Warm summer was ‘poor’ for salmon season

SHAWN BERRY LEGISLATURE BUREAU 21 Oct 2012 08:11AM FREDERICTON — Salmon fishing along much of the Miramichi River has come to a close in what’s being described as a disappointing season. “It was very poor,” said Mark Hambrook, president of the Miramichi Salmon Association and past president of the New Brunswick Salmon Council. “I think…

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All Rivers Having Problems

One wild salmon made Magaguadavic River trip DERWIN GOWAN TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL 24 Oct 2012 08:02AM ST. ANDREWS – If you were not there Aug. 15, you missed this year’s salmon run up the Magaguadavic River. On that date, a 78-centimetre multi sea winter female wild Atlantic salmon came back from the ocean to the fish ladder…

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Warm summer was ‘poor’ for salmon season

SHAWN BERRY LEGISLATURE BUREAU Telegraph Journal 18 Oct 2012 08:09AM FREDERICTON — Salmon fishing along much of the Miramichi River has come to a close in what’s being described as a disappointing season. “It was very poor,” said Mark Hambrook, president of the Miramichi Salmon Association and past president of the New Brunswick Salmon Council.…

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Trap and Barrier Numbers

Well on this last day of the season I do not have good news on the numbers that went through the trap on the weekend. The Millerton and Cassilis traps both had only 2-3 salmon and 1 grilse each day. Today Millerton had no salmon or grilse and about 20 bass. The Cassilis trap had…

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Trap numbers low – October 10th

Both the Millerton and Cassilis traps had very low numbers today. Three salmon were caught at the Millerton trap and one salmon was caught at the Cassilis trap. Neither trap had any grilse. We have been asked to report the striped bass numbers – Millerton caught approximately 100 bass today while Cassilis had only one.

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