21st June 2010

The past  couple days of desperately needed rain has brought the river up to a nice height and cooled the water down, now just to get some  fish movement.  Was out for a few minutes this evening, lots of salmon parr but no sign of anything larger.

18th June 2010

Fishing update:  My fishing neighbour reports taking a 8-9 lb. salmon June 11th.  17th with lots of fishermen on the river in the evening, (1) salmon taken Brown's Pool.  Report of (2) salmon in the counting station to date.  Big Hole Brook not reporting much for fish, if any.  I think we may have the odd salmon sliding through but very scarce.

Greg reports this from  down river.
 "Well we hit Boiestown, just up river of the suspension bridge in the public pools and fished pretty hard. We saw a grilse, and I managed to roll and briefly hook a nice size trout that didn’t really want my bomber. In the end I landed a 10 inch trout ( which I let go and encouraged him to tell all of his bigger friends that I was a nice guy) and one small salmon Parr who wasn’t much bigger than the bomber. That was it for three rods + some others in the pools. "



I have a report that the Rangers were called Sat. 12th,  re some canoers running their dogs on the shore chasing the newly born ducklings and some young lads tubing throwing rocks at the Canada Geese goslings. Not the brighest moves.  These are Fedral Offenses and could be costly.

17th June 2010

Contrary to recent river reports you cannot walk shore to shore on salmon in this area.  I checked with local "reliable" fishermen today and they have yet to see or hook a salmon in the area, let alone a dozen or more in a couple of days.  I have tested the water and watched it, unless salmon parr count a decent run has yet to start, nothwithstanding a fish sneaking through during the night.  I do have one verified report of a salmon taken upriver from Doaktown.

I fully expected to see an early run, that has not materialized so we will revert back and hope that the water holds up long enough to see the June/July run come in. Bring a steak just to  be safe.

Our last 2 days in June have been grabbed and that leaves us solidly booked until September and if you check our calander it is booking already so if you are planning on that September/October fishing please  let us know as the days are disappearing in those two months.

Our resident fox pups, actually they are our neighbours have dwindled from 7 to 3 plus mum, I don't know what happened to the others but it wasn't cars this year - maybe beavers I see some of them rampant in the area. Saw something different today, a bunch of Merganzers were herding fish to shore when several crows moved into the shallow water and intercepted the small fish.

13th June 2010

Still no sign of salmon but lots of boats on the river.  A steady stream of canoes, kayaks, tubes, whatever, it's nice to see people enjoying the Miramichi.  The water continues to drop and you will find it touch & go through some of the rapids.  A good  time of year to see baby Canada geese and ducklings.

10th June 2010

No sign of fish in the immediate area but I'm starting to hear reports of the odd salmon being taken Blackville, Doaktown and with the water being at the ideal level with cool nights I expect to see a fish break water any day now and that should start the summer season -  If anyone is reporting their sports taking lots of fish at the moment it should be with a nod & wink.

Saw a nice looking 26 foot canoe on display in Doaktown a few days ago and discovered we now have a company manufacturing and restoring the traditional cedar plank canvass canoes, 17.6 - 18'-20'-26 ft. and up.  Have a look at http://www.oakledge.ca/, a local company sourcing a lot of their material locally - well done.

4th June 2010

After two days of lite rain the water has risen and more is perdicted over the weekend.  Still picking up a few river trout, nothing significent.  Hearing rumors of some bright salmon movement down river, the closest confirmed being Doaktown, no quantities.  Also report of a few fish in the Cains.  If we can get the water up and keep it that way there is a  chance of seeing a few brights in the coming weeks.  River looks a lot better than it did a week ago.

Canada geese are dragging their young out for a look at the world, making lots of noise and providing warnings when birds of prey are in the area.

2nd June 2010

A few days of lite rain, will help a bit but the Miramichi is mighty low for this time of year.  Picked up a nice trout yesterday evening but it must have been the only one out there.  We are definitely in the "between time" hopefully we will see some fish work up river before we run out of water.

Canoe runs are a real drag at the moment, you actually have to walk them down river through the rapids although seeing quite a few on the river.

26th May 2010

Strong East wind all day.  Fishing has dropped off, other than a few river trout.  No sign of "sea trout" or "bright salmon" in this area. We also hear fishing is quiet on the Cains River.

Our resident moose has made his presence known, and a few bucks wandering around waiting for the gardens to sprout, mum fox has her pups out teaching therm to hunt, more  like kittens then predators.

23'd May 2010

Speaking with some canoers at Fall Brook Falls this PM, report that this is their 14th straight run from Halfmoon and the lowest they have ever seen the river.  They overnighted at Clearwater and watched 8 sea trout landed in the 20"+ range.  We took a couple yesterday evening in the 18" range, the wind never died until dusk which made fishing difficult.

Today, temperature shot up into the 30's, a few trout taken this morning, wind came back up.

Hiked into Fall Brook Falls, lots of water and the falls are showing nicely.  The road down to the falls has washed out badly and a 4x4 would be a must to get back out, best to leave the vehcile at the top and get some exercise.  The gate keeper related the recent story of someone taking their Van to the bottom of the hill, apparently getting it back out wasn't pretty. The walking path into the falls is moderate and you should be in shape,  expect to do some climbing or get your feet wet.  It's still worth the hike in to see the falls.

20th May 2010

Had some friends report great succfess with "sea trout" at Norrads Bridge today, I picked a couple up this evening on a small #14 black dry fly in the 17-19" range and a few river trout in the 10-12" range.  The "sea trout" are bottom feeding stone flies for the most part.