CFS at the dam remained at 185 over the weekend, as well as today. CFS at the Pineville gauge was 244 Saturday, bumped up to 318 Sunday, and is back down to 277 today. Water temperatures have hovered in the mid 70s during this period. Air temperatures have been in the mid 80s, with some humidity, mixed clouds and sunshine periods, light cooling winds. Today was the only day that we were able to obtain fishing reports: two guests targeting Smallmouth Bass were each able to get into a couple of smallish bass. Another guest targeting only Fallfish did quite well today. The forecast for tomorrow is : Sunshine along with some cloudy intervals. High 83F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

84° / Clear

Sunrise: 5:49am

Sunset: 8:32pm

268 CFS Pineville Gauge

185 CFS Dam Release

Clear

Since last Monday, our CFS at the dam was 285 to start on Tuesday, then dropped to 185, where it has remained for the last several days. The CFS at the Pineville gauge, from an initial high of 366, has since dropped to the mid 200s over the same period of days. Our weather conditions have been relatively stable, with temperatures generally in the mid 70s to mid 80s, with one day at 90 degrees, light winds, mixed overcast, humid. A few guests ventured out onto the run (except for today - we had no guests), primarily targeting either Smallmouth Bass or Fallfish, with isolated guests each day enjoying relative success, generally in the 12" to 14" range for the bass. The general comment was that these guests had to work the run top to bottom to find any fish. Anglers are having success on salmon just offshore; there is little doubt that some salmon are already nosing into the area of the estuary section of the river.

77° / Clouds

Sunrise: 5:46am

Sunset: 8:35pm

240 CFS Pineville Gauge

185 CFS Dam Release

Clouds

There was only one angler on the run on Saturday and no one on Sunday, a contributing factor to the low numbers may have been the rise in the flow from 185CFS on Thursday night to 750CFS on Sat. and Sun., the water clarity was noted by the one angler on Sat. as being stained. There were 4 anglers on the run today. The anglers has some success today with a Smallmouth landed. The flow today started at 350CFS and was dropped to 300CFS at 7am the flow out of Pineville was 377CFS. The weather for the next few days will be steadily increasing from a low in the 70's today to low 90's by Thursday, there's no rain in the forecast and light winds.

67° / Clear

Sunrise: 5:42am

Sunset: 8:38pm

377 CFS Pineville Gauge

300 CFS Dam Release

Clear

The fishing this week was challenging with the warm weather and muggy conditions. There were anglers on the run each day with both Smallmouth and Fallfish landed. Our Smallmouth anglers did a bit of walking to ensure success. The flow out of the Dam started the week at 185CFS which lasted until midnight on Thursday when it rose to 350CFS. At 10pm this evening the flow will be 750CFS. There were a few water temperatures noted ranging from 72F on Wed. to a high of 78F on Thursday. The weather for the weekend looks to be a bit of a mixed bag with Saturday's high of 83F and a low of 68F, partly cloudy and the winds SSW at 7mph. On Sunday to temperatures drop to a high of 75F and a low of 59F with AM T-Storms, the winds will be WNW at 11mph. Todays anglers had cooler temperatures, but the fish were elusive, just a couple were landed. One angler landed a nice Smallmouth about 14 inches. The water temperature was 69F this morning and 71F by noon.

70° / Clear

Sunrise: 5:39am

Sunset: 8:41pm

430 CFS Pineville Gauge

350 CFS Dam Release

Clear

CFS at the Salmon Reservoir dam has remained steady at 185 since Friday, and is projected to remain there at least until midnight, tonight. CFS at the Pineville gauge has been in the 250s, only bumping up to 281 today, due to the rain yesterday. It has been in the high 70s to mid 80s, and very muggy, with a brief stormfront moving through late yesterday. Saturday we had some guests targeting only Fallfish, with two successful and one getting skunked. Yesterday one guest fished an hour and brought a respectable sized Smallmouth Bass to hand, measuring 14". Today, one guest targeted Fallfish, without success, but our other two guests brought to hand seven Smallmouth Bass between them, the largest also 4". The forecast for tomorrow is: "Mostly sunny. High 86F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph."

79° / Clouds

Sunrise: 5:36am

Sunset: 8:44pm

281 CFS Pineville Gauge

185 CFS Dam Release

Clouds

Fishing Report for July 7^th – July 11^th, 2025  - We are truly into the heart of the summer months here on at the DSR.  Water temperatures have been between 70 – 75 F each day; water flows from 285 cfs to 185 cfs have been the rule of the week. Our fishing has remained consistent with our guests primarily targeting either smallmouth  by swinging flies or using spin tackle with artificial lures.  Those seeking fall fish have used spin tackle with live bait.  The numbers of fish caught have generally been from 1-5 for Smallmouth and 5-10 for fall fish.  

81° / Clouds

Sunrise: 5:33am

Sunset: 8:46pm

264 CFS Pineville Gauge

185 CFS Dam Release

Clouds

07/07/2025-We didn’t have any fisherman on the run Saturday and Sunday; today we had a pair of anglers swinging flies, fish from the middle to the lower portion of the river with just a single smallmouth hooked and landed by each, (around 13”.)  The water temperature was around 70 F at sunup and climbed to 75 F by the noon hour.  The flow from the dam is currently at 285 cfs but scheduled to drop to the normal summer level of 185 cfs tomorrow at 7:00am.

89° / Rain

Sunrise: 5:30am

Sunset: 8:47pm

382 CFS Pineville Gauge

285 CFS Dam Release

Rain

***The DSR will be close tomorrow, Friday, July 4^th for our Nation’s Birthday and will re-open Saturday, July 5^th from 6:00am – 1:00pm.*** We’ve had water flows from 250 cfs through 350 cfs this week, water temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s, with plenty of sun mixed in with cloud cover for those guests who fished with us.  Although Smallmouth fishing does seem to be down from historical averages here on the DSR all of our anglers that targeted them hooked and landed at least (1) and some days several more.  The other species that has had some followers is Fall Fish with several anglers specifically pursuing them this week, with catches normally in the single digits. We are about 45 days away from the  1^st Salmon making it’s way into the river and the excitement is building with each passing day!  

73° / Clouds

Sunrise: 5:28am

Sunset: 8:49pm

494 CFS Pineville Gauge

350 CFS Dam Release

Clouds