About Us

   Shane Thomas moved up to Pulaski in 1990 drawn by the amazing fishery. His mission was to share the incredible fishing opportunities that the area has to offer. So, he got his guides and captains license and started his own guiding business called "Salmon River Guide". Over the years he had a son named David Thomas who grew up with the same passion for fishing. When David was old enough to, he acquired his guides and captains license and was side by side with his father on the lake and river.

We strive to catch fish of course! 

Our #1 main goal though is to provide a safe and educational day on the water for our clients. 

Year round we chase multiple species of fish such as: Chinook (King) Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Walleyes, Norther Pike, Smallmouth Bass, and rarely Atlantic Salmon.

Durning the Summer Months of June, July, and August we are mainly out on Lake Ontario fishing the eastern end out of the mouth of the Salmon River.  Typically we Troll with Down Riggers, Dipsy Divers, Copper lines, and Lead Core lines. Applied to those we are use Spoons, Flashers and Flys, and Flashers followed behind by Cut-bait rigs. 

Everything during the this time of the year is feeding on Alewives so we try our best to imitate the bait by picking the right colors and putting it in the right spot at the right time. This time of the year The Salmon River is very warm and will only have smallmouth bass in it.

During the Fall months normally later August, September and October we are strictly chasing King and Coho Salmon as they prepare to and do migrate up the rivers. When the Salmon make there way up the river they end up in the big deep holes where they wait for the water to cool before making their final spawn. While they're in the holes they get very aggressive and territorial causing them to attack lures and chunks of eggs out of aggression. We use our drift boats to float sections of the river to get to less pressured fish that are more likely to bite. 

Stating about mid October the steelhead start showing up in fishable numbers. This time of the year they're in the river system near the faster water gorging themselves on salmon eggs. As the fall transitions into winter the steelhead back up into the slower deeper spots where they hunker down and hang out until the spring. We equip our drift boats with heaters and dress very warm as some of the days we fish the temperatures are in the negatives. Drifting egg sacs, beads, jigs, stoneflies, pink and real worms underneath a bobber is by far the most effective technique to catching these fish. Back trolling various styles of crank baits is also a very easy and effective way to catch steelhead. 

Starting around the month of March we start getting snow melt which triggers the steelhead to want to spawn. By April they're all done spawning and leaving the river. This is normally the best time for beginners to learn how to catch steelhead as the weathers normally very nice and the fish are very hungry post spawn. With the snow melt normally brings high and dirty water which starts up our lake season again. The alewives start congregating towards the mouths of the rivers where it starts warming up first. Brown Trout are the most common species to catch at this time but, the chance at any species is possible. These are in my opinion the best fish to eat as the average size is about 5 pounds and the meat is bright orange. Trolling flat line stick-baits and spoons works best this time of the year. Lake trout are available to catch from April-August. We target them by using cowbell Riggs 2-10' off the bottom normally 100' or deeper.