cold steel...

....head season is on its way!!!! Check the ten day forecast!!!

Boated from altmar to pineville with 3fan on sunday... it was rather slow for us with only two on and one in the boat... was still a good time though... john thanks again for the ride buddy

yep, glad I bought the neos when my other boots were in the shop.  I like Nov and Dec my self.   I can take some cold but when it gets below 15 I would rather go out on the ice or stay home.  
Headed out tomorrow and maybe Friday.   We will see if I can get my lazy azz out of bed for an am trip.

retired guy

Andy-
Late Oct and November are generally two of my favored fishing times. Got busted out of those trips myself this year but am surprised at the very many negative River reports from good fisherman for several weeks now.
  Has it been generally slower this late season ??
Didnt hear very much bout Sharks on the late side or even Hos both of which usually hit decently and are around in those times with the Steel. There are Nov days in the past where all three are around in some places - jut not hearing those stories at all.
Almost kinda sounding like Steel days of old here.   
NOT counting boat trips that traditionally get to far more water than a walker and with Capts that generally know where the fish are holding from day to day. Not knocking them in way way here- its just different fishing.
Hoping for a few days in a week or so myself- good fishing or not- just fishing.

Trev i missed this one... id say its been a typical late season but when its been ON its been like DONKEY KONG!!! problems we've faced are below average flows and above average fishing pressure... i myself have opted out from fishing certain areas at very hot times due to the crowds... a big concern of mine is the absence of wild coho in common spawn/natal areas...(pizz trickles) hahahaha.... ive seen absolutely zero to date and that concerns me as ive looked on daily basis at times to see nothing but trickles that these magnificent fish cant quite navigate... in my efforts to observe, i was quite surprised to see an ample amount of tiny fry bolting around in the little pools... it makes one wonder... baby steelhead??? I did witness successful spawn beds in these waters i am referring to in early spring of last year... who knows???? Luckily there still is chance of some winter spawning cohoes to fill in the gaps with the potential of some good run off coming in the next few weeks...

Tight linez

Know what ya mean Andy- many of my late favored HO bedding area have been high and dry. Would think they would still be in though -just someplace else.
    Saw them in some numbers early on this year spawning during that big Shark run- was a bit surprised at that-think the numbers of Sharks actually may have caused the Hos to have a better chance early since the Sharks  were being so targeted. Actually saw guys leaving them  alone while Chuckin for the Sharks.
  Havent been around for the past several weeks to fish but remain surprised at the low reporting.

Lost but always found tuna!!! Lol

Dont think these guys i was seeing were those excess stocks... the water im referring to is unstocked and i was seeing them from late september...these guys were twice the thickness of a toothpick and 3/4 the length of a toothpick... much smaller than the surplus juvies they stocked and far from the river... be safe on those gravel banks running those quarry monsters bud!!

So what do ya'll think??? 2500 cfs by next wednesday??? Hope so...prime makings for fresh "cold steel" ;)

Twobob, a while back i was crowned as the king of run on sentence by an old time poster... i guess ive been dethroned!!! Lol

Maybe 2500 is wishfull thinking on my part... hopefully some thunderstorms will race through next week with the sudden warm spell and make my wish come true... the river could use a good washing... and brookfield has done dumber things in the past ...party on garth!!!

Also remember and I may be out in left field on this, that there is a "sweet spot for power production and it is not all that much.   750 seems to stick in my head as the # at which they produce peak power.   Anything above this is just water over the dam. 

TB I  don't really know,  I  am thinking I heard it at some time from somebody whom I cannot remember (and my memory is not what it used to be).   My dad used to work for Nimo and it could have been from one of his buddies.   It may have been that after 750 if you go to 1500 you do  not necessarily double output of power, but again I may be way off base too.

retired guy

Might- might- get a couple of days in Sr Country late this week into the weekend MIGHT
Can somebody keep me posted on snow amounts there- MIght need to call the  plow guy-if I'm lucky and life  can leave me alone for a couple of days- lol.
This has been about the longest stretch away from there in 6 years. Gettin cranky bout it too.

Trevor call the plow guy ;)

Aint it funny how a half mile or so can make a big difference... You guys missed out clint!!! Lol :)

I plowed a solid 16"s yesterday afternoon... pulaski last night still had 12 in unplowed areas... richland had reports of 14.5 but im sure some areas got more... the tug got 20+ in some areas!!! Cold temps for a few days with a supposed heat wave next week

dimebrite

Aint it funny how a half mile or so can make a big difference... You guys missed out clint!!! Lol :)

I plowed a solid 16"s yesterday afternoon... pulaski last night still had 12 in unplowed areas... richland had reports of 14.5 but im sure some areas got more... the tug got 20+ in some areas!!! Cold temps for a few days with a supposed heat wave next week

I'll never forget what I saw traveling North out of 'cuse on 81 yrs ago in November.We were on our way for a Steelie trip and it was bright and sunny,looking North we saw what looked like a dark curtain ahead,when we got there it was HEAVY snow falling,it looked like someone drew a line and said on this side it will be clear and the other side it will be snow,from that point up it was snow and the road was covered.I threw my Jeep into 4 WD and slowed down to 45 -50,lots of others flew by in the haste to go somewhere.As we went on to Pulaski we saw several wrecks,I guess they did n't see the snow through their sunglasses.

January 2008 I had to bring my daughter back to SUNY Oswego for the Spring semester.  I had planned a drift boat trip on the SR to coincide with that task.  A day or two prior to heading north the lake effect dumped an amount of snow measured in feet not inches on the eastern basin.  The ride up was perfect with little or no snow accumulation all the way to Fulton, that's where everything changed.  The sides of the road had a little more than a few inches until we exited RT. 481 and proceeded through Fulton.  It was as if someone flipped on a light switch with mounds of snow ten to twelve feet high.  Spent that night debating the merits of sticking around to fish after dropping my daughter off at school.  I chose to cancel my trip and get out of town before another wintry blast hit the area.  The guide offered no argument when I called to cancel.        

07 was CRAZY   I live in a 2 story cape and after shoveling the roof I could walk right down the bank.   Had to get the back hoe out to move the snow away from the garage so the snow could slide off the roof.   I have driven through so many white outs things most people consider bad I consider a flurry

salmon or steel in the morning and 4-8 inch brookies on coachman dries in the afternoon.
good times!

Theres great fishing to be done everywhere at all times in this region for sure lucky... lets get ready for round two of lake effect here... still interested to see what happens with this snow a week from now...