28th April 2009

Miramichi River dropped about 6 inches overnight and there was a steady wind on the river. A number of sports on the river and all seem to be taking fish.

Wendy and I checked it out for about an hour and hooked into three. At one time we had two on at once, one being a large salmon when Wendy's reel froze solid, one big roll and there went the leader. The reel was toast, an English Reel where one of the dogs slipped and jammed the spindle. The lesson to be learned is that you should pay as much attention to the spring reels as the summer ones.

Those nice salmon that are always the last to drop out are on the move pool by pool.

I noted another article in today's paper about the threat to our salmon stock from Smallmouth Bass. For those of you unaware, someone introduced Smallmouth Bass into Miramichi Lake, they were spotted in 2008 and there is a grave concern that they will migrate into the Miramichi River. They are avid feeders on every species of fish and can devastate the salmon fishery.