Salmon River, Oswego County, NY, 8/21/26

[jifigz]

Hear me out here, fellas, and maybe I'm just sensitive, but.... When I look at vids of the Salmon River and I see all those people crowded around the holes harassing the fish, I feel pretty damn bad for the fish. It's just not..... sporting. Hell, it's borderline animal abuse I feel. They're just trying to spawn, and people are chucking **** at em constantly and from all directions.

 

[C3Addict]

You are correct jifigz, the salmon run is a zoo, the steelhead run is much more subdued and plenty of room to find fishing spots.

About 15 years ago you could use weighted treble hooks and snag them. The river was full of drunken idiots slinging many oz’s of weight from bank to bank, many people hit, many fights . The State finally outlawed snagging now it’s called flossing.😂

Not to mention the 80lb test break offs all over the river…..that’s stuff will trip you up faster than anything.

 

[rustbeltwilds]

Its a modern day sodom and gomorrah up there during salmon season...the farthest thing from sport fishing