18th November 2012

Deer season ended yesterday, it appears Steve and his group thoroughly enjoyed their adventure, I'd like to know what that one partridge actually cost :).

We have one more group coming in  before the end of November for a family reunion.

After 7 great years of what  started out as a sideline and turned into a full scale business Wendy & I have decided it was time to move on in our retirement.  Some very nice folks actively interested in salmon fishing and preservation  have purchased the cottage and we are looking forward to having them as neighbours.

Wendy and I want to thank all our clients, many who became friends that visited us year after year and we hope not to lose contact with.  For those wanting to start a small business on the Miramichi, our advice remains,  treat your clients right, provide good hospitality service with respect and you won't fail.

Thank you everyone.

Wendy & Shane

14th October 2012

Scott with trout on in first snowfall 2012/13

High water, cold wind and very few salmon makes for a sad end to the 2012 fishing season with one day left.  Scott and Shaun have touched a fish or two but this is definitely the worst salmon season we have encountered for many years.  We had strong Spring fishing, no June Run at all, a little over two weeks in July and there it ended, the few being taken in this area had been in the river all summer.  Reports from ALL over seem too be consistent in that the salmon runs are way down, both Atlantic and Pacific.  Just speaking with fishermen returning from Gaspe, nothing, Matane, nothing, Cains basically nothing, Dungarvon count way down, Upper Reaches of the Miramichi nothing fresh.  Capilano, salmon but count way down.

11th October 2012

Cold windy day.  Water is up any fish out there are all over the river.  Reports yesterday of the odd dark fish being taken both down and upstream, nothing to write home about.  Also had reports of brights coming into the system, but again no sign in this area.

Smart, No Doe hunting on this side of the river

8th October 2012

More rain and water continues to rise.  Marty tied into a nice fish yesterday, never saw it but the fish ran straight out until he could see the spool metal through his backing and was gone.  Today he saw a number of fish jumping all about the same time, nothing for the rest of the day.  Lot's of water and very few fish.  Rumors of a fresh run coming in, hopefully they will be here before the end of the season.

6th October 2012

MARTY picked up (3) salmon this afternoon, (2) by the cottage on  an Allie's Shrimp and (1) by the rock on his unnamed orange fly. All old river fish.  Strong wind making things difficult.

4th October 2012

Water dropping off, but still lots of dark water for fish.  No one on the river but we are casually seeing one or two salmon a day.  Lets face it, at this time there is no Fall run and the fishing is awful. That's exactly what we are telling our clients.

Quiz:  If people down river are only taking the odd dark fish, and people up river the same, how in hell are people in the middle getting lots of BRIGHT fish with sea lice, something smells in that reporting.  Maybe they are coming back from Miramichi Bay in the Septic Truck when it goes there to unload.

Based on a cancellation we decided to give the cottage a complete top to bottom coat of paint, wouldn't you know it we had to turn down three calls for bookings. Sorry folks.

Our LAST year is winding down, fishing season all booked, couple weeks end of October still available, and some hunters in November.

2 October 2012

Well, now we have lots of nice dark water, if only we had some fish in it.  Very few showing.

Lots of moose taken, heard that the hunters are finding it difficult to find butchers. Good reason to put all the ducks in a row before starting the hunt.

30th September 2012

Rain, thank goodness, the rain continues, the water is coming up and we are seeing some (a little) fish movement.  Eric tied into a fish Friday in the slow water on a dry fly and Sheldon hit one today. Expect this rise in water will create a bit of movement, we only have two weeks left.

Appears from the back of pickup trucks, lot's of moose being "harvested", guess that's the new polite term, used to be, "we shot our moose."  "Harvest" makes it sound more like a good crop of pumpkins".

28th September 2012

Water is now the lowest it has been all year and we are not seeing much in the line of fish movement, in fact haven't seen anything for the past few days.  We do have a few days of rain scheduled,

Cancellation for Thanksgiving weekend, so we now have a vacancy Oct.1st through 11th. if anyone is interested.

25th September 2012

Most recent:

McKeil Brook:   Earl (1) salmon, (1) grilse,  Mike (1) salmon, Glen (0)
Our pool Pool:   Saw (0)

Reports:             Fresh fish are feeding in to the lower river.

Water:               Low and dropping.  Eric, you better bring some water with you if you want to use a boat this weekend. However the boat's there if not the water.