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The Salmon River Report

DAILY DISPATCH · NO. 001
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2026
The daily read on flow, fish and how many people you’ll be standing next to.
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THE CROWD FORECAST
HOW BUSY, NOT HOW GOOD · NEXT SEVEN DAYS
TODAY · SAT AUG 29
Steady
3 OF 5 · WEEKEND, LOW WATER
WHAT THIS MEANS TODAY

185 cfs and falling — thin, clear, and warm. What’s in the system is holding deep in the lower river below Pineville, and they are not moving until we get water. Fish first light, go lighter than you want to, and expect company at the popular holes by seven.

If you have a choice, wait for next weekend’s release. It will be busy, but there will be fish.

— WRITTEN FROM THE PORCH, 5:10 AM
SAT 8/29
STEADY
185 cfs. Weekend regulars, lower river only.
SUN 8/30
STEADY
185 cfs. Thins out hard after noon.
MON 8/31
ROOM TO MOVE
Pick your hole. Nobody here.
TUE 9/1
WIDE OPEN
Best midweek window of the month.
WED 9/2
WIDE OPEN
Same. Rain possible Wednesday night.
THU 9/3
ROOM TO MOVE
Early trucks roll in after dark.
FRI 9/4
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
Holiday weekend loads in all evening.
LOOKING AHEAD · SAT 9/5 – SUN 9/6
Elbow to elbow — and worth it.
Brookfield runs 750 cfs dawn to dusk both days, and it lands on Labor Day weekend. That is the first real push of water this season. Every access point will be full by 5:30 am. Come early or come Tuesday.
THIS MORNING’S NUMBERS
PINEVILLE GAUGE
185 cfs
Falling since Thursday
DAM RELEASE
185 cfs
Through 11:59 pm tonight
WATER TEMP
64 °F
Too warm to move fish
CLARITY
Clear
Bottom visible in the runs
RAIN, 72 HOURS
0.04 in
Nothing in the ten-day
FIRST LIGHT
6:24 am
Sunset 7:48 pm
GAUGE: USGS 04250200  ·  RELEASE: BROOKFIELD SAFE WATERS  ·  WATER TEMP & CLARITY READ BY HAND AT THE ALTMAR BRIDGE
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