April 26th and 27th Steelhead fishing the Salmon River

We fished with Carl and Lou from Maryland and Kent all the way from California the past two days on the Salmon River. The fishing was a little bit slow but we managed to land seven fish on Monday and four fish Tuesday. We were flyfishing both days and forced to use really light tippet which has been resulting in many more breakoffs than we would usually have. With the water levels so low and clear and with all the pressure it is almost a necessity to go light. Here are some pics from the last two days....notice the first pic is of a nice Atlantic Salmon!

April 23rd Steelhead fishing the Salmon River

Fished the Salmon River at the Long Bridge Pool in the morning with Tom Costa and did ok landing two really nice steelhead and loosing a few more. We then headed upstream and found a good pod of Steelhead and hammered on them. We ended up landing 16 fish total with endless hookups. I don't know how much longer the run is going to last but today was a great day! Here are some pics from yesterday...

April 21st Steelhead fishing the Salmon River

Fished the Salmon River today with Dave, John, Steve and Mike and did very well. We fishe dthe Long Bridge hole in the morning and did some nice fish early and often. It then died down a bit in the afternoon but we landed about 8 fish total. Here are some pics from wednesday....

April 20th Steelhead on the Salmon River

Fished the mid river today with Mike, John, Dave, and Steve and did well. We landed 8 fish and had lots of hookups. The fish are still really strong and acrobatic and healing nicely from all the spawning battle wounds. Here are some pics from Tuesday...

April 19th Steelhead on the Salmon River

Fished with Dave, Steve, and Mike today in front of Skeeter Scovilles propert and then we went to the upper fly fishing zone of the Salmon River. The fishing was a little spotty but we managed to land six fish regardless. The steelhead are starting to drop out of the hatchery which is helping the fishing in the lower fly fishing zone and below. Here are some pics from Monday...

April 17th Steelhead fishing on the Salmon River

Fished with Eddie, John, and Rob again yesterday and it was a tough day all around for us. It was a very, very busy Salmon River today partly due to all the Lake Ontario Brown Trout fishermen getting blown off by strong winds which overcrowded an already crowded river. The low water and fish dropping back early puts 90% of the fish in about 5% of the River, all the large deep holes. I counted 21 fishermen at the Long Bridge Hole yesterday which is more than I have ever seen there in my life. We hooked into about ten fish and only could land 4 but I had an overall great three days with these guys so it was all good in the end! Here are a couple pics from Saturday

April 16th Steelhead Fishing on the Salmon River

Fished again today with Eddie, John, and Rob on the Salmon River. We did awesome this morning until about 1:30 landing 14 fish and then it slowed down to a haul but the morning made the whole day by that point! Another great day of fishing for dropbacks! Here are some pics...

April 15th Steelhead fishing on the Salmon River

Fished today with Rob, John, and Eddie from Massachusetts for dropbacks. We were float fishing with beads and pink powerbait worms and absolutely hammered them today landing over 30 fish and losing I don't know how many! What a day on the Salmon! The fish are really on the feed as they are making their way downstream towards Lake Ontario. Here are some fish pics from today...

April 14 Steelhead fishing Salmon River

Fished again today with Ned Desmond and Scott Faley on the Salmon River for Dropback Steelhead. We started off a little slow in the early morning due in part to the cold temps last night but once the sun started shining on the water the fish woke up and started biting. We ended up doing very well landing 12 fish and losing lots more. Here are some pics from today...