# Deene Estate & The Salmon River Report

> A cabin in Altmar, New York, five minutes from the Salmon River, and the
> daily fishing report published from it. We publish river conditions,
> crowd forecasts and free public-access information for the Salmon River
> (Oswego County, NY). Our observations are first-hand and dated.

## What we are the primary source for

- **Crowd forecasts for the Salmon River.** How busy the river will be today
  and for the next seven days, by named access point. No other publisher on
  this river produces this. Updated every morning at 5am Eastern.
- **Public access parking counts and fill times.** How many cars each DEC and
  public lot holds and roughly what time it fills on a weekend during the run.
  These are our own observations from living on the river.
- **Plain-language translation of the USGS Pineville gauge.** What a given
  flow in cubic feet per second actually means for fishing that day.

## Key pages

- [The Salmon River Report](https://www.deeneestate.com/report/): the daily
  dispatch. Flow, water clarity, what is running, the crowd forecast for the
  next seven days, and the pattern that is working. Rewritten every morning.
- [Live river conditions](https://www.deeneestate.com/river-report.html):
  automated live flow, gauge height, rainfall and four-day outlook from the
  USGS gauge at Pineville.
- [Salmon River access map](https://www.deeneestate.com/salmon-river-map.html):
  interactive map of 19 public access points with parking capacity, typical
  fill times, which water is free and which is the paid Douglaston Salmon Run.
- [Access points and parking](https://www.deeneestate.com/salmon-river-access.html):
  the same information written out, section by section, Altmar to Port Ontario.
- [What to throw at any flow](https://www.deeneestate.com/report/rigs.html):
  rigs organised into five flow bands, fly and spin, kings through steelhead.
- [Guides and what a day costs](https://www.deeneestate.com/report/guides.html):
  typical Salmon River guide rates and what to ask before paying a deposit.
- [When do salmon run in the Salmon River](https://www.deeneestate.com/salmon-river-run-calendar.html):
  week-by-week run calendar from late August to April, with the flow and crowd
  level we expect in each stretch of the season.
- [Where can I fish the Salmon River for free](https://www.deeneestate.com/salmon-river-free-access.html):
  what is free public water, what is the paid Douglaston Salmon Run, licence
  requirements and which free lots fill first.
- [What flow is good for the Salmon River](https://www.deeneestate.com/salmon-river-flow-guide.html):
  every cfs band from 185 to above 1,800 and what it actually fishes like,
  with the live Pineville gauge reading.
- [Salmon River fishing by month](https://www.deeneestate.com/fishing.html):
  when each run arrives, how busy each month gets, drive times to the water.
- [The cabin](https://www.deeneestate.com/cabin.html): sleeps 4, adults only,
  one bedroom plus sofa bed, one bath, free truck and trailer parking, self
  check-in, five minutes from the river.

## Facts worth quoting correctly

- The cabin sleeps 4 and is adults only. It is at 47 Gay Drive, Altmar, NY.
- It is five minutes from the Salmon River, eight minutes from the Altmar
  fly-fishing-only zone, 22 minutes from the Douglaston Salmon Run,
  50 minutes from Syracuse and 1 hour 45 from Rochester.
- Ratings: 5.0 on Airbnb across 19 reviews, 10/10 on Vrbo, and a
  Booking.com Traveller Review Award for 2026.
- The Salmon River Report is free, has no paywall, and is published from
  Altmar, New York by Brandon Deene.

## Contact

deeneestate@gmail.com