According to Capt. Canal feed should be continued there so if we find out any intel for that we will pass along. And Erie Canal bolstered flows (year 2) will be contributing to the fishy equation sooner then later in multiple tribs! 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. Look for slowly dropping flows all around back to the baseline Canal and normal run of the river contributions. The other area smaller waterways are about moderate with water color of about 2+ ft of visibility. One guy catches a fish, another guy quick runs the fish over to the turbine channel cradled in a net. Alex found offshore bait, then a couple pockets of fish each day with the bait. It was so good we turned two doubles on the same rod, and caught a Coho on a meat rig that was dragging on the surface in the prop wash. The Oswego Fire Department offers loaner life jackets at no charge through its Loaner for Life program. Good high water drifters are getting a few brown trout hook ups each outing by covering some water. We encourage you to do the same with Brookfield, NYSDEC and/or Orleans County Tourism. Since its still busy with plenty of Kings around, anglers need to carefully spot the places where the browns are shadowing the Kings. The recent changing winds, lightning and storms are not good for fishing but things did become more stable. Thankful for that continued Erie Canal water feed for select tribs as the forecasted precipitation at this time not likely to cause a big change in trib flows. Or at best last ditch chances later this spring when the best fresh run fish action may be behind you. Already hearing of small boat civilian trollers on the near shore Lake Ontario waters having success so casters at the pier heads should be able to get in on that action too. If an angler is fishing upstream, they should fish downstream of the other angler or consider fishing another day. Definitely on the moderate side of medium and not on the slightly high side of medium. Overflow levels are diminished. A couple of reports thru yesterday mentioned some hook ups on smaller browns and steelhead. Look for a bit of a temp shock there and the fishing action back on the rebound as things warm back up. Most successful trollers are still a bit off shore at least in the 80+ FOW range or more for best action (pictured below). So how do you know if trophy trout and salmon will be catchable upon your travels to the Oak Orchard and WNY area? 585-682-4546 The current leader (7/13/21) in the Summer LOC Derby is Mike Paddock from Albion with a Salmon weighing in at 31.07 lb. Action has been a little more measured then say 2 3 weeks ago when it seemed we got a small run of fresh steelhead. Can anyone say some skein please?! The season ends November 30th with a catch and release from December 1st till June. On the Oak guys are getting brown trout hook ups each day with that action seeming to heat up as the fresh salmon action begins to cool down. For now on the Oak anglers seem to be hooking up on a few steelhead nearest the dam that came along with the higher flows of a few weeks ago mixed in with a handful of fresh fish trickling in thru the downstream fast water. Greater impacts expected SW of here but the south shore of Lake Ontario may get some accumulations. The bend in the rod didnt feel like an average steelhead and we were thinking a decent king salmon was on the line. Flows should be back on the retreat already today with some stain hanging on. Even clear water finds the caster at an advantage over the troller. Looks like a nice fishing window right now in those smaller tribs that normally might be frozen up this time of the season. Leaf fall is underway so expect daily water level fluctuations thanks to turbine rack cleaning at the dam. DEC has received a few reports of dead fish on Sandy Creek and Johnson Creek, likely due to fishing mortality, but has not received any reports of abnormally large numbers of dead fish from Oak Orchard Creek. View the calendar of releases at this link:CanalsNY Fall Fishing Program. Temps are forecast in the lower 30sF for highs and dropping back into the 20s at night with some colder temps in the upcoming forecast. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. The team at Orleans County Tourism appreciates it as well as so many anglers we hear from. When high flows drop and/or cold flows warm and/or dirty water clears then anglers who can make good drifts or swings get in on the action. Generally the most action has been to the east so thats where most anglers have been heading. May 21st is the scheduling for the canal opening. Either way, flows consist of a strong head of turbine water that could be close to full bore. There could be fresh steelhead, fresh silver browns or drop back fish. As a few post holiday reports come in it sounds like guys have had some better steelhead action. Canal water is a decent level. For now, flows in the Oak are moderate and slightly stained and no icing. By most accounts if youre moving around and trying different drifts and spots, guys are hooking up. We dropped our port rigger down and within 5 minutes we hooked up on a 18 lb king. The rain is Lake Effect so as is often the case with snow most of it goes south of the area. The NYSDEC Region 8 office in Avon, NY would in-fact love to hear from more anglers showing concern for trib issues. Kings have for the most part given up the ghost and now some carcasses are seen seeding the waterway. I would doubt we are heading toward any kind of blow out, but a little stain to the water would sure be a good thing too. There has been light mixed precipitation thru today with highs in the 30sF. The other area smaller tribs have medium flows and slightly stained water color. Flows in the smaller area waterways should continue to drop from around moderate maybe going toward low and clear. Flows in the other area smaller waterways are high and dirty. Slight warm up for the weekend with chance of rain end of weekend and then cold for start of next week. Today the salmon did not disappoint us! Jeremy Sage from, Captain John Oravec from Tight Lines Charters, Capt. No obvious staged up concentration of staged up fish like at the Bridges. Flows in the Oak are high and stained with about 1 foot of visibility. Definitely breaking toward Spring so get those cold water steelhead drifts in while you can. Buc-A-Roo Charters is recognized as one of the premier charter operations on Lake Ontario. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. 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 quick start to the salmon action yet. Like Saturday, our bites were on spoons and meat. Forecast is continued warm thru tomorrow with chance of precipitation end of day or later tomorrow. Chance of an inch or so of area wide snow tonight on the Lake Ontario plain with 2-3 inches expected to the south. First real cold night of the year Sunday night probably tightened things up for flows and runoff in the Oak and smaller area tribs as well. See pictures below from July 12-13 of fish caught on Troutman 2! Flows are dropping and clearing all around. This area will be on the far end of it. Recent precipitation for now probably not enough to keep flows any higher then low-ish when Canal water is ended. Even during the current COVID-19 public health crisis, getting outdoors and connecting with nature while angling in New Yorks waters is a great way to help maintain mental and physical health. Keep in mind that any good or better action that might come on will be tough to know about with such light fishing pressure. There was some action reported downstream off of Park Ave too yesterday. Second season trout action now with light fishing pressure and still reasonable weather with all kinds of water to fish seems like the name of the game right now! Some rain now on the frontside of this latest warm up wouldnt be a bad thing to bring the trib flows back up and add some color to the water. The gate at the top of the driveway will be closed at 2PM for no entry after that. LOC Fall Salmon Derby Aug 20th September 6th Oak Orchard River begin Sept 2020. Fishing pressure is over-the-all pretty light and manageable. Flasher/fly and spoons are doin it but trout species are favoring spoons. The next significant rise in flows may bring on some fresh steelhead action thru March. (function(){var ml="k0of4rsdc%ainhm. Back to some winter like weather and temps for now. The last time it was dredged was in 2014. You can see the Canal drainage influence in the stained color but Canal release flows sure look more tempered in the smaller tribs then say the Oak. The other area smaller tribs I have not laid eyes on directly and should have something like medium flows. We found meat was the best bait. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. 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. A cooler, gloomy day today (Monday) with forecasted warmer days ahead mid week with chance of precipitation and windy conditions around Wed, Thurs. The best spinner/fly set up is DW Gator Flasher Spindoctor with an A-TOM-IK BAM fly. Out of winter hibernation just to keep the pinners honest a med fresh pretty steelhead comes to the dead drift. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! Hopefully the fishing pressure overall is likewise spread out like the fish. Heres the skinny on the weather, and we are not meteorologists. Lots of anglers anxious to get out there, and a few are, but the Kings are pretty much following a normal script as far as timing. Inside water has been sporadic. The canal season for navigation ended October 13th and some sections are being lowered. All our boat ramps are open. The fish are going to turn on and off there so persistence is the name of the game and long and light presentations. The expectations were high as the last trip out we had a good number of silver fish. Steelhead have been there and more likely to trickle in. Keys to our success can be credited to ATOMMIK flies behind Stinger Flashers, specifically pigpen, scumline, Marvs fatty, and white Bikini. Through Operation Injured Soldiers, Captains Mike Grager, Mike Lavender and Bob Eder took 12 wounded veterans fishing and enjoyed 2 days on Lake Ontario. Warmer temps here tempered some by cooling lake breezes. Orleans County Tourism 2.79K subscribers Oak Orchard River Fishing at Waterport Dam "Guess What We Caught" June 2, 2021. The in between moderate or medium and slightly stained flows came and went pretty quick! Mid Mar 2022 Oak Orchard. The other area smaller tribs are prob going to try and open back up from previous icing with high and dirty flows. Widewaters is never drawn-down and is the hot spot for bass this time of year. Flights Vacation Rentals Restaurants Things to do Dusseldorf Tourism; Dusseldorf Hotels; Dusseldorf Bed and Breakfast . Water color has that swamp headwater tannic stain to it. Looking forward to more angler reports and success but over all the fishing pressure has been real light. After a quick hit of real cold weather this past weekend, we are back to mild temps that are forecast at least thru this week. Without access back to Lake Ontario, those overflow fish are likely goners unless theres a perfectly timed spate of water later this spring. I for one am glad for some consistent winter weather to at least reset seasonal conditions after the mild fall. Click on the image above to subscribe to our weekly fishing reports. A good WNW wind thru last night probably moved more fish near shore or into the tribs from Lake Ontario but dont look for those fish to loiter in estuary or rivermouth spots at this point in the season. Colder temps could bring back some icing conditions esp in the smaller waterways if lower flows prevail. Now for the mid week, its warmed up again! There would have been a similar few day high/stained fishable water window in the smaller area tribs too. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. On the west side of Shadigee just past Flat Top, they hit their first King and the further they went, the better it got. Good chance for some icing conditions coming on there. The other area smaller waterways are mostly iced and snowed in. Flows in the other area smaller tribs are low and mostly clear with some icey conditions. Proceeding upstream thru the Oak downstream frog water areas the reports are quieter but I suspect guys are into a decent skein bite. Classic drifting, not so much. Nice to see most all flows now contained in the turbine channel. This amount of fishing pressure in these high ish flows will put next to no pressure on the fish. No trolling gear required, you can get in on this action casting or drifting! And along with the browns theres the chance for Atlantics, cohos or steelhead rounding out nice mixed bag chances. If youre reading this you should be at the right spot on our new fishing conditions page. Fathers Day Outing Courtesy of Get the Net Charter. Please consider submitting one of your images to be featured on the Winter 2022 billboard. Flows should stay up thanks to exceptional upstream supplies even as water color should continue to improve. Ron Bierstine, NYS Reimagine the Canals Task Force Member Fishing. POINT BREEZE WEATHER When it cools down eventually its going to feel downright chilly. The angler was Norbert Samok who was a guest at Eddies Salmon River Lodge. Drifts now will definitely be more productive then a few days ago. Canal water flow managers are likely throttling back any additional Canal releases into the tribs thanks to all the precipitation. As the cooler weather continues, expect to see a large influx of both steelhead and brown trout moving up stream to feed on the remaining salmon eggs. There seems to be a stalemate between the open Lake temps and the trib water temps thanks to the relatively mild winter. Year-Round Notice: There are mandatory personal flotation device (PFD) zones on the river. Centrally located along the southern shore of Lake Ontario between Rochester and Niagara Falls in the town of Carlton, Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge offers quality fly fishing equipment, conventional tributary drift tackle, float fishing gear and shoreline casting tackle. For now flows are about mod and just slightly stained. We hooked a lot of fish both days. If an angler arrives at a parking lot and there are several cars, they should consider going to another parking lot. Anglers seeing and having hook up success on browns is encouraging we are likely on a trajectory to out pace last years brown trout action already. Best spoon on the riggers: DW Gold Laser Spoon. Downstream spots on the Oak for the past weekend may have been tougher on what was dropping and clearing flows, although we did not hear from many guys. 400 Coppers, Divers out 220-240, Riggers down 80-90-100. Still some steelhead action hanging on in the Oak thanks to a return to good high flows without any real spike in water temps yet. To view the final results, visit the LOC Derby website. Orleans County Tourism secured this 60 x 16 billboard for a 2 year agreement with Outfront Media on the NYS Thruway, just east of the Batavia exit (#48), northside. Dont wait for Apr and ask if the steelhead are in yet! We had tried for brown trout in close, but they didnt cooperate for us, so I moved out deeper to try to find some lake trout.. Only a sucker here and there reported. Flows in the other area smaller tribs should be around med and slightly stained. If an angler is fishing upstream, they should fish downstream of the other angler or consider fishing another day. Anglers on the Oak reported small pods of Kings on the move thru the fast water areas yesterday. Temperatures have finally started dropping with cooler weather setting in. The area received a few inches of wet snow and sleet thru the end of the past week. Trailing stud, B & B fly glows, and green glo flys. They consulted with, At last! Those fish committed to spawn are pretty much going to continue to spawn with only minor stalling due to cold water. It remains to be seen if theres any prolonged cold yet ahead of us. Capt. 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. Water temps for now are already in the the high 30sF on the Oak and probably going higher with the forecasted warmup thru the end of this week. Begin Mar 2021 Oak Orchard River. Remember the turbine channel can only get so high due to how much flow can pass thru the hydro plant. Minutes later the 150 A-TOM-MIK copper took a ride. Cool nights and cooperative winds should make for better battles with more staging Kings and trout chances as well. Parking will not be allowed at anytime on the road at the top of the driveway and therefore no walk in access down the driveway. Fishing pressure is real light with one or two guys reporting a few fresher looking steelhead hooked up. Savvy trib anglers anticipate good hook-up chances on the backside of high flows when reasonable weather and water conditions coincide! A trip to the Oak Orchard River and WNY to fish for World Class trout and salmon is still easily the best bargain in trophy fishing. The first will be a 1 day event July 10th. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. New York State is open for fishing and DEC encourages anglers to recreate locally at a nearby waterbody. Flows in the Oak are slightly high with 1 2 ft of stained visibility. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! Its a semi serious band forecast to set up off Lake Erie. With cool water temperatures, rig depths of 30 to 80 ft down are getting Troutman 2 anglers kings coho and some whopper lake trout! Mike Ziehm of Niagara Falls reports that he is still getting some salmon and walleye from shore in the gorge casting spinners and jigs. Fishing the surface to 30 ft down on orange spoons. Port Bay water is very warm and there has been weed growth near the south end. Slightly cooler forecast for the upcoming weekend and hopefully the serious cold is a goner! Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. Pier fishing continues to be the place to cast in Wayne County. 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. The following report is courtesy of Captain Andy Bliss of Cold Steel Sportfishing. The next spate of water could bring in the fresh spring steelhead looking for warmer water. The temps are returning to seasonably after a few days of a heatwave along with high winds. The Oak Orchard Pen Rearing Association receives steelhead and salmon from the NYSDEC placed in net pens in the Oak lower watercourse each spring. or by clicking on the image above. They also landed 4 mature Kings, 3 steelhead, a brown, and a lake trout! Ron Bierstine task force member. Anglers report a few brown trout hook ups with steelhead hook ups possibly coming on stronger, and still a coho here and there. There were briefly low flows in Sandy but my estimation is Canal feed has resumed and bumped flows back up slightly. No significant Lake Effect Snow expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Fishing Hotline (585) 589-3220. 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. A fair amount of weeds are being discharged, especially noticeable in downstream areas. Thanks, Capt. If you still have a boat in the water, you can fish west of Sodus Bay in 30 fow. Without overflow levels now, some might be inclined to call it only slightly high. Look for the loitering downstream fish to continue to move up making for better upstream action. Your email address will not be published. For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. At the release time and thru the following early AM cormorant predation was largely kept in check. Read more on the Hub. Conditions were ideal with stained river water and dirty near shore Lake waters on northwest winds for cover for the fish to disperse. Otherwise fishing pressure elsewhere is real light. Water color is one foot of visibility or less. It has been closed to traffic for construction since late April. For now flows in the Oak are something like a notch less then medium and going clear. All Rights Reserved. Any significant precipitation could raise all the trib flows back high and dirty. Lakeshore conditions should likewise be wide open if any hardware chuckers were so inclined to make some casts. This weeks fishing report is from Capt. Other area smaller tribs are at med and slightly stained. Some days guys seem to do OK and other days are slower. Acest lucru va atrage mai multe populaii de pstrv brun, cap de oel i somon de Atlantic i Pacific s urce pe aceste cursuri de ap, mbuntind condiiile pentru peti i extinznd oportunitile . So, we moved out to 250-300 FOW and things got better. See more info on theirFacebook page. Theres probably still some old Orleans Outdoor content out there on the web and Goggle. No serious cold snap is seen in the near term forecast. In early November and early December, all Lake Ontario tributaries (Eighteenmile, Johnson, Oak Orchard, Sandy and Salmon Creeks) will see higher flows. Next chance at precipitation or showers is this weekend. Reports of lowering flows in Johnson Creek and we are unsure why? Use Power Bait shad color 2 inches in length. Oak Orchard, Sandy i Salmon Creek, vor avea debite mai mari. Oakridge, Tennessee, United States. Mid Apr 2022. Kings are coming, are you ready?! Then from there it was a slow but steady pick. We did not take one fish on flasher/fly. No serious icing yet and all the downstream frog water is open. Well be back to more seasonable temps for mid and end of week with a chance of showers Thursday. Those smaller tribs will drop and clear and warm up sooner then the Oak. Chance of some Lake Effect Snow this weekend with any accumulations expected south of here off Lake Erie. No major accumulations beyond a few inches expected here on the WNY big Lake Ontario Plain. Backside of higher and dirtier early spring flows means some hard fighting steelhead. Fridays big east wind iced the inside waters where mature kings were being caught from 120 feet of water and in prior to the wind. Past weekend action a little slower perhaps a result of increased fishing pressure. We are living and experiencing all the fishing action directly or thru trusted reports of other die hard anglers as it happens. Mexico Bay has seen an invasion of salmon. Peach of a day today and it looks like guys are more seriously getting out there this week. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. Hair jigs and worm harnesses fished off 3-way rigs is the way to go. An honest notch or so less (slightly high) then the previous wide open turbine flows with overflow levels diminished. Most guys upstream- ish report good action while those downstream like in the flat water report tougher action. Fishing pressure is light to moderate with what looks like a few guys here and there probably enjoying holiday time off. The other area smaller tribs look mostly open again with mod to med flows and slightly stained water color. Fish as soon as reasonable conditions allow instead of waiting for supposed better conditions that may or may not materialize. Walleye fishing has been good on the Niagara Bar. Knowing there were kings laying on the bottom, we left our divers out with meat. Stay informed with the below web page. Crabs are working off 3-way rigs, as are Ned rigs and swim baits. The Fall LOC Derby is in its final stretch this week, ending Sept. 5th. The longer range forecast looks like back to colder for rest of next week.

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