19th August 2010

Hermel and his brother relaxing on the Main Southwest Miramichi.  Thanks folks, we appreciated your consideration, the cottage was as clean as a whistle when you left .

Main Southwest Miramichi River is at it's summer low and although we have had cool nights the river is relatively warm.  Fish are holding in the cold water pools with the odd one traveling at night. Early morning is the best time to hit the water as the days are warming up quickly into the mid to high twenty's.  The pool infront of Moonshadow Cottage is not a cold water holding pool but salmon do hold at certain temperatures and times of year often moving out late morning.  Our advice at the moment until conditions change is to be prepared to find other entertainment, the water is warm, the fish not moving and the days too hot to stand on the river.  This is normal for late August.

We had a bird watcher visitng from out of province who was able to add a number of sightings to his list. 
Some of the birds we take for granted along the river are rare sighting in other areas such as downtown Toronto :)  The "nighthawks" continue to make their evening runs upriver, has anyone ever seen them come back down river?  The Humming Birds are attacking the feeders in droves, preparing for the migration which will begin in a couple of weeks.  We witnessed female Hummingbirds attack and kill a young male a few weeks ago.

As of this date Moonshadow Cottage is completely booked for July 2011.  On occassion we do have cancellations so do check our calendar.