Last week, on good flows, there was good action, then tougher again thru the past weekend on higher flows and now this week before another potential rise in flows there are a few more guys out there getting scattered hook ups. Breakfast is available at Boone & Crocketts Riverside Cafe at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. Water color is one foot of visibility or less. 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. The other area smaller tribs have had some on and off estuary action and likewise look for Kings firing upstream there too if flows go high. Ron Bierstine, NYS Reimagine the Canals Task Force Member Fishing. Fishing pressure looks more like the end of November than the beginning of November for this mid week period so far. Theres still lots of upstream headwater swamp supplies in the Oak. Good drifting and swinging chances there too with warming water temps and the chance for some fresh fish. The action at the Oak rivermouth is something like a few fish each prime period like dawn or dusk. New Yorks lakes and streams offer great opportunities for fishing in a wide array of settings across the state. Not a whole lot of reports coming back in for the Oak but now with flows that are a little more easily drifted guys should be into a few browns or steelhead. They started in 60 feet of water trolling northwest with cut bait and the reel started screaming. 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. Theres been on and off good action like at the Archers Club and some Kings continue to drop back from the dam. More upcoming windy systems produce stirred inshore water which releases river scent so expect more incoming big fish! Very good. Any snow will be likely south of the area. And lest we forget brown trout where world-class waters such as Niagara River, Oswego River, Oak Orchard Creek, Eighteenmile Creek, Sandy Creek and Maxwell Creek provide peak fishing opportunities in November and December. . Wash hands often or use a hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. 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. Classic drifting, not so much. Just a handful of cars seen at each access spot. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. (Highly recommended!) Hard copies can be requested by emailing FWFish@dec.ny.gov. Release began Sept. 16, 2021 for the Oak. 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. To the west, theres not a lot of recent reports but flows should be more like moderate to medium and going toward clear. The other area smaller tribs have medium flows and slightly stained water color. Lots of young browns bodes well for future trib fish and this bigger rutted out fish begs the question where were you last fall?! Come get in on some hard striking fresh fish action at the river mouth and downstream areas. Good chances for fresh fish action ahead for this begin part of Mar esp as higher and more stained flows may come and go. Trolling in a west direction was tough as the current was making it difficult. Late Feb 2018. Fish. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. Chance of legitimate winter weather and temps coming on by next week. Oak Orchard Creek Oswego River Salmon River N.Y. FLOW DATA (Lake Erie) Buffalo Creek Cattaraugus Creek Cayuga Creek N.Y. FLOW DATA (Lake Ontario) Genesee River Oswego River MICHIGAN WEATHER Au Sable River Little Manistee River Muskegon River Pere Marquette River MICHIGAN FLOW DATA Au Sable River Manistee River Pere Marquette River The Oak benefits from 24/7 spring, summer and fall supplemental flows from the Erie Canal. Your email address will not be published. Theres a chance of an inch or two maybe south of the area off lake Erie. A few more guys out on the Oak today than the past weekend, but still not all that much fishing pressure. John Troutman Oravec from Tightlines Charters, https://www.facebook.com/robert.songin.9/videos/412662933560159. Reports from the rest of the downstream water or other area smaller tribs are thin thanks to the light fishing pressure. Lots of optimism for trib season chances ahead on good returns from the steelhead pen rearing renewed project since 2019. See the photo below. Forecast ahead is for a mid week warmup with chance of rain or showers end of week and then sharply cooler for the weekend. Nice to see most all flows now contained in the turbine channel. It may just not be the big blowout event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. 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. A little rise in flows and some stain to the water makes for a willing biter with this nearly 20 pound hen steelhead. Rick Hajecki from Crazy Yankee Sportfishingreminds boaters to Not be a fool in the fog and use your radar as they almost had an incident last week while fishing. Recent precipitation for now probably not enough to keep flows any higher then low-ish when Canal water is ended. Trout and salmon rely on alewife in particular in the open Lake waters of Lake Ontario. Temps are forecast on a slow warmup over the next few days thru mid and end next week with another chance at precip later next week. Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. It is still not too late to enter. We are hearing of a few more browns now in the Oak, especially thru yesterday. Here on the Oak look for low and clear flows with bank ice and the downstream slow water areas frozen. 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. Look for flows to hang in or drop back another notch toward medium in the near term. Tuesdays fishing was EPIC despite it being a bit breezy. 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. The better reports I hear are from guys that have some Kings migrate past them or hold and they get some drifts to them. Best meat rig is a 10 white double crush glow green dot spindoctor, w/an irish thunder twinkie rig behind it. Other area smaller tribs are dropping back like the Oak to low but may be hanging on to a little more color. Flights Vacation Rentals Restaurants Things to do Dusseldorf Tourism; Dusseldorf Hotels; Dusseldorf Bed and Breakfast . Inside water has been sporadic. Looking forward to more angler reports and success but over all the fishing pressure has been real light. Next chance at precipitation or showers is this weekend. Not a dozen hook ups for a morning effort, but at least a few that might include a couple steelhead or a couple browns. The weather continues with near record warmth! 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. Most successful trollers are still a bit off shore at least in the 80+ FOW range or more for best action (pictured below). Even lucky, old and not pretty casters like the Licorice Man can get in on the early hard striking and fighting fresh King action at the Oak Orchard rivermouth! There was a little bit of snow showers too that is melting off today. See you on the water! New York State is open for fishing and DEC encourages anglers to recreate locally at a nearby waterbody. Mid Mar 2022 Oak Orchard. Look for angling pressure to build likely toward this weekend. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. 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. The nuances of fish migrations is an inexact science and we cannot predict the future. I have been fishing my clients from 50-150 ft. We are looking for a photo that was taken in Orleans County waters featuring an impressive catch, smiling faces, blue skies and with an icon such as the Oak Orchard Lighthouse in the background. Most of the area snowpack has now melted although some remains in protected areas. The area smaller trib flows bumped up slightly while flows in the Oak have kept humming along at about slightly high and slightly stained. Stay informed with the below web page. Any future precip could raise flows and bring back dirty water color. The best way to target these fish is to concentrate on the shoots coming off the dam. Light fishing pressure with just a handful of cars at each parking spot. We changed the name from Orleans Outdoor to Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge going on 3 years ago! Meaning flows are back on a slow retreat now but water color prob wont be the dirtiest itll be until today or tomorrow. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. If the forecast is realized with any significant rain, then flows all around could be back on the rise and going off color. We fished 90-120 feet of water, just slightly east and west of port. Here we are into November with cooler temps and on the backside of higher flows. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. Opportunities right now may not be for multiple hookup days but the chances are there for a few hard worked at bites with light fishing pressure in real nice flows and not bad weather conditions. First week of Sep 2019 with lots more chances ahead. All Rights Reserved. Actually that forecast sounds more normal by November standards. More fish are holding and staging now in fast water areas below the dam. (June 12-13) with the King of the Oak (KOTO) on Friday (6/11). Through the past weekend and beginning part of this week, guys reported a few hook-ups by either working the holes, the dam, or swinging spawning staging spots. Good chances for fresh fish action ahead for this beginning part of March especially as higher and more stained flows may come and go. Capt. 10 colors of FishUSA Stealthcore and A-TOM-MIK coppers in 150 & 200 took fish. Required fields are marked *. Starting Tuesday, September 7th, the Orleans County Boat Launch on Ontario Street (east side of the Oak Orchard River) will be closed for reconstruction until the Spring of 2022. If theres significant rain ahead of or instead of the ice/snow, then trib flows could be on the rise and going off color. Sunday morning started out like gang busters. Shouldnt be any serious icing in yet but there could be some bank ice or chunky flows. Oak Orchard rivermouth King, second week Sep 2018. Only a sucker here and there reported. 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. If your image isnt chosen for the billboard, we will consider using it in the 2022 OC Fishing Guide. Water color has improved to about 1 plus feet of visibility. See pictures below from July 12-13 of fish caught on Troutman 2! Flies and egg imaginations have been the best baits for the salmon. 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 salmon are scattered and after the marks are found, they are not hitting easily. The gate at the top of the driveway will be closed at 2PM for no entry after that. High flows can limit the movement of fish, and lower flows can restrict them. 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. Check the drift, slow the swing and/or put a longer leader on with some more shot if you want to get in the zone. No significant Lake Effect Snow expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. There is still plenty of snow to melt like in the woods and protected spots and some ice and flooded fields. That should make for cleaner drifts, although with a late leaf fall, look for continued usually daily water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations. Fresh steelhead chances for late winter, early spring usually means high and stained and cold water challenging drifts. We started the morning in the same water we had been fishing. Private launches are available while public launches wait to reopen. The other area smaller waterways have mod to med flows and are slightly stained at 2+ feet of viz. Forecast is for slowly warming up thru this week with chance of rain/snow showers mid week and precipitation again for end of week. There would have been a similar few day high/stained fishable water window in the smaller area tribs too. Seems like the Kings just arent concentrated in any particular fast water spot in any trib and thats the tougher reports I hear from guys. (function(){var ml="k0of4rsdc%ainhm. Good chance that flows can be contained in the turbine channel so look for a good head of turbine water. See more info on their. The Olcott pier project is completed for land lubbers there to get back out there or the Oak Orchard piers. The bend in the rod didnt feel like an average steelhead and we were thinking a decent king salmon was on the line. Fly, spin or float all fun! The other area smaller tribs should be going from mod/med flows to slightly stained med/slightly high flows. Lake effect rain dumped three inches of rain around the Port Bay area over the weekend. West side state launch slated to open ASAP. Look for plenty of brown trout action ahead, most guys targeting browns look toward end of Oct, thru Nov and begin part of Dec.You gotta get thru at least some Kings before that brown trout action heats up then followed by steelhead! Be sure to check out some of the smaller tribs like Four Mile and Keg Creeks. The chance to fish from your own two feet for trout and salmon you measure in pounds, not inches, for 7 9 months depending upon weather and water conditions. Other area smaller tribs are at med and slightly stained. Warm-ish temps around 40 F for the end of weekend and begin part of next week. Considering that January is usually a bit of an in-between time frame after the fall salmon/brown trout action and before spring steelhead, the few guys out taking advantage of the weather and flows are doing pretty good. On the south end of Newark has been a great place for catching bass. Peach of a day today and it looks like guys are more seriously getting out there this week. Other area smaller tribs should be open and ice free in the upstream reaches with some lower river ice cover or jams. The other area smaller waterways trending slowly falling flows at around mod and slightly stained. Mainly with an old school program. The season ends November 30th with a catch and release from December 1st till June. To the east look for a quicker turn for lower and clearer flows and doable drifts then to the west. Then there are those fish more or less landlocked in the overflow pools. 98) The team at Orleans County Tourism appreciates it as well as so many anglers we hear from. This mid week warmup should likely only stall the right of drop and clear in the Oak and other area smaller waterways. Next chance at snow for area wide is for the beginning part of next week. This is after mostly tougher action reported for the begin part of the past weekend. The Oak Orchard Pen Rearing Association receives steelhead and salmon from the NYSDEC placed in net pens in the Oak lower watercourse each spring. Depending on your perspective some might call it only slightly high. May 21st is the scheduling for the canal opening. Some LES is coming this weekend. Slightly lower flows will likely reveal more browns then thought when the water was higher. Check out the dandy nice big brown below Jonathan Halpert and Big Kevs Guide Service found on the Oak yesterday along with more hook ups. Look for flows to stay up with the stained water color. Even clear water finds the caster at an advantage over the troller. Also a few more brown trout hook ups have been reported, but its plenty earlier for that with lots of good trout action ahead of us. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. At the Waterport Dam, its reported there are just a few fish and likely none holding in downstream fast water runs or holes. Chris Megan from On the Water mag gets a top notch net job from Bill to land this trophy early in the season fresh male brown trout! Action has been a little more measured then say 2 3 weeks ago when it seemed we got a small run of fresh steelhead. This is in some contrast to earlier reports of mostly Kings kicking around on the lowering flows. High water drifting as long as its not blown might be the name of the game! Look for flows in the Oak to go from the slightly high flows we have now to med and 2 3 ft of visibility. In the Steelhead Division, Karen Mang of East Concord, NY is top fish catcher with a 16-pound, 12-ounce Olcott fish. Can anyone say some skein please?! Look for a bit of a temp shock there and the fishing action back on the rebound as things warm back up. A fall cool down on the backside of the weekend rains is upon us! 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. Oak Orchard Fishing Report, friendly post to help your fellow fisherman. Our best set up was a 10 white double crush glow Spindoctor with A-TOM-MIK glow warship twinkie head. Sandy Creek has been the most consistent brown trout action so thats where most of the fishing pressure has been. Mid week at dawn 1 for 2 with this nice fresh hen landed at the Oakrivermouth. And then theres always that concentration of fish and people at the dam. McCoy Fishing Line Torpedo Divers A-Tom-Mik Mfg. The other area smaller tribs have slightly high flows with stained visibility of about 1 foot. Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. For now, cool weather and cool water action is hanging on and theres no serious warmup forecast in the near future. So for now, flows in the Oak have dropped back to low and clear. Other area smaller tribs are at moderate to medium and slightly stained flows. It may just not be the big blow out event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. He is first in line for the $25,000 Grand Prize. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. No serious precipitation expected. This site uses cookies. For now, flows in the Oak are moderate and slightly stained and no icing. When it cools down eventually its going to feel downright chilly. Guys are getting hook ups daily. 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 . Early season Oak rivermouth action for a nice brace of med female Kings for the Licorice Man. A couple Lake Ontario newbies became addicted this past weekend. Theres a change afoot soon with the forecast ahead for the end of week and weekend going colder with a chance of mixed bag precipitation. There were some hook ups thru the past weekend right before this latest rise in flows. Furlough was just long enough for a few casts! See ya out there! Good drifts on lighter leads are still scoring some hook ups on some dark and slightly silver fish. For moreinformation about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly, go to DECs website. It wont break the drought conditions but it may just perk up the action in the area smaller tribs. Chance of some fresh steelhead migrations all around now and going forward. There seems to be a stalemate between the open Lake temps and the trib water temps thanks to the relatively mild winter. (Artificial lures only). Other area smaller tribs east and west are coming back into slightly high and stained flows. Anchor where the current isnt strong and cast out shrimp. Some days youll find the only active fish up in that warm water so dont be afraid to fish up high. The last time it was dredged was in 2014. $25,000 Grand Prize for the largest salmon. It was all spoon and meat bite Saturday. There could be some fresh fish migrations in the rest of the downstream river course and the other area smaller tribs anytime now thru the spring on these high water events. Up in the gorge, Mike Rzucidlo of Niagara Falls was at Artpark on Tuesday and caught two small walleyes and eight small bass on jigs. 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. Monday was much better with a slight breeze on the lake. If you catch one, please release it immediately and not harm it. Since we are not getting cold temps and/or snow, hopefully we can get rain along with the warm temps to help maintain flows. Forecast is continued warm thru tomorrow with chance of precipitation end of day or later tomorrow. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters reports that fishing is still tough and sporadic. Fishing Oak Orchard Creek, NY on 2/6/2023 will be best from 12:00AM through 12:00AM, and from 12:00AM to 12:00AM. 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.
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