2010 SALMON RIVER - SALMON AND STEELHEAD BS Thread

[SNAGGER]

  Happy New Year everybody, if this year is even close to last year, the fishing is going to be spectacular. Hope everyone enjoyed the first thread and maybe picked up a few tips and timed a few runs. Or just laughed a little. I Look forward to hearing everybodies fishing reports or stories or just some BS from the Salmon River and surrounding areas this year. Please feel free to posts pictures, I think everyone on MFF enjoys looking at pictures of our area. I hope everybody has another great season..   Shane M.

[hookembob]

Happy New Year Snagger. I'm looking forward to getting up to our land in Orwell and hitting the river a lot this year. Waiting for the fall back call in March/April. Big Thank You to JROCK and his family for showing us the ropes, great people great friends. Bob

[fishit]

Happy New Year...see you in about 3.5 hours...

[Flyswatter]

Happy New Year Snagger, Hows Lehigh Valley hitting em?

[KingPerch]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO SNAGGER AND ALL THE FOLKS ON MFF!!! SNAGGER, Hope you have a great 2010 season and THANKS for all the hot tips and info on the SALMON RIVER!!!--KP

[dooberhoopa]

Snagger i tried to send u a message but ur box is full

[SNAGGER]

Snagger i tried to send u a message but ur box is full

  Sorry man!!!   It's fine now!!

[SNAGGER]

 Fishing report:  Now that my guests have left, I feel comfortable making my first fishing report in some time. During the winter months, especially after the lower end gets slushed up, the upper end of the River is the only game in Town. So I felt it was not in good judgement to post a report while I had guys out fishing in these harsh conditions.  This year unlike the last 2 seasons, we have not experienced any high waters to speak of since the steelhead started showing up in mid October, thus they have burned very little energy and are living just fine off what they ate out in the lake or from the salmon spawn left overs. This has caused a very tough bite of late, especially with waters dropping back to a more normal winter level we haven't seen in a few years.

I've had guys try pink power worms,half night crawlers,marabou jigs,beads, and sac's under floats with very limited success in the last 2 weeks, but some of these same baits have been working bottom drifting with light shot. Alot of guys fish the Wires and the schoolhouse, but the guys staying here with still large hook up numbers have been doing a little moving and fishing the tighter runs in the area that they fished in November. With the waters down it doesn't take much energy for a steelhead to lay in these runs which are full of oxygen. The only difference now is they are tight to the bottom and don't move far for an offering. It takes alot more knowledge of the River to be successful at bottom drifting some of these snag infested area's than say letting a float glide over it. But with some patience you will be very well rewarded. Good luck & good fishing!

[KingPerch]

How's the hamstring SNAGGER?? And JR. needs a report at his ninja hole!!!  See ya Later!!--KP

[lehigh vally]

Hay Snagger as usual we had a grate weekend and a grate finish to the 09 season over the Holiday steelhead fishing and also enjoyed getting out on the hard water with you guise. Not sure when I Will be coming back up but I wont miss the derby. Let me know when John sets up your computer.

[bigbrookie]

happy new year guys. havnt been up to the river in over a month, and with good ice it's going to be hard to convince any of my buddies to stand in the river when they can be in thier shantys with their heaters on (i brave the cold myself). I'm sure i'll get out a few times, even if it's by myself. i'll make sure to post reports. snagg, maybe i'll see out on onieda. good luck all

[SNAGGER]

happy new year guys. havnt been up to the river in over a month, and with good ice it's going to be hard to convince any of my buddies to stand in the river when they can be in thier shantys with their heaters on (i brave the cold myself). I'm sure i'll get out a few times, even if it's by myself. i'll make sure to post reports. snagg, maybe i'll see out on onieda. good luck all

 Hopefully be out on Onieda Sunday through Wednesday somewhere, the Rivers at 285 plus cold weather coming this weekend, should slush it up bigtime from Pineville down. Only 1 car in the lot right now, can't see the other parking area's, but it's pretty slow up here now, River needed a break, hope it stays cold for a month.. Should be a good weekend for the snow guys up on the Tug....

[SNAGGER]

    A few people kicking around today, but with temps only making it up to 10 degrees and now free falling through the single numbers, only a couple vehicles with the River to them selves.  Going to be WELL BELOW zero tonight, should be good steam and rime frost tomorrow morning... good luck out there!!

[getthenet007]

Rime frost?  Is that what you call it when the ice crystals kinde freeze upwards on the trees next to the river?  
I saw that last winter for the first time, and thought it was real cool lookin!  I wish i took a picture!
Hope your hammer em at Onieda SNAGGER!!!! 

[SNAGGER]

Rime frost?  Is that what you call it when the ice crystals kinde freeze upwards on the trees next to the river?  
I saw that last winter for the first time, and thought it was real cool lookin!  I wish i took a picture!
Hope your hammer em at Onieda SNAGGER!!!!  

  How have you been man.. Should have some rime frost with these temps!!!


         That's minus 15 and falling..


                                     2am   Could we hit 20 below zero!!