Salmon were stacked up in Lake Ontario, staged to pour up the Salmon River, said Dave from All Seasons Sports in Pulaski. None except a few migrated up the river yet, but the run could kick off any time. The fishing was good in the lake. The river ran low at 185 CFS. King and Coho salmon should shoot up the river first, and a few big brown trout should enter next. As the salmon drop back down to the lake after spawning this fall, steelheads will run up the river, staying in the Salmon through winter, until they spawn in spring then return to the lake. When the salmon migration is under way up the river, anglers will often hook them on the usual fish egg sacks or on a variety of flies. The shop is up and running, open full time.

Oswego River

A few salmon, no big migration, straggled up the Oswego, said Matt from Larry’s Oswego Salmon Shop in the town of Oswego, and he knew about one kid who hooked one of the fish already on the river. But the run of salmon could begin any moment: 20 minutes, a few days or, at the latest, a week from now. Anglers this time last year were already hooking lots of salmon on the river. King and Coho salmon will swim up first, and big brown and rainbow trout and steelheads will enter the waters around late October. For the salmon, anglers usually cast egg sacks on spinning rods or flies like egg flies or estaz patterns on fly tackle. They fish the flies like a Carolina rig, with a weight on the leader above the fly. Many anglers might hear about the fishing on the Salmon River more often, but the Oswego River is a world-class salmon fishery too. The shop is open full time, seven days a week.