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The guides behind every fishing trip

Two fishing guides checking a paper map before a river trip
Our story

Started on the riverbank, still there

Sweetdawngrove began with two fishing guides, a dog-eared notebook of hand-drawn river maps, and one rule that still stands: scout every one of our fishing routes twice, rod in hand, before we ever put a client on it. We learned which bends held good trout fishing water and which stretches were better left for pike fishing, long before we sold a single fishing trip. That rule never went away.

The notebook is thicker now, the boats are bigger, and the guide roster has grown, but nothing else has changed: we still run every new outdoor travel route and guided tour out of season, mapping fishing locations and testing the water before a single departure date ever goes up for booking.

  • Every fishing route scouted by us first
  • Fishing guides trained in wilderness first aid
  • All fishing gear included — rods, reels, fishing line, hooks and fish finders
See the fishing routes
9fishing routes on offer
11fishing guides on the team
140fishing trips run last season
12anglers in the largest group
How it works

Three things we never compromise on

Fished first, sold second

A fishing route only earns a spot on the schedule after our guides have fished it from start to finish, in season — checking river trip conditions, fishing locations, and boat tour access points so every angler who books it knows exactly what to expect.

Small on purpose

Twelve anglers on our biggest river trip, six aboard our smallest fishing charter. Past that number, a fishing trip stops feeling personal and starts feeling like a crowd.

Honest difficulty ratings

If a day on the water is long, cold, or technical, we say so upfront. Each fishing trip listing shows the real difficulty, the fishing gear you'll need—rods, reels, fishing line, hooks and fish finders—and what to expect, because Fishing adventures should never be harder than the page promised.

Morning light on the river
Morning light on the river
Riverside camp at dusk
Riverside camp at dusk
A quiet bend for a lunch stop
A quiet bend for a lunch stop