Warm day water continues to drop. The guys tied into (3) this morning, did the right thing snapping them off. A $2 fly or salmon's life, not a hard decision to make and I hope as the water warms that all fishermebn do likewise.
Aaron landed a nice grilse shortly after arriving this afternoon and it to is now swimming happily upstream. Lika hooked another just before dark, this one made the decision easy and took off on it's own :)
We will see what tomorrow brings.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
10th July 2012
Not plentiful but still a few around.
9am ....... Jeff picked grilse up,
9:15am.. Ron picked grilse up,
7pm....... I picked up a nice grilse on shady lady.
Checking with a friend Blissfield area, he has picked up (4) striped bass 11-12" in past week.
9am ....... Jeff picked grilse up,
9:15am.. Ron picked grilse up,
7pm....... I picked up a nice grilse on shady lady.
Checking with a friend Blissfield area, he has picked up (4) striped bass 11-12" in past week.
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Monday, July 9, 2012
9th July 2012
Water continues to drop, high West wind most of the day.
Fishing has dropped off, may have seen (4) fish all day and our fishermen touched a few, nothing landed. Check down river finds the conditions slow.
Fishing has dropped off, may have seen (4) fish all day and our fishermen touched a few, nothing landed. Check down river finds the conditions slow.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
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.
Canadian Rivers Institute
NB Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick
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 BiologistCanadian 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.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
7th July 2012
A very hot day.
The guys tied into 3 fish early morning then things went quiet. Watched a few fish go through during the day and a small run around 8pm. Day count for this area was (8) of which the majority were salmon.
Of note: Couple of fishermen working the South side of the pool, landed what they claimed to be a "striped bass," if so, that will be the first one I know of this far up river.
The guys tied into 3 fish early morning then things went quiet. Watched a few fish go through during the day and a small run around 8pm. Day count for this area was (8) of which the majority were salmon.
Of note: Couple of fishermen working the South side of the pool, landed what they claimed to be a "striped bass," if so, that will be the first one I know of this far up river.
Friday, July 6, 2012
6th July 2012
Fishing this area dropped off this morning.
Leigh picked up a grilse and the rest of the boys tied into some salmon. I picked up a nice 37 1/4" salmon around noon, took me down river further than I've been for a few years. Fish are all over the river at the moment, seem to be running individually not concentrated schools as in the past few days.
Doaktown/Blissfield reporting decent fishing.
Some folks stopped in from Dungarvon, reporting good fishing.
Leigh picked up a grilse and the rest of the boys tied into some salmon. I picked up a nice 37 1/4" salmon around noon, took me down river further than I've been for a few years. Fish are all over the river at the moment, seem to be running individually not concentrated schools as in the past few days.
Doaktown/Blissfield reporting decent fishing.
Some folks stopped in from Dungarvon, reporting good fishing.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
5th July 2012
Down river reports of good fishing, shady lady, black bears, anything black & green.
9 am report: We had heavy rain overnight but water stable at this point.
Leigh (1) salmon, Ed (2) salmon. Luke (2) salmon (2) grilse
I picked up (2) salmon, one a nice 15 lb +/- and (1) grilse.
9 am report: We had heavy rain overnight but water stable at this point.
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| Luke's salmon |
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| Luke's 2nd (30" twin) |
I picked up (2) salmon, one a nice 15 lb +/- and (1) grilse.
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| Leight & salmon |
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| Ed wants this one on line |
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
4th July 2012
Decent fishing the boys tied into (7 or 8) this morning, mostly 8-10# salmon with a few grilse mixed in.
I picked up (4) salmon, lost (1) grilse and (1) salmon on green machine/white butt.
New group in this afternoon so we will see how they make out :)
So far: Todd (1) grilse
Leigh lost a salmon, took his favourite fly.
I picked up (4) salmon, lost (1) grilse and (1) salmon on green machine/white butt.
New group in this afternoon so we will see how they make out :)
So far: Todd (1) grilse
Leigh lost a salmon, took his favourite fly.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
3'd July 2012
Turning into a hot day, water is dropping nicely. Allan hit the water around 8am and had released two fish before 8:30 am, he tied into 3 more before taking a breather.
Corey was able to catch a nice Hardy Saint John reel and rod from 4 or 5 feet of water, he did mention the rod was just a cheap one (Coleman's).
Monday, July 2, 2012
2nd July 2012
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