PAFISHER
Wish you had fared better up top but thanks for the report.
Have felt that -based on reports and some salt grains- mid to lower is presently the best bet.
Good luck on the rest of the trip.
2BOB-
Glad you have found some.
 
Saw one report with the same guy and same fish posted on 2 stories hours apart--lol
Another( seemed spot on IMHO) said they are still "trickling" in.
Think we are in for a big push very soon- if at all- remember sometimes it just keeps going on like this, but, most others a bigun or two also happens.
 
Was up this time of Sept for many years in a row and it was sometimes dicey and sometimes great as they spread in the system ---all while way down low was experiencing good mornings and evenings.

Jack, I miss not spending time with you on the water. Thanks for the call yesterday and I hope your at least getting some fun in.
There is absolutely no way I can deal with a circus crowd or timing casts just for a fish.
Maybe they will go away after today

I will concur I was an ABOLUTE mad house , people everywhere and honestly did not seem like alot of fish. We went to LFZ and honestly got a decent spot. Hooked a few good ones and fouled a few. I did not want to leave , but my buddy did,  BIG MiSTAKE . Fished a few other spots , but not in decent waters as there were people everywhere. On top of that I could only fish with my right ,nondominant arm casting with left was a no go. Did more standing and spaceholding even handed off the pole to my buddy most times if I hit one. Saw DEC in plain clothes giving tickets a trestle LOL. If you were in a good spot fish were there in pools nd deeper water  and not really moving alot. I personally did not feel they are in  there in huge numbers.

r3g3
Weekends are NOT a time to be on the SR.
Don't care how many fish are around- weekends are a circus.
That includes the last half of Fridays too.

When that's all you got's that's all you have. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get in the game.  LOL

I get it that many only have weekends or Holidays- does not change the circus though.

Well today was much better,crowds thinned out every where,I had no one within 300 yds of me until around 9;30 ,then a couple showed up but did n't crowd me.I managed several hook ups with some hard takes.I did not land any but had a few epic battles.From what I could tell they were fresh,frisky Coho.I was near my secret spot way up river.I quit right after noon,I'm here until SAT, so I have plenty of time.

Good to hear Jack. Weekend warriors kinda make up the mass. I should have just bit the bullet and fished with you today.
A coworker went over the weekend and went to get his spot at 3am, it was already taken. He left for home Sunday morning disgusted and didn't fish yesterday.

I'm glad your getting into good fishing

Got out late today,9:30,got same spot as yesterday,hookrd a Steely right away,lost it at the bank.A little while later tied into a fresh King,it almost tore my thumb off on a run in fast heavy water.It was way into my running line and I broke it off.Hooked into a few more and then my engine wore out,so I quit for the day.Tomorrow I will hit it again.
It was too hot today,the crowd was thin but it was not empty.

I think I will walk around a bit tomorrow.

Anyone hear about a drift boat that hit the trestle and capsized over the weekend? Buddy of mine lives up there and he was telling me. I guess it's a total zoo with the 350CFS.

Today was about the same as before.I find the fish are line shy,I tried a heavier tippet today and not a hit,so I went down to 8lb and had a lot of hits,the only problem was break offs.I had 15-20 on but none to hand.Tomorrow is another day!!

I went today to 3 spots,  in town, mid river and LFZ . All produced the same results zilch. Honestly there were a few fish seen at each place but not numbers. I saw the most on gravel in shallow water during walks, but the rippers were making short work of them. A few boats went by and told me the same with fish being around , but not in huge numbers.  Fishing was difficult as I had to do it with my off hand due to my elbow still barking.

Was at my same spot today and had 3 on but all broke off,there was some fish movement but not what I would expect for this time period.After I took a break I looked at the LFZ by the church pool and it was EMPTY of anglers, no one on both sides.What does that tell you?The weather might be affecting the fishing today,very raw with a NE wind I never have much luck with a NE wind.

A few years back we had a run that really didn't get much further than Pineville -upriver and the zones never really got going at all.
 
Lots of lower river spawning-is this that return??
As I recall that was a year of low water and they MAY have had to get some from the Black for egg take, at least there was folks concerned about it. 
 
IMHO the runs of the past few years haven't really spread out over a longer time frame as folks thought was going to happen but have gotten smaller.
Heck when I started ya could stand down in what later became the DSR and look downriver at what seemed to be a big hailstorm hitting the water.
Hail?? - nope FISH TAILS by the thousand coming up. Saw it often too.
I know--- that was low but even upriver when they spread pods of many came past, now a pod is 3 to 4 fish.
 
Not trying to doom and gloom but when ya can call and get a room at this time of year and the motel has a number of openings and then find the LFZ empty of fisherfolks a week later --something aint right.

Glad about the hatchery- happy you are hitting some and appreciate the reports.