Miramichi Striped Bass
We loaded up the Triton and headed for the Miramichi River for some Striped Bass fishing. This is something I have only done about four times but I am rapidly getting addicted to it. The Miramichi has long be famous for it’s Atlantic Salmon fishery but there has been a major resurgence in the Striped Bass population due to a successful intervention from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Stripers had been seriously threatened in the river and DFO shut the fishery down in the late 90’s when it was estimated that there were barely enough fish left to provide a breeding population. Now there are several hundred thousand Stripers using the river to spawn.
I met my guest, Mercury Regional Business Manager Blair Gallant, at the ramp in Miramichi city and...
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