So with this in mind, here is a log I'll keep through the year for all my fishing ventures. I'm not sure yet if this will be the best way to organize this information, so I may make adjustments as the year goes on.
Here is a link to my 2014 log book.
Note, I haven't included any of the trips where I failed to catch fish!
Yearly Totals (Kayak fishing only):
| Fish | Number | Longest | Comments |
| Sturgeon | 63 | 50" | First catch, April 19th |
| Tommy Cod | 6 | small | First one on April 22nd |
| Sea Run Trout | 2 | 9.25" | Started on May 6th |
| Striped Bass | 2 | 25.5" | On the Miramichi May 16th |
| Smallmouth Bass | 18 | 17.5" | Biggest at Kingston Creek |
| Yellow Perch | 40 | 10.5" | |
| Gaspereaux | 1 | 10" | Crowleys Hole May 19th |
| Shad | 3 | 19" | Near Bloomfield |
| Brook Trout | 9 | 12.5" | Below Norton |
| Pickerel | 5 | 19" | |
| Land Locked Salmon | 4 | 20" | Long Lake Adventures |
| Fall Fish | 36 | 15" | At the Shad Derby |
| Pumpkinseen Sunfish | 3 | 5" | Walton Lake |
| White Perch | 8 | 8" | |
| Eel | 15 | very large | Didn't measure |
| Red Breast Sunfish | 2 | 6" | Paddler's Derby |
| Catfish | 4 | 9" | Paddler's Derby |
| Chub | 10 | 8" | Halls Lake |
| Sculpin | 1 | 8" | Off Partridge Island |
| Pinfish | 3 | 8" | In Florida |
| Tarpon | 1 | 20" | In Florida |
| Hardhead Catfish | 1 | 13" | In Florida |
| Speckled Sea Trout | 1 | 12" | In Florida |
Date/Time: April 19th
Location: Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Beautiful sunny day with little to no wind. Water is VERY high, and there is still a ton of ice.
Comments: With all the ice, we were lucky to get out at all. It is a late start to the year.
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shortnose Sturgeon (x3) | All small. | Nightcrawlers. | Lost a 4th small one at the surface. |
Date/Time: April 22nd
Location: Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Clear and calm afternoon. Water is right about flood levels, but the current wasn't very strong. Tons of grass floating by though.
Comments: Nothing huge, but lots of fish.
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shortnose Sturgeon (x17) | Less than 20" up to 42.5" | Nightcrawlers. | |
| Tommy Cod (x1) | Small one | Nightcrawlers. | bait stealers! |
Date/Time: April 25th
Location: Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Cloudy with rain. No wind but numbingly cold when the sun wasn't peeking through. Current was very low the whole time there.
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shortnose Sturgeon (x15) | Hit 46" on my biggest! Most were below 3 feet. | Nightcrawlers. |
Date/Time: April 26th
Location: Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Sun then cloudy with rain.
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shortnose Sturgeon (x11) | None hit the 40 inch mark. Seen others pull in big ones though. | Nightcrawlers. |
Date/Time: April 29th
Location: Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Windy and cloudy evening
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shortnose Sturgeon (x6) | Largest was 35" | Nightcrawlers. |
Date/Time: May 3rd
Location: Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Sunny, wind developing later in the afternoon
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shortnose Sturgeon (x6) | Largest was 50", 27.4 lbs | Nightcrawlers. | Finally broke 4 feet! |
Date/Time: May 6th
Location: Hammond River
Conditions: Sunny windy afternoon, out with Rowan.
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Sea Run Trout (x1) | 9.25" | Nightcrawlers. | They don't seem to be running good yet. |
Date/Time: May 13th
Location: Hammond River
Conditions: Dawn fishing with Craig
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Sea Run Trout (x1) | 9.25" | Nightcrawlers. | Lost another at the side of the kayak |
Date/Time: May 16th
Location: Miramichi, near the campground
Conditions: Day trip with IPop
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Striped Bass (x2) | 19 & 25.5" | Shads and Lyman Lures | Lost 4 others, bloody barbless single hooks! Action picked up as the sun went down. |
Date/Time: May 19th
Location: Hammond River
Conditions: Beautiful morning
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Smallmouth Bass (x1) Yellow Perch (x3) Gaspereaux (x1) |
Nothing big | Crawlers for the perch and smallie. Shad dard for the Gaspereaux | Looking for trout, feel they are mostly moved up river at this point. |
Date/Time: May 22nd
Location: Kingston Creek
Conditions: Beautiful morning
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Smallmouth Bass (x3) | 16 - 17.5" | Green/White plastic worm, wacky rigged | Pickerel in the bushes, but not biting. Happy to find some nice smallies! |
Date/Time: May 24th
Location: Kennebacasis River
Conditions: Very windy but sunny
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shad (x2) | 18 & 19" | Green/White and Orange darts | Was hoping for more! |
| Brook Trout (x4) | 10.5 - 12.5" | Spinner / Worm | So happy!!!! |
| Yellow Perch(x1) | small | Worm |
Date/Time: May 30th
Location: Long Lake Adventures
Conditions: Beautiful morning
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Land Locked Salmon (x1) | 20" | Small Rapala | Missed a bigger one... thanks to bad O Rings! |
Date/Time: June 3rd
Location: Kingston Creek
Conditions: Beautiful morning
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Pickerel (x3) | small | worms | Baby pickerels, not touching lures, |
| Yellow Perch (x3) | small | worms | Tons of baby perch around |
Date/Time: June 4rd
Location: Kingston Creek
Conditions: Beautiful morning with Rowan. Rowan caught a sunfish!
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Pickerel (x2) | 19" | Pink Fluke | Finally found one! |
| Yellow Perch (x4) | small | worms | Tons of baby perch around |
| Smallmouth Bass (x1) | 14" | worms | Surprised me! |
Date/Time: June 6th
Location: Salmon River, Chipman
Conditions: Couldn't find a shad. Only 4 people caught one.
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Fall Fish (x35) | 15" | Shad darts and flies, and worm | |
| Yellow Perch (x15) | small | Shad darts and flies, and worm |
Date/Time: June 11th
Location: Walton Lake
Conditions: Early morning, ran into rain.
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Pumkinseed Sunfish(x2) | small | worms | Didn't know there were sunfish here! |
| Yellow Perch (x2) | small | worms | |
| Smallmouth Bass (x3) | 13.5" | Green wacky rig | Matt got 7 using a small crankbait. |
Date/Time: June 20th
Location: Oromocto Paddler's Derby
Conditions: Beautiful all day
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Pumkinseed Sunfish(x1) | small | worms | |
| Yellow Perch (x10) | small | worms | |
| White Perch (x2) | small | worms | |
| Smallmouth Bass (x1) | small | worms | |
| Eel (x1) | huge, but didn't measure | worms | |
| Red Breast Sunfish (x2) | small | worms | |
| Fall Fish (x1) | small | worms | |
| Catfish (x4) | small | worms |
Date/Time: June 25th
Location: Walton Lake
Conditions: Early morning, beautiful day
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Smallmouth Bass (x5) | 14" | plastics and a rapala |
Date/Time: June 26th
Location: Bay of Fundy, off Partridge Island
Conditions: Sunny and calm
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Sculpin (x1) | 8" | worms | Was looking for stripers, or something more interesting. Wasn't able to mark hardly any fish on the TPod, oh well. |
Date/Time: June 30th
Location: Above Reversing Falls
Conditions: Early morning, outgoing tide
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Shad (x1) | 19" | sabiki rig | Was running the sabiki in very deep water just to see if anything would bite... did not expect to catch a shad! |
Date/Time: July 1st
Location: Above Reversing Falls
Conditions: Early morning, outgoing tide
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Sturgeon (x2) | 34" | worms | Lots of sturgeon, some very big, jumping so we tried to see what we could catch. I landed 2, and several tommy cod. |
| Tommy Cod (x5) | small | worms |
... Seems I've been tardy updating this log!
I know I've spend time in Florida where I caught tarpon, hardhead catfisl, a Florida Speckled Sea Trout, and some Pinfish.
Also caught a ton of eels next to the Evandale Ferry looking for an Atlantic Sturgeon.
Since then I've spend a few days at Kingston Creek trying for pickerel but no luck, the same for Hampton.
Date/Time: August 8th
Location: Hammond River / Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Guided fishing
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Sturgeon (x1) | 30"-ish | worms | Rowan also caught his first sturgeon!!! But I lost it at the side of the kayak.... doh! |
| Yellow Perch (x2) | small | worms | |
| White Perch (x4) | small | worms |
Date/Time: August 15th
Location: Halls Lake
Conditions: Beautiful Sunny Day
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Chub(x10) | Small | worms | Rowan also caught his first sturgeon!!! But I lost it at the side of the kayak.... doh! |
| Trout (x5) | 1 was pan sized | worms | |
| Smallmouth (x4) | small | worms and lures | I lost a monster at the side of the kayak.. .easily 20+ inches!! |
Date/Time: August 16th
Location: Sturgeon Alley
Conditions: Guided fishing
| Fish | Size | Lure | Comments |
| Sturgeon (x2) | 41" | worms | 10 year old John caught 3! |
| White Perch (x2) | small | worms |
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