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All Reports for 10/2005

Date Fished: Oct. 23rd - Oct.28
Location: Lower fly
Water Conditions: Flow 1500 cfs
Posted By: "Flyfisherman37" Fordtruckman37@aol.com
10/29/2005 7:51:14 AM Report ID: 15001

Report: Well here Iam again traveled to the salmon river for Kings and Steelies onlyto find more Steelies around then Kings so put the heavy rods away and got out my 11ft3" 6 weight Spey and started fishing, fishing was slow for the most part saw very few fish hooked more crome then kings few pods of fish to keep peoples rods bent in am for awhile but slow at best for the most part only landed 1 steelie and had a few others on in almost 5 days of fishing some had better luck then me and of corse water is supposed to drop over this weekend and fishing will prob pick up cause they wont have as many places to hide but all and all good company new friends made and be back the end of Nov should be better by then ( Ken if You read these reports thanks for all your help on my new method of fishing a Spey rod}.

Date Fished: 10/19-10/23
Location: upper fly stretch salmon river
Water Conditions: 1500 cfs
Posted By: "bkwolf" bkwolf1968@comcast.net
10/27/2005 7:52:52 AM Report ID: 14975

Report: We headed up to the upper fly stretch for a few days of salmon fishing. We as a group of 5 landed over 50 fish, including 2 brown trout..The high water was great, no fisherman around but us.

Date Fished: 10/20
Location: troubrook town of Altmar/Richland
Water Conditions:
Posted By: "troutbrookowner" troutbrookowner@yahoo.com
10/24/2005 8:33:19 AM Report ID: 14919

Report: Please be advised from the bridge at County Route 48, the left bank for about 1/3 of a mile is POSTED PRIVATE LAND . This includes the BANK on the left side going down stream.
The right bank and river bed going down stream are public fishing.
The land owner has the support of the NY D.E.C. Anyone found on the private property for any reason will be arrested for trespassing. The fine for trespassers can be up to $250.00.and up to 15 days in jail.

Date Fished: 10/16-10/18
Location: Orwell
Water Conditions: tea color
Posted By: "salmotrutta" salmotrutta1@comcast.net
10/21/2005 7:25:58 PM Report ID: 14886

Report: Fished Orwell on Sun.,Mon.& Tues..
Fishing was very good. Had a nice run of Kings every morning with stragglers coming up every 20 minutes or so all day long.11 Kings landed & countless lost. No Steelies or Browns noticed.Fish were fresh as can be.
No darkies.
Passed by the Schoolhouse pool several times. Saw at least one hookup there every time I passed.
The hatchery had plenty of fresh fish with a run of Cohos in there. Steelies up there as well.Outstanding Trip!

Date Fished: 10/17/05
Location: Sandy Creek,Orwell Brook,Trout Brook
Water Conditions: high
Posted By: "Balthsar"
10/17/2005 8:33:25 PM Report ID: 14856

Report: Me and a buddy of mine traveled to orwell this morn to find what seemd to be a million people on the creek so we left there and went to trout brook where we found pretty much the same thing.We deceided to go look at sandy creek not really to fish but just to check it out.We saw 2 salmon and a steelhead from the bridge with light fishing pressure.We went back to trout brook to see waht all the fuss was about.We saw a couple people hook up but the crowd definatly out weighed the number of fish.Not worth the trouble of dealing with all the out of staters so we left.We went back to orwell were ive never seen this many people there in my life.The bridge past the public fishing sign easily had 15 people standing there.2 weeks ago when we were at orwell we had all the fish and all the room we wanted.Anyways we went to town of orwell where a lot of it is posted but theres a chunk of state land where the creek runs through so we ended up fishing there and it was great.There was a good amount of fish to keep us busy and the only other person i saw was a guy hunting.

Date Fished: 10/17/05
Location: tribs
Water Conditions: high
Posted By: "eagleclaw" jeffandjulie4@twcny.rr.com
10/17/2005 7:33:40 PM Report ID: 14855

Report: I was up sunday morning 10/16. All the tribs are full of Salmon. I did not see any browns or steelies on Sunday. All Kings. We did very well, several hook up and several landed.

Date Fished: 10-17
Location: salmon river
Water Conditions:
Posted By: "bkwolf" bkwolf1968@comcast.net
10/17/2005 1:38:35 PM Report ID: 14852

Report: has anyone been on the salmon river or any of the smaller creeks in the Pulaski area in the last day or 2? I am going up Wed. and wanted to hear a real report

Date Fished: 10/14/2005
Location: Mills Creek
Water Conditions: High and Muddy
Posted By: "Wally T" thomasw@coned.com
10/17/2005 9:44:29 AM Report ID: 14848

Report: Had plenty of hook ups, even landed a few on glo bugs. Conditions weren't the best, but my guide put myself and a couple of firsties on fish, all had a good time. Salmon will hit flies.

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Posted By: "gruntcall1" gruntcall1@aol.com
10/16/2005 9:26:18 PM Report ID: 14844

Report: Has anyone been seeing any steelies being caught??? How about over at Maxwell Creek, anyone heard anything yet ??

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Posted By: "snag hook" christian7923@yahoo.com
10/16/2005 8:55:16 PM Report ID: 14842

Report: BE CAREFUL WITH HIGH WATER. MYSELF AND TWO OTHER FRIENDS WERE AT THE STAIRCASE HOLE (LAST WEEK) WHEN THE WATER WAS AT 750 cfs. TRIED TO CROSS AND CURRENT DRAGGED US ACCROSS THE ROCKS. IT WAS VERY HOT OUT SO THE WATER FELT GOOD. I ALSO HAD A LIFE JACKET ON AND BEGAN TO USE ONE EVERY TIME I FISH THE RIVER. IT WORKS!!!!! IF YOU PLAN TO FISH THE RIVER GET ONE. ONCE YOU REACH THE SHALLOW WATER TAKE IT OFF.

Date Fished: Oct. 5 threw Oct 12
Location: Lowerfly and Bovines
Water Conditions: 1500 plus run off
Posted By: "Flyfisherman37" Fordtruckman37@aol.com
10/14/2005 8:15:33 AM Report ID: 14817

Report: Fished lower fly stretch all days exept for 1 were I proceded to the Bovines and Ellis cove, (what a mistake this was)i think every law that can be broken was from j plugs with weight to people gaffing fish ( snagging ) in the feeder creeks luckily i heard from a friend Dec got the gaffers. These fish will hit a fly I hooked alot of Kings and Cohoes in the mouth when they are in an aggressive state and i know like every one else you also fowl hook them. Also saw alot of people trying to cross at lower fly bridge @1500cfs very dangerious must not like life to much also saw a few people take a Salmon river bath and float for a ways I dont know why they would jepordize there life for a fish, any way good times and alot of fish
in the fly zone( flys pink estaz and blue estaz, comits) all worked well for me. Stealies soon cant wait be back @the end of the month.

Date Fished: Oct 9th &10th
Location: salmon river
Water Conditions: high & fast
Posted By: "bucksaw2" mthom54@yahoo.com
10/10/2005 11:13:19 PM Report ID: 14786

Report: Fished trestle pool Sun morning with three hook ups . fished sportsman pool in afternoon 2 hook ups nothing landed .lots of fishermen & water.. Mon morning fished Orwell several fish on the move landed one keeper. Had a blast like always! Happy fishing

Date Fished: asking for reports
Location: salmon river
Water Conditions: any
Posted By: "REELBOBP" REELBOBP@aol.com
10/10/2005 1:38:53 PM Report ID: 14771

Report: I'm taking my new bride up there for some salmon fishing,,i've got her scared about large fish dragging her up or down stream,,Hee Hee. we'll be making a day trip 10/13,,,any suggestions? REELBOBP@aol.com

Date Fished: October 7, 2005
Location: Trestle Pool
Water Conditions: 750
Posted By: "hedofish" hwindsor@nycap.rr.com
10/9/2005 7:43:59 PM Report ID: 14758

Report: Fished until 1pm, had at least 10-15 on. Landed two. Does anyone know why the DEC websit says Sterling Creek is stocked with 120K chinook salmon? Because the two times I went there this season, after it rained, there was nothing in sight!???

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Posted By: "tfo"
10/7/2005 6:33:09 PM Report ID: 14730

Report: fished last three days mostly @ fly sections and a new secret spot thanks to ray from mass. fish were not cooperating much. most fishermaen were friendly only ran into one butt head. stayed @ steelhead lodge. it was great. water temp then was around 68. left thursday @ noon. saw plenty of dec in patrol mode @ mcdonalds?

Date Fished: 9/28-9/30
Location: All over
Water Conditions: 750-1500
Posted By: "steeliebill" wls0@hotmail.com
10/3/2005 7:35:27 PM Report ID: 14665

Report:
Spent three days up on the SR last week and had great fishing all three days. All three days brought different condition to the river. Wed. the river was running 750 and clear, it was sunny and warm. Fish were extremely aggressive from early morning to early afternoon. Landed 14 salmon. The salmon were taking almost at will. Had to jump around alot for the steelie's but hooked up 5 and landed 3. Nothing beats fresh steal. Thur. the fish were still aggressive. The challenge was the weather. Strong wind and lots of rain made the elements a little tougher but the fishing was still great. Again, lot of salmon, including a nice pod of coho's late morning. Found two stealie's landed one. Fri. was the real challenge. The water was between 1200-1500(depending on what report you read) Still a good number of fish being hooked up througout the day. Everybody had some trouble landing fish. Hooked one monster stealie before I left but got off. Overall great fishing with lots a aggressive fish.

Date Fished: 9/27/05 to 10/1/05
Location: salmon river
Water Conditions: river running strong brooks running high
Posted By: "salmnrvr" jaksopqua@yahoo.com
10/2/2005 8:41:26 PM Report ID: 14648

Report: fished orwell on 9/29/05 and we hooked up all day I must have hooked into 25 or more mostly kings. we had 4 of us fishing an we landed 7 kings around 20 or so pounds and 1 steelhead about 10 or so pounds. we all started fishing at 7:30 a.m. and limited out by 2pm.

Date Fished: 9/30
Location: pineville and below fly zone
Water Conditions: 750
Posted By: "youngfisher227" goofyskatr227@aol.com
10/2/2005 9:17:12 AM Report ID: 14636

Report: well we started off the day with a 3 hour drive to salmon river, and when we got there we relized we forgot out fishing vests. so we bought all new equipment. we walked above pineville seen many many scatterd fish but no hookups. so far it was a bad day until we went for a last try of fishing at the fly zone. many people hooking up. at one time i counted 5 people hooked up at one time. in a matter of 3 minuts i hooked up got off tho. next cast hooked up and landed a 21 pound male thats going on the wall. my dad hooked up at least 25 times and landed a huge 30 pound female guys its great fishing at the fly zone

going down!!!!!!!!!!

Date Fished: response to benthook9
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Posted By: "eagleclaw" jeffandjulie4@twcny.rr.com
10/1/2005 9:01:08 AM Report ID: 14626

Report: The rule book just states the sale of lead sinkers is prohibited in NY. However with that said, you should avoid using lead as it can sicken birds that mistake the lead for food or grit.