Trevor and tuna all good input. Trev, I hear you on conspiracy theories, but I never count it out. Anything is possible... And in this case, we all know how much "they" want Atlantic's to come back. I personally wouldn't mind an Atlantic/laker/brook trout fishery myself. The snobbery and political end that comes along with a fishery of that type may be a different story

Meanwhile the DSR reports Kings and Coho sighted and a couple caught.Also,back at the end of July HT stated the cleaning station was doing 300 fish/day and lots of fish were being caught,it's a big lake and there's some out there somewhere.

Is this the whole lake or more of an East end thing- seem to recall last year Canada and out West things seemed better. Some may have questioned if it was related to ice over conditions in different places..
Numbers crashed in the other lakes  then rebounded -  it seemed to be said  because of Ontario's Depth it was safe from the 'other lake' conditions- now its us.
Tuna or Andy- DSR reported only 6 anglers yesterday  8/27--- is that normal ?? Heck ,have seen more guys than that upriver on August hikes in the past.

Jack,
when the cleaning station "reported" 300 fish I know there were 2 pretty major tournaments going on at that time.. My marina had 65 boats in theirs and I think the other tourney was the Oswego pro-am..
I did see lines at the cleaning station, we were there to get ours cleaned.. The fish I seen were 90 % 2 year olds..
Maybe everyone just found that pod of fish and capitalized ?
My brother in law has been out on the lake all day today from Oswego to the SR from 180 fow to 115 fow and has not caught anything..
 
I'm not saying the DSR is hyping things but I know they have the open house this weekend .. There were LOTS of employees preparing for the event all week while I was up there..
I always took their reports very lightly and have no doubt "some" fish hit the river..
 

Jack , your a far better fisherman then I ever will be . I'm sure you will get a fix and maybe hit the best run in history :)

I seen shane and Johnny both go out this week. They must be great fishers to catch that many and come back in in an hr . Very few were fishing in that shallow on the 2 days I got out or watched from shore when we didn't .

DSR says two customers drug out three fish.They said there were about 30 in the Joss hole.Other anglers reported seeing fish.

It's no worries Charlie , I seen , follow his reports and the few they are picking off . No doubt there is fish. No doubt in my mind fish are entering the river after that huge west blow most all week . When the lake gets angry like it did , something's happening :)

Char head : bite me because the fish sure aren't biting your garbage . Stick to your own nonsense threads and stay off mine .
Have a crappy salmon season !!

No salmon today for my crew . The Mae will have to wait another day .
While I don't enter any tournaments I always follow the leader boards .
I must take a large bite out of my hat !!
Looking at the Loc tournament leader board today . Many large salmon have been weighed in . 1 st place is 30# and 20 th place is 27# .. That's not to shabby . There is still a week to go .
Ps. That is lake wide and includes shore anglers ..
The thing that really struck me was the Brown trout are blowing the steelhead away .
The top steelhead is 18# the second drops to 14 and drastically down from there .
The first place brown is 14# and holds pretty steady until 12 th place then 10# at 20th. Pretty darn impressive in my view given the amount of pressure they receive on the lake .
I'd love to have another shot at a 2009 brown town season on the fly rod .
Just some more Great Lakes ramblings while I take a break from tying flies :)

Very Interesting Read - Lake Ontario Salmon Playing Hard to Get - [link=http://pautzke.com/salmon/lake-ontario-salmon-playing-hard-to-get/]http://pautzke.com/salmon...n-playing-hard-to-get/[/link]
Best Fish's, Fred ;)

Downriver Snob Riffles reported zilch, so I'm back to being glad to wait......

Go get them Rich.  Time for all your hard work to provide you with big smiles and sore arms. Have fun.

Well we just woke up ( wife is not much for an early start ) and getting ready to head to the Mae . As I walked outside I noticed it was quite breezy and the winds were from the NNW, Humm , the weather guide said SE today and 1' or less.
Given this , it's going to be a little bumpy out there and now see they are saying 2' and less which probably means 3 footers. We shall see when we get there and how long she will like riding a roller coaster ..
Gotta run , time to go fishing. Will try a update a report throughout the day if the fishing warrents a report .

Ps: on the way into Pulaski yesterday we did see quite a few people fishing. Lots of out of state plates and even an Ohio , charcoal head must be honing his skills on some freshly baked salmon .

HT, never tried the sauce on a lure.  In the river that would be bait, or I could get a ticket for polluting!  IF they did bite they certainly would not notice the hook!
 
Slam them today, HT. 
 

I think I've been there is it right on the lake north off of route 3? If that's the same place it takes a bit to get to but had good food. We stayed in one of their cabins when everyone else was booked.