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Wilson’s Miramichi River Report Oct 13th

Posted by Keith on 13 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Water is still high and we are seeing very few fish on the Miramichi . There is snow forecast for today so that will make the water even colder , and of course will keep the fish down . The Cains is still high as well so we have yet to get into much [...]

Wilson’s Miramichi River Report Oct 8th

Posted by Keith on 08 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Well folks it happen again , big rain with two to three feet of a raise , that is on top of the last rise of two to three feet . As you can imagine catching salmon this week is nearly impossible . The Cains River is in even worse shape , it will drop [...]

MSA Biologists comments

Posted by Keith on 05 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Keith:
The guys from DFO Science and I were talking about that salmon last week and we were speculating that it was probably a consecutive repeat spawner, meaning that she spawned in 2008, went back to salt water in May of 2009 and came back into the river in mid-July 2009. From the transmitters that [...]

Wilson’s Miramichi River Report Oct 5th

Posted by Keith on 05 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

The river came up last night nearly three feet in the McNamee area , but it has started down already . It dropped about 6 inches today and is clearing up . One angler landed a nice 16 pound salmon this evening on a large bright colored ( no name ) fly with [...]

MSA comments on big salmon

Posted by Keith on 02 Oct 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Keith:
From the picture on your website of the record hen salmon, it looks like it is adipose clipped, meaning it originated as a parr from the Miramichi Salmon Conservation Centre or one of the many satellite rearing tanks along the SW Miramichi River. Maybe from a different view, the adipose fin might still be [...]

Wilson’s Miramichi River Report Sept 29

Posted by Keith on 29 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

The water is up app. 10 inches this morning and there are tons of big fish moving . Out of the 13 fish landed yesterday 8 of them were large hook-bill males in the 12- 18 pound range and one large hen weighing over 25 pounds . The big hen salmon was bright as can [...]

Wilson’s Miramichi River Report Sept 25th

Posted by Keith on 25 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

We have finally received enough rain to bring the river up app 6 inches . The weather is moderate , not too warm not too cold so with this raise we should be seeing fresh-run fall salmon soon . Despite the low water we still hooked fish every day this past week and a few [...]

Update to Wilson’s Sept 18th Report

Posted by Keith on 19 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

We are not sure if this is the turn-around we have been waiting for or not but last night at Cold Water pool Dawson and Manuel got into them good , hooking five between the two rods , one of which was app. 16 lb. The only thing different about the evening is that the [...]

Wilson’s Miramichi River report for Sept 18th

Posted by Keith on 19 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Atlantic salmon fly-fishing conditions for the Miramichi River at McNamee as of Sept 18th . The water remains low and clear , fishing is tough but there are plenty of fish around . We have yet to see any signs of a new fall run yet but that can change soon . Many people [...]

Wilsons Miramichi River Report Sept 13th

Posted by Keith on 13 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Atlantic salmon fly-fishing conditions for the Miramichi RIver at McNamee as of Sept 13th . The water is low and clear making some pools too low to get a swing . Lucky for us we have several large holding pools that are holding fish and still have enough flow for a good swing [...]

Wilson’s Miramichi RIver Report Sept 6

Posted by Keith on 06 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Atlantic salmon fly-fishing conditions for the Miramichi River at Wilson’s for Sept 6th . The water is once again down to normal late summer levels . The temps are running in the mid 60’s most days . Fishing is slow with only a take or two per day but there are fish in all [...]

15 yr. Old Breaks Wilson’s 150 Year Camp Record

Posted by Keith on 31 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Young Braden Tierney has a lot to smile about after his very first Atlantic Salmon fishing trip . Braden not only hooked his first ever Atlantic salmon he also broke our camp record with this beautiful 51 inch hen . I am not sure who was more excited , his guide Karl [...]

Wilson’s Miramichi River Report Aug 24th

Posted by Keith on 24 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

Atlantic salmon fly-fishing conditions for the Miramcihi River near McNamee as of August 24th . Conditions have improved as a result of the rain over the weekend . Hurricane Bill missed us but we got enough rain to bring the river up app 4 inches and of course cooled things down nicely . [...]

Wilson’s Miramcihi River Report for August 21

Posted by Keith on 21 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

The water is down to normal summer level but still in good shape . The hot weather this last week has moved the fish into our cold water holding pools and of course more difficult to get a fish to come for a fly . Cloudy skys today and rain forcest for the weekend [...]

Great Day on Wilson’s Pools

Posted by Keith on 12 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Miramichi River Report

G’day Keith,
Before every outing, there’s a little something in every salmon fisherman’s mind that thinks this might be the day. When all the conditions come together and you’re at the right place at the right time. Of course, most days we catch less than what we hoped for–water too high, too low, too [...]

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