15th August 2010

A Moonshadow Cottage update - sounds a bit verbose! I've discovered that the various "web browser search engines" pick up specifics, thus our site gets more attention if I use Miramichi River rather than just  the word "river", makes sense.

The Miramichi River :) water level is low but navigatable to the  fish and although it has been warming we have seen fish working up river.  A friend fished a down river cold water holding pool yesterday and felt there were 100s of salmon in the pool with some very nice trout.  Needless to say I won't be anymore specific than that or those 100s of salmon may dimish overnight.  The nice part of this report is that there are a lot more fish headed our way.

Tubers:  As I sit on the deck overlooking the Miramichi River typing this log, a white plastic jug floats by. CBC radio carried a report highlighting our concerns about the amount of garbage that seems to be accompanying the new found sport of tubing.  CBC interviewed a tubing business on the Nashwaak River where the owner has made efforts to reduce the garbage from his clients.  Garbage in the river problem is not unique to "tubers", a trip down the Cains River, a non-tubing  river, was heartbreaking, plastic bags could be seen hanging among the shoreline highwater mark, bottles along the shore. Hopefully the Miramichi River will not suffer the same fate and Moonshadow Cottage is requesting that NB Tourism include some educational material regarding littering of our rivers and roads.

Special message for Carl Urquhart MLA and a family friend.  I recently read the Daily Gleaner article on your intention to donate a kidney.  That takes a lot of grit my friend and we are very proud of you.

Our visitors from Kingston are heading back today after spending a week at Moonshadow and we have a series of returning clients coming in.  A few days in September remain open, please check our calendar "moonshadowcottage.ca"