Lower Miramichi River Ice Conditions

For the Lower Stretches of South West Miramichi River for April 11th ice Out Conditions. With ice still remaining in several spots in the upper parts of the Miramichi River the lower stretches are looking good for the opening day on the 15th.

Areas from the mouth of Cains River down are fishable but still very muddy with ice floating down. Over the last couple days the water must have dropped 6 feet or more in the lower stretches. With so many jams up river I would think a lot of water is being held back by the ice jams.

Even though the river looks good on the lower stretches its always a nerve wrecking place to be with ice jams up river to keep watching for.


Snow Fall Warning For the Miramichi Area
The weather is calling for some snow tomorrow which doesn't help with the spring thaw. If that was rain it sure would be great. Below is from the weather report for the Miramichi.

SNOWFALL WARNING: Miramichi and area Issued at 8:51 PM ADT SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2009

15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR EASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK EASTER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THIS REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SOUTH OF NEW YORK WILL TRACK TOWARD THE MARITIMES TO LIE OVER THE GULF OF ST LAWRENCE BY SUNDAY EVENING. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE EASTER SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. A TOTAL OF 15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES IS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK. THE SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW OVER EXPOSED AREAS.

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I will be back tomorrow with photos for you and a better look at the conditions of the ice up river and down to Quarryville on the main South West Miramichi River.

From Colfords Guiding this is Rodney Colford