Summer is definitely coming
to a close. The trout fishing continues
to move along with the morning hatches of Tricos and the occasional Ant fall.
Most of the fishing is in the mornings with the Trico spinner fall. However periodically
there can be a few flying ants around to keep the fishing going well into the
day. The challenge with ants is that there is almost no predicting when you
will find the ants falling on the water. You need to be out looking for the
opportunity.
As I said earlier summer is
coming to a close. I have just recently got set up and will be starting to fish
the Salmon River this week. I do not expect to see any strong runs as of this
time, but I do need a few days to reacquaint myself with the river. This coming
weekend has always been considered the official start of the Chinook salmon
run. I do not expect any big catches of salmon at first but the fishing
pressure is late and there are a few fish around. Water conditions are
excellent for this time of year, water temperatures are in the low 60° range.
Also water flows have been incredibly high for this time of year. At one-point
last week waterfalls were slightly over 2000 CFS. With a constant flow ranging
between 1500 to 1000 CFS. I personally do not remember when we had this much high
water for the month of August. If this blast did not pull some fish, I would be
extremely surprised. I will be back on
the Salmon River this week and will see what we have for fish. But I do expect see
a run sometime over the next two weeks. As always these are salmon and they
have a tendency to do their own thing despite what we think they should do.
It’s good to be back fishing the Salmon River
NOT:
I still have prime dates available for salmon fishing,
In September, 14,15,16,19,23,25,30 and early October Salmon fishing and mid
October steelhead fishing. Anyone that
has any questions, Feel free to give me a call at your convenience cell is
585-233-0436