Month: July 2012

Centennial Bridge Upgrade = Closures

By Giv'er Miramichi / July 6, 2012 /

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has awarded a contract to MQM Quality Manufacturing Ltd. for Phase 1 rehabilitation, painting and upgrade of the Miramichi River Bridge No. 1 (Centennial Bridge). This is a 3 year contract with work in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 summer construction seasons. This work will involve nighttime complete closures…

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It’s Time to Rock ‘n Roll!

By Giv'er Miramichi / July 5, 2012 /

The event that many Miramichier’s, car enthusiasts, and just plain ole rock ‘n rollers, have been waiting for is here! Tonight, Thursday July 5 2012, kicks off the 19th Annual Rock ‘n Roll Festival in Miramichi NB with a street dance and fireworks. 7:00 pm Opening Ceremonies & Street Dance. Tonights activities all take place…

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Miramichi Fishing Report for Thursday, July 5, 2012

By Giv'er Miramichi / July 5, 2012 / Comments Off on Miramichi Fishing Report for Thursday, July 5, 2012

Let’s start with the positives. There certainly is no shortage of water, and there are new fish moving into the system in reasonable numbers, and anglers are seeing good numbers, even if they are not taking as well as we might like. However, there is sure a lot more excitement along the system, even if this is not “the run” we have been waiting and hoping for. Perhaps the last couple of years have spoiled us a bit.

The trapnets were up for a couple of days last week due to high water, but started fishing again on Sunday. Sunday there were 13 grilse and one salmon at Millerton, three grilse and two salmon Tuesday and nine grilse and five salmon on Wednesday. Generally the counts at Cassilis were about the same.

To date the cumulative counts at both these sites since the beginning of the season are as follows: At Cassilis, 19 salmon and 108 grilse, while Millerton had 75 salmon and 121 grilse. (See the charts near the end for comparisons)

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Efforts to protect salmon continue

By Giv'er Miramichi / July 3, 2012 / Comments Off on Efforts to protect salmon continue

by everett mosher Times & transcript 03 Jul 2012 10:27AM This spring salmon anglers were very concerned about the large number of striped bass spawning in the lower section of the Miramichi River. Indeed, it appears that anglers were not at all hap…

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Students release fish at end of school project

By Giv'er Miramichi / July 3, 2012 / Comments Off on Students release fish at end of school project

The Miramichi Salmon Conservation Centre provided salmon eggs to 16 schools in the Miramichi area this past March. The students release the fish at the end of the school year and most visit the salmon hatchery for a tour and lunch. Students release fis…

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