Tag Archives: New York

New York’s Salmon River Still Flooded With Salmon

By: Troy Creasy We’ve had very poor returns the last two years on New York’s Salmon River. Fortunately, this year has been a wonderful turnaround. It’s been great compared to the last two years. We haven’t had a run like this since 2013. It’s been a steady flow of salmon and they’re still coming. We […]

Western New York Tributaries Loaded with Trout & Salmon

By: Joey Usher This was my first time fishing Western New York’s tributaries for salmon and trout and while I’ve fished with huge crowds for the Pennsylvania trout open I’ve never experienced anything like this, not even on The Salmon River in Pulaski. It was insane. The creek we fished (this one was Eighteenmile) was […]

Learn A Perfect Brine For Niagara River Salmon

By: Ted Kessler My go-to egg curing method hasn’t changed in a few years. More than 85 percent of the salmon we catch come on what I call the Niagara River Brine. I mix plain borax and blend three colors of Fire Cure and it gives us an egg the salmon key in on. More […]

Learn To Cure Good Eggs For Salmon River Salmon

By: Andy Bliss There’s a lot of fishing pressure in Upstate New York. And, because of the increased number of anglers capitalizing on the egg bite curing your eggs properly is imperative. A properly cured egg will make or break your fishing trip. Repeatedly, while in my drift boat, I’ve seen guys on the bank […]

New York’s Salmon River Has Salmon Now!

By: Joey Usher I grew up in Southwest Pennsylvania trout and steelhead fishing and have never caught a salmon in my life. Hoping to scratch it off the bucket list a buddy and I drove seven hours to the Salmon River in Upstate New York on Sunday to try and change that. I’d heard that […]

New York Back on Track: Big Numbers of Big Salmon Showing

By: Andy Bliss During the spring and early summer the salmon on Lake Ontario can be anywhere. Normally, the majority are in the west/central part of the lake. However, as their biological clock starts ticking many head home to the Salmon River corridor. That time is now. Like clockwork the eastern end of Lake Ontario […]

NY’s Salmon River Spring Steelhead Run Underway

By: Troy Creasy Our typical spring pattern has settled in on the Salmon River and as normal there’s a plenty of drop backs in the system. The hatchery is done with their egg take and those steelhead are dropping back out of the hatchery. There’s a ton of them up here and as they leave […]

Straddle The US/Canadian Border for Niagara River Steelhead & Lake Trout

By: Chris Shaffer Frank Campbell’s rod was bent almost in half and I scurried to grab the video camera as line continued to peel off the reel. Floating down the middle of the Niagara River the way this fish was fighting and taking us into heavy, turbulent current I was sure this was going to […]

Oswego Winter Steelhead: Already Better Than Last Year

By: Chris Shaffer   Last year at this time steelhead fishing in Upstate NY wasn’t yielding positive results. Many of the rivers, creeks and bays along Lake Ontario’s eastern shore were locked up with ice, boat ramps were inaccessible, temperatures were frigid and for the most part anglers weren’t finding too much success. Fortunately, Mother […]

New York’s Salmon River Expected to See Salmon This Week

By: Troy Creasy Judging by what we saw from time to time on Lake Ontario this summer I’m convinced there’s going to be more salmon in the Salmon River this fall than last year. In fact, they are stacked up good in front of the Salmon River right now and there’s as many as we’ve […]