September 10, 2025

DEER RUN LODGE IS AVAILABLE September 16 – 20, 2025. This lodge is only for this year; you will not be able to rebook for 2026. If interested, please call the DSR Welcome Center (315) 298-6672 press ‘0’ to speak with a Guest Services member. The lodge for this time frame Can Not be booked online, a call must be made. A reminder that our last day of "shotgun starts" (leave as soon as you check in at the ticket booth) is tomorrow; we open at 5:45 AM. Effective Friday, 12 September, through Saturday, 1 November, we will be conducting our staggered release schedule. The release schedule may be found at https://douglastonsalmonrun.com/release-schedule/ The flow from the dam is scheduled to remain at 200 CFS until 09/10/2025 11:59 PM. The CFS at the Pineville gauge is currently 216. Current conditions are hazy skies with indistinct cloud cover, diffused sunshine, 63 degrees (high of 74 degrees forecasted), light winds with occasional short-lived gusts, no precipitation. Water temperature is 60 degrees. River Patrol 9 AM fishing report (this report is a subjective, generalized, evaluation of fishing conditions within large, yet specific, areas of the run, compiled through personal observations of the River Patrol assigned to these areas, as well as those of our guests angling within these areas, over a span of several hours, and may differ from your personal observations): The estuary section reported only one angler present. River patrol reported a "few good pods" of Chinook (King) salmon holding within, as well as moving upriver, through the North channel. One small Brown Trout was brought to hand in this section. The lower section reported a high volume of anglers and slow angling success with Kings and Cohos, which are moving upriver as well as holding in some of the deeper pools. Another small Brown Trout was brought to hand in this section. The middle section reported low guest density, quiet fishing activity, with a mix of Kings, Cohos (upper part of this particular section), all holding within this section. The upper section reported low guest density, quiet angling activity, with Cohos (uncharacteristically) holding within this section. The top section reported no anglers present and no observed fish activity. The forecast for tonight is: "Clear to partly cloudy. Low 48F. Winds light and variable". The forecast for tomorrow is: "Partly cloudy. High 74F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph". featured is Karl with a nice Coho salmon

58° / Clouds

Sunrise: 6:38am

Sunset: 7:24pm

216 CFS Pineville Gauge

200 CFS Dam Release

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