Any new surprises on the SR

Awfully quiet on this site considering the fall madness is coming on quick. My question goes out to the locals or ones that live close enough to "swing by". Besides the DSR looking for more cash, are there any more closeing or opening of parkin lots? Anymore land owners that have had enough and make access more like chuck and duck? Are all the tackle shops still where they were? You can yup and nope these if you want. And does that salmon crazy site work or is my computer all $&%*ed up?

Yeah- my back is much more better this year & I am ready for fishes of size. Carry on.

best year ever for atlantics. water levls are great. water temp fluctuates between 68 and 72 i believe. i was up this past weekend. there 400 on friday and got bumped up to 750 on saturday and sunday. the water was dark too, which i believe adds scent in which the fish pick up on from their natal waters. unfortunately i only looked at the water twice in between my 12 hr work days. i'm sure if you work at it you would be rewarded greatly. up again in 2 weeks.

Knew I could count on some good info from this group. All sounds good (except for Eddys), looks like I'll start serviceing the gear and make my once a week trips soon. Now if we can only kill this **** heat.

Crap- I'll be skating dries in about 1 1/2 weeks then. Amen.

They will crawl out on the rubble and snag away,no wall collapse will stop them....nosireee!

Only thing town pool is good for is plugging!

pulaski just got an 818,000 dollar state grant for improvements on historic buildings. i wouldn't be surprised if the town wal gets included. 5 to 10 years from now that place will be a lot more prominent than most would think.

ORIGINAL: dimebrite

5 to 10 years from now that place will be a lot more prominent than most would think.

 
I'm curious - what makes you say that? 

ORIGINAL: draketrutta

ORIGINAL: pafisher

Sweet,sweet Dawn,what a wonderful person she is allowing access to her little piece of "world class fishing" for a slight fee,it's such a pristine spot she should charge more for such a great experience! :)

I don't fish the Town Pool for obvious reasons, but perhaps Dawn got her idea from the fine folks of the DSR who make their money from resources they contribute nothing to.

I agree, Ive had a few run ins with her personally, but for privacy reasons ill hold back the stories.

But the town pool is probably gonna be fixed before salmon season, im making some calls about whats gonna happen with it. I have a special place in my heart for that place cause me and my friends always skipped school to go fish at the wall before football practice. Ah the memories. And if it does fall and the concrete slabs are there im gonna be under the bridge looking to catch a few that hold up there.

And another thing about Dawn, Salmon River Sports Shop is now selling licenses, so theres another option for a place to get licenses.

i fish above the town pool now for a number of years never had a problem(so far) the guys at the salmon river sport are great pepole i knew the dad he was a good man always willing to help the son and the other guy are good pepole too

very good points drake. my taxes actually went down this past year though surprisingly. not that that makes much of a difference. let's face it too, you are completely right with watertown and syracuse. but it's similar where i live too. i live in a NYC suburb in jersey and every morning probably somewhere around 15000 people commute to the city from my town. i'm actually starting to look in to bidding on projects in the syracuse and watertown areas. it's worth a shot, and i have a place to put my guys up in rather than paying for motels. you definitely have very good points, but for some reason i have a feeling that the area will be more and more on the up and up. i've even done some research on income properties in cities like oswego and rochester. there is money to be made in it. cheap land is right too. building lots starting at 10 k; meanwhile houses on 5 acre lots or so going anywheres from 125 k -400 k. yes, you can find them much cheaper, but i'm talking semi good quality to high quality homes. it's something to think about. when it comes to building down by me, you're looking at 200 k just for the dirt. that to me is too much of a risk. putting anywhere from 250-400 k in to a project. that's a high risk to me. besides i don't even have that kind of money. if i did have that kind of money i would be living in the north country... lol... tight lines

Tuna - promotion works to a certain degree. In the case of the Salmon River fishery, IMO it has reached the saturation point as evidenced by the crowds - not only during the Salmon Runs (Salmon Season was always crowded),  but throughout the entire winter steelhead season. In addition to marketing efforts by business owners, I think the internet had alot to do with it. Not all of the traffic benefits the local businesses, because a good chunk of the fishermen make day trips to the area and may only drop a few coins in a tackle shop or the McDonald's drive through. 
 
I have stopped going up there as much as I used to. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy catching large fish, but the sheer number of fishermen have decreased the quality of the fishing experience for me - even after a long walk from the public parking spots. I'm not whining too much, at least I didn't drop a few thousand to travel cross country and find myself fishing shoulder to shoulder on an Alaskan river... :)
 
 
p.s. -
I read that the Altmar Elementary School was on the sale block for $275,000.
 
If it were not for those pesky conservation easements on the south side of the Salmon River, it would make a great investment for someone with a business model similiar to Barclay LLC...  :) 
 

Well I tend to agree promotion works to a degree but I think good promotion and not saturation can always support income to a local economy.
Saturation may bring folks but many will be there "just because" it's the place to be ...



Crowds Salmon ?
In no way are there more people there salmon fishing then in the 80's. Evidence of closed shops, buildings and such prove this.
Market a good product and folks will patronize it.. We all love fishing , now show me why .


Crowds Steelhead ?
Obviously everyone has seen a HUGE increase over the last 20 years in fishers late fall till spring . Why ? Good promotion.
Is it enough to sustain the local economy ? Some survive , some close up shop ..

Just my **** azz opinion I know , just sayin ..
Looking forward to November !!

Peace & Tuna

That sounds like a good score Tim! The long term forecast ( if you can trust it) has next week with cooler temps and rain. That may perk up a few kings, seen them run in warmer conditions than that, not good but they did.