Salmon in the lake!!!!!

So my son in law and family were on the big O fishing on a charter.They were on the western basin and said that the bite was off the charts.Limited out by 10 AM both days.So it appears there were a ton of Salmon there.My question for those that have knowledge of the travels of the Salmon.Do they congreate out west and then migrate east during the summer?
I know it's early but I'm trying to get a sense of what the fall river fishing will be.Last year it was great,but will it be the same this year?

I'm headed to Lake O this coming Saturday 6/23 for a charter out of Pulaski.  I hope some of those sharks are willing to play, will let you know.

The salmon fishing was very good this past Saturday.  We were 7 for 11 (Kings) under tough conditions with wind 10-15 knots, 2-4' swells and scattered showers. We fished in 200' of water off the power plant and found players 90-105' down. 
While we did not fish inshore for browns I'm told the bite is red hot in 30-40' of water.  We made a choice to target salmon foregoing the browns because bad weather was supposed to move in late morning. 
Almost all of the fish were in the two year class.  Big fish are being taken daily a little farther west off Oswego.
If the early bite is any indication it should be another banner season on the tributaries. 

I called Cannon"s today to confirm my dates for Sept. and Oct. this year.She told me they are catching Salmon like there is tomorrow,more confirmation that this years silly season is going to be a great one....if there is water too run.They cancelled last weekends water release due to "drought conditions".

Rich,I'll be there 9/22 to 9/28,and 10/16 to 10/20.

Something I find interesting.
Brown's have been pretty prevalent in lake last few years. Kings are making a steady catch last season and some say that this is a banner lake season.
What I find strange is I can't recall seeing laker picture at all this season.
4, 3, 2 years ago they were everywhere, now of course it's all salmon.
Obviously they are not being targeted but I'd still expect to see some pictures.

So what does mean , with 2 straight great lake salmon fishing.
Personally from an outside observer, they are feeding and growing well.

Maybe Gerry, I'm just a bit stymied about the Lakers. This could be a not so good thing ? I'm sure they are prevalent and not being targeted now that the king is ruling the waters again.
Nobody is hunting them so they should thrive ?
No matter, I hope to get back to the adventures again someday. This would have been a good summer.
Things are piling up here and expanding so every year will be tougher for me , at least the next 6.

Other notable:
Getting dark way to early now.
Wish N.Y. didn't abide by daylight saving.

If boats I know are doing 24 fish limits daily , how many fish are really out there ? To many ?
Geesh what a year to have a broken boat with no time.

Any action related to stocking taken on the Lake takes two years to take effect. 2013, the alewife hatch was almost non-existent, and that was repeated in 2014, as seen in the 2015 trawls.  Stocking was reduced in 2016 by 20%, which was estimated to reduce predation by 10% when the natural reproduction, estimated as equal to what is being stocked, was taken into account.  This past year was the last "pre-cut" year, and the preliminary data on the 2017 bait hatch says the fish out there chowed down last year's "record" bait hatch and the remains of the prior years pretty well, and there was only a moderate hatch out there last year.  I personally think the biologists are doing a masterful job of managing the fish and indicating the state of the lake, we could very easily have gone the way of Lake Michigan without some action, and we are not 100% out of the woods yet.  Certainly, if they had just let the Charter fleet have their way, and continued stocking all those predators along with the natural reproduction, which they can't control and which could be very good one year and could fail the next (it'll be interesting to see what recruits after the steambath of a river this past summer), we could be very close to Michigan now.  Certainly the size of the kings is down, fall LCO 2017 was won by a 39 pounder, 2018, just 31.  It has been a strange year, as there have been numerous reports of next to no salmon on the Canadian side of the lake all spring and summer. Of course, 20-20 hindsight based on conjecture is certainly the superior management technique. Perhaps you should reveal how you are getting your natural reproduction data, other than "I think."   I think a lot of things but doesn't make it science.

Reports indicate a plethora of salmon all season from the Niagara Bar to the Trench off Henderson, along the south shore, north shore, not so much.  Usually a lot of the salmon are in Canada, maybe this year's bunch were all Trumpsters(LOL!).  Recent reports from Henderson indicate a fair number of 'hoes showing up in the mix, so those guys could be doing their sprint upriver soon, they like to run early, and then they hang around until the end of the King spawning to do their mating dance (if they don't side trip to other parts of NYS and the NE).  According to the DSR reports, there was a small run  of steel last week, but that could have been the remnants of the Skamanias.  We had planned to go up and take a couple of hikes Wednesday and yesterday, but between a funeral I had to attend and the brutal heat, we bagged it.  I'm debating a trip to the woods for next week, the yogi hunters are out after that, and I hate fishing in Blaze Orange, even from a canoe. 

We find a lot of them in braided areas of the river while looking for chromers, even into December.  I was very surprised to see them actively working redds that late.  And while there always seems to be a big and very visible push of them in September, I got one a few years ago in mid November up above Pineville that was mint bright, thought it was  a steelhead right up until landing. 

Yea- often a very visible nice run early then mixed in with Steel as the season goes on.
Have often seen both feeding behind spawning Kings into late season.

Fichy, my answer is instinct and competition. You've seen both I'm sure. Males snapping at each other for the right to territory of a female. Fish in general for their spot .
Another aspect that I believe in instinct is when a complete zombie snaps at floating leaves. This leads me to feel no matter their state of being, instinct still prevails.

Yes this weather has me getting more anxious to spend time afield. My gardening and livestock chores are coming to an end soon. The smokehouse is a smoking today and tomorrow.
Happy fishing and hope to share some water.