Wilson’s Final 2008 Report

Keith — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:48:39 +0000

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The Wilson gang is all smiles as we wrap up what has been a fantastic 2008 season. The highlight of the year was a report of a 52 inch hen salmon that made it safely to the barrier pool at Juniper , just knowing that this size of salmon is back to our rivers makes every cast on the water worth the effort . 2008 was a banner year for Wilson’s and I am sure this is the case for most anglers that fished salmon anywhere in Atlantic Canada . I asked a neighbor of mine yesterday how many fish he hooked this year , an incredible 105 hook-ups . All rivers are reporting increased numbers of Atlantic slamon . We had more than our share of high water this year with three big rises of over 3 feet , too much water at times for the best fishing but it kept the watershed saturated . Our fall season was a little tough with big water but all visitors to Wilson’s could not believe the shear number of salmon in the pools , and it was common to see fish in the 20 – 30 pound range just about every day . Cains River had high water as well and a good run of salmon came right on time . Sea-run brook trout on the Cains done very well this year with all the high water , not so good for anglers but excellent conditions to protect and feed the trout .
All in all 2008 was one of the best seasons in the past twenty and we are optomistic that this upward trend will continue . As always , we strongly encourage all readers to keep your memberships up to date in the Miramichi Salmon Association and the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Thanks to these two hard working organizations we are enjoying better fishing on all east coast salmon rivers .
PS> I will be off line for a few weeks as I head out for the deer season , I will be reporting back in 2009 . Thanks for reading our report , looking forward to 2009.

35 lb. Miramichi River Trophy

Keith — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:40:50 +0000

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Thanks to organizations such as the Miramichi Salmon Association and The Atlantic Salmon Federation giant salmon like this 35 pound hen salmon taken at Dudley Pool Sept 2006 are more frequent these days .The Miramichi River is fast becoming a “big fish river” too . In the 1960′s , 70′s and 80′s the Miramichi River was predominantly a grilse river , but lucky for us , and the salmon the Canadian government finally closed down the commercial salmon fishery and imposed a mandatory hook and release law for anglers on all salmon over 25 inches . Today we are seeing the results with fish like this one being reported all up and down our river . Live release does work and we encourage anglers for the remainder of the season to adopt a total release attitude . The best eating fish are in June and July anyway so hopefully anglers who do take a few fish have had their fill by now . Please do your part to help conserve Atlantic salmon by releasing all your catch and also buying a membership in MSA and ASF .

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Wilson’s Final 2008 Report

35 lb. Miramichi River Trophy