As many of you have already learned, the hatchery on the Salmon River is in a bit of a situation. Their normal take of over 3 million eggs is in serious jeopardy due to the low numbers of salmon that have reached the hatchery. Because the fish raised at the SR hatchery are also stocked in other areas out west, other tributaries besides the SR are in danger. They are currently doing everything they can to alleviate the situation, however we are getting close to the end of the run, which makes collection even harder if not impossible. ‘Gebbyfish’ has been in contact with the hatchery daily with updates to SC Nation. I pledged any support I and the site could lend them in their quest to make up the egg shortage and emplore you all to do the same. These guys and gals at the hatcehry and DEC work hard year in and year out to keep this one of the best fisheries on the East Coast. Any help you can lend them I am sure would be greatly appreciated…

Even if the call does not go out, show them your support… if it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t have 30+ lb. King Salmon, 20+ lb. Steelhead, Cohos, Brown Trout , Atlantic Salmon and the list goes on. Thanks goes out to the Hatchery workers and DEC, I appreciate all that you do and it doesn’t go unnoticed.

-Lil’

Our biggest congratulations goes out to Jeff and Jen on their new baby girl, Scarlet Elizabeth! Everyone here at SalmonCrazy wishes them the best of luck, health and success with the new addition. It looks like the newest member of SC nation is a baby girl. Check out some of the photos Jeff posted in the gallery.

-Lil’

It was one helll of a trip this past weekend. I promised some photos and here they are. Byron landed his first steelhead after fishing the SR for over 20 years. I have a brute of a male king that eventually chewed his way off my stringer and back to the river. (I have now officially seen it all) and Lastly the king of the release, my dad landed a nice king after staying persistant. Everyone in our crew had a great time…. even Dave cheered up after a bite to eat. I just wanted to thank the guys I go up with year after year… it was a wonderful season it was a pleasure as always.

All I can say is …. wow! We had an absolute ball on the Salmon River Friday, Saturday and Sunday under lighter fishing pressure than last week. I have not seen Steelhead numbers like this in quite some time. I did see quite a bit of conservation in my neck of the woods which was great to see. The kings are still coming in, still fresh and raring to go. I got some great photos of my crew and our escapades which I will post later today.

 -Lil’

Now that the crowds have subsided a bit and the water temps have come down, the Steelhead are beginning to enter the river in some good numbers. I got got an on-the-river report from Finman that he has been doing really well with the Steelies this morning as well as the Kings.

 Last week we saw an IFGA record Coho landed in the DSR and a continuous stream of Kings, Cohos and now Chromers. The temps have dropped and rain is on its way again. Little by little the rain is adding up and hopefully the power company will have the flexibility to raise the river a tad soon. Only time will tell so lets hope for rain!

When heading out this weekend keep in mind the one Steelhead limit as well as the slot of 21″. Also remember all of the hard Steelhead conservation work all of us have done in the past 4 to 5 years, and it has directly led to them rebounding in good numbers. Lets keep up the great work and remember we are still mid run with fresh Kings coming in daily. Good luck to all and Keep ‘Em Tight!

 -Lil’