Weather and the calendar is the biggest factor for angling pressure and bringing more fishermen out or keeping them indoors. Through Operation Injured Soldiers, Captains Mike Grager, Mike Lavender and Bob Eder took 12 wounded veterans fishing and enjoyed 2 days on Lake Ontario. More then not, fish are still in good green shape. More importantly he shares his expertise on what lures have been successful for him and his crew. If you still have a boat in the water, you can fish west of Sodus Bay in 30 fow. Look for dropping back steelhead from the dam, a few spawning fish and a chance for fresh fish trickling in. Thanks to all who helped including NYSDEC, Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina, feeding/cleaning volunteers, Seth Green Chapter TU, Orleans County Tourism and yours truly spearheading efforts. Even without any significant new precipitation, look for flows in the Oak to stay up thanks to strong swamp headwater supplies. That may be a result of the good flows bringing in those steelhead. Any significant precipitation or melt off or runoff could bring all the trib flows right back high and off color again. Spring will offer up only so many cold water chances! Call 585-682-4546 or email document.getElementById("eeb-573343-278334").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%69%6e%66%6f%40%66%69%73%68%6f%61%6b%6f%72%63%68%61%72%64%2e%63%6f%6d%27"))*protected email* for a reservation ASAP! They will be held out of Oak Orchard. The Olcott pier project is completed for land lubbers there to get back out there or the Oak Orchard piers. So come get in on the cold water action before the inevitable warmup. Not a dozen hook ups for a morning effort, but at least a few that might include a couple steelhead or a couple browns. After several days of strong west winds both charter and Rec boats got back out. The following report is courtesy of Capt. A few leftover coho and browns are in the system too. To the west at Johnson Creek, flows are medium and mostly clear with reports of some brown trout hookups. Hopefully the fishing pressure overall is likewise spread out like the fish. In his latest report, he shared a recap of At the Bar in Niagara County and the challenges he experienced this year. Fishing has been a challenge. Nice to see most all flows now contained in the turbine channel. The Pic of the Week was taken just this morning, June 8, 2021 fromMike Grager, Get Hooked Sportfishing. For moreinformation about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly, go to DECs website. More upcoming windy systems produce stirred inshore water which releases river scent so expect more incoming big fish! Spoon grabbing fun hard fighters with a dark skein wagon thrown in too for mid/end Sept 2021 at the Oak Orchard Rivermouth. Theres no obvious movement of fish around the Oak rivermouth either, although there has been a few Kings caught there by the casting foot soldiers. There is plenty of water cover to hide fish or to encourage any late migrations of browns or early migrations of steelhead. Look for your fishing window sooner then later whenever reasonable conditions come together. For now flows in the Oak are mod and slightly stained and no icing. A few civilian small boat trollers noted in the near shore/good looking/semi stained waters off Point Breeze. Stay at the shop lodge (Licorice Lodge) close to the Oak Orchard River fishing action! laker on an 8 lb leader with light/med spin or levelwind gear and tell me if you still think Lakers dont fight well! Releases may change due to weather, engineering controls and other conditions. Capt. (Deadline for the Open was Monday, 6/7). Forecast temps in the mid 40sF for this mid week period and chance of off and on rain showers. There should be a mix of spawning and staged fish in the holes with fresh fish trickling in anytime. No serious icing yet and all the downstream frog water is open. Steelhead have been there and more likely to trickle in. "On the Water" Media Group and host, Chris Megan with his film crew from East Falmouth, MA were at the Oak today catching an early brown trout following the morning rainfall. Both kings and Cohos are being caught. Patience and persistence on the Oak may finally be paying off. Kings have for the most part given up the ghost and now some carcasses are seen seeding the waterway. Please use the Oak Orchard State Boat Launch on Archbald Rd. With the final weekend of the Lake Ontario Counties Fall Derby approaching, it is important to be in the contest if you are on the water. 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. Anglers who find the best fishing often anticipate when the right conditions will come together. Fast water spots on the Oak remain open with just some bank ice. Water visibility was about 6-foot at the time. 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. As of 8/23/21, the current leader of the Fall LOC Derby is Theresa Hoodley from Pottstown, PA with a 32 lb 2 oz Salmon, weighed in at Wilson. Today was probably my last charter of the year, and if so it was great to end on a high note for the season!! Fathers Day Outing with Get the Net Charters. Those waterways do seem to be slowly back on the retreat. Your email address will not be published. The hope is this cold weather will be a good thing for later winter and spring steelhead action. Another cold snap: cold temps today with highs around 40F. With fair to good bolstered flows from the Erie Canal guys are reporting good brown trout action with a green King here and there and/or a sporty colorful coho. The late summer bites have been with spoons and flasher-flies. Stay tuned though for any future high water that could really perk things up. Sunday morning started out like gang busters. Look for better rivermouth and lower river action each day on cool or wet weather. Check out loc.org. There is some icing especially in downstream slow water spots and some bank ice. Any significant precipitation could raise all the trib flows back high and dirty. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. Other hook ups weve heard about in the Oak include a few browns, some smallish Atlantics and a good sized steelhead or two. Today seems slower again for some. They consulted with, At last! The salmon are running in New York State - EnviroPolitics Any future precip could raise flows and bring back dirty water color. Those fish should be somewhere in the system and may be spread out now farther upstream. And really you may not want to give up completely on salmon efforts just yet. Look for mod and mostly clear flows in the Oak and low and clear flows in the other area smaller waterways. Even at this almost mid-Oct timeframe, theres still good hookup chances from the nearshore Lake Ontario all the way to the dam, so the fishing opportunity definitely will spread out. Kurt Driscoll. Canal feed should be continued there so if we find out any intel for that we will pass along. Spring spoon casting action for brown trout at the pier heads and lakeshore when wind and waves come together to bring that semi stained water within casting range. Its situated parallel to the Thruway so its visible from both directions. Many thanks to the Archers Club for opening up the Fall fishing access. Posted January 31, 2021 We are pleased to announce dates for two of these events for 2021. There are miles of water for fish to be dropping back from compared to about only a short mile of Oak water. Maxwell has a better flow; however, it is still plugged-up at the mouth. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we receive a commission. Now some silver browns hooked up too, as has been the case on the smaller tribs like to the east. While enjoying the outdoors, please continue to follow theCDC/New York State Department of Health guidelines(leaves DECs website) for preventing the spread of colds, flu, and COVID-19: When fishing, DEC recommends avoiding busy waters andfollowing the guidelines on DECs website about fishing responsibly in New York State. Most successful trollers are still a bit off shore at least in the 80+ FOW range or more for best action (pictured below). If the forecast is realized, with especially significant rain, there is the chance for high or blown trib flows. Then theres the building King numbers at the dam, fish numbers probably outpacing the creeling pressure to this point. Chance of rain again on Wednesday. Looks like a good head of turbine water with overflow levels diminished. Rainfall could amount to 0.5 inch or more. For information on fishing Great Lakes tributaries, visit the DEC website. Click on the image above to subscribe to our weekly fishing reports. Some rain showers and gloom and breezy conditions today (Tuesday). There was a little bit of snow showers too that is melting off today. Shorebound casters get in on the brown trout action at the break of spring thru Mar, Apr or May. We had our bites but we could not get them to stick. Other area smaller tribs should be retreating toward medium or lower to moderate and slightly stained. A fair amount of weeds are being discharged, especially noticeable in downstream areas. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. An honest notch or so less (slightly high) then the previous wide open turbine flows with overflow levels diminished. Downstream slow water is getting pretty froggy thanks to rising Lake Ontario levels and the lowering upstream flows. Furlough was just long enough for a few casts! Spin Doctor, Chrome, Crush UV, 2 face with an Atomic purple mirage behind it. John Troutman Oravec from Tightlines Charters, https://www.facebook.com/robert.songin.9/videos/412662933560159. (There will be no fees for the 2021 canal boating season.) Bob! Warm-ish temps around 40 F for the end of weekend and begin part of next week. Either way, flows consist of a strong head of turbine water that could be close to full bore. These events were very well received last season despite very short notice. We are hearing of a few more browns now in the Oak, especially thru yesterday. The fish are placed in downstream pens at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina and will be fed and cared for before release in about 3 4 weeks. Thank you to the DEC, the volunteers and especially Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina for the use of their boat slips/docks this Spring. 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 mod in the Oak and low in the smaller waterways. Sunday, we caught a decent variety: a couple of big salmon, 2 year olds, matures, a steelhead and couple of cohoes. jwplayer("jwp-outstream-unit").setup({}); Report is Courtesy of the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning. No major chill down seen in the near term forecast and there is some rain or showers going over to snow showers forecast for Thursday and Friday. And that is part of the formula for steelhead hookups being on the water after a spate of water. This weeks fishing report was provided by, This weeks Lake fishing report is from Capt. Without access back to Lake Ontario, those overflow fish are likely goners unless theres a perfectly timed spate of water later this spring. Low water, aka an average fall, short leaders, BB shot is not likely to cut it right now for presentations, especially on the Oak. With the previous high and off color flows in the Oak its been a bit of a challenge for good drifts and swings. I have been fishing my clients from 50-150 ft. Good chances for fresh fish action ahead for this begin part of Mar esp as higher and more stained flows may come and go. Good looking nice active fish all around. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. After a few hours the bite slowed so we decided to go to Laker land. 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. Fishing Report. The northeast coastal weather put a damper on show attendance and the vendors participating were down some thanks to Covid worry but the anglers who did visit the show had good interest in all of the Lake Ontario trout and salmon fishing opportunities. A fair number of Kings are loitering in downstream areas on the Oak with skein drifters still into them up at least until yesterday. Fishable flows we have now in Johnson, Oak and Sandy largely a result of bolstered Erie Canal flows. A decent pair of polarized glasses should reveal pods of fish holding around gravel spots. Good chance for some icing conditions coming on there. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. Mid Apr 2022. All that cooler water we have again in the Oak could surely be spreading out the fish and drifts are going to need to be down and slow for best hook up chances. Id say Im hearing about 50/50 in good/tough fishing. 14016 Route 31 West The last time it was dredged was in 2014. Next better chance at real rain is this weekend. Water is moss green color, with 6-7 feet of visibility. This weeks Picture of the Week comes fromMike Gragers crew from Get Hooked Sportfishing. And Erie Canal bolstered flows (year 2) will be contributing to the fishy equation sooner then later in multiple tribs! Theres still good numbers of fish higher in the Oak watercourse nearer the dam. Anglers report a few brown trout hook ups with steelhead hook ups possibly coming on stronger, and still a coho here and there. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Typical more summer- like weather is setting in, including steady southwest to west breezes perfect for attracting even more fish to Orleans County/Lake Ontario waters off the Oak! Slightly lower flows will likely reveal more browns then thought when the water was higher. Temps are forecast to begin to cool down for the end of this week and thru the weekend. For now temps are in the high 30s F and falling short of the predicted near 50 F. Look for all the trib flows to be on the rise and going off color. A little more precipitation from the end of the past weekend and beginning part of this week has bumped up the trib flows slightly. But in all likelihood the greater accumulations will be SW of here with the chance that the WNY Niagara Frontier may not get all that much. Theres lots of good fishing for salmon, steelhead and brown trout ahead! The brown trout action in nearby tribs that was pretty good is a little slower lately thanks to the lower and clearer flows. No serious snow accumulations expected with highs in the 40sF. By most accounts if youre moving around and trying different drifts and spots, guys are hooking up. Guys thru yesterday higher up scored a few hook ups on eggs or beads on fresh steelhead while downstream swingers had a tougher go. Available at Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge and Narbys. Chance of rain and colder temps and windy conditions for the end of the week but back to relatively mild temps again by the weekend. Divers: 220-240, 400 coppers. Flows consist of lots of turbine water and overflow water that started to come back up for the end of the past weekend. Flows in the other area smaller tribs should be around med and slightly stained. The other area smaller waterways are about moderate with water color of about 2+ ft of visibility. 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. Best baits will be small egg patterns; be it flies, rubber eggs or even egg sacs. Same for the LES that is coming. Water temps for now are already in the the high 30s F on the Oak and prob going higher with the forecasted warmup thru the end of this week. At least whatever trib and near shore Lake Ontario trout action that is underway is not likely to experience a temp spike anytime soon. Leaf fall is underway so expect daily water level fluctuations thanks to turbine rack cleaning at the dam. Thanks to losing the Canal feed/winter drainage, flows in the Oak are real low. That flow is still actually fishable unless its high AND dirty. That consistency the Oak is known for is showing thru once again. Chance for more downpours thru tonight with strong winds and an advisory forecast thru tomorrow. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters Lake Fishing Video Report on Facebook. The nuances of fish migrations is an inexact science and we cannot predict the future. This up and down would be mostly unnoticed under ice cover anyway, except for on the Oak. Breakfast will be offered for a $10 donation. Still on the cool and breezy side today with another brief warm-up forecast over the next couple days. Captain Ron runs a roomy 33-foot Flybridge Sport Fisherman with a 12-foot beam. Your email address will not be published. This is the available info at this time, unless something changes, it will be enforced.. You can check these in your browser security settings. 2021. 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. Light fishing pressure mostly, with a few more guys out for this weekend. Steelhead glory to the swung fly in the OOrchard for end Jan 2016/begin Feb 2017. Without overflow levels now, some might be inclined to call it only slightly high. Oak Orchard Oct 2020. Flows in the other area smaller waterways are high and dirty. 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. 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! Salmon Fishing at Waterport Dam Daily Update Oak Orchard River On recon today I saw only a few guys parked at the dam. Water color has improved to about 1 plus feet of visibility. Fishing pressure is real light, only a few anglers on the water. Fly, spin or float all fun! Hair jigs and worm harnesses fished off 3-way rigs is the way to go. Rivermouth action has been slow to start but might be picking up as near shore waters cooled down a touch after couple days of med E winds. Very good. A nice spate of water which is hanging on in the Oak and retreating in the other area smaller tribs back to the base Canal feed. Check out current standings at https://loc.org/leaderboard-current. Fishing pressure is real light I saw just one car on the Oak. If you catch one, please release it immediately and not harm it. Maybe those fish pushed further upriver as so far theres not been a lot of holding or spawning action except for the piling up at the dam. Not big numbers of steelhead but a few that likely came in on the previous higher flows we had and are a good portent to upcoming steelhead action in the more traditional February or March timeframe. Starting Tues, Sept. 7th, the Orleans County Boat Launch at the end of Ontario Street (east side of the river) will be closed for reconstruction. Expect mod to med, but just less then med mostly clear flows in the Oak. There was some water level fluctuations yesterday thanks to hydropower operations and when the water was down briefly a fair amount of fish were seen in the upstream areas. Orleans County Fishing Report June 1, 2021 Beginning May 19, 2021, NY will be adopting CDC guidelines on mask use. Water flows and trout and salmon migrations are looking good thanks to bolstered Erie Canal feed to the Oak and other waterways. PDF Details and anticipated dates For details on fishing in for the 2020 ",mi=";<329413;6=2:0258=:57?82>",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;jOak Orchard River Salmon Fishing (Any Cat Fish at the Dam?) November 1 Flights Vacation Rentals Restaurants Things to do Dusseldorf Tourism; Dusseldorf Hotels; Dusseldorf Bed and Breakfast . Forecast thru this week remaining after today is for warm temps in the 40sF. Could be guys were finding easier fishing flows on the smaller waterways. Chance of rain showers thru the mid week on warming temps and an expected area-wide accumulating snow end of week on cooling temps. Look for angling pressure to build likely toward this weekend. The medium to slightly high flows in the Oak are proving to be a nice draw for Kings. Required fields are marked *. to the leaders in the 1st leg of the King of the Oak Series the Condor Memorial as well as the winning teams from the feature tournament . To the east at Sandy Creek flows are reported to be medium or just a notch greater. 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 . The lake conditions could not have been better, we just needed to get them on some fish. The area received a few inches of wet snow and sleet thru the end of the past week. So far we are prob looking at some fish from earlier higher water and new fish trickling in on medium-ish flows instead of one bigger batch of fish on a blow out event. Flows in the Oak are responding nicely to a few days of previous cold with dropping and clearing. There was a few more inches of snow and more Lake Effect Snow showers are expected today here on the immediate Lake Plain. 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.
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