8th July 2012

Today was a dead loss for fishing, saw scattered fish but had a heavy West wind that wiped out the day.

Note:  I did get a response from the fisherman who caught the striped bass yesterday evening. 

"I was the angler.  It was definitely a striped bass (~11-12“).  It was surprise!  It is the first time, to my knowledge, that one was caught that far up.  I assure you the fish ID is correct.  I have been working on striped bass in the SJ River for a number of years. "

Mark Gautreau

Fisheries Biologist
Canadian Rivers Institute
NB Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick

I think it's safe to confirm that's the first bass that I know of being taken this far up river.  Anyone that can add to this feel free to speak up :)  Congratulations Mark and thanks for permission to add the picture.

PS:  Saw an Osprey knock it's self silly, dove in about 4 inches of water. Took awhile to recover but eventually came back around and claimed his fish.