Pulaski NY Salmon

[Nuts]

I am up right now for our annual trip. Its always a good time. I never take it to seriously. The fish are easy to catch. And are not good eating IMO. Although plenty of people get excited to eat them. There is so many people its crazy. And they take it way serious. Seams every year I run into someone who thinks they own the public river. Before I started walking farther I always ran into someone who arrived at 9am and asked everyone to move. This has been there spot for years. And they are serious. 1 year after coming in for lunch I went back out and found a nice rock to stand on. After and hour a guy comes up and tells me he is fishing there??? Said he just went in and took a nap and is ready to fish again and had been on the rock all morning. Its his spot. I have never met people like that before coming here. SO I walk back in and its a different group of people compared to the people 50yds from there truck. The kings this year are big IMO. But also pretty dead. They make some short strong runs but gas quick compared to some other years. Perhaps the low water has something to do with it. More apt to sit like a log then make a run. Arrived yesterday at dinner. Caught 4 in about and hour and then broke my St. Croix fly rod. Ugh.
Tomorrow we will be joined by a couple buddies including 1 with his new girlfriend. I am kind of excited to see her show some people up. (True Alaskan native) She was warned of the craziness and the NYC reputation and those folks, But she wanted to do it none the less. My back up fly rods will arrive with that group. We will all be fishing with antique bamboo rods. Should be a blast. Did see Coho and Steelhead yesterday but only caught kings

Who has done this?

 

[Hem]

I am up right now for our annual trip. Its always a good time. I never take it to seriously. The fish are easy to catch. And are not good eating IMO. Although plenty of people get excited to eat them. There is so many people its crazy. And they take it way serious. Seams every year I run into someone who thinks they own the public river. Before I started walking farther I always ran into someone who arrived at 9am and asked everyone to move. This has been there spot for years. And they are serious. 1 year after coming in for lunch I went back out and found a nice rock to stand on. After and hour a guy comes up and tells me he is fishing there??? Said he just went in and took a nap and is ready to fish again and had been on the rock all morning. Its his spot. I have never met people like that before coming here. SO I walk back in and its a different group of people compared to the people 50yds from there truck. The kings this year are big IMO. But also pretty dead. They make some short strong runs but gas quick compared to some other years. Perhaps the low water has something to do with it. More apt to sit like a log then make a run. Arrived yesterday at dinner. Caught 4 in about and hour and then broke my St. Croix fly rod. Ugh.
Tomorrow we will be joined by a couple buddies including 1 with his new girlfriend. I am kind of excited to see her show some people up. (True Alaskan native) She was warned of the craziness and the NYC reputation and those folks, But she wanted to do it none the less. My back up fly rods will arrive with that group. We will all be fishing with antique bamboo rods. Should be a blast. Did see Coho and Steelhead yesterday but only caught kings

Who has done this?

When i was a kid in New England , we're talking 50 years ago, I thought that ^ was the holy grail. Never did try it, I kept going West until I hit Montana.

 

[Gellar]

With a name like Pulaski you’d think they’d have sausages not salmon.

I love people!

 

[Salmonchaser]

I have seen combat fishing for salmon and steelhead out west kind of an amazing thing to see. I spent 20 years guiding out on the Alaska peninsula, it is even getting crowded out there, but you can generally find open water. I have been told by folks from NY, the combat fishing on the Russian River can’t hold a candle to what you see and we can throw grizzly’s into the equation. I certainly admire your tenacity and desire to catch kings. They are an amazing fish.

 

[Hem]

With a name like Pulaski you’d think they’d have sausages not salmon.

I love people!

Alot of Poles where I grew up. Every other kid in school had " ski" at the end of their name.

 

[Gellar]

Alot of Poles where I grew up. Every other kid in school had " ski" at the end of their name.

Hemski has a nice ring to it.