Salmon River Update 07 July 2016

A period of hot, bright sunny days with temps in the mid to upper 80’s.  Water flow has remained at 185 cfs, the minimum flow for this season.  This has resulted in an update from the NYS DEC: 

“Due to low water levels in the Salmon River Reservoir and the extended dry weather, this weekend’s (July 9-10) whitewater release on the Salmon River has been cancelled.

Brookfield Renewable will be monitoring water levels for the next whitewater release scheduled for July 23-24. For water levels on the Salmon River, please visit www.h2oline.com with Salmon River site code 365123.

There are still Smallmouth Bass throughout the river and Brown trout from earlier stocking a Douglaston Salmon Run, 2A Bridge and Pineville.  The Upper (Redfield) Reservoir continues to fish well for Bass, Walleyes and Panfish.