ChromeBandit412
this is very interesting to me. what if i rigged some good 8lb seaguer onto my pfleuger noodle rod combo? can a first timer come up and just wing it? maybe find a cheap campground or sleep in a parking lot somewhere? are the crowds really that bad?

The parking lot sleeping thing will likely get you a ticket, or if you are lucky, shagged out and a warning.  But Stoney's campground is cheep, and that early there are some nicer ones still open as well.  Also, even though there is a ton of NYS land nearby, all of it I know of is State Forest land, and camping is by permit only, so you would have to find out who the ranger is for the area, and write for a permit in advance, and , unless you knew the State forest you intended to camp in, you might have a real challenge finding a  site.  You are up there to fish and sleep, so an inexpensive private site, or a site at Selkirk Shores State Park , on the lake just south of SR, is your best bet.
 
L13

I certainly don't wanna keep any. C & R is just fine.

Have been up around 81 at the crack of dawn and seen fish drift back down and go belly up. They weren't dying because of C &R as it happens so early hardly no one is around fishing yet.
 It was just their time---think the run up through the long low areas in low water is just too much for some of them early in the season. Fortunately there aren't too many areas like that elsewhere in the river. And/or the weak ones get culled out by nature real soon.
 Of course C & R has an affect -but its not the whole picture.

once you put three salmon on a stringer on the DSR, you're done for the day and must stop fishing....It doesn't matter if it's 5pm or 7 am....I've seen them enforce it too.

hot tuna
Can I get the islander up in dsr ? We got 6/0 hooks and 40# line

Heck yes we can get it up in the DSR,as long as we don't get too far up,like not to the Meadow.With the 40# line we can crank them in on our tuna rods.....maybe chartist would like to join us then no one can move into his "spot"  
 
Rich....did you try night crawlers for the Stripers?........you gotta show them something different.

Used sand worms drifted under a float  for a long time night fishing Stripers  in the Thames-killer bait- Lawn crawlers were free but didn't last too long in the brackish water. Might think they would last long enough up the Hudson. We fished them W/o weight 3 to 4 ft below the bobber and hooked up high in the head so they dangled  and worked a bit in the current..

ok guys were are going test our luck and go the 5-6.  Were staying at Double Eagle so we will fish behind there in the am and adjust according throughout the day.  Last question are there any tips on what I should be fishing with as far a hook size?  Do I just tie a hook onto a leader with a salmon egg?  I mostly use spoon for trout but it looks like I can't do that here so I was just looking for what to have in my tackle box.

I have caught salmon early on spoons, I just change the hook out to a #1 (largest allowed). I just re read the regs and it seems it would be legal.    

If spin fishing size 4 or 6 Blackbirds with Boraxed Skein using an egg loop or bomber bags in a natural cure(will even go up to golf ball size bags if I can make them).  Now if you are buying versus tying then you will probably be limited to what size bags you can purchase.  One thing is get the 2x hooks if you are going with a mustad.  I've had size snap owners and gammy's.
 
Not a lot of single egg fishing on Ontario to my knowledge or at least on the eastern streams.
Other option is  8 or 10 mm beads or even egg flies/estaz but earlier in the season like that matching the hatch might be tough hence bunny flies/wolly buggers i.e. not a lot of eggs in the water shed if any hence why I go later in the run much later.  Not as many fresh fish per se but I don't keep them and prefer to fish Steel so the later you go the better you odds of getting a brown, chrome, and salmon.