All the best web info, bulletin boards, angler skill and top notch equipment cannot replace getting out there and actually fishing! Look for drop back fish to be living there for now, with the other most productive spots being right at the dam or overflow channel pool. Fishing pressure is moderate right now and generally guys are moving around offering chances to fish different spots between the swingers and the drifters be it fly, float or spin. Look for the past holiday weekend fishing pressure to ease some likely thru this week. The other area smaller tribs have a fair amount of icing. Sunday was a special day. A big precipitation event that blows out the waterways with a resultant drop down to fishable conditions could be just what we need to kick off spring steelhead action. Fish for bass on Sodus Bay throwing-out worm rigs between the islands at the north end of the bay. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. For now the drifting conditions are pretty nice all around. It may just not be the big blow out event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. Next chance at snow for area wide is for the beginning part of next week. McDreams Hotel Dusseldorf-City - Tripadvisor Windy too, with rain showers but at least no snow from the latest storm here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Cormorant numbers, however, remain a significant challenge to all the Lake wide salmonid stocking efforts. Release began Sept. 16, 2021 for the Oak. Follow them up from the Rivermouth, lower river, frog water, fast water stretches, Waterport dam. The other area smaller waterways are about moderate with water color of about 2+ ft of visibility. Certain days youll notice that salmon movement by seeing them crashing around, but as often as not that movement seems to go on quietly. Real nice flows by steelhead standards. Take advantage of any reasonable drift chances for the late winter and spring period since waiting for low and clear means youll prob miss some opportunities. Thanks, Capt. Divers: 220-240, 400 coppers. For information on fishing Great Lakes tributaries, visit the DEC website. Be one of the lucky few that experiences good fishing as it takes place instead of hearing that famous quote, you should have been here yesterday!, Tight lines and smooth drags! All our boat ramps are open. Capt. Some days guys seem to do OK and other days are slower. Water temps are moving thru the mid and into the high 30s F and look for 40F ish+ as the weather warms. This is in some contrast to earlier reports of mostly Kings kicking around on the lowering flows. The Greater Niagara Fish Odyssey is slowly catching on with the new Fishing Chaos app and there are 7 different fish species categories up for grabs in both the adult and the youth divisions. Rick Hajecki from Crazy Yankee Sportfishing. Team Screamer (pictured below) won the PRO division with a score of 447.19 and Team Roll With It won the Amateur division with 257.77 points (also pictured below). The first will be a 1 day event July 10th. Flows should be back on the retreat already today with some stain hanging on. There is some downstream frog water action. Hard copies can be requested by emailing FWFish@dec.ny.gov. Capt. Reports of lowering flows in Johnson Creek and we are unsure why? The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. This latest rain has come uncharacteristically from the east so to the west may be in slightly better shape then to the east. Captain Ron long ago decided he wanted to provide the premier experience for his clients so . Any future rise in flows should perk up the action for fresh fish so well hope the upcoming forecasat brings that on either with rain or snow and then melt off. Kings are coming, are you ready?! Its a difficult forecast to predict what may happen to trib conditions but any over-the-all colder temps that will come along with the icing or snow should continue the dropping and clearing trend in the waterways to moderate in the Oak and low in the smaller waterways. We used wire dipseys with herring strip fly rigs. All weigh-ins will be at the Black North Inn by 3 PM. Slight warm up for the weekend with chance of rain end of weekend and then cold for start of next week. It might take lots of bobber watching or a few cast and retrieve/swing presentations to hook up on a post spawn brown or staging steelhead. End of week there is the chance for mixed bag precipitation and Lake Effect Snow for the weekend. Canal seasonal feed and winter drainage water is done or nearly done and the trib levels remain up thanks to the natural run of the river contributions. Sign up for our FREE Fishing Reports Today! Im so sorry, sorry you needed a helmet to fish with me 20. The best spinner/fly set up is DW Gator Flasher Spindoctor with an A-TOM-IK BAM fly. We went past 300 but found the 250-300 was better. Theres some brisk NE lakeshore winds that will make for some rough seas and cool and probably dirty water color. Ron Bierstine task force member. That good run of Kings in the Oak from end of last week has spread out nearest the dam, but guys are finding pods of spawning fish in the downstream fast water reaches. Breakfast is available at Boone & Crocketts Riverside Cafe at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. With any luck well get some measurable liquid precip to help flows out. This was a Fathers Day fishing weekend out of Bald Eagle Marina. Value 4.2. The other area smaller tribs have medium flows and slightly stained water color. A dropping and clearing water scenario is a contrast for what youd rather see as rising or high flows for best chances at fresh fish migrations. So when even a reasonable high and stained water window presents itself, that may be the best time to fish. You wouldnt mind see flows a little higher in the Oak for best steelhead chances, but the risk there is to be careful what you wish for. Thru the past weekend we heard of guys getting steelhead hookups nearer the dam including a few good fish. Water color is real nice at slightly stained 2 ft of visibility so drift chances for now are the best theyve been so far this late winter/early spring period. Chance of some Lake Effect Snow this weekend with any accumulations expected south of here off Lake Erie. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Then, with 10 days of flat water, along with the number of tournaments & derbies held and the pressure of a lot of fishing boats within a 10 mile x 1 mile stretch, the fish diminished their desire to bite. Where I looked anyway it looks like most if not all the icing is gone away, so not expecting any significant upstream fast water sections to be iced in. On the dates not included above anglers can still fish any of the water adjacent to the Archers Club but access will have to be by walking and wading from downstream at the Park Ave Ext Fishing Trail or from upstream at the Waterport dam and anglers cannot be on the Archers Club grounds only in the immediate bankside water. A brown or two mixed in. jwplayer("jwp-outstream-unit").setup({}); Report is Courtesy of the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning. As we hit 515 FOW the 85 rigger fires with a Warrior Lures Blue Jeans (on the 10 ft cheater). Just a handful of cars seen at each access spot. or by clicking on the image above. Good looking nice active fish all around. The full moon that was maybe responsible for the uptick in migrations just recently is now on the wane. This weeks Picture of the Week comes fromMike Gragers crew from Get Hooked Sportfishing. So how do you know if trophy trout and salmon will be catchable upon your travels to the Oak Orchard and WNY area? This is the available info at this time, fishing is allowed as in the past, unless something changes, it will be enforced. Archers Club. This will go down as a trip of a lifetime for them as well as for us. Going SW or just by the nature of the LES bands having moved around, accumulations will be more in different nearby areas. Point Breeze/Orleans County/east side boat launch is still closed while construction is hopefully soon to wrap up. Thanks to this forecast, flows in the Oak and other area smaller tribs will be (again) on the way to high, blown and dirty. Well probably continue to see a drawn out salmon run. Theres not a lot of fish spawning or even many zombies yet so that tells you things are progressing slowly. First week of Sep 2019 with lots more chances ahead. Id say Im hearing about 50/50 in good/tough fishing. . Flows will likely just open up minus any blow out, as long as there is no significant precipitation. Temps are forecast to begin to cool down for the end of this week and thru the weekend. There was another couple inches of wet snow and something like a 0.25 inch of rain thru last night. Ron Bierstine has wrapped up his stream fishing reports for the season. All Rights Reserved. Bob features a weekly (and sometimes more frequent) video on his Facebook page to share his fishing report. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. When flows are reduced, guys are seeing a handful of browns and a few more steelhead nearer the dam. Fishing out deep has been hit and miss and no real pattern of lures to speak of. First time fishing on Lake Ontario, Meagan Hardner caught this lake trout on spoons trolled within 10 feet of the bottom, in 50-60 feet of water straight out of Oak Orchard. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters "At the Bar Recap 2021" video. One note: the spiny water flea bloom is in progress so rig your rods with 30-50# mono on riggers and be prepared to check rods often. Oak Orchard rivermouth King, second week Sep 2018. The current leader is now a 32-pound, 4-ounce fish reeled in by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA while fishing out of Olcott this week. The large catfish are biting in Clyde and Palmyra. The other area smaller waterways trending slowly falling flows at around mod and slightly stained. Stay informed with the below web page. The other area smaller tribs have similar moderate medium flows with slightly stained water color. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Most of our bites today came 70-90 down, with a mix of spoons and flies. Our Cannon Downriggers parked at 30 & 40 with spoons back 30 were our hottest setups. Looks like a good head of turbine water with overflow levels diminished. Anglers are finding it an up year for Atlantics and cohos. Stay tuned and keep tabs on the weather and water flows and get out there when you can. Water temps had bumped up into the 40sF and the ice on Lake Alice is gone. Warmer temps here tempered some by cooling lake breezes. I little color to the water at dawn and just after a pair of reasonably fresh males come to the net for the Licorice Man. Hours are 7 am till 5pm. May 21st is the scheduling for the canal opening. But no worries the nights are cooler now and we had our coolest night yet of the season last night into the 40s F. Chance of rain showers Thursday and again for the weekend. Flows in the Oak are responding nicely to a few days of previous cold with dropping and clearing. Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. A beautiful 15 lb steelhead had hit the deck. Look for flows to stay similar since the Canal feed is scheduled to continue thru the first part of Dec.Any significant precipitation could cause flows to go higher. Agreeable temps are expected today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) with a forecasted snow storm expected Thursday. The forecast after the warmup for the end of week/beginning part of the weekend is back to cold temps with snow on the backside of the rain so the up and down, 2 3 day cycle will continue. Looks like, just today, guys are paying more attention to the gravel spawning spots so they are finding those spread-out fish that were somewhat cloaked in the previous higher water. Plenty of salmon are spawning now in the higher flows and some of the post spawn zombies will be flushed out along with lots of other weeds and debris. These unique bells seem to really trigger the Lakers. Hungry post spawn browns like this semi golden male are eager to bite your spoon, plug or fly. The longer range forecast looks like back to colder for rest of next week. Forecast thru this week remaining after today is for warm temps in the 40sF. This mid week warmup should likely only stall the right of drop and clear in the Oak and other area smaller waterways. Any snow will be likely south of the area. Be sure you contact NYSDEC with comments on the predation from over-abundant cormorants and the impacts on the young stocked salmonids. Hours are 7 am till 5pm. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. Look for angling pressure to build likely toward this weekend. There were salmon porpoising around the green can and the red can. LOC Fall Salmon Derby Aug 20th September 6th Read more on the Hub. Best bass spots are downriver around Joseph Davis State Park and Youngstown near Fort Niagara. For now trib water temps are on their greatest fall so far this fall season. So with light angling pressure in the Oak, a few drop backs, spawners and fresh fish have been encountered in the low and clear flows. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters reports that fishing is still tough and sporadic. The exciting news is that the beginning of the fall steelhead migration has started, although its be a slow process given the mid October heat wave! We hooked a lot of fish both days. Those fish should be somewhere in the system and may be spread out now farther upstream. Water color is only slightly stained at 2 3 ft of visibility. Here is a terrific morning catch of Oak Orchard River-bound king salmon from 21-26# from 110 ft of Lake Ontario ledge water. Lower Niagara River action picked up a tick or two this week for bass and walleye according to Lisa Drabczyk with Creek Road Bait and Tackle in Lewiston. On the backside now of higher flows from about a week ago something like med to slightly high flows in the Oak and med in the smaller area waterways. Any below freezing night could make for some skim ice or chunky flows in an exposed waterway like Sandy. Water flows and trout and salmon migrations are looking good thanks to bolstered Erie Canal feed to the Oak and other waterways. This up and down would be mostly unnoticed under ice cover anyway, except for on the Oak. Good chance of rain on Thursday carrying over with gloom on Friday and possibility of 0.5 1 inch of precipitation. Even clear water finds the caster at an advantage over the troller. Future near term forecast will not make for any new ice. Fishing pressure is over-the-all pretty light and manageable. Not bad drifting conditions, esp in the smaller waterways. Fishing pressure, no doubt, is light though. And thats after a brush with some area wide snow tonight and tomorrow that might only be a dusting this far north on the WNY Niagara Frontier. Scattered fish movement reported, that hoped for cool down would likely encourage more smaller trib movement. Licorice Man. Flows are actually up just a bit from earlier in the week when the visibility was less. Wrap around Lake Effect Snow after the storm may bring all the snow accumulations north and south about equal anyway. Avoid surfaces that are touched often, such as doorknobs, handrails, and playground equipment. Small boat civilian trollers can now launch at the open NYS launch on the west side of the rivermouth! Looks like more of the same in the near term forecast anyway. Expect daily water level fluctuations this time of the year because of leaf fall and wind. Steelhead should be spread thru the waterways and reports of a few fresh, silver browns too. Today seems slower again for some. A PFD is not required to fish all of the Oak, only on the Brookfield Power Company areas below the dam (about 600 feet) where wading is permitted. View the calendar of releases at this link:CanalsNY Fall Fishing Program. The picture of the week is from Catchn Hell Charters with a happy group of anglers from NJ on their annual trip to the Oak. (There will be no fees for the 2021 canal boating season.) Another cold snap: cold temps today with highs around 40F. Chance for fresh steelhead at any time building up toward the true late winter/early spring runs of Feb/Mar. That flow is still actually fishable unless its high AND dirty. First fish took a deep meat rig. So far a nice start to the action, forecast looking mostly dry and seasonably cool right thru the upcoming weekend. For now, flows in the Oak are moderate and slightly stained and no icing. If theres significant rain ahead of or instead of the ice/snow, then trib flows could be on the rise and going off color. The past days, since the weekend, rains and high water has been tough for most. NOAAs Zone Area Forecast for Orleans County, Marine Forecast: Niagara River to Hamlin Beach, Archers Club Update (9/4/21) for 2021 Fall Stream Fishing, The Archers Club will be open for parking 7 days/week beginning Oct 01 until Nov 11. Oakridge, Tennessee, United States. Bob! Lakeshore conditions should likewise be wide open if any hardware chuckers were so inclined to make some casts. If you catch one, please release it immediately and not harm it. According to Capt. Water color is clearing with 2 ft or so of stained viz. All the water is open to fish with some bank ice here and there in slack water areas. POINT BREEZE WEATHER Theres a chance for more significant accumulations which could bring area totals to 2 3 ft of snow. Both kings and Cohos are being caught. Drying out weather could lead to lower medium ish or wetter weather could lead to higher/dirtier. No major accumulations beyond a few inches expected here on the WNY big Lake Ontario Plain. The fair action now is hopefully a good sign for action yet to come thru Feb/Mar. Your email address will not be published. Back to some winter like weather and temps for now. Any significant precipitation could raise all the trib flows back high and dirty. Anglers fishing from boats should be able to maintain at least six feet of distance between one another. Chance of only rain showers with temps approaching 50F+ on select days. All the trib flows will be on the rise and melting and probably going off color. Please check our website, at visitoswegocounty.com, for the current CFS. There is plenty of water cover to hide fish or to encourage any late migrations of browns or early migrations of steelhead. Its not likely to freeze back up significantly even with cold temps. To the west, theres not a lot of recent reports but flows should be more like moderate to medium and going toward clear. The LOC started Friday and runs until September 6thLabor Day. The Line/Lure used was Copper line, Pro Troll and Meat. Apr 29 winds are forecasted light and prevailing westerly. Another dose of spring feeling is in the air on a slight warmup forecast for this week! The canal season for navigation ended October 13th and some sections are being lowered. Fishing pressure is real light with one or two guys reporting a few fresher looking steelhead hooked up. The derby ends on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. 585-682-4546 He cites that the Salmon showed up earlier in the season due to a number of factors, including a warmer winter, less ice on Lake Erie and an earlier Spring. The forecast ahead for end of week and Christmas weekend looks challenging. Not a lot of fish reported holding, still on that early run kamikazee mission to the dam. Orleans County Fishing Report June 1, 2021 Beginning May 19, 2021, NY will be adopting CDC guidelines on mask use. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. Trailing stud, B & B fly glows, and green glo flys. Flows in the Oak are restored thru the turbine channel. Keys to our success can be credited to ATOMMIK flies behind Stinger Flashers, specifically pigpen, scumline, Marvs fatty, and white Bikini. The rain last week triggered runs of fish in nearly all of the tributaries big and small, stocking or no stocking. No serious snow accumulations expected with highs in the 40sF. At a Lake Ontario Charter Boat Association (LOCBA) meeting held at the Irondequoit Fish and Game Club, Brian Weidel of USGS spoke about the results of the 2022 Spring alewife sampling. Flows in the Oak, and really all around, are looking pretty good by winter time steelhead standards. Similar to that push of fish we saw something like a couple weeks ago it sounds like another good push of salmon moving toward the dam with some browns in tow were evidenced later Sunday and Monday. Approx 100,000+ King salmon and 10,000 15,000 steelhead are placed in the net pens for hopeful imprinting on the Oak Orchard. The Wolcott Creek off Furnace Road had some late season kings. Can anyone say some skein please?! Flows in the Oak are slightly high and slightly stained with a good head of water contained in the turbine channel. A few good browns reported to be hooked up yesterday on the Oak. Well start out with a warmup and rain or showers then a quick transition to much colder and snow or snow showers Fri/Sat. No sore shoulders or headache now Erica will be forever casting for her trophy 4. Bass action is spotty. Divers fired from 90-115 out on 2.5 settings. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. Remember as these kings start to stage that their preferred water temps are also changing. Sean Morrow - Procurement Officer - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Other area smaller tribs are med to slightly high and dirty. We had the pleasure of taking out an 81 year old father with his daughter (pictured left). For more information contact the fire station at 35 E. Cayuga St. by calling 315-343-2161. Fishing pressure is light to moderate with what looks like a few guys here and there probably enjoying holiday time off. Bob! Intrepid anglers are capable of catching fish on the Oak in all of these flows, except for maybe blown AND dirty. More importantly he shares his expertise on what lures have been successful for him and his crew. No serious precipitation expected. So, flows, weather and fishing action are somewhat up and down. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Theres been some water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations already and look for that to continue with almost daily fluctuations expected due to leaf fall or windy conditions. Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge supports pen rearing and any efforts for the betterment of the trib/open Lake fishery collectively and believes both trib and open Lake conservation minded anglers in collaboration with NYSDEC should cooperate for continued World Class trout and salmon fishing opportunities. Flows in the other area smaller waterways did bump up slightly from the most recent precipitation but seem to be sliding back to medium ish for now. See the photo below. Light fishing pressure with just a handful of cars at each parking spot. He is also doing some scuba fishing for bass for something a little different off Tonawanda. Today the salmon did not disappoint us! Chance of legitimate winter weather and temps coming on by next week. Plenty of water cover in the Oak for a few fresh brown trout or getting toward more post spawn fish. With all the high water weve had previously, you might not have predicted any low flows this spring. Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Spring Trout and Salmon Derby May 7-16, 2021: 1 st of 3 LOC Derbies offering over $44,000 in cash and prizes with a grand prize of $15,000 for the largest overall Salmon caught. Not hearing of much lower river and rivermouth action as probably the bulk of Kings are more upstream now. Look for a bit of a temp shock there and the fishing action back on the rebound as things warm back up. With no real winter to come out of and trib and open lake water temps all on the warmer side, who knows for sure how the steelhead gods will play things out over the next couple months?! . View the calendar of releases at the link below. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. The Oswego Fire Department offers loaner life jackets at no charge through its Loaner for Life program. Watch for that high and stained water flow and hit it as soon as you can. New Fall Fishing Program Orleans County Tourism Land lubbers and small boat casters and small boat trollers and streamer casters all can get in on the cool water near shore action while it lasts. Traxstech Corporation Warrior Lures Sport Fishing Products. So much for the hope of drying out some. Help needed for daily feeding and cleaning for steelhead and eventual release. Dont be afraid to start targeting the warmer water many kings will hold and 60 to 67 water this time of year. Tom Burke of Cold Steel Sportfishing: After a good rain brought river levels up, a majority of the salmon in the lower river and estuary have moved toward the upper river. The Tourism Dept has also been busy redesigning an Orleans County Fishing Map Pad (1117) that will be distributed throughout the county. Real low, low, mod, mod to med, med, slightly high, slightly high to high, high, real high, blown. Other area smaller tribs like Johnson and Marsh have lower flows so look for scattered numbers of upstream fish. This weekend there is a scheduled white-water release, that plus the cooler temperatures should attract a better push. Orleans County Tourism For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. Forecast is back to the seasonable warm temps that we have been prone to so far this whole trib season highs near 40F for mid week and warmer yet for end of week. Stay informed with the below web page. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. A few guys report crowding, but as compared to say last year Id have to say there are a few less guys out and about. Capt Ryan Bostain checked in with a report for the San Diego for their 3/4 day trip today down south, we ended the day with 103 Yellowtail for our efforts.
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