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Thanks for the tip. Yeah, I should not be grabbing the rod above the handle like that. I will be more careful in the future.

@@joesrandomadventures3474 I would just hate to see you snap one like me

​ @jbGAMEandFISH Totally understand and appreciate the tip, snapping a rod, particularly a borrowed one, would suck. What fly fishing I do is for trout, not used to fish as large as the kings on a fly rod. On my first one in this video you can hear me asking the guide, "am I supposed to be trying to reel it in or let it run?". He said, "you'll know when it's time to bring it in". I was a bit rusty, it had been 20+ years since I was up there salmon fishing and even then I think it was only once or twice before. I'm anxious to get back and fish some more.

I used a borrowed set up as I only have a 4wt rod that I use for trout fishing. For this trip, I was using an Orvis Recon 9wt rod with an Orvis Hydros 9wt reel with 9wt line. Not sure what line was loaded on it. The guide ties his own leaders, not sure what pound test it was considered.

It was the Douglaston Salmon Run, there is a daily fee or you can get a season pass. This was very early in the season (early Sept), from what I recall it gets much more crowded late Sept into October.

It was 9wt line, not sure on the leader. The guide ties up his own leaders for us to use. Want to say it was around 12 or 15lb.

Have fun place a blast been going for years I’m going in a week myself , travel from conneticut 4 hours worth every min ,

Greg is awesome! His ability to see and track the fish is astounding. The conversation throughout the day is entertaining as well. Fished with him 20 something years ago before I moved out west. Matt's family has been fishing with him ever since. It was good to get back and fish with Greg again.

I’m headed up the 29th do you possibly have his contact information and what his rate is?

@Duffieboy do a quick search...Greg Liu fishing guide. His email and number are on DSR site

This was filmed with a GoPro Hero 11. I use the full frame 8:7 Wide sensor mode at 4k/60fps with no in camera stabilization. Shutter Rate is auto, White Balance is Auto, Sharpness was High, 10-bit color On, ISO Min 100 Max 400, and Color Natural. I started learning Davinci Resolve this Spring and use Gyroflow and it's plug in for Resolve to do the stabilization in post. I like the 8:7 format because it captures a wider field of view vertically and when cutting down to 16:9 Gyroflow follows wherever the action was in the frame. The shots of Matt fishing are a little grainier sometimes because I zoomed in on him in post editing. I really wish 5k/60fps was available with the full sensor 8:7 mode, alas not yet. Maybe next year on the Hero 13. My new Hero 12 did arrive right after I got back from the trip. I'm going to try 16:9 5k/60fps to see how that works. Probably try Log color as well and try my hand at color correcting. I'm still learning about all of this. Will get out trout fishing in the next week or so to test it. I like to stay at or above 60fps so I can do slow motion of the fish jumping and the higher the resolution the better for stabilization and zooming in while maintaining clarity when editing it down to 4k.

Yes it does. I'm going to see if I can get back up again this season.

This was my first time back up there in 20+ years. I'm not overly familiar with how they manage the river flow via the dam in the Fall. I did some poking around and came up with this site for the dam release schedule. Only seems to go through today, but maybe keep an eye on it and see if it changes or is updated over the next few days. www.safewaters.com/facility/lighthouse-hill May also try reaching out to the Douglaston Salmon Run folks. Might get hold of someone who is familiar with the when/why they release from the dam historically. Website - douglastonsalmonrun.com/ Contact # from that site - 315-298-6672 Could also try the sport shops in the area, they may be able to let you know how the release schedule has gone historically. Fat Nancy's - 315-298-4051 Whitaker's - 315-298-6162 Good luck and I hope you slay them! It was a hell of a lot of fun, I cannot wait to go back.

What fly did you use?

@@simpletechreviews895 I just spincast with mainly single eggs/sacks. Thank You so much for the info! This is my 5th time up there, and it seems I learn something new about the place every tray. I’ve had a good amount of hookups, but have yet to land one. Can’t wait to get back up there !

@@simpletechreviews895 I spincast mostly with single/egg sacks. Thank You so much for the info! I’ve been up a handful of times and seems I’m a little more knowledgeable about the place every year. I’ve had a decent amount of hookups, but have yet to land my first King.

A spinning rod is actually better for this kind of fishing than a fly rod, you can do the same but with much more feeling and control + obv heavy splitshots are not even related to flyfishing in any way shape or form. It's like the guys 'flyfishing' for halibut with a 10oz jig claiming they caught hallies on the fly. Yes it's a flyfishing rod but no fly. this is spinnfishing equipment used on a fly rod so basicly the same thing.@@art08474

Belated good luck! How did you do?

Yes, it is.

I've been wanting to check out Stephens again sometime during the week. Growing up in the 80s, before my dad found the current club we belong to, we fished Stephens a lot and I really enjoyed it there. These videos are on a private stretch for a club I belong to. The water rights here are quite different than out west (lived in MT for many years). That said, there is public access just a little ways above us that oddly enough doesn't seem to be listed on NJ Fish and Wildlife Public Access location listing. The state listing for access to trout stocked waters can be found here: dep.nj.gov/njfw/fishing/freshwater/trout-waters-alphabetical/ The public access I'm thinking of that I don't see on that list is a tick north/east of the Musky Trout Hatchery on Bloomsbury Rd. From what I remember, there is a sign at the road, and it's a longish way down to the parking area.

@@joesrandomadventures3474 I am familiar with this area, last time I was up there was in January and the river was way too low. I will check it out!

If you do a google search for "usgs musconetcong" you'll pull up a bunch of monitoring stations that will tell you the current and historical height and flow rates at the gauge location. I use those to get an idea of how the river is flowing before heading up. Additionally this second site will give you other attributes, such as as temp and turbidity. I use it for the general river temp (have to convert from C to F) - monitormywatershed.org/sites/NHML13S/

It is a private stretch up near Clinton/Bloomsbury. See my reply above to RAPIDFIREGTP for a listing of overall public access locations as well as a note on a public access location above us that doesn't appear to be on the state list.

Thanks. If you haven't already, check out video 2 from 6/25, fish #1. I started out the day with a very large rainbow.

Thanks! I felt the bite, thought I set the hook well, and somehow ended up hooking it's back. Over 30 odd years of trout fishing and never had that happen before.