This was in the e-mail this AM.
 
"Greetings,

 
As of October 21, NYSDEC Salmon River Hatchery staff have completed Chinook and coho salmon egg collections for 2013.  Target numbers of fertilized eggs were exceeded for both Chinook (4.12 million collected; target 3.4 million) and coho (1.68 million collected; target 1.6 million) salmon using fish exclusively from the Salmon River/Beaverdam Brook system (i.e. there was no need for contingency egg collections from other Lake Ontario tributaries.
 
Relax and enjoy safe and successful deer hunting!
 
Best regards,
 
Steve
Steven R. LaPan Section Head, Great Lakes Fisheries NYSDEC Bureau of Fisheries Cape Vincent Fisheries Station P.O. Box 292, Cape Vincent, NY 13618"
 
Another confirmation of what everyone said about the size of the run, even with the massacre that went on, plenty of salmon made it to the hatchery .
 
L13

Thanks it's good to know that even though they fight a war, many win the battle and make it through.  

i'd say it has been a banner season
i saw more fish in the river than ever, hatchery was full, river was full, lots of natural breading going on great stuff

When I was up Tuesday, I was amazed at the size of a lot of the rotters, and zombies!  A lot fo that will be gone when it comes down next!
 
L13 

Here is a thought.  
If last year super run was mostly 2 year old fish and alot of natural spawners by the looks of all the pics and our catch  and this years fish there were alot of natural spawners, I only caught 1 hatchery fish of about 10 landed.   There were tonsof fish this year and they were bigger.
 
These fish would have spawned in 2010 the year of the flood.................
Any thoughts