Boys on Douglaston

I don't believe there are restrictions on the age or number of people you take to the DSR.

Complimentary passes for children 15 and under when accompanied by an adult.
 
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yes kids 15 & under are free with an adult, it's a great place for them with easy water and less crowding. No need to get there real early, I guide there and never find a need to "run" to the "spot" it's all good water and can be fished well any time of the day. My advice however , avoid the "sucker" holes learn to fish away from people and target your fish.

Have fun !!1

At 750 flow (these pics) it is ok for an adult to cross at most sections. A teenager or youngster can also "carefully" cross with help from an adult at some places.

This area is called the flats right below the staircase from behind the pay booth. The dead tree on the far side of the pic is the staircase (parking side). You cross angling upstream to the island where I am taking the pic from. Then at the top of the island you can again cross to the far bank to the other side (non parking lot side)


it's a little swift but fairly easy only knee deep.

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Another crossing is just below the glide.. From parking sid to the island and again across these small side channels to the far side.. Again fairly easy crossings.


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Down river (dsr) you can cross above the Joss hole to the island fairly easy but from the island to the far bank is more tough and you want to be very careful.
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Below the spring hole is another section of flats that are swift but only knee deep in 750 flow and crossing is fairly easy.

As ALWAYS use CAUTION and a wading staff should be used.

in 335 there are plenty of places to cross through out the dsr.
in above 750 > 1,000 you had better know where you can cross before getting in over your head. Above 1,000 don't put yourself in a bad situation and stay on the right side of the river.

you can cross just above the island upstream from the main stairs.  then cut across on a diagonal to cross the other branch.  great pocket water on the far bank right across from stairs, and most people overlook it.  you don't even have to wade out much.  good luck

Guys thanks for the info. We do a lot of fishing on the Big D and Musky river in jersey so my boys spend time in quick water. It the water is moving fast we will not even cross the river. I would like to fish the Meadows, nice long pool with room to fight a  fish or two.
Hope to see you guys on the water
Straw

ORIGINAL: dimebrite

yeah salmo, that is a nice spot for swinging right below that island where the two currents meet.  if you ever go down with a fish there, you have to shoot for the far bank(not the staris side). and stay on the bank prettty much.   there are some slate seems throughout there that are pretty nasty.  those seems are great resting spots too.  i actually cross right at the stairs up to 750, but i don't advise it.  by the way, the other side of that island is often overlooked, but it's a great steelhead hole.  you should try it sometime...

How often have you fished there ??
I would SERIOUSLY advise AGAINST crossing there. that section is between the Wall hole and Sycamore hole. It is probably the most fished area's in the DSR due to close access. I hardly ever fish it, and yes the other side gets it's fair share.
Again the main run is through the staircase side..

Straw:
you have your eye on the Meadows , you must already have some intell if you are looking at one of the lowest points of DSR. Good intell indeed but also a very popular section. The Glide is very similar to water type & flow for some reason gets just a tad bit pressure.
I'll be in DSR at that time and maybe share some water with you guys.
Enjoy and have a great time with the boys. Please give us a report when you return.

HOT TUNA... the first steelhead i ever landed was in the clay hole when it was a hole back in 1991. i was only 11 years old. back when the meadow had an island in the middle and an old dead willow tree in the middle of it.  and about 2 years after that the island kept getting pushed down stream and evenyually pushed against the bank.  do you remember this?i've been fishing this river for 20 years.  i'm an eight year season pass holder at dsr.  i own 900 ft. of river frontage below the trestle pool on 21 acres.  please don't question my knowledge and abilities. i will assume that neither of us wil question each others knowledge from here on.  if i could say my best two days on that river, i would say they were both in the joss hole.  in 1992 in december, me my father and brother hit a pod of steelhead that was like a small run of salmon.  all day til almost sun down steelhead all day.  in 1998 i hit a run of kings the third weekend in august thicker than any i've seen. and trust me, i've been there at the peek of any season.  the only person i ran in to that day in august was george and his 2 daughters.  ask him the next time u see him. no one in sight except for thousands of large kings. the salmon were creating wakes against the current they were running so hard...  and yes, the main run is on the stairs side, but only until the stairs, then there is a channel that shoots across to the other side.  and i find the steelhead especially run the opposit side of the island rather than the willow hole side.  and for just below the stairs being pressured water, you'd be surpised at the water that gets overlooked within that section.  the water on the far side across from the stairs is a main channel.  i kow just because when i fsih right below the stairs on the stairs side, i loose many fish and fly lines across the river from the fish running across in that channel which i know and love.  probably the same that salmo fell in to...  fish on to all... 

DB, np just asked how well you knew the area thats all.
yea I do know it pretty well also and fished it even before it was private access, seems before you were born. I'm sure we could sip a few cold ones and share some good stories about the fishery. Since you are a regular there we must cross paths & share water pretty frequent.
Would be great to meet up and put a little spanking on some fish sometime.
This week we will be chasing some fall spawners in the ADK's (Salvelinus fontinalis >char) but after that it's all about the GL tribs.
Peace & Tuna

Guys, One more thing.  I have my boys use egg sacs.  What other tackle could my boys try? When I hook up on my fly rod the boys have fun bringing the fish in.  Last year above Pineville my 10 year old landed a 20 lbs king on 15 test, that took 40 min. to bring in. The great part was a fishing guide stopped and got out to help me land it. His two clients helped my boy work the fish.  That was cool. 
Thanks again
Straw

Comets won my heart over long ago.

Thanks for the offer. I too fish for fun. I show lots of people my home waters too.