Salmon River
at Pineville, New York · USGS gauge 04250200
For October 18, flow is lower than usual.
The last October 18 it ran this low was 2025, at 195 ft³/s.
These readings do not say whether fish are biting, whether there is parking, or whether the season is open. The shop reports below cover what is biting.
Salmon River reports from local shops
Each shop writes its own report. Listed here: the date on each one and the hatches and flies it names. Their words stay on their sites; follow the link to read them.
Three local shops have posted a report on the Salmon River in the last two weeks.
Before you drive
| Overnight | 28°F, wind 5 mph Mostly Clear |
|---|---|
| Sunday | 57°F, wind 6 mph Sunny |
| Sunday Night | 32°F, wind 5 mph Clear then Widespread Frost |
| Monday | 61°F, wind 3 mph Widespread Frost then Sunny |
How this water changes through the year
Over 22 years of record, flow on Salmon River peaks in April, when the median runs about 1,230 ft³/s, and falls to its lowest in August at around 262 ft³/s. Today's 248 is below even that seasonal low. The band on the chart is where the middle 60% of years fall, so a reading inside it is ordinary for the date and one outside it is not.
Species
Listed by New York DEC for Salmon River, Oswego County: Brown Trout, Steelhead, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Atlantic Salmon, Smallmouth Bass.
The agency's list covers DEC's recommended fishing waters dataset, Oswego County rows for the Salmon River. USGS 04250200 at Pineville is on the Oswego County river; DEC also lists Salmon Rivers in Franklin and Clinton counties, which are different waters. The agency prints no date on the list; read 2026-09-08.
Access points
| Coordinates | To gauge |
|---|---|
| 43.5312, -76.0377 · at Pineville USGS gauge location. Not a listed public access point; check access before you travel. | 0.0 mi |
Sources and method
- Live
- USGS gauge 04250200, SALMON RIVER AT PINEVILLE NY, 0.0 mi from the listed access point. Fetched 2026-10-18 07:19 UTC.
- History
- USGS daily values: flow 2005–2026, 7,938 daily values. Percentile is the share of readings within 7 days of this calendar date, across all years, below the current one (flow n=315 over 21 years).
- Rules
- Seasons, limits and licences are not on this site and are not copied from the agency that publishes them: New York DEC.
- Species
- New York DEC, Salmon River, Oswego County, undated, read 2026-09-08.
- Shop reports
- Chosen from the organic search results for “salmon river fishing report” (Ahrefs, read 2026-10-01), keeping shops and guides and dropping social media, forums and other aggregators. Linked, not quoted, and not endorsed. Report dates, hatches and fly names read from each page 2026-10-18, by matching a fixed list of insects and patterns: a name not on the list is not shown, and a report older than 30 days shows its date only.
- Forecast
- NOAA National Weather Service, api.weather.gov, for the coordinates of the nearest access point.
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