I hope to come back as Jim Burton!
Thanks so much!

Dale McDougall HVGB, Labrador
September 8, 2017

We lost a day getting in due to weather but made up for it with keen guides and a good cook (Darlene). We fished Archies, Sisters, Cabin Pool, and the stream connecting them getting brook trout 6.5 pounds at 21.5 inches.
Two of our younger team members trekked to Dorothy Lake in chest neopreme waders – 3 miles & 1.5 hours one way with guide colin. They got no trout but saw large fish rise.
We fished Burton’s pond 3 days and the 4 of us caught +/- 20 each trip, mostly in the 3 to 4 pound range. The largest 3 brookies we caught there was 5 to 6 ½ pounds (22 ¼ inches) each less chuncky than at igloo or its outlet.
In Igloo, trolling produced only two trout in 3 days by one or more boats but casting was much more productive by those same boats. In Igloo we got only 11 trout but they were much heavier for their length than in Burton’s Pond, running from 2.5 pounds to 10.4 pounds, most wereb 4.5 pounds to 7 pounds. The 10.4 pound brookie was 26 inches in length and had a girth of 17 7/8 inches and was a beautiful red bellied male just like the old chap that caught it. The photo’s prove that the trout was indeed more handsome than the angler – who got it on a 10 pound test leader. The big 10 pound trout took in 4 feet of water and fought hard as a 10 pound Salmon rubbing the leader against a boulder once. It took 15 minutes to land and will be a new world record on a 10 pound test leader. Alvin Thatchell was the guide to the monster trout.
Jim Burton was extremely accomodating & hospitable and runs a world class operation on a world class lake!

Alan Maddan, Tom & Jonathan Wilkins & Pete Stoddart St. John, NB
August 31, 2017

Great trip! Great Lodge! Great People! Big lake was hard fishing, Burton’s Pond outstanding! 26 big brookies – Great time!

Brian Snyder Wards Creek, NB
August 31, 2017

Another great trip to Igloo Lake Lodge. Spending fishing time with my grandson. Jake will give me special memories to last a lifetime. Flew to Char Lake – spectacular fishing! Caught my biggest Char ever! Jake outfished me! This was his furthest trip north fishing & first time for Arctic Char. Just an incredible experience for both of us. I already have many wonderful memories memories from Igloo Lake Lodge. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been to Igloo Lake Lodge but during this trip I certainly missed Calvin. Our late night chats over a few sociables was always great! RIP old friend! We filmed two TV Shows for Newfoundland Sportsman which was great! Food, accommodations – superb! And as usual our host & friend Jim Burton was outstanding! Thanks so much for everything!

Dwight Blackwood, Jake Rowe & Bob Whitten Newfoundland Sportsman TV Show, NL
August 31, 2017

We had a great week! Lots of beautiful brookies…..3 to 8 pounds!
Chef Roseann’s cooking was fabulous – good for at least a 5 star from each of us! The “A” & “B” Team of Dwight & Bob did great filling in. Our Guide Edwin was the best! Very patient, knowledgeable and helped us land numerous beautiful fish!Burton’s Pond was the highlight of the week – lots of chunky beautiful Brookies! Many thanks to Jim and all his staff for a fabulous week!

Charles & Sarah Stackhouse Bluff Point, NY
August 25, 2017

Great Lodge! Great Guides! Outstanding cook – Roseanne!
14 …. 4 to 6 pound Trout at burton’s Pond yesterday was one great fly fishing experience! Looking forward to returning!
Thanks Colin (guide) for all your help and laughs!

Bill Waight Westminister, MA