28th September 2009

Heavy overnight rains. The water didn't start raising until around 1pm and then came up about 5 inches, it's a bit brownish at the moment. Calling for rain on and off for the rest of the week, may reduce any fishing.

On the positive side I'm getting reports of fresh run "bright" fall fish being picked up in the area, so it looks like that fall run is starting to come in.,

27th September 2009

The day started our dull and overcast, we saw a few fish moving.

Darcy tied into 4 salmon to add to the one he hooked into yesterday evening, a 15 1/2" trout and a 18 1/2" trout.

Aaron after much swearing and cursing at near misses finally took Darcy's advice which landed him a nice 31" salmon just at dusk on a blue charm.

As Aaron put it, his Miramichi curse is now broken, now he has to establish a new record over that 31" salmon - always a challenge.

Darcy remarked that he was relieved that Aaron caught a fish otherwise it would have been a very quiet and miserable trip back to Nova Scotia.

They are calling for heavy rains - we will have to wait and see what that does to the fishing.

26th September 2009

-6 degrees this morning, with a West wind that came up late morning and lasted until dusk. Aaron & Darcy arrived mid afternoon from Halifax, hit the water early evening. Darcy hooked into a salmon and had a couple of hits, Aaron was satisfied with just hits. His explanation was "well they were so big I would have had to put them back anyway."

Word is that there are some major partying going on in the Dungarvon area tonight - celebrating the moose hunt - mind you - it doesn't take much of a reason to party and celebrate our great fall season.

25th September 2009

High today 10 degrees, burr and supposed to go down to 1 degree tonight. Looks like the moose hunt in this area was relatively successful. Most of the hunters we know got their moose and we saw a number on trucks and trailers along rte 8.

Water came up slightly and is chilly. Saw a number of fish this evening but they have lock jaw for the moment, typical fall fishing.

We had a query about putting a boat in for fishing. With the current water level we would have to take the fish out to put a boat in. The best fishing gear for the moment would be "chest waders with felts or cleats" the rocks being a bit slippery. You can still get to the fish with hip waders but will be somewhat restricted reaching those greener pastures.

With the fishing being hard and deer season yet to open there is nothing wrong with bringing the wife or girlfriend and a nice bottle of wine. The trees are just starting to colour up and there are lots of books in the cottage for those who enjoy getting away and reading. I priced the new Dan Brown book today at Chapters, $39.00 Canadian plus tax, that's hefty, so I suggest Herb Curtis' book "The Americans Are Coming."

24th September 2009

!st day of moose season. Heard trucks headed back into the woods well before dawn. Lots of excited hunters - great for the Irving Garage coffee counter. The Irving garage in Boiestown seems to be the main meeting center for various groups visiting the area to hunt.

Nice morning, sitting on the deck with a coffee watching fish play in the pool.

23'd September 2009

West wind all day but nice and warm. Yes Brian, Mark did get his fish a 22 inch grilse. He appreciates you folks having left some for him.

The raccoons are partying all night in our oak trees eating the acorns and driving Ben (our dog) nuts.

22nd September 2009

Another gorgeous fall day. Starting to see a bit of colour in the leaves.

Lots of fish making their way up river. Very hard to hook into. Landed and released a 7 lb. +/- salmon around 16:30 hr. on a small brown Mudler. The fish took the fly so deep I had to use long forceps to remove the hook.

20th Spetember 2009

Today was a lot nicer than the past two days. The guys in fishing were basically lashing away in a hurricane and unfortunately saw fish but couldn't entice one to take.

No wind this evening and although there were no rods on the water the pool was alive with fish showing all over the place.

Had some folks in who drove across Rte. 123 and told us they saw lots of game, so Mark, when you folks come through be careful and especially for anyone travelling Rte. 123 after dark it can be hazardous this time of year.

18th September 2009

Well this wasn't the nicest day - west wind and on/off again rain.
Some fish showing and moving but not taking. I checked up river and down, same story. I did hear that the Mill Pond in Doaktown saw some action for a short period of time. Typical fall fishing, more like trout fishing, they will only take when they feel like it.

I've been hearing reports of the downriver pools filling up with fish but have yet to see any bright fall run fish in this area.

16th September 2009

Frost last night but missed our garden. The river water is cooling off nicely. Again not many fish showing but they are there, warm evening with lots of hatch, every once in awhile a salmon would take a hatch off the top of the water, problem is that there is so much hatch that they would only take a dry fly by accident.

Raised two and hooked into one tonight by dragging a black bug & modified shady lady across slow water. Of course once they lured me into the slow water at 7:35 pm a decent run of big fish went through which would have been better fished in the faster run, happens every time. They are not showing in the fast water as in past years, lots of playing in deeper pools. I can move the fish around the pool simply by walking on the shoreline.

We have a couple of fishermen coming in early tomorrow morning and more on the 18th so will see how they make out?

I see some trailers moving into the area for the moose hunt. The cottage got grabbed by fishermen for those dates so we will have to wait for deer season before we start getting together once again with our hunters. Check out our calendar to see if there are any dates available you would like. Our rates go into "off season" November 1st.