Sept-23/24-honest report

Wed 23rd--Fished around various spots and only hooked one fish from a pocket in the lower river where they tend to hold even on poor days- lost on a rock. Saw only one fish on the move all day, it was in the upper river.. Very little pressure and lousy fishing top to bottom. Surprised at the lousy fishing on a cloudy drizzly day with higher water.
  Thurs 24th--More of the same. One guy said that he saw a dozen or so on the move by Ellis around midday. Of course some are hooking up in the deep pools where they hold, I'm not a complete purist all the time but I just cant be around that kind of show.
 Back next week for muzzel loader season and hopefully something besides an occasional pod ( often referred to as on fire, nice run, fish on the move etc etc))
 

Hey Dime
 Are you a guide or store owner or stock holder in DSR. It gets a little -you know- when one or two guys always have great reports and everyone else on both forum sites experiences otherwise. Well--- except for those reports from the guides and businesses.
 Nothing personal I understand business is business , location  location and all that stuff, but I'd like to know.

why is the skunked or few hook up report the only "honest" report? i am not a buisness owner, guide or stock holder in DSR. i've had many people mistake me as a guide, or tell me i should be one though. i try my best to help and inform people on the river when i'm fishing. some people just suck though. i just love to fish and have been doing it for a long time. i've seen plenty of days for sure metal in which 10% of the fishermen were hooking 90% of the fish... gotta love the days when it's 100% of the fisherman hooking 100% of the fish in the early season when there few to no anglers in sight or a blustery 5 degree day for steel.

When was the other "good weekend". It sure wasn't last weekend. Oh by the way I'm not the best fisherman in the world and not the worst, probably about 50/50 after 30 years of going up there and then being dedicated enough to it to buy a second home there.
Also my reports include observations from others because I know i'm 50/50 and other people have different experiences in the same areas.
  All that said this is September fishing and everything is relative to that. We all know the HOT TIME be it great or so so is yet to come. I would agree that its nice to fish in August or Sept to avod be darned.

OOOps on my last line- "to avoid be darned". Meant to say when there are usually so many fish the crowd be darned.
  No matter what we each may think of any particular day catching a fish or not isn't the real purpose of fishing anyway.

Right on palfisher.
 Hit a favorite spot Thurs PM and one of the regulars said they had a few Hos go through on Wed. I knew the drill when I got there, a few guys around sitting & chatting and only one fishing. Wish the Hos  weren't so darned fast.

you know ; it really makes me laugh to think that people don't believe me just because i report good fishing days. i guess there's no point in posting any reports if no one is going to believe me and contest me by saying i'm full of BS.

I don't know guys----40 hook-ups with SUPER FRESH fish just out of the lake---yeah, I'm buying that, but what I'm not buying is a pass to DSR............don't have anything against DSR--I have been there a few times (3)---I normally stay way up river and walk away from folks...........really hate the crowds.......but that comes with fishing in Pulaski............a fishing report is a fishing report.........DSR, town, mid-river, or the fly stretches---I've had days in the UFZ with salmon that would blow you away..........then again, I've had days in the fly zones that were tiresome and very slow........it is called fishing..........somedays they smash your fly, some days they just sit there.......waiting to die...........I'm a full believer in the 10% 90% ideology........seen it too many times to disagree with it........there will always be someone who is really DIALED IN-----in the right spot, has the right drift, found the perfect lane-----the reasons go and on and on as to why one would catch or hook more than others............experience plays a great role though........you can never rule that out.............evenso, there are days when the most experienced of all fisherman will throw his hands up to the fish gods and wonder WHY--What have I done to deserve this-----a report is a report...............there is a learning curve when it comes to chasing salmon in Pulaski---if you have fished the river for a few years or more, you most certainly will have a good idea as to what is going on up there once the fish hit the system and where to fish in certain areas of the river (hopefully)...........and with that gained knowledge--I have scheduled my fishing dates accordingly............while Sept fishing might find one solitude, it might just be hit or miss with the fish..........October is a good bet to get into all kinds of fish............now, mind you---I fully understand that the fish have the most say as to when they will be in the system (or is it mother nature?) and how they act to a certain bait or fly.......slight variation from year to year......add in the weather..........how many size 7 split shots are knocking them on the noggin.........the sun, the moon, the sky.......waterflow.....how tired the angler is.........bla bla bla............
 
go fish................that's what I plan on doing this week..............and hopefully I'll be landing a few of those gnarly red-sided rockets
 
Hey PA------is it Sunday yet?

Hey 2Bon,

 Right on with that,seen it too often, 2 guys 20 feet apart one hooking up and the other skunked.

well haven't confirmed with the wife yet but i would like to be up there from next thursday til sunday. i'll let you know...

jus fish guys and enjoy and be glad u have a chance to do so

Like it on top too. With a little walking you can have a nice piece of the river to yourself, fish or no fish, who cares/ Too bad that will change in a week or two.

well said wader...

That's too bad dime,my friend is very much like you as he lives to fish and we would have a blast if we could ever get together,we would even show you our "secret" spot!

rain forecasted from monday through the faollowing monday... you might end up seeing me earlier in the week PA...