Updated Fishing Reports - Salmon River, Pulaski Ny

June 14, 2009

Walleye fishing on Lake Ontario continue to be good. The last few nights the action has been pretty steady slow trolling stickbaits. The walleye have been BIG lately. Most trips have been producing several double digit size walleye a trip, some even as big as 12-13 pounds!
Walleye fishing on Oneida Lake has been very good as well. Slow trolling worms and stick baits in the evening and after dark has produced easy limits of 18-22'' eater size walleye.
We have plenty of dates open the next few months for salmon, trout, bass and walleye charters out on Lake Ontario and Oneida Lake. We offer very reasonable summer rates.
Thanks for checking us out!
Jackie and Shane Thomas

June 8, 2009

Walleye fishing along the Lake Ontario shoreline remains decent. Saturday night we fished Oswego Harbor and did really well. Stick baits run up and down the walls worked the best. Lots of trophy size walleyes made it to the net. Water temps are on the cool side (59-61 degrees) for June. I'd expect another 2 weeks of good fishing for trophy size walleye. Oneida has been very good as usual for June. Fishing the eastern shore after dark with small stickbaits has been smoking eater size (18-20 inch) walleye.
We did a few brown trout & salmon Lake Ontario charters last week and it was tough fishing. Conditions should settle in over the next few weeks.
We have plenty of opening for charters and walleye trips for June and July.
We are offering great deals on short 4 hr trips for evening/night walleye fishing on Oneida Lake or Oswego Harbor.
Thanks for checking us out!
Jackie and Shane Thomas

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PAST FISHING REPORTS

June 4, 2009

Walleye fishing on Oneida Lake was very good last night. It was great 1st trip of the season for eater size walleye. We trolled worm & spinner combos in the early evening and had lots of active walleye. After dark we trolled small stickbaits and they seemed to like them just as much as the worms. If you don't want to stay out all night Oneida Lake is just the place to fish 4-5 hrs(6pm-10/11pm) and catch loads of walleyes. We are offering great deals on short 4 hr trips for evening walleye fishing on Oneida Lake.
Lake Ontario has been so/so for big walleye. Brown trout are biting during the day for charters close to shore but not great. Some king salmon are being taken off Nine Mile Point in 150-200' - 60-70' down.
We have plenty of dates open for summer charters and offer great rates for June and July.
Thanks for checking us out!
Salmon River Guide

June 2, 2009

Walleye and brown trout fishing on Lake Ontario remains decent. By night we have been catching 6-8 BIG walleyes and a few brown trout. The salmon are still hanging around out in deeper water but catching them has been tougher due to inconsistent conditions. Oneida Lake has been so/so from reports I've heard. We have plenty of open dates the next few months and are offering discounts on all our trips. Give us a call for details.
Thanks,
Salmon River Guide

May 24, 2009

Walleye fishing on Lake Ontario remains decent. Not great but consistent enough to be happy about. The last 5 nights out we managed 10 pound plus walleye. A few brown trout have been mixed up as well. We did a brown trout charter on the big boat on Friday, we landed 4 and missed that many more. There's been a few salmon taken in deeper water- 100-150'. 60-70' down on med Michigan Stingers off the down rigger seems to be the ticket. Oneida Lake has been slower this week.
We have plenty of dates left in June for walleye and brown trout fishing.
July and August dates available for salmon and trout charters.
Ask about out 2 days package deals!
Thanks,
Jackie and Shane Thomas
Salmon River Guide

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May 16, 2009

Walleye fishing on Lake Ontario has been up and down so far this season. The first 10 days were really consistent with decent catches. The last 5 days have been a bit tougher. We are still taking decent fish but working twice as hard for a few. The bait moved in heavy and it has tough to compete with the real thing. The king salmon have been showing up in good numbers off shore just north of 9 mile point in 80-140 feet of water. Medium size Michigan stingers have been producing 15-50' off the down riggers, 10-30 feet off bottom. There's been good reports of steelhead and brown trout from shallower water. Oneida Lake has been doing very well for walleyes so far this season. The best action has been just before dark in 10-18' on jigs and spinner harnesses.
We have plenty of dates for walleye trips and lake charters for June.
Give us a call!
Jackie and Shane Thomas
Salmon River Guide

April 22, 2009

Steelhead fishing on the Salmon River has been GREAT. The past ten days or so has seen days of 20+ hook-ups a trip! We've been fishing mid to lower Salmon River. Plugs, egg sacks and trout beads have all been working great. The brown trout fishing on Lake Ontario has been very good as well. Trolling natural colored stick baits off the planer boards in 6-12' of water seem to do the trick. We have plenty of May dates left for brown trout and walleye fishing on Lake Ontario.
As long as there's good water the steelhead fishing will be very good thru mid May.

April 12, 2009

Steelhead fishing on the Salmon River has been really good one day and so/so the next. Today we landed over a dozen fish with that many more lost. Yesterday we hit 9 and landed 6. A lot of spawning steelhead right now with a few fresh and drop back fish mixed in. Water levels continue to run high on the Salmon River - 1800cfs. The mid-lower river has been producing well for us lately but I've heard good reports from upper-mid as well. The hatchery has collected all the steelhead eggs for the season. There were more fish in the hatchery then ever before. That's a great sign for our fishery! Brown trout fishing on the lake has been decent but the majority of trout have been on the smaller side. We still have a few dates open this month - April 26,28,30 are available. In May I have the 4,5,6 open for steelhead fishing and the 17,18,20,24,25,31 open for walleye fishing or brown trout charters. We have several other really good guides working for us with a lot more availability if none of these dates work for you. Give us a ring and we'll set you up.

March 30, 2009

Steelhead fishing on the Salmon River has been decent lately. I guess I should say and brown trout fishing as well. About half the fish we've been been landing have been brown trout. Yesterday we had ahold of over 20 steelheads and brown trout! Saturday was slower but we still managed to get into 10 or so- not bad for a Saturday. The weather has warmed and it's been rainy which has raised the Salmon River to over 3000 cfs according to the Pineville gauge.
I like high water for drift boat fishing on the Salmon River. Last year it was the most consistent fishing we saw. We still have ALOT of run off to go so expect high water for the next 2-3 weeks. Here are my open dates, if you want a date that's booked I have several really good guides with more availability. Brown trout charters are now available as well. Night walleye trips will be starting in May.
dates are booking fast!

March 23, 2009

Steelhead fishing was a little tougher this weekend. After doing well all week we struggled some on the weekend. The brown trout were keeping us busy but the steelheads were a bit elusive. We did get into over 10 fish a trip but nothing like earlier in the week. The Salmon River is running at 1500cfs, I would expect that flow to remain constant for a while. We still have dates open the next few months. With warming trends in the forecast steelhead fishing will get better. Here are my open dates, if you want a date that's booked I have several really good guides w/ more availability.- Brown trout charters are now available as well. Night walleye trips will be starting in May.
March-24,26,31
April-3,6,7,20,21,26,27,28,30
May-5,6,7,10,13,14,17,18,20,24-29,31

March 18, 2009

Steelhead fishing got a lot tougher over the weekend. The upper Salmon River was a tad crowded so it was tough to get into the go to high water spots. We still managed 7-10 fish on from Friday through Sunday but that's half of what we were doing Monday - Thursday. A few boats were having a lot tougher days then I did. Water levels remain at 1800cfs + runoff. That is very high- please use caution when wading the Salmon River. We have plenty of dates open through mid May for steelhead. May and June dates are still available for night walleye trip for monster walleye and brown trout along the Lake Ontario shoreline. We also offer Spring/summer Lake Charters for brown trout and king salmon.