Fishing Friends – This posting to my blog is one that I must tell you I have no great joy in making, but to those of us who love the Miramichi and its Atlantic salmon, the message is critical.  A group of 6 private citizens: Alex Mills, John Bagnall, Karl Wilson, Rip Cunningham, Joe Walsh and myself have founded a not-for-profit Canadian corporation called Save Miramichi Salmon Inc.  “SMS.”  Our plan is to positively, …Read More →

Fishing Friends A fascinating exercise in the off-season is to ponder the data from the trap nets at Millerton and Cassilis that the Canadian DFO uses to calculate the salmon and grilse runs into the Miramichi.  Let’s take a little look and see if there are any revelations and/or trends in the data that are helpful either to our understanding of our favorite fish or in trying to get one on the end of, …Read More →