April 24th 2008

On the Miramichi the last couple days it has been very slow! Cold temperatures, dirty water and higher than normal water conditions are preventing the fish from taking.  We even had snow today and heavy rain which will keep the water raising.

With warmer weather in the 7 day forecast we are hoping to see the water warm up to 40 F or better. But with warmer weather we will still see a rise in water conditions for the next few days because of the heavy snow still left in the woods. the water temperature the last couple days were from 34 F to 38 F. Winds from the NE. Barometric pressure was steady for the most part over the last couple days but dropped a little today before leveling off again.

All in all we did manage to hook up with a few fish the last couple days. I netted a 44 inch female salmon for Mike Levine of New Jersey yesterday and a 35 inch the day before with a grilse landed and one lost. This was the biggest fish Mike and I had got over the last twenty years fishing together. Way to go Mike! We also lost one today after having him on for over five minutes. all our fish have been hooked on a Renous Special with crystal flash.

Guide Ron Steeves landed two grilse toay with John Cost at the Mouth of Cains River on a Golden Eagle.

Guide Currie Curtis of G.R.Colford's landed a 32 inch salmon at the mouth of Black Brook on a renous special.

Reports from up as far as Doaktown down to Quarryville are about the same as we are having. With one or two fish being caught here or there. Normally we would be landing anywhere from 5 to 20 per rod per day at this time of the spring season. I think next week will be the hot time of the season for our spring fishing.

Tight lines,

Rodney Colford  www.guidenb.com