Trap numbers for the past weekend

Numbers are up and down at the Millerton and Cassilis traps. The numbers for the past four days (Saturday Oct 6th – Tuesday Oct 9th) are:   Cassilis Millerton Saturday 0 Grilse   1 Salmon     6 Grilse   13 Salmon Sunday 1 Grilse   1 Salmon 9 Grilse   11 Salmon Monday 1 Grilse   2 Salmon 1…

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Broodstock Collection Video – Burnt Hill Brook

The Miramichi Salmon Association works closely with government and non-government organizations to help keep the Miramichi River stocked with Atlantic salmon. JD Irving recently posted a video to Youtube discussing the broodstock collection and subsequent stocking of salmon fry at Burnt Hill Brook on the Southwest Miramichi River. MSA President Mark Hambrook describes the broodstock…

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Trap Numbers September 29th – October 5th

Numbers picked up at the Millerton trap this week though they are still not at the level everyone would like to see. There were reports of new fish being seen and caught in the Blackville area and on the Little Southwest so there is some movement. The numbers below represent the catches from Saturday September…

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Trap numbers for Thursday October 4th

Though not as good as yesterday, numbers are still better than this time last week :-). The crew caught 8 salmon and 2 grilse in the Millerton trap today and at Cassilis there were 4 salmon and 1 grilse.

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Fish in the Southwest!!

Finally some good news from the Millerton trap – Wednesday’s catch in Millerton included 11 salmon and 17 grilse. There were also 90 bass so there was a big movement of fish last night. Cassilis remained steady with 2 salmon and 4 grilse being caught.

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