SALMON RIVER , SALMON AND STEELHEAD THREAD...

[fishnmachine]

After I would skin and chunk them up, my mom used to par-boil then bread and fry them. Tasted like scallops.

The biggest eel I ever saw was in the Poultney River above the dam, probably 45 years ago. My brother and I were fishing one night. Just after dusk he hooked what we both thought was a huge trout. I jumped down over the bank to help him land it. Just as he finally got it close enough for me to belly and hook-shot it up the bank, it came out of the water with its mouth wide open. Might as well have been a Kraken! I jumped back up the bank in one bound! I'd seen plenty of eels, but that thing was huge.  We eventually broke it off, but it was better than 6 ft long with a 5" or better girth.  I kid you not. The bend never came out of that old bamboo rod!   

[NYSporty]

Almost labor day and we are talking about eels!
 

[bigal409]

Almost labor day and we are talking about eels!
 

We could talk about the report yesterday from the DSR. Things are starting to pick up. 

[Wisherman]

Fished the staircase this morning from sunup to 9 and hooked one small coho and saw one other salmon.

[SNAGGER]

  Got my first Salmon of the year today, I've fished 4 straight days in a row and today was the first fish I've seen this year, saw 10 hooked 3 landed this one, its a start.

[Deadeyez]

Great pic homey!  Looks like some warm weather coming this week.

[Raquettedacker]

Nice one to start the season Shane.....   

[KingPerch]

That fish had no chance after 4 days of no fish!😈 Lol! Great job bud!😎

[SNAGGER]

  just came back from ball park .... seen 6 ....hooked 4 ....landed 2, also seen 5 others on by other anglers....real good numbers moving while I was there, multiple people told me port is loading up, lots of fish jumping down there, big jimmy said lots of fish out of temp shallow in front of the river.. a run is getting ready too happen boys, Monday nights raise too 335 could do it.

[SNAGGER]

  Tonight's salmon

[filetandrelease]

Nice job Shaner

[Deadeyez]

Nice job brotha! Gotta love those august salmon 

[KingPerch]

Nice!😲

[Raquettedacker]

WOW..  Thats a pig for this early.  Isn't it?   

[SNAGGER]

Hit Pulaski again for a couple hours on my way back from Oswego, no hook ups today for me, but seen a few by others, guys had them on ropes by the time I got there today., I missed it by an hour.. Heres a nice one my friend Mike got.