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Atlantic Salmon Seasons – Restigouche Drainage
Includes all tributaries unless otherwise noted
River Spring Kelt Bright retention Live release only
Gounamitz N/A June 1 – August 31 September 1 – 30
Kedgwick
N/A
Little Main Restigouche* May 1 – 31
Main Restigouche boundary waters April 15 – May 31
Main Restigouche non-boundary waters May 1 – 31
North Kedgwick
N/A
Northwest Upsalquitch
N/A
Patapedia
N/A
Southeast Upsalquitch
N/A
Upsalquitch
N/A
* upstream to Cedar Brook
Trout
Open season Non-Boundary waters Boundary waters between N.B. and Quebec
Rivers, brooks and streams May 1 – September 15 Patapedia River . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3 – September 15
Restigouche River from:
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Patapedia River downstream to
Matapedia CN Railway Bridge . . April 15 – Sept. 30
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Matapedia CN Railway Bridge to
the J.C. Van Horne Bridge . . . . . . . April 15 – Oct. 31
Lakes, ponds and reservoirs May 15 – September 15 N/A
Daily Bag and Possession Limits
Daily bag and possession (Total 5* 5*
of: arctic char, brook trout, brown
trout, lake trout, or rainbow trout*)
Minimum Size Limits (TL)
Brook trout 10 cm 10 cm
Lake trout 45 cm 45 cm
Arctic char, brown trout, rainbow trout 15 cm 15 cm
* No more than two lake trout and/or two brown trout
Exceptions to open season and/or size and bag limits
Season: Restigouche drainage upstream from the junction of
the Main Restigouche River and the Kedgwick River, including all tributaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1 – September 30
Daily bag limit: Restigouche drainage upstream from the junction of the
Main Restigouche River and the Kedgwick River, including all tributaries (September 1 – 30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Minimum size limit: Brook trout, Gounamitz River, and South Branch Kedgwick River,
not including tributaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 cm (TL)
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