When I had my place up there woulda been there already -taking long upriver August walks- watching for snakes too.
Funny how some down low disappear the further up ya go.
Loved it.
 
It aint the fish- its the fishing.

Hey Rich,you ever hear about "The Music Fest" in Bethlehem Pa?

pafisher
Hey Rich,you ever hear about "The Music Fest" in Bethlehem Pa?

Yes, I was invited by 1 of the band to come but its just to far for us.

hot tuna

pafisher
Hey Rich,you ever hear about "The Music Fest" in Bethlehem Pa?

Yes, I was invited by 1 of the band to come but its just to far for us.

You would want to make it a 2,3,4 day trip,there is so much to see and hear you would need the time.10-11 days of tons of music of all kinds from all over the world and no admission charge for most of it.I KNOW YOU would love it!!It just ended yesterday so you will have to attend next year,it's always the first week of Aug.

Yes, I believe its called musik festival. I'm sure it's a great time. We kinda avoid festivals though. To many people for us old folk, lol.
We want to go to Saratoga ( spac) to see Lukas Nelson again on August 30th but they are opening for zac brown band and it's one of the most crowded shows of the season so we are on the fence between there or my friends band in the beer tent at county fair.
I'm trying to get my wife on board of just hopping on a plane and hitting up smaller more intimate clubs to see some bands. They may draw a packed house but there is a big difference between a full house of 3-6 hundred vs a stadium or amphitheaters of thousands.
If Willie Nelson survives and or the tradition continues, he hosts a 2 day gathering limited to 800 every year at his ranch in Texas that has the best of the best people.
That's my goal next year. I had a free pass this year but the wife balked.

I don't generally keep fish anymore with the exception of some local stocked Trout for  table fare, when fresh.
Been many years since keeping on the SR.
That said I have no qualms with others who choose to keep legal fishes wherever, especially when in a situation where most feel the fish are likely stocked or very controlled.
I may well feel that the SR is likely to have another drop in some species for conditions generally out of the control of fisherfolks, keeping or not.
IMHO, despite most of our actions, a situation like long ago with Kings wherein bait is unavailable will likely be the biggest deciding factor in gamefish numbers.
This seems especially true when those bait fishes, like most of our Lake gamefishes are non native and likely to be most affected by various conditions not in their original habitat.
 
Steel are a great recent example- no matter (IMHO) how few or how many people took from the system the bait situation was very likely the main villain in their rapid decline a couple of years back- seems that with a minimal increase in young preferred bait they have increased somewhat but may well, along with other species , be over eating that new crop of bait to the point of another decline.
 
 Ny State is likely way ahead of some other Great lake States as Ontario has generally dodged the really big catastrophic events of others. 
It seems a tough, but good job by many of the Pros too many disparage and not that enough appreciate.
Just my now full time outa stater again opinion.
 
 
 
 
 

Are there still any live web cams of the river on the putor??

Don't know about the cams,but the DSR reports a EXCELLANT day on the run,the flow is whitewater thru the holiday(750 cfs) that should get the fish moving!  Cant wait for the 27th to get here

Likely gonna run up for a couple of days in a week or so - no matter the fish reports- just want to wet some line.
Again with a son and friend or two in oct.

The DSR reports the lower end is "PACKED" with fish,those that are lucky enough to be there are reporting more hook -ups then they can count.