Syracuse.com - Salmon River salmon run kicks into gear with rain and colder weather (see photo gallery)

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The king (chinook) and steelhead have been coming in together for the past 10 days. last night's cold temperatures brought in some coho, according to a staffer at the Douglaston Run, a private fishing area on the river's lower end.

I've received several reports that the annual salmon run on the Salmon River kicked into gear again this week, thanks to the rain and colder weather we've been having.

"We're seeing kings (chinook), cohos and steelhead," said Norman Nash, a staffer at the Douglaston Salmon Run, a private fishing area at the river's lower end. It covers the first 3 1/2 miles off the lake. Anglers pay a daily fee of $45 to fish the stretch.

"You have the cohos coming in because of the cold weather last night, and the steelheads have been mixed with the kings on and off for the past 10 days," he said.

Jason Maccue, of Fat Nancy's Tackle Shop in Pulaski, said , "Since last Monday we've had solid runs every day. I've been talking to a guide who fishes the first riffle in the river and he said it's been non-stop."

"There's fish all through the river. From Pineville downstream, it's just ridiculously good right now," he said.

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