18th March 2010

One mild winter although lots of time for the odd snow storm.  If this trend continues the Miramichi is going to open early, as you can tell from the attached photo taken today in front of our house.  The Nashwaak is open and low, the Saint John below Mactaquac Dam is open, the Miramichi is melting out so far with very low water.  Although there will be a little run off, the snow pack is not high and this will probably lead to low water conditions, which may directly impact on fishing this year, we will have to wait and see.

For those wondering, this may be one of those years we see the Miramichi River open before the start of salmon season April 15th.

Cottage bookings are picking up, we had three today and I haven't had the opportunity to start promoting it yet.  Again we have a healthy booking of fishermen, but also clients staying with us for a variety of other events, canoeing, visits, weddings etc.  Our hunters usually book a year in advance.  We have been unable to accomodate a lot of requests for fishing, prime summer time was booked last year, although there are still some Fall dates that could see decent fishing.

I have attached a photo of a 16ft. canvass/cedar my neighbour has up for sale, It appears in good shape, I don't know the make and I know it's "purple" but that's the colour she liked and this gives the purchaser the opportunity to paint it any colour they wish :)  PS: It's posted on Kijiji.