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Conne River

Type
Freestone river, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Season
Jun–Sep (salmon)
Where the season comes from

Summer Angling Insular Newfoundland SFA AREA OPEN CLOSES SFA 3 - 8 Cape Bauld to Cape Race June 1 Sept. 7 SFA 9 - 12 Cape Race to Cape Ray June 1 Sept. 7 SFA 13 Cape Ray to Cape St. Gregory June 1 Sept. 7 SFA 14A Cape St. Gregory to Cape Bauld June 1 Sept. 7 Labrador SFA AREA OPEN CLOSES SFA 1 - 2 Labrador North and East June 15 Sept. 15 SFA 14B L’Anse au Clair to Cape Charles June 15 Sept. 15 Note: Some individual rivers may have different opening and closing dates.

Set for Newfoundland and Labrador, not this water by name.

Exceptions on the page:

  • Fall Angling: September 8 – October 7, 2026 Gander River, Exploits River and Humber River Subject to the in-season review, catch-and-release angling as follows

Anglers' Guide 2026-2027 - Salmon
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Newfoundland and Labrador Region · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
1 verified
Listed by
1 authoritative list
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on the Conne River

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Regulations & lists Guides & shops

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water. Photo: Alan O'Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More about the Conne River

The Conne River is a freestone river in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Fisheries and Oceans Canada lists it as a scheduled salmon river (Class 2) in Salmon Fishing Area 11. It is listed as “Conne River & tributary streams, including Bernard's Brook & Twillick Brooks, Bay d'Espoir”.

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Where to fish

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Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Conne River on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides nearby

Map of Conne River: gauges, shops and guides

Restrooms

Map of Conne River with 1 gauge.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Conne River

Restrooms near Conne River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Conne River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Conne River (6)
  • Grey RiverNewfoundland and Labrador · Freestone river · about 112 km · live gauge
  • Salmonier RiverNewfoundland and Labrador · Freestone river · about 116 km · live gauge
  • Exploits RiverNewfoundland and Labrador · Freestone river · about 133 km · live gauge
  • Terra Nova RiverNewfoundland and Labrador · Freestone river · about 151 km · live gauge
  • Gander RiverNewfoundland and Labrador · Freestone river · about 175 km · live gauge
  • Humber RiverNewfoundland and Labrador · Freestone river · about 201 km · live gauge

Sources Canadian Geographical Names Database (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the point for “Conne River (RIV)” in the Canadian Geographical Names Database (Natural Resources Canada); the midpoint of the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Newfoundland and Labrador yet.

The map shows gauges (tap one for its reading on this page), and shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

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Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Guides and shops near Conne River

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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

All Newfoundland and Labrador guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Newfoundland and Labrador shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

  • Atlantic salmon

Fish these in the US

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Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like the Conne River? Same fish, US waters.

  • The Housatonic River at Kent, calm and reflecting bare trees and wooded hillsSteelhead / salmon water
    Photo credit

    The Housatonic River at Kent, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Housatonic River

    Connecticut

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon · also a freestone river

  • Sepia print of Kennebago Lake with birch trees and a stump on the near shore and low mountains across the waterFly-fishing only
    Photo credit

    Kennebago Lake, Maine, which the Kennebago River passes at its western end, in a print from about 1875–1880. Photo: Rijksmuseum, CC0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons

    Kennebago River

    Maine

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon · also a freestone river

  • Anglers wading and fishing from the grassy bank and from drift boats on the wide lower Salmon River in autumnSteelhead / salmon water
    Photo credit

    Anglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Salmon River

    New York

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon

  • Wyman Lake on the Kennebec River framed by autumn foliage near Moscow, MaineCatch and release
    Photo credit

    Wyman Lake on the Kennebec River near Moscow, Maine (the impoundment above the Solon tailwater). Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Kennebec River

    Maine

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon

  • The Black River flowing dark and smooth through northern forest in Cheboygan CountySteelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Saint Marys River
    Photo credit

    The Black River in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Photo: SweetCanadianMullet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saint Marys River.

    Saint Marys River

    Michigan

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon · also a freestone river

Gear checklist

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A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Conne River.

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 6 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Conne River (RIV)” in the Canadian Geographical Names Database (Natural Resources Canada); the midpoint of the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.