Gotcha tuna ;)

Hey speaking of moving fish are you bringing your river cleats this weekend just in case

Tuna be on the look out for the witness protection agency... a rumor has been leaked of a possible kidnapper stalking Selkirk shores and surrounding areas

  When I first started fishing the Sr back in or around 1980 there was often talk of the runs of yesteryear starting in August with decent pushes being commonplace.
  Many believed  since  fish were stripped at the hatchery later in the season  that this produced genetics  narrowing runs to a shorter time frame in later Sept /oct activity being the main push.
 Seems to me that recent activity -in particular with the 'wild fishes'-that August is and will likely continue as the 'new' beginning of the annual migration.
  Read a report that most of whats showing now  has' the fin' and this is similar to last year as well.  Could it be that 'wild' fish do in fact run earlier ?? Could it be that its because they may hatch earlier??
 Phood for thought--

God forbid but can you imagine the increase in ambulance calls for those who crap out trying to drag five salmon instead of three.  As for increasing the limits, leave it as is.  I don't think the present limits stop those inclined to take more to begin with but that's a forum for another time.
 
I have always believed that the natural spawned fish return earlier than the hatchery spawned brethren.

Yes jack, august runs are nothing new. Some years better than others. The pressure has definitely increased. I do believe it will never get out of hand though as you can see many people did make trips up in the past three weeks to get skunked... most don't come back in august again after that. Its a crap shoot for sure... some years I'd get one...some none...some years some... one year over 30 in two days. The most amount of fish ive ever seen move in one day was in august believe it or not.My family members and I have always believed that early fish were natural spawners... they definitely do seem more abundant in the past five years.

As I posted in another thread,  one of the biologists on the AS program said there were good numbers in the UFZ, a couple of weeks ago, with Skams mixed in.  As to the kings, maybe nature is selecting for the earlier run because the redds get used over and over, and the early eggs maybe get buried better and so survive better.  But I think this year it is those 40's in early August at night, combined with the colder water coming off the hill. We're not hearing of anything except stagers off the Genesee, but the water temp in the river is up at 75, what Bill Abraham always referred to as the Thermal barrier, and the reason why we don't usually see a salmon run in the Gennie until Mid to Late September even though there will be fish around the mouth by Labor Day (and they are there at night now.)   I remember seeing the most rooster tail action in the SR one year when I had Labor Day off and took the drive and paid the $10 to go to Douglaston (which also says it was a LONG time ago.)
 
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Hit em hard Tuna, hope you have a great trip!

I can't deny mine was a weak attempt at best.
Went to look at water I never got to see and no takes to boot.
 
3 SALMON TIL 9/15 NO LIMIT AFTER THAT TILL THEY'RE GONE?
Gives everybody a chance at some moderately fresh salmon everywhere in the river and then haul all the carcasses you want outta state thank you very much!

I have n't killed any fish up there in years,too much hassle and they are  called "mud sharks" for good reason.I'm not even crazy for them out of the lake,no comparison to the Salmon from the salt.

Hey guys, I might be up next weekend, 9/14. Think it will be worth my time, or a wasted trip?
 

John, what spot would that be??? ;)

Slab, the river is on fukking fire right now. I'm not gonna lie since its in to September now. I took a good friend from Syracuse this morning whos new to it and we slammed em... they weren't dime bright fish , they were nickel silver. It was not pods of 100+ moving at time but good pods of 5's to 20's based on our hookup rate. Just got. back from the port and it is alive down there... fish everywhere... like 3fan said the entire river is consistent with fish at this point. It is game on.

The best thing about this morning was very little pressure on the lower end for the first few hours. I think most guys were chasing the "monster run" that came in Thursday... we may be looking at a repeat of last year except even better because of the water levels.

Winds is all o er the place today.

All fish encountered are still wild strain and unfortunately I didn't see any of the cohoes I saw hitting water in the port last night. God blessed anyone who is up during the week this week... fish on!!!

Tuna: based on friends and family wanting to fish, our seasons may coincide ;)

Hook, enjoy brother... it is quite enjoyable and still early enough for low crowds during the week despite my river burning post...lol

to Bob besides the weather I think you're making a poor choice 38 this morning Wind was all over the place yesterday southeast wind today port was loaded going to be sick man

 I know what you're saying dimedeux but those kind of temps just wear me down in a hurry at this point in life.
A partner to trade energy with is one thing  but a solo go is tough on the perfect day now.
Maybe I will suprise myself.
I never really know what I'm going to end up doing.

THanks guys. I hope I get a chance to come up this weekend. It will be either salmon or Erie walleye in Oh.