Words of Wisdom

American baseball legend Ted Williams mentioned in his book “Fishing the Big Three,” that August conditions were usually the worst for catching fish. From our perspective, his comments were dead-on where 2009 was concerned, mostly due to heat. While clients have certainly caught fish, the runs haven’t been abundant.

That should be changing as we progress into September and begin to see the fall run of salmon. We were happy to have missed the brunt of Hurricane Bill, though we did receive a fair amount of rain which raised the river level - a good thing as we see it.

Other inspirational and interesting bullet points from Williams’ book include:

• He liked “… the water on the build of a moon. The tides are getting higher and the fish move in that water all night and into the mid-morning.” [Note: The tides from the Miramichi Bay bring the fish to the Southwest Miramichi River.]
• He mentioned “ … the good runs are all gravel and rock bottomed. Fish lay below the bars in the shallow, gravelly places three to six feet deep, depending on the height of the water.”
• His preference was “high water over low water any day, because when the water’s high the fish come.”

We have not forgotten about our non-anglers. The fall season is young, and the spectacular foliage during the leaf change has yet to arrive. With so much to see and do in New Brunswick, we hope you’ll take advantage of our fall specials and visit us very soon.