Planning on Pulaski

[Mitch24]

So im planning on heading over to Pulaski, NY to fish the Steelhead/Salmon. The only question is, should I fish the run in September or October? Im thinking the second weekend in September, but is this to early?

[Salar]

Check out this great lakes based steelhead site. It may help with your planning.

http://steelheadsite.com/

[DropShotr]

Back in the day a group of us use to meet and stay at the Redwood motel in Pulaski. We'd fish salmon the end of Sept and then meet a month later to fish trout.
I use to take one good female salmon for eggs on the Sept. trip and cure the eggs and tie up egg sacks for trout. I'd also take the remainder of the cured eggs and my stuff to tie egg sacks along with me. We'd see what color the trout seemed to like and tie sacks accordingly.


IF YOU DON'T OWN CORKERS FOR YOUR WADERS GET SOME

Hope this helps,

DropShot,r

[bowboy33]

Hey Mitch, I get up that way a couple times in the fall and I religiously check a site called "Salmon Crazy.com". Lots of great info. Theres a couple of more, but that one is the best.
PM me if you want more info.
Cheers, Mark

[Salar]

Here's another site that may be of interest:

http://www.douglastonsalmonrun.com/

[Chevy Champagne]

i have nothing elce to say but good luck

[Mitch24]

i have nothing elce to say but good luck

That doesn't sound promising...

[Rybren]

I lived close to Pulaski for 5 years and practically set up a second home on the river every fall/winter. In my experience, the best salmon fishing is during the 1st 2 weeks of October. You'll definitely be able to catch salmon in mid-Sept, but it really picks up later on. In addition, the Browns and Steelhead will be in the river in October and later.

The NY annual license period is from 1 Oct to 30 Sep, so if you don't have an annual license already, you'd need to get another one if you planned on going back in Oct.

It is very important that you read up on the regs for the Salmon River. They are very specific on what you can and cannot do and use (ex. a sinker can be no more than 4 feet from the hook/fly). As the regs can be somewhat confusing, it may be worthwhile speaking to someone at one of the local fly/tackle shops. The Conservation Officers will be on the river in full force (often hidden in the woods) and zealously enforce the regs.

The river gets extremely crowded, especially on the weekends and in the bigger pools. I find that if you're willing to walk the river, you'll usually be able to find fish in less crowded conditions.

I find that Randy Jones at www.yankeeangler.com has pretty good reports, but I think that he's backed off to the point where he only puts one out every couple of days.

Good luck.

[Robert Goulet]

How far away are these places like the Salmon River, Ausable River, Chateauguay River from say the 416/417 split?

I'm kind of confused as to where all of these places are. Is there a map or another thread that can give me a little reference as to where all of these spots are in relation to one another and the Ottawa area?

I'd love to make a trip up there soon. I've got 2 weeks of vacation left to blow before the end of this year.

[Hookup]

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&saddr=45 ... 8&t=h&z=11

Lake Placid is 3 hrs away from the split. Assuming no border troubles...

[Rybren]

The are two Salmon Rivers - the one that Hookup sent the link to and there's another that runs through Pulaski, which is north of Syracuse.

The Pulaski Salmon River has a fall run of Lake Ontario Chinook, Coho, Atlantics, Browns, and Steelhead. You can get to Pulaski in about 2 1/2 to 3 hours, depending on speed driven and traffic.

Here's a link http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&saddr=11 ... 75&t=h&z=8