September 28, 2023

9 AM River Patrol fishing report: CFS 350 at the dam, 442 at the Pineville gauge, air temperature at opening was 51 degrees, water temperature 58 degrees, mostly overcast with patches of blue peeking through, light breezes - the estuary section reported "lots of fish, moving up!" - all other sections of the run also reported fish pushing up and through those sections - just upriver of the estuary, guests were enjoying "moderate" action (hooking up, could be better) on primarily Chinook ("King") salmon - in the middle section, guests were again enjoying moderate success, primarily Kings, with Cohos mixing in at the top part of this particular section - the middle section reported moderate guest action, primarily Kings, again with a smattering of Cohos near the top of this section, and a few Brown Trout in the medley as well - the top section echoed the moderate guest action on Kings and Cohos - one guest, who came off the run early, reported "steady" hookups with fish "everywhere, running up, down, and around" - sounds like the start of a good day - we are currently sold out of full day passes, but afternoon-only passes will be posted online for sale at 10 AM, redeemable at 1 PM - at 1 PM we will also sell afternoon-only passes at the window until we have to cut off sales