RiverNotes

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA WILL NON-RESIDENT ANGLERS BE ON ATLANTIC SALMON RIVERS THIS YEAR? What is better than casting in early morning mist on a favourite river? Nathan…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA In 2020, Kastine Coleman prepares to release a nice Atlantic salmon. Photo courtesy of Kastine Coleman IN NEWFOUNDLAND, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA ASF Research Scientist Jason Daniels throws an acoustic receiver overboard earlier this week on the Miramichi River. It will be one of many that…

COMPILED BY TOM MOFFATT – TMOFFATT@ASF.CA TRACKING THE ATLANTIC SALMON MURDER MYSTERY AT SEA In April 2021 ASF’s Nathan Wilbur and Craig Isaac of GMRC move a kelt to have…

EDITED BY TOM MOFFATT – TMOFFATT@ASF.CA For the adult Atlantic salmon preparing to return to their native rivers, and for the smolts readying to leave their rivers, the Covid-19 pandemic…

TOM MOFFATT ~ TMOFFATT@ASF.CA A leap to the future. Atlantic salmon jumps in the Petit Pabos River, Zone 6 Pool 53. Photo René Giroux MAINE Nearly 130 Atlantic salmon have…

SPAWN SONG A large female salmon prepares to dig a redd in the Sandy River, Maine. Photo Cassidy Bigos, Maine DMR The Sandy River is cold, clear, and contains some…

ATLANTIC SALMON WORTH 14 DAYS ISOLATION Neil Houlding with a beautiful Margaree salmon. Photo from Neil Houlding Neil Houlding is best known as a world-class instructor of flycasting with a…

SALMON MYSTERIES Late season male Cascapedia salmon showing the triangle-shaped teeth and well developed kype. Photo Dan Greenberg In the natural history of Atlantic salmon, mysteries get piled upon mysteries.…

OCTOBER THOUGHTS Atlantic salmon being released by Christopher Minkoff in the Sardine Box Pool, Grande River, Quebec. Photo Christopher Minkoff The end of September is a time of shifting priorities…