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 09/11/2025 11:59 PM. The CFS at the Pineville gauge is currently 213. 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, and no precipitation. Water temperature is 66 degrees. River Patrol 5pm 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 no anglers present. River patrol reported “some small pods of Kings” moving around but not headed upriver. The lower section reported a low volume of anglers and slow angling success with Kings and Cohos, all reported as holding in pools. 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 along with a Brown. The upper section reported low guest density, quiet angling activity, with Kings holding within this section. The top section reported no anglers present and no observed fish activity. The forecast for tomorrow is: "Partly cloudy. High 74F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph".
72° / Clouds
Sunrise: 6:38am
Sunset: 7:24pm
213 CFS Pineville Gauge
200 CFS Dam Release
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