2011 SALMON RIVER - SALMON AND STEELHEAD Thread

[H.T.]

Plenty of cows around I can poach before I have to eat my girls 

and you boys call me a red neck

[Dark Cloud]

and you boys call me a red neck

There are varying degrees of everything...

[roonster227]

Hey guys hot a quick question.. when float fishing do you use a flouro leader for the shot line too ?

[adam2000]

I do but I cheaper line. Like flouroclear not drennen or seagar

[SNAGGER]

   Late October Fishing report:

         Been an interesting week on the River from what I've been told, seen in the station and from my little half hour adventures...  Lower River has been silly all week with steelhead, plus fresh kings, coho's and occasional browns.. Tuesday in particular, had guys here hook 40+ steelies downtown, but it has since went back to being just steady, but great...
        Upriver where I have been watching and occasionally fishing, like the altmar bridge, the turn and the barrel has been unusually slow on the float bite side, bottom bouncers with fly line have been doing really well on steelhead and salmon , still salmon everywhere spawning.  
       My buddy Mark did 24 hook ups on steel yesterday on an up river float, so the bites on if you cover some water, but by my house it has been dead compared to last year.  Strange period we are going through, reminds me of the old days... Steelhead coming into the station all have empty bellies, then about the 10Th one a 100 salmon eggs will fall out of it's stomach...strange.
           My advice , cover some water till you find biters.  Had guys mid river crush them, had guys all over really since my last report, lots of steel, there just a touch tricky this year til you find active biters, or a moving pod.   Good luck....been busy, no pics....

[waterwolf603]

thanks for the report it sounds like it is a circus up there right now fish wise

[Bassfishin1983]

Hows the water looking! Heading up in a week for steelies and woundered if the salmon are still running hard?

[SNAGGER]

Hows the water looking! Heading up in a week for steelies and woundered if the salmon are still running hard?

   Just takin a guess, but I bet it goes to 750 tonight and eventually back to 335, last 2 storms missed us... Up to the power co. but that seems like where were headed, lots of fresh kings still today movin...  cold out .......  39 degrees right now......

[chrony59]

The report is that the river is completely loaded with fish and has been for 2 months . Fresh chromers and  browns coming in every day .

oh sorry thought this was for fishing reports 

[bcons]

 

oh sorry thought this was for fishing reports 

 

[combsey going to catchem]

      first year trying a centerpin and floating for steelhead    only hooked 1 but made it count

[lakerdave]

Congratulations . Nice fish man . Way to make it count .

[Raquettedacker]

Congratulations Combsey......

[combsey going to catchem]

thanks    they were hitting this morning but getting the right size float and weight system was alittle more challenging then i thought    the seasoned people had fish on one after another for a good part of the morning

[fishthefalls123]

thats a awsome steelie combsey hope i can get into a few like tht come 2nd week of nov!!!