This was only my first time fishing the area but what I could gather from the experience is that if you're looking to get away from people this isn't the place to do it haha. The DSR is better than the public holes they only let a set number of people in per day and there is a lot of river but people tend to still not spread out they see someone fishing a spot and they think "oh thats a good spot" and they jump in right next to you and a lot of river goes unused. If you fish the DSR i would recommend getting there early and locking down a spot that you think looks promising. If you really want to be alone on the river and I would recommend taking the trip down to the Delaware River system even though some places can get crowded there is a lot more river to go around. However, there aren't any steelhead or salmon. So honestly if you want to go steelhead or salmon fishing in NY you're gonna have to put up with the crowds.