Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DFO advises anglers that the following rivers will re-open to normal angling hours as of one hour before sunrise on August 22, 2025.

Salmon Fishing Area 4
46.  Exploits River & tributary streams
•    Main stem of mid-Exploits from Grand Falls fishway to Red Indian Lake dam
•    Main stem, from Stoney Brook to Exploits Bay
•    Tributaries below Grand Falls fishway
•    Tributaries of mid-Exploits from Grand Falls fishway to Red Indian Lake dam
50.  *Gander River & tributary streams
•    Main Stem below Gander Lake

Salmon Fishing Area 12
125.  Grandy's River, including Top Pond Brook

Salmon Fishing Area 13
136.  Little Codroy River, including Cooper's Brook, Southern Brook & Western Brook
137.  *Great Codroy River, including Broom Brook, Ryan's Brook & Mullchingnic Brook; the North Branch of Great Codroy, including Upper Brook, Lower Brook & Crooked Brook; the South Branch of Great Codroy, including Bullhouse Brook
138.  *Highlands River & tributary streams
139.  *Crabbe's River & tributary streams
140.  *(Middle) Barachois River & tributary streams
141.  *Robinson's River & tributary streams
142.  Fischell's Brook & tributary streams
143.  Flat Bay Brook & tributary streams
144.  *Little Barachois Brook & tributary streams
145.  *Southwest and Bottom Brooks & tributary streams
146.  *Harry's River, including Spruce Brook, Little George's, Meadows Brook, Pinch Gut River, Stag Hill Brook & Gull Pond Brook
151.  Hughes Brook

*indicates river has closed sections (reference Anglers’ Guide 2025-26)

For more information please visit the In Season River Status website at In-Season River Status
The Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region gives notice that Variation Orders 2025-197, 2025-198, 2025-199, 2025-200 and 2025-201 have been revoked and Variation Orders 2025-205, 2025-206, 2025-207, 2025-208 and 2025-209 will come into effect at 1800 hours on August 21, 2025.

Notices to Anglers are now available online in the Fisheries Notices section of the DFO Newfoundland and Labrador Region webpage at Newfoundland and Labrador Region.

If you would like all Notices to Anglers sent to you directly by email, please contact: miranda.pryor@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.