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I went fishing today on the Miramichi river today with my dad and brother.
Started off with a few small salmon and a bass



The we caught a few small trout, until we figured out where the stripers were hanging out



Then we got into them real good and we slowed down taking pictures. There was a fair amount of chaos in the boat. It was not uncomon to have two and three fish hooked at the same time

Here is the death well. There is a fifteen day tryout season on them on with a slot limit of 21 3/4-25"

My first legal striped bass

in all we probably caught about a hundred stripers. No real big ones, but still good fun

I saw the first photo and busted out laughing. Awesome fish!!! awesome rundown, stellar!!!!

Mornin Beef wrote:I saw the first photo and busted out laughing. Awesome fish!!! awesome rundown, stellar!!!!

Yeah the salmon weren't biting very good, only two small ones. We saw quite a few big ones jumping though.

Nice work and great pictures. That's a strange slot limit.

Bootlipkiller wrote:Nice work and great pictures. That's a strange slot limit.

Thanks. And yeah, the slot is weird. We checked all the ones that were close and only six or seven would have been keepers.

flight control wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:Nice work and great pictures. That's a strange slot limit.

Thanks. And yeah, the slot is weird. We checked all the ones that were close and only six or seven would have been keepers.

Still better then not being able to keep any.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

flight control wrote:

Bootlipkiller wrote:Nice work and great pictures. That's a strange slot limit.

Thanks. And yeah, the slot is weird. We checked all the ones that were close and only six or seven would have been keepers.

Still better then not being able to keep any.

Oh yeah! Having DNR check us today with a bass in the boat felt funny.

Got a few more yesterday evening, about 40 fish between 5 of us. We usually troll until we find a school and then cast until the schooll moves, but the wind was blowing us off the fish too fast, couldn't stay on them. DNR also checked us for half an hour while the bass were pushing a huge school of smelt to the surface. Fish splashing everywhere

The principal of the local elementary school started a fishing club. They had 14 kids, 7-8 years old, hauling in stripers from shore. Seven kids caught keepers to take home with them.