19th July 2009

Off to another beautiful day on the Miramichi.

By 8am a (1) salmon was hooked/released & I took (1) grilse by noon a second (2) large salmon (H/R). I know the river reports are saying this run is about 50/50 salmon/grilse but for this area it appears to be much more weighted toward salmon. We are seeing two salmon for every grilse, either hooked or showing.

There are lots of fish in the river at the moment, unfortunately my fishing is done for the day so I'm going to miss out on a repeat from last night's fishing extravaganza.

In the evening Jean-Guy dropped in with some friends, tied into a couple of salmon before dark. Larry Adair from Adair's Wilderness Lodge, Sussex, cheered on the fisher folk by pointing out the fish rolling behind them.

I forgot to mention that some of the salmon are so large that when that moose was crossing the river last night you could see wakes 10+ inches high from fish headed right for that moose. I didn't see the moose this morning but I did see a seagull disappear under the water.