James and I decided to go fishing yesterday. We decided to try something different and since we did not leave until 1 pm we went to the Cannan river and put the canoe in at the bridge by the Havlock turnoff. As we were getting the canoe ready James tried by some weeds and caught a nice little pickerel right away. I have never fished this stretch of the river as I usually drive a few more kms down the road. I was hoping the water would be fairly deep and we could just float down and fish until we got to my regular spot. This was not the case as there were many spots that got quite shallow and we had to walk the canoe. We did manage to stay in the canoe some and fish.In the deeper spots we did get into some nice bass. We also each had some very nice ones get off before we got them into the boat. Early in the trip I was using a Skitter Pop and a bass smashed it and once it pull a certain way my knot to my leader gave way and off went the bass with my lure. I had another one so I put it on and I think on my third cast I had another very nice bass on........guess what....off went my Skitter pop lure again. This was my fault as I did not tie a good knot again. An expensive way to learn to tie proper knots.
We used different top water poppers and also pink worms. We caught fish on both kinds of lures. I really enjoy using the top water lures because you can see the bass hit the baits. It was fun to be able to catch bass and pickerel in the same area. I hope to go back again soon and try another part of the river with James. I think a little farther down it flattens out and gets a little deeper.
Now that was great fun Jamie. I couldn't believe that the bass we in such shallow water and the wakes they made when attacking our baits made me think they were pickerel.
ReplyDeleteI'm up for fishing that stretch of river any time, although we could easily do it without the canoe.
It blew me away how long we fished and how short of a time it took to get back to the car, even though we dragged the canoe, well you dragged the canoe, and we fished.
So much fun.
Oh yeah, I laid awake most of the night smiling and going over every inch of water we fished.
hey guys i was wondering were is canaan river???? looks like a nice place did u guy hit up silver lake yet for some perch? we caught over 200 yesterday....lol
ReplyDeleteHey Baitcaster,
ReplyDeleteCanaan River runs all along the Coles Island Road. It gets wider and deeper the farther you go. We put the canoe in at the bridge about 20 minutes in. There is a y in the road with Havlock to the left. It is shallow enough here to walk though.
I have not taken the girls to Silver Lake yet but will have to. You said we could fish from anywhere from shore eh? And you used regular worms?
yup anyweres from the shore lately they havent been biting a whole lot in the day by the shore more in the early morning or late night when the bugs come out we found a spot out on the lake with the boat the other day theres a little island in the far left corner an if you go around that then hit a right it goes into a little cove and theyhave been biting over there like crazy all bigger ones too the seem to like the grass beds and the fact thaat there is no boat traffic over there we even brought in a 5 foot eel it came right to the top of the water to get worm it was wierd but you can reply me anytime i would be more than glad to show you if you come over i live close to the lake thx ...Ron
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ReplyDeleteMy husband, a friend and I are going on a camping trip to Miramichi. The boys would like to go fishing just for old times sakes.. I was wondering what we would need for this, and also if you know a good spot around sunny corner area?
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting but I do not know of any spots by Sunny Corner as I do not fish up there very much at all and since I do not know the water I do not know what to tell you to take. If it is trout then you could just use spinners and worms but I also do not know if all the water up there is fly fishing only as of July 1st. You could register on this site and ask in the forum. People are usually pretty good at responding. http://newbrunswickfishing.com/forums/index.php?/?index