Salmon (Lake Ontario), New York, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | I-III (for normal flows) |
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| Length | 3.9 Miles |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| SALMON RIVER AT PINEVILLE NY | ||||
| usgs-04250200 | 750 - 10000 cfs | I-III | 00h57m | 1130 cfs (rc= 0.0 ) |
The Salmon is a pleasant Class-II stream which runs fairly frequently. It's one of the most reliable runs in western NY. Releases in mid-late summer make it runnable when most streams have dried up. There's some pretty good play, culminating in Titanic, an excellent hole.
It's also a popular fishing river. When the fishermen are angling for salmon, you can find yourself threading the needle among multiple fishing lines.
Scheduled releases, with natural flow after heavy rain.
Directions from Mike Shafer, of the FLOW Paddlers' Club:
Putin: Best place to put-in is at a place called "Trash Compactor."
From I-81 take exit #36, for Rte. 13. (approx 35 miles north of Syracuse)
Turn right, going East on Rte. 36.
Approx 1 mile, make a left turn onto Rte. 2A.
Approx 1/10 of a mile, you are on a bridge crossing the Salmon.
Turn right, just over the bridge, into the parking lot/DEC access site...
...you can see it looking right (upstream) from the bridge.
Takeout: You have to drive through town, to a place called Black Hole (at the wastewater
treatment plant).
People in town could direct you there (or check out the map in the Directions tab), but there
should be no problem hooking up for a shuttle from the put-in lot. Shuttle's only about 10
minutes, each way.
Sharon sez: "The Salmon has a TON of surfing. The higher the water, the better. Get there at 2000 cfs in the spring if you can."
Check out the Salmon site
for some info on this river.
The CNY Club maintains an Events Calendar which might help you hook up with
people who have info on this run.
The date of this year's Salmon Festival is not yet known; check the Zoar Valley Paddling Club for updates.
Lat/longitude coords for putin and takeout are verified by
GPS.
You can get a forecast of the Salmon's water level from Waterline. A bare minimum for this reach would be about 750 cfs.
2011 scheduled releases:
Jun 25, 26 (400 cfs)
Jul 9, 10, 23, 24 (750 cfs)
Aug 6, 7 (750 cfs)
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||
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| SALMON RIVER AT PINEVILLE NY | ||||||||||||
| usgs-04250200 | 750 - 10000 cfs | I-III | 00h57m | 1130 cfs (rc= 0.0 ) | ||||||||
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| Mile | Rapid Name | Class | Features (Legend) |
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| 2.7 | Firemen's Field | N/A |    |
| 3.4 | Titanic | N/A |  |
An alternate putin or P&P spot.
Heading West on 13 from I-81, take a Right onto Lewis Rd.
Park at the end of the field road and carry down the narrow path, making sure you rub poison ivy all over your legs for good luck. There's a great play wave right there at the putin. Either paddle to the end of the field and carry back up, or run the river to Black Hole.
TitanicAn excellent hole. At low water (500 cfs?), it's not deep enough to make everything work; but higher, you can play your heart out here.
(iCal)
reach
state
reachlink
2. Route 2A to Black Hole through Pulaski, Salmon (Lake Ontario) New York, US (mobile)
User Comments
down into it. We were reluctant to surf in there for fear of a hook on the other end. It might be
possible to pull it toward shore from the side of the cliff and cut it but we didn't have long
poles with us or anything to grab it with. Or clever use of floating a rope floating downstream
around it while someone holds the other end on shore. Wish I'd thought of that while we were there,
'cuz the hole looked very inviting, otherwise. (Trick or treat! Bah)
wall has settled in the center of the river. At 1800cfs it looks like a pourover as you approach,
but is in fact a wide slab of concrete with stems of rebar pointing upwards (on the downstream side
of this pourover....do not boof).
banks and key spots. Many eddys were occupied by our New Yorks finest fisherman. Give them room and
be careful. Great Run at 2 in the afternoon. Water about 2100 cfs and about 7.5 feet