27th August 2009

"The report this week is generally "slow". We are in the August doldrums with warm water. Fortunately, the water levels are reasonable, although down. There are few fresh entering the system. Most anglers are waiting for the fall runs to begin." (Doug Underhill's weekly River Report)

As for fishing the above quote pretty well says it although we are actually seeing salmon on the surface working through and the water is cooling off by the day and not a bad temperature at this time. I see a number of fishermen in a home pool just down river, but hooking and hooking/playing/releasing a fish in this water would stress them badly and as most are salmon this year it would be better to wait for the water to cool more. That "fall run" should start in the next few weeks we are nearly into September.

Fall is one of the best seasons, cool nights, warm days, just too short a season.

25th August 2009

Due to a cancellation the last weekend in August has just come available.

August 28,29, 30th and 31st are now open. Check our calender for dates.

23'd August 2009

Well Hurricane "Bill" seems to have missed us, but we did have a torrential downpour yesterday evening and a weak thunderstorm. That will cool the water down.

Had an encounter with a very large bobcat yesterday afternoon, it's not often that you get to see one even though there are a number in the area - you are more likely to just see their tracks in the snow. This one sauntered across in front of the truck then stood on side of the road watching us before wandering off into the bush. Also saw a large moose and a fawn still wearing it's spots this morning. It was a very muggy day and at one point an eagle landed on the river, took a bath before swimming ashore. So we do have wildlife on the move, plus the hummingbirds feeders were alive tonight and I imagine they are getting ready to move on.

20th August 2009

Today saw the temperature drop slightly, still hot but bearable. Believe it or not we saw some fish movement in the morning - but when the fishing is slow we watch the "tubers" float down river by the dozen. It must seem like a pinball game to the salmon moving upstream who continually run into the rubber tubes floating down. Tubing is a nice economical way to enjoy a float on the river and it seems to have caught on as we see large number of every variety daily.

Our recent guests took full advantage of the river, the two teenage girls turned into mermaids and it was nice to see them enjoying tubing and swimming. We are awaiting the arrival of guests from the U.S.A. tomorrow and hope that they will get to see some good down east hospitality.

I still see a few fishermen on the river but with the current water temperature playing a fish would stress it out badly and probably kill it so my recommendation would be go tubing - or make this your golf time.

I note a couple of comments in Doug Underhill's River Report and today's gleaner that would interest fishermen frequenting the area & will leave the research to you.

We are awaiting hurricane Bill, who may brush us or not around this coming Sunday. At this time the path takes in the Southwest Corner of New Brunswick.

17th August 2009

HOT - not complaining but the temperature is well up there, the water level good, back to back warm days have brought the river temperature up but still fishable on the low side of the scale.
14th (Friday) was the last fish I saw being (hook/released) - (1) rod on the water this morning, brought a grilse up a couple of times but it moved on. August is not a month for serious fishing.

On the lighter side, went to put my runners on this morning, one had something inside it that turned out to be a frog. Something I didn't know until recently was that the poison frogs secrete can be deadly to dogs :(

10th August 2009

OK, so it looks like a rain forest - I guess we had our summer - both days.

Great for the fish, they are motoring through at 100 mph. I hit the water for about an hour this am and had a grilse on in 10 minutes (Taylor Special) , mind you I only saw 3 fish in that hour.

If we don't see a drop in the water level, the fish will not hold up in the cold water pools. I enjoy going after those fall fish that hold up in pools (straight hook & release). The way it is now you have to hit them on the head with a fly to get their attention as they speed through.

9th August 2009

Overcast day with some sun poking through. Miramichi remains high - only saw one rod on the river and they had a salmon on.


The dates that came open yesterday are now gone but we now have 10,11,12,13th August available. September is filling up but still a few dates open, likewise with October & November, check out our calender.

8th August 2009

Today is more like fall than August, cloudy and cool. A few hardy souls tubing and canoeing.

We got hit with a thunderstorm which brought somewhere around 50 mm rains with it. The river which was dropping so nicely is now back to it's previous high of a week ago and what fish are running will be all over the river.

On the game side, saw a couple of nice moose crossing this morning and a friend told me of two more just above Boiestown toward Astle.

7th August 2009

Water is great, starting to warm a bit but remains dark and at a good level. We are seeing fish daily, mainly large salmon however our recent clients have been non-fisher folk and I have been too busy to cast a line, so I'm not able to comment on how well the fish are taking.

Due to a cancellation the 17-18-19-20th of August have just become available for the cottage rental.

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3'd August 2009

Day started out dull but turned very nice. Although the water is still up it is dropping nicely. Our current guests are non-fishers but we did have a rod on the water for about 20 minutes in the afternoon, saw 3 nice grisle running about 12 feet off shore and picked up a very nice salmon on a "Taylor Special."

Tons of canoes/kayaks/tubes on the river enjoying the long weekend. It's nice to see the river being used to it's potential for the enjoyment of all.