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 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. The last shot of rain was Sunday and theres been some cooler weather for the beginning part of this week. Since its still busy with plenty of Kings around, anglers need to carefully spot the places where the browns are shadowing the Kings. Likely there are some steelhead in the Oak now and the drift conditions remain challenging to get on them. Any future rise in flows should perk up the action for fresh fish so well hope the upcoming forecast brings that on either with rain or snow and then melt off. The only sure way to know is to get out there and make a few drifts! Look for improving action thru the month with cooling weather or cooperating wind and waves and water color. Keep informed about 2021 canal hours. Forecast thru this week remaining after today is for warm temps in the 40sF. Cover lots of water and get the drift down and slow and you could find a chromer! Keep informed from the NYS Canal web for changes and restrictions with canal waters. There was another couple inches of wet snow and something like a 0.25 inch of rain thru last night. Spoons used were Gold 42 during overcast and Silver 42 when the sun was out. Visit Capt Songins Facebook page for more videos he posts throughout the week. Flows will likely just open up minus any blow out, as long as there is no significant precipitation. 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. Forecast temps in the mid 40sF for this mid week period and chance of off and on rain showers. 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. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters Lake Fishing Video Report on Facebook. Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. We finished the day with a few more fish and a memory to last forever. Rainfall could amount to 0.5 inch or more. So for now the drifting and swinging conditions look pretty good. Expect water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations and whats been a delayed leaf fall. View his full report, From at the Oak to the Bar at https://www.facebook.com/robert.songin.9/videos/412662933560159. Congratulations to the winner of the 2021 Summer LOC Derbys grand prize of $10,000, Michael Paddock from Albion who held the lead since July 13th with his 31 lb 7 oz salmon he caught aboard Aquarius. Value 4.2. A nice mid week weather period now after the holiday weekend with clear and warm days forecast today and tomorrow. From Capt. Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. All the trib flows will be on the rise and melting and probably going off color. Oakridge, Tennessee, United States. To the west, theres not a lot of recent reports but flows should be more like moderate to medium and going toward clear. Flows in Johnson Creek for sure up and even stained from a pretty good shot of water. Flows in the Oak are restored thru the turbine channel. Oak Orchard Tackle and Narbys is stocked for Fall salmon lures and gear. Licorice Man. 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. At the Waterport Dam, its reported there are just a few fish and likely none holding in downstream fast water runs or holes. Flows should stay up thanks to exceptional upstream supplies even as water color should continue to improve. Bald Eagle Tournament Series Bald Eagle Marina. Heres a link to the report. Rain today so far around one half to three qtrs of an inch. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Sandy Creek is probably remaining stubbornly stained from that Canal drainage but definitely dropping back some. Remember as these kings start to stage that their preferred water temps are also changing. Even though I wouldnt look for turbine flows to change much in the near term, once the water temps begin to rise even a little the drift chances should improve and more fresh fish will hopefully be evidenced all around. A few good browns reported to be hooked up yesterday on the Oak. Blown flows typically come from the overflow channel. I have stayed busy trolling 60-105 ft near bottom with cut bait fly rigs especially on magnum wire divers. Those fish should be somewhere in the system and may be spread out now farther upstream. Not hearing of much lower river and rivermouth action as probably the bulk of Kings are more upstream now. 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. And that flat downstream water on the Oak is just tougher to fish period except for good float techniques or cast/retrieve. Check the Canal schedule for duration. Trout and salmon rely on alewife in particular in the open Lake waters of Lake Ontario. So conditions real nice, especially considering how dry summer was and how some of this fall has been so far. Since we are not getting cold temps and/or snow, hopefully we can get rain along with the warm temps to help maintain flows. More importantly he shares his expertise on what lures have been successful for him and his crew. All weigh-ins will be at the Black North Inn by 3 PM. A good day might be a couple of hookups with a steelhead thrown in. All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation. Not a dozen hook ups for a morning effort, but at least a few that might include a couple steelhead or a couple browns. If anglers can get their drift thru the Kings, theres been some browns and steelhead hooked too. We changed the name from Orleans Outdoor to Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge going on 3 years ago! For now flows in the Oak are something like a notch less then medium and going clear. 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 . Some anglers are spread out like in the other tribs east and west. My anglers have been relaying positive feedback from restaurants from the Point thru Albion and Medina. The 2021 New York State fishing guide can be found at dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7917.html for downloading and printing at home. "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. Well see how long any cold weather may last (theres been no prolonged cold spell yet) and whether this is the stretch of weather we might have typically seen in January. Fishing report: Weather to negatively impact all fishing opportunities starting Thursday The roller coaster weather ride is continuing to affect area fishing. 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. 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. 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. Without access back to Lake Ontario, those overflow fish are likely goners unless theres a perfectly timed spate of water later this spring. If you catch one, please release it immediately and not harm it. 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. Geezer and Frost Bite were the best spoons. Classic scenario in the Oak where dirty water color lags behind the highest flows. Cool nights and cooperative winds should make for better battles with more staging Kings and trout chances as well. It remains to be seen if theres any prolonged cold yet ahead of us. With all the high water weve had previously, you might not have predicted any low flows this spring. Fished pretty much 100- 250 feet of water. When flows are reduced, guys are seeing a handful of browns and a few more steelhead nearer the dam. Flows are up and already back on the retreat all around, with dirty water color. Look for your fishing window sooner then later whenever reasonable conditions come together. 2.79K subscribers Oak Orchard River Fishing at Waterport Dam "Guess What We Caught" June 2, 2021. Some LES is coming this weekend. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. Many thanks to all involved in the Reimagine the Canals fishery benefits for WNY and esp NYS Canals outstanding cooperation. Very good. The showers did not amount to much and there is the chance for more rain showers and wind for the end of the week. The fish were biting on a deep rigger set at 120, flasher/meat rig and wire dipsey, 280-300 out, gold 42 second paddle with mirage fly, NBK paddle mirage fly, 600 hundred copper with a Jill bill meat rig. Fishable flows we have now in Johnson, Oak and Sandy largely a result of bolstered Erie Canal flows. 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. Mike Grager from Get Hooked Sportfishing: Today we had a young army veteran out for his first time fishing salmon on Lake Ontario!! Hopefully they can move to and get in and out of the smaller area tribs that they are dredging next with minimal impact on salmon and trout migrations. Stay tuned, potential for lots of good action ahead when we get some consistent cooler weather and good water flows. We did not take one fish on flasher/fly. Hike some different water spots on the smaller tribs and you should find some brown trout action with a steelhead or two thrown in. 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. We are living and experiencing all the fishing action directly or thru trusted reports of other die hard anglers as it happens. 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. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. 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. No parking will be allowed at anytime on the road at the top of the driveway and therefore no walk in access down the driveway. Mike Grager from Get Hooked Sportfishing provided us with this weeks picture of the week from April 8th. Water flows and trout and salmon migrations are looking good thanks to bolstered Erie Canal feed to the Oak and other waterways. Mid Mar 2022 Oak Orchard. Ron Bierstine has wrapped up his stream fishing reports for the season. Over the past weekend with warm temps there was some melt off. Warm temps are forecast today and tomorrow and seasonable thru the beginning part of the weekend. For now after the past weekend it looks like flows are back down some in the Oak to about med or slightly high and less stained. 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. 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. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. Forecast ahead is for a mid week warmup with chance of rain or showers end of week and then sharply cooler for the weekend. Still lots of water in the Oak at slightly high and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. 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. Certain days youll notice that salmon movement by seeing them crashing around, but as often as not that movement seems to go on quietly. Boaters are asked to use the Oak Orchard State Marine Park on the WEST side of the River on Archbald Rd. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. For now that is, until any more bigger rains or snows may come. Inside water has been sporadic. This entices more brown trout and steelhead to enter and remain in these waterways, improving fish spawning conditions and expanding angling opportunities. The NYSDEC Region 8 office in Avon, NY would in-fact love to hear from more anglers showing concern for trib issues. 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. With any luck well get some measurable liquid precip to help flows out. Downstream slow water areas will be freezing and closing in while upstream areas should stay open except for some bank ice. 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. More upcoming windy systems produce stirred inshore water which releases river scent so expect more incoming big fish! 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. Photo courtesy of Mike Lavender. New York State is open for fishing and DEC encourages anglers to recreate locally at a nearby waterbody. After a few hours the bite slowed so we decided to go to Laker land. A little more precipitation from the end of the past weekend and beginning part of this week has bumped up the trib flows slightly. Johnson Creek had a nice bump in flows and got stained and guys reported some salmon on the move there. 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. It has definitely brought out some more guys so not sure well see the typical fall off in the mid week angler numbers. 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. 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. Other area smaller waterways will be snowed and frozen in. Other area smaller tribs are dropping back like the Oak to low but may be hanging on to a little more color. Same for the LES that is coming. 1764 Oak Orchard Rd (Rte. Water temps had warmed up prob near 40 F and should retreat again in the near term. Bass fishing in Sodus has been excellent. They can be found in Lake Ontario, its tributaries like the Oak Orchard River and in numerous inland waterways. Seasonable cold today and dropping back below freezing tonight then a nice warmup mid week with chance of rain showers. Check out the nice King recent catch pic above.. Chance of rain showers hit and miss thru the end part of the week. Flows are something like med to slightly high with 1 2 ft of visibility. For now, flows in the Oak are moderate and slightly stained and no icing. 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! Warm weather forecasted to prevail all week and warmer yet for the upcoming weekend around 70F. We are generally most confident in our Oak interpretations, less so in the other area smaller tribs. The other area smaller tribs have med or slightly high and stained flows. Wash hands often or use a hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. The action at the Oak rivermouth is something like a few fish each prime period like dawn or dusk. There was a little bit of snow showers too that is melting off today. The fishing this last week has been better than the previous couple weeks. 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. The bend in the rod didnt feel like an average steelhead and we were thinking a decent king salmon was on the line. Concentrate on the faster shires and ruffles as they are more oxygenated. Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Weather Forecast, with current conditions, wind, air quality, and what to expect for the next 3 days. Be one of the lucky few that experiences good fishing as it takes place instead of hearing that famous quote, you should have been here yesterday!, Tight lines and smooth drags! TheNYS Canal Corporationreleases water from the Erie Canal into Lake Ontario Tributaries in Western New York for an extended period each fall to create a longer season and even better angling experience. King salmon are scheduled for release today, that effort under the directive of the local charter community. Read more on the Hub. This is after mostly tougher action reported for the begin part of the past weekend. It is still not too late to enter. Guys report good to strong numbers of Kings at the dam and overflow. Sep 2022 - Present7 months. Many thanks to local stakeholders for their efforts of securing, feeding and monitoring the fish. Flows in the Oak are medium and mostly clear. So if youre following this the moral of the story is that the weather is up and down and therefore so are the water levels and fishable conditions. 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.. Good chances for fresh fish action ahead for this beginning part of March especially as higher and more stained flows may come and go. According to Capt. Registration is only open for KOTO at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. Theres some renewed icing in the fast water stretches of the area smaller tribs.
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