Hi,

The Margaree is sort of holding its own. Lats season was not good for the
early run (June and early July), but was very good for the late run, which
holds the multi-sea-year fish and occurs in September/October.
The good news we thought we were getting was that the hatchery is being
upgraded and will hatch more salmon and place more egg boxes this year -
which was the reason for the concern over the news that a State court had
actually judged that hatchery fish would have to be included in river
counts - that would destroy the Margaree.

The other sad news about the Margaree is that it was found that at least one
smallmouth bass was in Lake Ainslie (at the headwaters of the NE Margaree).
This has seen DNR put an extended double bag limit of bass on that
population, and a longer season in anattempt to limit the impact of these
fish on the salmon. Hopefully they will stick around only in Ainslie and not
get into the river proper. Only time will tell I suppose.

The North is really coming back however, due to the re-building of the banks
below the bridge so that the water runs wild like it used to before they
tried to channel it. The river had a very good early run of both sea-trout
and salmon last season.

Bill
http://www.tightlines.ca