Fishing Friends – It has been a while since I’ve had some optimistic news to report on the ongoing attempts to turn around the decline of the Miramichi River Atlantic salmon population.   I’m happy to report, though, that the landscape may be changing.  Let’s do a little background review.  From what I can gather there are three basic problems facing the Miramichi salmon: First, is a general backdrop of poor sea winter survival that, …Read More →

Fishing Friends – Every winter in salmon country, and its eventual transformation to springtime and ice-out is a little unique.  Most recent years have been marked by a tug of war between milder, rainy conditions, and the fierce cold and snow we normally associate with Canadian winters.  This year definitely trended to milder, and periods of the -20C and below temps that build the kind of river ice you can drive trucks on were, …Read More →