Fishing Fury » New Brunswick

Late Father’s Day Fishing Adventure!

Clive Mathias — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:33:20 +0000

For the past two years I have done a solo muskie fishing trip to New Brunswick on Father’s Day. This year I wasn’t able to do the trip on Father’s Day, but I did make it out this past weekend. This time I wasn’t alone, I was joined buy a couple of buddies that are fishing rookies who were seriously feeling the Fury. Both Aaron and Jarrod are not completely new to fishing, but hadn’t done much fishing until we started fishing together this spring. We had spent a fair amount of time shore fishing a few lakes nearby without any significant catches. When I told the boys that there were some big mean fish the next province over they both jumped at the opportunity to catch something big.

In typical Fishing Fury fashion, we met up shortly after midnight to begin our 4.5 our voyage to Fredericton, New Brunswick. The drive went surprisingly fast thanks to good company and energy drinks and we got to our destination about 40 minutes before sunrise. I gave the boys a few tips, setup a few rods and gave them a crash course on casting big lures with heavy gear. They both caught on quickly and we all began casting out as far as we could searching for the fish of ten thousand casts.

Within two hours, we had covered some serious shoreline. For reasons unknown, the city of Fredericton thought it would be a good idea to to line the shores of the river with the most jagged, tipsy, slippery rocks they could find. Incredibly, we managed to balance on the rocks in just the right place and Aaron hooked into something mean. Two hours into the trip, Aaron had his first muskie, and biggest fish of his life!

After a few quick photos and some cut hooks, this beauty muskie, estimated to be about 38×16 inches, was on its way back into the river. Shortly after getting some new hooks ready for Aaron’s new favourite lure (the Rapala Super Shad Rap), Jarrod decided to take full advantage of the situation and manage to hook into another big fish before I had even had a chance to cast. The result, Jarrod’s first striped bass, and biggest fish of his life! Aaron decided to lend a helping hand and earned the assist on this one after the striper made a run and crossed his line.

After the lads caught some pretty serious fish, I was able to relax and go after my own. My chance came a few hours later when a I saw a good size muskie chasing my lure toward the dock. I executed a figure 8 at the side of the dock and watched in awe as the muskie lunged at the lure not once, not twice, but three time – missing each time and retreating into the darkness below.

After 10 hours of fishing the boys each lost a solid fish, most likely muskie. Worrying that they were losing interest, I told them we could switch to lighter gear and look for some smallmouth bass, to which they magnanimously agreed that they did not want to do. We fished until darkness, casting big lures in search of another muskie, but in the end I was the only one without a single fish.

We spent the drive home recapping the excitement of the day. A day in which we witnessed bald eagles soaring, massive sturgeons leaping, and Double Downs inside of Baconators. After an epic 24 hour marathon of fishing and driving, we all agreed that we would return for round two as soon as possible.

Happy Fathers Day!

Clive Mathias — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:29:57 +0000

Happy Fathers Day to all of you dads out there! I’ll be making my second annual solo muskie fishing trip to New Brunswick. Last year I spent most of my day fishing from shore, but this year I’ll be in a kayak and hopefully I’ll be able to find some productive water. The weather doesn’t look great, but hopefully the fishing is!

My NB muskie from last Fathers Day!

Wish me luck!

FACT: Muskies Love Lobsters

Clive Mathias — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:06:35 +0000

Just like any sentence beginning with the word FACT, this is 100% true – muskies love to eat lobster. Who doesn’t? Here on the east coast McDonalds even has a McLobster!

This beautiful muskie was caught in the Saint John River near Fredericton, which despite its size and distance (200km) from the ocean rises and falls with the world largest tides in the Bay of Fundy.

via Muskies Inc New Brunswick

Fathers Day Fishing!

Clive Mathias — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:55:49 +0000

First off, happy fathers day gentlemen! My son is a couple months shy of turning two and being a father has been incredible so far. Usually we spend a day each week fishing together, but I decided to fish solo for fathers day to maximize my time on the water. I spent nearly 15 hours fishing, and in the end I found what I was looking for, a New Brunswick muskie!

It wasn’t a huge fish, but it was great to be fishing muskie again and hopefully I’ll be able to make a few more trips later this year to boat a trophy fish.

Check out my report in our forums!

Thank God For Muskies Canada!

Clive Mathias — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:27:58 +0000

It’s no secret I love muskie fishing. I used to live in Ontario, Canada where muskies could be found in almost any body of water but since I moved out to the east coast of Canada I haven’t been able to muskie fish because there are simply no muskie here (or pike for that matter). Or so I thought. I ran into a fellow by the name of Bruce Park while visiting my family in Ontario. It turns out he is the head of Muskies Canada for the Mississauga chapter in my old town. I mentioned my lack of muskie fishing in recent year and he asked me why I wasn’t fishing in New Brunswick, the neighboring province. Little did I know, but within a 5 hour drive from my doorstep there is some pretty serious muskie fishing around Saint John New Brunswick!

Here are a few samples from the Saint John muskie site.

I feel a road trip coming on!