Salmon River Plans

Not at all. I go up to relax and forget about the job as much as that is possible. Being self employed you don't get many days to forget. I've been going up the same 5 day period for yrs now.I'll be there from sept 27-oct 1. For me its fishing not catching, don't get me wrong a jerk on the other end is great too.
Tom

ORIGINAL: salmotrutta

Has anyone changed plans due to this low water issue?
I for one am out until some Gales and or Hurricanes pump up the volume.

I canceled until they get some water.....the way it looks that might be next season!
I'm with you Salmo,I don't want to see the ugly side that is going to happen.They are not going to hit once they get into that river and get chased around so many"fisherman" will resort to anything to get a bend on the rod.
I know economically they can't close the whole river,but it would be the only humane thing to do.
Like you,I'm going to find other places to get my fix!

Cancelled mine today was heading up on the 1st till the 5th.oh well guesss there is always next year.Ray

We have everything paid and planed and still going 1 OCT till 6th whatever will be will be. Looking at some pictures from yesterday there are places to fish with the water low. Things will not be perfect but they seldom are.

Seems alot of fishing going on fishermen that are having a good time with nice catches looking at other forums and pictures. As far as snagging and other things water flow will not change that. They need to fine the ones that are doing it. 750 last year and alot of the same things were going on. This is our 6th year and every year snagging and lifting has been going on everywhere we went including DSR. As far as a blood bath go up to the hatchery. After seeing how its done 2 years ago I have changed my opinion about the SR, its a put and take stream just like most trout streams in PA. NY wants everybody to come to the SR. We all go for a good time fishing and C and R don't like to eat SR salmon. As time goes on the hatchery will get it's amount of eggs for the year. Just my opinion after many hrs of observing.  

The problem with 100 cfs is that most of the water is too shallow for the fish to feel secure enough to stop and rest, so they bolt right through when they move.  This crowds them into small deeper slots and the pools, and the concentration then attracts the larger numbers of fishers, who then end up inching closer and closer, which spooks the fish so they are less likely to take.  Back when the first release of the week was Tuesday AM, and we had 125 cfs in the mornings, we had great salmon fishing where we could stay back from the fish and scale down the flies and tippets, but anywhere there was a crowd, there was little chance of a taker and a lot of lifted or snagged fish.  This is bad enough with the limited numbers of rods in DSR, but upriver it can become impossible. 
 
While there is no appreciable rain in the forecast right now, one good Gulf storm coming up the Mississippi and then the Ohio and all of WNY could be drenched, and the inputs from Trout and Orwell after a storm like that could put you into slightly cloudy 250 to 500 cfs, which will be like being in heaven for a flyfisher. 
 
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Hi im new to the board, but not to the sr been going for about 18 years straight. I was there in 2002 when the water was low my cousin actually walked accross the river under the rt 13 bridge. im wondering if anyone knows of a web site that shows a current picture of the river .

I looked at that web cam site and have a question. Is below the bridge part of the LFZ ?? I didn't think it was. I have never fished there3 just looked. It looks like the cam is on the Altmar bridge. Is there no fishing in that area also. I see no fisherman and there used to be a long hole down the far side. There should still be 2 or 3 ft of water along that side. Just wondered why no fisherman there.

Well!!!
I have definitely changed my plans to fish the SR, I was up there last weekend and witness a blood bath even though there was not very much fish,the few that were there got butcher. I saw this kid chase a fish after some one else had released it,the kid finally got to the fish and hook it no only one to three time until the fish could fight no more and he walked away with the fish...............................
The next day i drove to Oswego and fished there for the rest of my trip, there were some kings there and were getting pounded too, I fished for Mr. Steelhead from the water fall down, but just caught a bunch of small mouth (water is to warm still) .
Sooo.....would i go back to SR. hell no, not until they raise the the water at least to the fall level, I wont stop fishing though... you may find me at the catt,Genesee, even oswego river... when i fish i like to enjoy myself not get disgusted by witnessing was going on.

 
I should have done that LOL, just that he was fishing with his buddy. I said kid cause I'm no spring chicken anymore but he must have been in his late teen, I over heard him talking to other guys and he said that he learn everything from his dad,(figure that one out) so you hit the nail right in the head ST.
Best of luck fishing.

Any sauce this yr?U and WB gonna head out for steel---I'd be honored to tip a few w/ the 2 of ya

And Shooting Fireballs out of his**** 

I am going up the week of Oct 15th any word on when or if they are going to raise the water level

So NOT true!  The water level will not change - go up or down - in the near future.  The Rumors are just that rumors...
 

I just got back from the river with daily 100CFS.  I fished up and down.  The only unreal action I/we had was at Douglaston Run.  The only trouble we had was carrying the fish up the stairs.  Action from first thing in the morning till 10:00am not much until 2:00pm then it went nuts!!! until we went home and only because we were beat.  I have never seen the river so low (kinda scary).  By the way the reservoir got worked on and was drained down a little in the summer.  Between the res being drained and the no rain all summer the siren goes off but nothing happens.