Pulaski's Salmon River salmon run is on, albeit sporadically

Fresh from the Salmon River in Pulaski New York, my friend Tom Marchetto from Easton, sent me this latest fishing report. 

His recent trip found low water levels due to a lack of rain and river flow was 265 fps but reduced to 185 a few days later. The salmon were congregating in the estuary making them hesitant to run up the river. The water temp at the time was 59 degrees. 

The weekend action was slow as there were only a few hook-ups with our group and only one King Salmon landed. Every imaginable bait was used from plastic eggs, various flies, egg sacks ad colored sponges, but not many fish hooked.  

Finally, the rains came later on in the week and it was enough to get the fish moving. All fishing was done down river at the popular Staircase Hole area. The run included a mix of King and Coho salmon and a few Steelhead were spotted. Five salmon were landed on Tuesday amongst two of our crew. 

This year will go down in the books as very lean. What was needed was more water flow and colder temperatures. But we’ll be back. 
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