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FASTEDDIE29
10-28-2018, 05:10 PM
Met the boys up in Salmon country early Thursday morning. Myself and Mikey traveled up together and were soon joined by Rocco, Mike Sr., Jake, John D and Joey. First stop was the Brown Trout grounds. We spotted some fish in the low clear water but not the numbers that we expected. The fish weren't moving at all! Spotted 1 Brown that was 30 plus and over 10 lbs. She didn't want our offerings, none of the Browns did. I did manage to hook and land my first King of the year in the creek. Probably a 20lb fish that I landed with my ultra lite Walleye rod, LOL!

Next stop another tributary, nothing going on, nothing moving. Off to the Salmon river in Pulaski. Huge lack of anglers and fish so we scouted the entire river so we could find our spot for day 2. Fished down low and it was still pretty slow. The full moon could've had something to do with it but who knows. We got a couple nice fish and there were a couple firsts on this trip. Young Jake who has never been to Salmon country or fly fished hooked and landed his first King Salmon on day 1, AWESOME! On day 2 he proceeded to land the 1st Steelhead of his life! Amazing as Jake isn't much of a fishermen at all. HAHAHAHA!!! Great job Jake! We're all very happy for you!:)

There was another first on day 2. We're all fishing hard down low and a few fish are being hooked but coming unbuttoned. I noticed I was surrounded by fly guys. Rocco was taking a little break at this time. I looked at his fly rod and asked if I could use it. He said yes of course. I'm all rigged up and ready to give it shot. Learned to cast simply by watching other anglers. So I'm into my 3rd cast and BAM! FISH ON!!! Nice Steelie rips up and down the river. I finally chased her down and landed my first ever Steelie on a fly rod. I was pretty stoked and the guys were really happy for me! That fish on that light fly rod was a blast! Just WOW! Thanks for the rod rental Rocco, you da man!!!

Moving on to day 3. Absoluteley nothing happening on the SR. Everyone left due to the incoming weather that would ruin the fishing for rest of the weekend. Myself and Mikey took the ride north and found the mother load of King Salmon thankfully. All it took was a little bit of walking and we were into the fish. Mikey landed an absolute beast weighing 25 lbs. or so. Damn Salmon had teeth bigger than a Pitbull, no joke! What a fish!! The action and amount of fish in this hole was BANANAS!!! Quite a few fish landed with plenty of snapped lines and unfortunately a snapped fly rod. We put are time in and made something happen when the fishing was subpar. It's what we do, we make it happen no matter what distances we have to travel or hike. Something will be caught!!!

All in all the fishing is off when it comes to Chrome on the SR. Its not what it used to be. I heard the fishing was really good a few days before we arrived. Those fish are more than likely dead now. It happens! We'll keep heading up as It's not always about the catching, It's about getting a great group of anglers, friends together to enjoy the outdoors! Gotta love fishing memories made with great friends! I'm gona keep heading up every year as long as possible! This year marks my 20th year of Salmon/Steelie fishing in beautiful NY state! See you fellas at the next one! TIGHT LINEZ!!!! :D
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AndyS
10-28-2018, 05:37 PM
NJF Boyz gettin' it done !!!
Mikey topaz
10-28-2018, 05:53 PM
Great trip with the Boyz as always sucks the fishing wasn't the greatest and weather turned to crap... But we made the best of it and caught see fish when little to no one was catching at all. As far as first for this trip I'm glad I was there to see them. Way to go Jake n Eddie. Who in the world would ever thought fasty woulda grabbed a fly rod????!!! NOT ME!!!!! Third cast fish on.... I literally almost pissed my pants I was laughing so hard������
Here's some pics of our beautiful cabin wayyy off the grid, https://i.postimg.cc/w3B9PZ8C/IMG-20181026-083109.jpg (https://postimg.cc/w3B9PZ8C)https://i.postimg.cc/n99gxv1D/IMG-20181026-083117.jpg (https://postimg.cc/n99gxv1D)https://i.postimg.cc/fkFQPbvd/IMG-20181026-083130.jpg (https://postimg.cc/fkFQPbvd)https://i.postimg.cc/xcHhF38r/IMG-20181026-083546.jpg (https://postimg.cc/xcHhF38r)
Skunk City
10-28-2018, 06:00 PM
Nice pics dudes!
gwl2oneida
10-28-2018, 07:42 PM
Congrats on your fly rod steelhead. Looks like a productive trip.
ScowardNJ
10-28-2018, 09:41 PM
I knew you guys would hunt em down! Nice work fellas! Nice goin on the fly rod Eddie!
Dave B.
10-29-2018, 12:01 AM
Glad to see they FINALLY got some water in that northern trib! Just checked the gauge for the next trib north from that one and it's on the rise. Should put fresh runs of fish into both streams along with a few of the smaller tribs in the area!
Kudos on your first ever flyrod steely!
thmyorke1
10-29-2018, 12:30 AM
Eddie ur a natural fly angler! Even got the rod-in-mouth camera pose down. :D

I'm glad y'all had a great, safe, trip. Some grand slamming fish!!! Wooooweee :D
ALS Mako
10-29-2018, 06:57 AM
Gotta love productive out of state trips. Way to make things happen. Great memories I'm sure. Congrats fellas.
JDTuna
10-29-2018, 08:22 AM
Great work getting into some fish in tough conditions! Congratulations on your first fly rod steelhead, Eddie! Beautiful fish. And some tank salmon as well.
Jigman13
10-29-2018, 09:45 AM
Nice steelhead eddie!
dakota560
10-29-2018, 07:07 PM
Mikey with the amount of eggs pouring out of the king, you may have had some browns or steelhead right at your feet. Beautiful king! Always blows me away how big and strong these fish are when they enter the rivers and how quickly they deteriorate. Nature's way I guess.

Eddie beautiful steelhead and congrats catching her on a fly rod, won't get one much more dime bright than that in the river.

Maybe not a slammer but that's a special fishery up there and you found fish so congrats to all!
AndyS
10-29-2018, 08:00 PM
Really great photos and fish. The teeth on those damn things put Tog and Bluefish to shame ! Love when a plan comes together.
NorthJerzyG
10-29-2018, 11:49 PM
Looks like good times were had by all!! Great fish and some nice accommodations as well! Nice Steelie!! Awesome!

Oh, and that beast salmon looks a little excited! Hey, if your gonna go right? :D
Dave B.
10-30-2018, 05:39 PM
[QUOTE=dakota560;519322]Mikey with the amount of eggs pouring out of the king, you may have had some browns or steelhead right at your feet. QUOTE]

Um, not eggs, that's a male. ;)
bigboy5522
10-30-2018, 09:41 PM
Way to make it happen on the creeks!! you'll get em next time still plenty of time left
Mikey topaz
10-31-2018, 06:31 AM
Mikey with the amount of eggs pouring out of the king, you may have had some browns or steelhead right at your feet. Beautiful king! Always blows me away how big and strong these fish are when they enter the rivers and how quickly they deteriorate. Nature's way I guess.

Eddie beautiful steelhead and congrats catching her on a fly rod, won't get one much more dime bright than that in the river.

Maybe not a slammer but that's a special fishery up there and you found fish so congrats to all!

Dakota there were some fish moving through with all the eggs yes there should have been a lot but very few and far between.... Last week estuary was loaded with fish everyone thought they were another load of salmon buddy said they came in the river and it was all steelies, and EVERYTHING went out on a rope I was told.
Chrisper4694
10-31-2018, 01:09 PM
Dakota there were some fish moving through with all the eggs yes there should have been a lot but very few and far between.... Last week estuary was loaded with fish everyone thought they were another load of salmon buddy said they came in the river and it was all steelies, and EVERYTHING went out on a rope I was told.

mike had some hot and heavy steelhead action this past weekend, at least you know those were released! dont worry the people keeping everything are always the first to complain when the numbers dwindle :confused:
acaravaglia
11-01-2018, 08:40 AM
Nice steel head! And that’s a beast of a chinook. Strong work guys
icebadger
11-04-2018, 10:04 AM
great report and it looks like we might have another fly fisherman on here now.:rolleyes: i guess eddie will be getting a fly set up now for the next mad capped adventure with the boyz. that is how you make the best out of not so great weather. p.s love the mask it made those fish look meaner.