A five pound grilse to Nathan Jubb at Upper Bigsweir yesterday.

15lb coloured fish reported from Gromaine by John Cordrey.
Just goes to show however unlikely nothing is impossible!


Some interesting data below;

Atlantic Salmon Federation News   Friday, Aug. 7, 2015

ASF RIVERNOTES -The Magic of a NL River, and How to Report NB Poachers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A special feature on the Main River, with the latest counting fence updates from across the range of Atlantic salmon in North America. RIVERNOTES also has details for reporting incidents of poaching in NB. Read more. http://atlanticsalmonfederation.org/rivernotes/ Report of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Atlantic Salmon Released ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This past week the full report, with 61 recommendations, was released. ASF's President Bill Taylor was vice-chair of the committee. For links to the report: http://asf.ca/report-of-ministerial-advisory-committee-on-atlantic-salmon.html ASF Research Blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASF Researcher staff have been busy retrieving tracking receivers as well as gathering data related to another project involving tracking of alewives on the St. Croix, a Canada/US boundary river. http://asf.ca/research-in-the-field.html Smolt Survive the Dams but Die Downstream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new study on smolt survival in Maine's Penobscot River has discovered how smolt can survive passage past dams, but die of associated injuries downstream. http://asf.ca/smolt-survive-the-dam-but-die-downstream.html