There is not much to talk about this week. We got a lot of rain, over 5’’ of the stuff. As you can guess
the river and creeks are a mess. hopefully we can get back on the water next
week. That is if the rain slows down for a few days. The bugs are still hatching even in the high water, but the fish are not feeding on them. If the
water color clears up some, we can do some streamer fishing.
Fall news
letter -2014
It may not seem like it but
it will not be long before we are looking for the first runs of the fall
season.
For now, the news is the new
website that we have been working on, has finally gone live. We did retain the
blog and also have a page with more up-to-date articles. We plan to add more to
the website in the near future, both articles and videos. I hope you find the
new website both enjoyable and helpful. The website is jaypeckguides.com
Once again, we are receiving
adequate rainfall this summer. All of our streams creeks and rivers are in good
condition when it comes to water flows. Those of you that been following the
Chinook salmon fishing are aware of a few changes in the salmon fishing. The
first is that we now know that the early runs of salmon, we have experiencing
over the last few years, has been made up of wild salmon.
These fish start to run
somewhere between, last week of August and the first week of September. As
result, we have an opportunity to fish for wild Chinook salmon at their
physical best, bright fresh from the lake.
Judging from the reports I am
getting from the lake fishermen we should see a strong run of salmon this fall.
The only issue I see with the up coming fall salmon run is the size of the
fish. We have a strong forage base in the lake, however due to the passed cold
winter, growth rates seem to be down a little, compared to last year. However,
this means we will most likely see average size Salmon. I would say we will see
Chinook Salmon that is somewhere between 22 to 26 pounds. That is a big fish!
The reports that I’ve been
receiving, regarding Brown trout and Steelhead, Is encouraging. There appears
to a strong numbers of both fish. The lake fishermen have been expiring good
catches when they are targeting Brown trout and/or Steelhead. The numbers
appeared to be strong. We will most likely see average size Steelhead and Brown
Trout. Fish will average between 8 to 10 pounds, with the older fish being much
bigger.
My fall fishing
schedule;
Starting on the Salmon River:
Last week of August to
October 10th fishing for Chinook Salmon
Note: starting the first of
September, the minimum water flow for Salmon River will be increased from 185
CFS to 335 CFS. When this water flow
increase happens there is often a run of Chinook salmon. If there is no early
runs of salmon prior to this water flow increase. There will most likely be a
run on the first day of the higher water flows.
From October 10 - to November
1 focusing on steelhead fishing on the Salmon River.
November 1 - Back home to
western New York tributaries to December Brown trout fishing.
From December until March - winter
steelhead fishing and Brown trout.
If you are interested or have
any other questions please feel free to give me a call my cell is 585-233-0436
Jay
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