Another chance of precipitation for begin part of upcoming weekend although at this point the greater impact is forecasted south of the area. Pen rearing steelhead including 10,000 steelhead and 113,000 King salmon were delivered Tue, Apr 5, 2022. The area has been in a bit of a warmup since the end of the past weekend. A couple of reports thru yesterday mentioned some hook ups on smaller browns and steelhead. Salmon are stacked up in Olcott Harbor and spinners are working for shore casters. Fishing and weather conditions pretty nice by late fall/early winter standards. Brown trout reports still about 50% good/50% slow. So far thru today the heavier rains have been south of here and the trend looks like the Oak is on the rise while the smaller tribs are barely dropping or holding steady. Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. laker on an 8 lb leader with light/med spin or levelwind gear and tell me if you still think Lakers dont fight well! Hours are 7 am till 5pm. If those times won't work for you, 12:00AM to 12:00AM looks promising , as does 12:00AM to 12:00AM Remember to adjust these times based on barometric pressure, and weather changes. Slower action there reported just lately after some good quality fish were hooked in the previous higher and dirtier water color. For moreinformation about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly, go to DECs website. Hard copies can be requested by emailing [email protected]. These events were very well received last season despite very short notice. Look for a good water flow window possibly in the Genny while the Niagara remains a tough pill thanks to a windy open Lake Erie. A fair number of Kings are loitering in downstream areas on the Oak with skein drifters still into them up at least until yesterday. The Archers Club will be open for parking 7 days/week beginning Oct 08 until Nov 11. 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. Canal feed should be continued there so if we find out any intel for that we will pass along. We may request cookies to be set on your device. Concentrate on the faster shires and ruffles as they are more oxygenated. High and stained flows gives up some fresh Oak Orchard chrome for the Licorice Man. The project is funded through the American Rescue Plans Act which designated a portion of federal dollars to be used to promote tourism. We are hearing of a few more browns now in the Oak, especially thru yesterday. Over the past weekend with warm temps there was some melt off. At 100, temps were 50 (fairly warm to start) and 42 at the end of the day. Send one my way once and awhile 12. A special thanks to all involved! Overflow levels are diminished. Look for the past holiday weekend fishing pressure to ease some likely thru this week. Keep in mind that any good or better action that might come on will be tough to know about with such light fishing pressure. The rain is Lake Effect so as is often the case with snow most of it goes south of the area. At the Oak Billboard on the NYS Thruway. Nights are cooling down tho, even with the current warm day temps and that has at least made for good fishing action early and late. Thank you, Lindsay Agness for providing us with her image and Mike Waterhouse for his drone picture of the Oak. We did not take one fish on flasher/fly. On Saturday there were bass boats fishing on the south side next to the Port Gibson bridge. Fish Oak Orchard - "Your resource for Oak Orchard & WNY tributary angling" View the calendar of releases at this link:CanalsNY Fall Fishing Program. But with cooler temps this week, the water temp has finally started dropping. Oak Orchard "Big Boy" Tournaments-- 2021 dates The 2021 New York State fishing guide can be found at https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7917.html for downloading and printing at home. This weekend, we had some pretty good fishing despite getting beat up by the rough seas. When it cools down eventually its going to feel downright chilly. So no big change in flows yet in the Oak. You can feel the Spring change in the weather now and with ice cover going away on Lake Alice, there will be the typical warming of water temps in the Oak. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. (There will be no fees for the 2021 canal boating season.) In the spring while waiting for perfect conditions sometimes things only get worse, so if theres a reasonable fishing window consider hitting it sooner then later. 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?! I have been fishing my clients from 50-150 ft. Fish. Upstream action so far mainly for a few fish at the dam. Looking forward to more angler reports and success but over all the fishing pressure has been real light. Even after that thru the upcoming weekend I still wouldnt call it cold just seasonably cool and continued dry. Read more on the Hub. Flows in the Oak are responding nicely to a few days of previous cold with dropping and clearing. Guys in the Oak early today still fishing whats been the medium ish flows and slightly stained, but flows likely headed toward high and stained if not later today then by tomorrow. Im not hearing a lot from the other area smaller waterways but you can bet patient anglers could find some drop back action or a few fresh browns or steelhead in the lower reaches. The Sportsmen Archers Club Fly Fishing Only Catch and Release Contest was held October 16, 17, 18 2019. Flows in the Oak are already on the rise today thanks to increasing overflow water. Since we are not getting cold temps and/or snow, hopefully we can get rain along with the warm temps to help maintain flows. Hours are 7 am till 5pm. Theres some brisk NE lakeshore winds that will make for some rough seas and cool and probably dirty water color. What more could you ask for for small area trib action!? Flows are mod or almost med and mostly clear. For more information contact the fire station at 35 E. Cayuga St. by calling 315-343-2161. High flows can limit the movement of fish, and lower flows can restrict them. Well have to wait and see how much flows will change but it should bring flows up high but not blown. First, take advantage of mature king, coho salmon and brown trouts urge to seek the river waters around the piers at the Point Breeze pier, channel, and bay casting with brightly colored spoons is the ticket, especially predawn and at sunset. This up and down would be mostly unnoticed under ice cover anyway, except for on the Oak. Jeremy Sage from, Warrior Lures Sport Fishing Products Traxstech Corporation. Bald Eagle Tournament Series Bald Eagle Marina. Guys may wind up on the Oak after finding icing conditions otherwise. Oak Inn Duesseldorf, Dusseldorf: See traveler reviews, 4 candid photos, and great deals for Oak Inn Duesseldorf, ranked #193 of 261 hotels in Dusseldorf and rated 4.5 of 5 at Tripadvisor. Flows likely to remain up and stained at least thru the weekend. As quickly as flows were restored in the Oak over the past weekend the fishing likewise perked up again with some steelhead hooked and a few knarly Kings clinging to a hopeful life. Hard copies can be requested by emailing [email protected]. Kings and cohos have been hanging around in 110-160 FOW between the farm and the glass house. Salmon fishing continues to improve in Niagara River, area tributaries Then from there it was a slow but steady pick. Reasonable fishing pressure with fair to good numbers of Kings spread from near shore big Lake O waters to upstream fast water spots, in some cases right past anglers not there yet to intercept with a drift. Mixed bag chances for lakers, browns, steelhead in the River or on the Niagara bar rivermouth. Good chance for some icing conditions coming on there. Downstream spots on the Oak for the past weekend may have been tougher on what was dropping and clearing flows, altho we did not hear from many guys. ran out of Olcott to fish with his dad aboard the Stalker with Capt. These 23 & 25 lb Salmon were caught in 450 to 500 fow.40 to 120 down, using Dipseys 180 to 220 just slightly west of the Oak. The area smaller trib flows bumped up slightly while flows in the Oak have kept humming along at about slightly high and slightly stained. Other area smaller tribs like Johnson and Marsh have lower flows so look for scattered numbers of upstream fish. See ya out there! Fishing pressure looks more like the end of November than the beginning of November for this mid week period so far. A special shout out to St. Marys Archers Club for providing breakfast for so many of our anglers and guests this past month and allowing them access for fishing! A spate of water there too might drop back fish to downstream spots where guys are drifting and also bring on the last of the fresh run fish. Near shore big Lake O waters and pier head light tackle spoon or plug or streamer fly fun when wind and waves cooperate for slightly stained green or brownish trib runoff. And Erie Canal bolstered flows (year 2) will be contributing to the fishy equation sooner then later in multiple tribs! Bob features a weekly (and sometimes more frequent) video on his Facebook page to share his fishing report. Be aware the east side Oak Orchard River Point Breeze boat launch is closed for construction (new ramp) so just go the west side launch.. On the backside of this latest cold weather and accompanying wind, the land lubber casters and small boat trollers and small boat casters should be able to get back on those near shore brown trout in semi stained water while the cooler water and bait hangs around. Use white minnow rubber three inches long. Salmon Fishing at Waterport Dam Daily Update Oak Orchard River Look for dropping back steelhead from the dam, a few spawning fish and a chance for fresh fish trickling in. King numbers are slowly building in fast water areas on the Oak, besides whats been good numbers at the dam and the downstream frog water areas. Fishing pressure most days pretty agreeable with salmon anglers falling out of the mix now and only mod numbers of guys pursuing brown trout so far. 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. The parking donation will be $10 per car. If theres significant rain ahead of or instead of the ice/snow, then trib flows could be on the rise and going off color. Boy did they hit it just right! No quick start to the salmon action yet. Look for good drift opportunities on the backside of the higher flows with the chance for fresh trout migrations and Kings to be well spread thru the water courses. Coupled with the rise in flows, hopefully, that will bring on some more brown trout migrations in the Oak. Action reported pretty good around the Archers Club yesterday and then slower today. They fished a little west of port between the 27-29 lines of latitude. For specific questions about the Waterport dam site rules you can email document.getElementById("eeb-694070-709272").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%49%6e%71%75%69%72%69%65%73%40%42%72%6f%6f%6b%66%69%65%6c%64%72%65%6e%65%77%61%62%6c%65%2e%63%6f%6d%27"))*protected email*. Mexico Bay has seen an invasion of salmon. The bend in the rod didnt feel like an average steelhead and we were thinking a decent king salmon was on the line. Not bad drifting conditions, esp in the smaller waterways. See pictures below from July 12-13 of fish caught on Troutman 2! New Yorks lakes and streams offer great opportunities for fishing in a wide array of settings across the state. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Small boat civilian trollers can now launch at the open NYS launch on the west side of the rivermouth! Knowing there were kings laying on the bottom, we left our divers out with meat. This picture was from Saturday morning about 1 mile east of the Oak. According to Capt. Then the hit and misses kept on coming. Ive heard from visiting Rec boats (AKA recreational) that west of the Point in 100-200 ft of water got em steelhead and coho salmon action. Josh Dunkelburger of Olcott reports some walleye and carp were being caught off the NYPA fishing platform this week. After a few hours the bite slowed so we decided to go to Laker land. If theres steelhead in the Oak then more then likely theres a few slinking up those smaller waterways too. Both inshore structure, mid water and offshore has a mixed bag catch available. Keep informed from the NYS Canal web for changes and restrictions with canal waters. Dont be afraid to start targeting the warmer water many kings will hold and 60 to 67 water this time of year. No serious precipitation expected. 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. Click the image to subscribe to our weekly fishing reports. Mid Apr 2022. Tough time of the year for any serious drying out since everything will wind up essentially as runoff. Rigger: 65-95 down. No doubt a lot of King action came and went on the previous higher and off color flows. Its not likely to freeze back up significantly even with cold temps. Any emergency Canal drainage flows are now tempered and so that leaves tribs like the Oak and Sandy mostly to regular run of the river flows. The lower flows will concentrate the available fish in a few good lies or gravel spots. See more info on their. Most Kings will be spawning or on zombie patrol with the occasional fresher fish. And then theres always that concentration of fish and people at the dam. Begin Mar 2021 Oak Orchard River. Bass fishing in Sodus has been excellent. Some Northern pike can be caught in the harbor, too. Registration is only open for KOTO at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. Reports of good King and some trout action at Burt 18 Mile Creek. Please consider submitting one of your images to be featured on the Winter 2022 billboard. Point Breeze/Orleans County/east side boat launch is still closed while construction is hopefully soon to wrap up. No surprise, you'd have to think we would pay for all that previous warm weather sometime. We have an aerial map highlighting the PFD zone just downstream of the dam and on the overflow channel on the Oak. The hope is this cold weather will be a good thing for later winter and spring steelhead action. Next be prepared to troll j-plugs around the 3 piers in 5-20 feet of water. Good looking nice active fish all around. Little to no fishing pressure because of the recent events, with the few anglers out enjoying action like this for early Apr 2020 steelhead in the Oak. It looks like some of the weather we missed out on thru the earlier winter is coming now in the later winter. If anglers can get their drift thru the Kings, theres been some browns and steelhead hooked too. You might expect the water color to be dirtier for the height it is. Walleye fishing has been good on the Niagara Bar. Back to some winter like weather and temps for now. With the full moon arriving today, fall fishing is moving into a transition period for a variety of species. The current leader is a 32 lb 4 oz salmon caught by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA. Chance of rain/snow showers for the mid part of this week with forecasted mixed bag precip of rain, sleet and snow thru the end part of the week. The better reports I hear are from guys that have some Kings migrate past them or hold and they get some drifts to them. Other area smaller tribs are at moderate to medium and slightly stained flows. See the current standings at https://loc.org/leaderboard-current. Lake effect rain dumped three inches of rain around the Port Bay area over the weekend. Look for cooperative wind and wave action now and thru mid week with chance for higher wind forecast at the end of the week and subsequent tougher dirtier water chances. A couple of days of cold weather earlier this week probably hastened the retreating flows. Thanks to losing the Canal feed/winter drainage, flows in the Oak are real low. The imagery will change every 6 months to promote the upcoming fishing season. Alex found offshore bait, then a couple pockets of fish each day with the bait. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020 - YouTube Port Bay water is very warm and there has been weed growth near the south end. Less noticeable will be in Sandy since Canal flows there are throttling up. Good chance that flows can be contained in the turbine channel so look for a good head of turbine water. Other area smaller tribs have med flows and slightly stained water color something like 1 2 feet of visibility. The forecast ahead thru about the weekend is for colder weather that will drop and clear flows. Other area smaller tribs east and west are coming back into slightly high and stained flows. Very good. For now that is, until any more bigger rains or snows may come. Good casting chances for light/med spinning spoon or plug chuckers from the foot brigade. There seems to be a stalemate between the open Lake temps and the trib water temps thanks to the relatively mild winter. We found meat was the best bait. Some anglers are spread out like in the other tribs east and west. If your image isnt chosen for the billboard, we will consider using it in the 2022 OC Fishing Guide. The following report is courtesy of Capt. Check the Canal schedule for duration. 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. Thanks to a return to cold temps and snowy weather, trib flows retreated for the beginning part of this week. Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. Out of winter hibernation just to keep the pinners honest a med fresh pretty steelhead comes to the dead drift. Not much precipitation was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. No significant Lake Effect Snow expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. The current leader is a 32 lb 4 oz salmon caught by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA. Fishing pressure fairly heavy thru the past weekend and even thru yesterday but for this mid week period now with wetter weather looks quite a bit less., Tom and his crew from Pennsylvania joined us Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. A nice mid week weather period now after the holiday weekend with clear and warm days forecast today and tomorrow. 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. 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. A few more lake trout have shown up in the river to do their spawning ritual. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. No doubt well have concentrations of Kings into November. Forecast thru this week remaining after today is for warm temps in the 40sF. Definitely breaking toward Spring so get those cold water steelhead drifts in while you can. More green or fresher fish still being encountered then zombies. Light fishing pressure mostly, with a few more guys out for this weekend. Dave Chilson and company keep the LOC leaderboard updated on an hourly basis. Beads in natural colors really shine on early season trout with all the salmon eggs around. As we started getting into 90-100 we noticed a ton of bait and big fish on the bottom. Most action came on our Cannon Downriggers fished 30-50 down with sliders. On the dates not included above both before and after 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. 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. Not enough precipitation here yet to cause any great change in Oak or trib flows. By steelhead standards the flows we have now are real nice and could move some fresh fish upstream. May 21st is the scheduling for the canal opening. Going SW or just by the nature of the LES bands having moved around, accumulations will be more in different nearby areas. There would have been a similar few day high/stained fishable water window in the smaller area tribs too. Guys kept fishing, especially in the turbine channel (flows can only get so high). Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Anglers at the dam are getting their steelhead hook ups, including a few nice fish. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020 2,550 views Oct 21, 2020 21 Dislike Share Save survivalbracelet Kits 2.78K subscribers Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020. The last shot of rain was Sunday and theres been some cooler weather for the beginning part of this week. Sorry it took so long! Guys have so far caught a few browns and a few steelhead and a few cohos and a few Atlantics. There were briefly low flows in Sandy but my estimation is Canal feed has resumed and bumped flows back up slightly. Think something like flows going from low to not so low. More tributary anglers are invited to help with feeding the fish and cleaning the pens. Theres probably still some old Orleans Outdoor content out there on the web and Goggle. Its a semi serious band forecast to set up off Lake Erie. Oak Orchard Fishing Report - Facebook For more information call 888-733-5246 or visit their website at www.loc.org . Here on the Niagara Frontier, it was heaviest and there are lesser accumulations south of here. Flow conditions right now are more like nice steelhead water and higher then typical fall flows. A few civilian small boat trollers noted in the near shore/good looking/semi stained waters off Point Breeze. Not a lot of steelhead mentioned yet, but still plenty of time with colder weather ahead to bring on some chrome migrations. Flows in the Oak are high, close to blown and dirty. Release began Sept. 16, 2021 for the Oak. Chance of rain mid week and if there is a significant amount of precipitation flows in all the area tribs could be back on the rise and going off color. Consider how wet its been for months now, the high water tables, saturated fields and brim full swamp headwater supplies and youll come to realize the typical slow rise and quick fall of trib levels is going to occur more like quick rise and slow fall. For now all the waterway is open but some of the downstream frog water could ice up. (Artificial lures only). Theres no part of the driftable or castable or swingable waterway that is frozen over. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. Your email address will not be published. Theres a chance of an inch or two maybe south of the area off lake Erie. reported that the ups & downs continue on Lady O and this past Saturday was an UP judging from young Jeremiahs smile! Leaf fall is underway so expect daily water level fluctuations thanks to turbine rack cleaning at the dam. This area will be on the far end of it. Flows in the other area smaller tribs are low and mostly clear with some icey conditions. Oak rivermouth dredging operations are likely days away from finishing. The Oswego Fire Department offers loaner life jackets at no charge through its Loaner for Life program. For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. Fishing out deep has been hit and miss and no real pattern of lures to speak of. Pete Alex of Vision Quest Charters reports that he caught a limit of salmon and trout both days last weekend out of Wilson. Theres some renewed icing in the fast water stretches of the area smaller tribs. Strong upstream headwater supplies are likely driving the water feed below the dam. Read Fishing Reports Weather for Oak Orchard . The other area smaller tribs have med to slightly high flows with slightly stained water color. Hopefully the fishing pressure overall is likewise spread out like the fish. Drying out weather could lead to lower medium ish or wetter weather could lead to higher/dirtier. 98) Warrior Spoons Little Blue Pill and Double Trouble were our MVPs while GRC Trolling Flies Bull Bells did most of the damage on the Lake Trout. Fishing pressure is over-the-all pretty light and manageable. Mid Mar 2022 Oak Orchard. Then forecast is cooler again in the 40s for the upcoming weekend. It was getting a bit frustrating so since it was a short trip we worked our way back to the nose and started fishing for lake trout. Suspect some pressure has shifted to other area smaller waterways. FREE boat launching until the Spring! No major icing that we are aware of. 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.
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