Beautiful day on the Miramichi. The water remains constant and there is a steady but lazy stream of ice cakes wandering along. Reports from upriver is that Norrads Bridge is clear and I see that the ice hanging around the Porter Cove Bridge left yestrday. Lots of deer along the shore, 21 on the Island this afternoon, a few have ventured too close to the open water and met their demise. Definitely NOT motor boat water yet.
Doug Underhill has started his weekly report out of the Mighty Miramichi Media Officer, if you want to get a weekly email overview along with a few good boating and fishing tips sign up terry@mightymiramichi.com .
Checked with McCloskey's and the fishing licenses are not yet in although I see Brian has laid in a good stock of spirits in preparation.
PS: Racoons are out in force thus begins the annual wars.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
30th March 2011
Fast approaching April so a little river condition report for those anxiously awaiting Spring Fishing.
This has been a unique winter in that there are sections of the Miramichi that never froze over, March nights have been cold and days not that warm subsquently we still have about 14 inchs of snow on the ground in fields and locations that the sun has been unable to reach.
Current River Conditions:
Some open stretches with channles through most other areas. A lot of ice remains in the river and along the north facing shoreline. The water level is "summer low" the bars and large rocks are exposed.
Conditions can change quickly pending weather conditions - at this time it's difficult to perdict what water conditions will be like at the start of the fishing season (April 15th).
This has been a unique winter in that there are sections of the Miramichi that never froze over, March nights have been cold and days not that warm subsquently we still have about 14 inchs of snow on the ground in fields and locations that the sun has been unable to reach.
Current River Conditions:
Some open stretches with channles through most other areas. A lot of ice remains in the river and along the north facing shoreline. The water level is "summer low" the bars and large rocks are exposed.
Conditions can change quickly pending weather conditions - at this time it's difficult to perdict what water conditions will be like at the start of the fishing season (April 15th).
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
23'd March 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
11th March 2011
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| Another 4 or 5 just outside picture frame, checking out the river across from the house. |
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| Some critter didn't make it. |
Thursday, March 3, 2011
3'd March 2011
"Did the cat come back? Or has the Eastern cougar - despite hundreds of reported sightings in recent decades - been dead and gone for 83 years? Less than a year after an Ontario government official declared his study verified that cougtars do exist in Ontario," the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Wednesday (March 2nd 2011) that they don't - not in Ontario or any other Canadian province or American state in the northeastern part of the continent." (Eastern cougar declared extinct by Randy Boswell, Postmedia News, Daily Gleaner March 3'd 2011)
To read the full story go to Canadaeast.com, The Daily Gleaner.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
18th February 2011
A mild day, the river has never frozen over by Moonshadow Cottage - this may not be good for spring fishing as the ice run may clear the pools completely. One never knows.
Over the years I have read a number of Wayne Curtis's books and taken in some of his plays but I'm currently reading his 2010 release, "Long Ago and Far Away" which in my opinion is by far his best release to date. If you want an accurate picture of life on the Miramichi in the early, mid 1900's this is it. Gray Rapids, Blackville, Keenan, Cains, log runs, hunting, the daily struggle for family survivial. I'd love to include excerpts but the book is copyrighted. $19.95 off the shelf or havbe your local library bring it in for free.
A great read.
Over the years I have read a number of Wayne Curtis's books and taken in some of his plays but I'm currently reading his 2010 release, "Long Ago and Far Away" which in my opinion is by far his best release to date. If you want an accurate picture of life on the Miramichi in the early, mid 1900's this is it. Gray Rapids, Blackville, Keenan, Cains, log runs, hunting, the daily struggle for family survivial. I'd love to include excerpts but the book is copyrighted. $19.95 off the shelf or havbe your local library bring it in for free.
A great read.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
16th February 2011
More Salmon Escape From Fish Farm (Grand Manan Island)
Posted by World Fishing Network (WFN) January 7th, 2011
138,000 juvenile farmed Atlantic salmon escaped from an aquaculture pen near White Head Island during high winds in December 2010. Approx. 38,000 from a hatchery in the upper Saint Jophn River and 100,000 from a hatchery on Grand Manan Island. This is added to 33,000 from an operation near Castalia and 13,000 from a farm off Deer Island in October and November 2010.
Posted by World Fishing Network (WFN) January 7th, 2011
138,000 juvenile farmed Atlantic salmon escaped from an aquaculture pen near White Head Island during high winds in December 2010. Approx. 38,000 from a hatchery in the upper Saint Jophn River and 100,000 from a hatchery on Grand Manan Island. This is added to 33,000 from an operation near Castalia and 13,000 from a farm off Deer Island in October and November 2010.
Monday, February 14, 2011
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