Monthly Archives June 2015

Miramichi Striper Cup

Striped Bass fishing in the Miramichi almost came to an end in the late 90′s due to overfishing until the Department of Fisheries and Oceans stepped in and closed the fishery down. Jump forward to a couple of years ago when a trial season was opened and you have an unparalled fisheries success story with hundreds of thousands of Stripers moving into the river to spawn.
Two years ago I was asked by a friend to take the crew from Canada in the Rough up to the Miramichi for some Striped Bass fishing. I have caught Stripers before but only incidently and had never targeted them. A couple of phone calls later, Owen Newcomb from ON Sports agreed to take me up and show me around. I also took the opportunity to call our show producer, Shawn, and we took the camera gear with us...

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