Bob Songin from Reel Excitement Charters. Then theres the building King numbers at the dam, fish numbers probably outpacing the creeling pressure to this point. 3.5. The Orleans County Open (formerly known as the Oak Orchard Open) is a combined Salmon and Trout team event to showcase Lake Ontarios tournament teams and recreational anglers. Downstream slow water is getting pretty froggy thanks to rising Lake Ontario levels and the lowering upstream flows. They also landed 4 mature Kings, 3 steelhead, a brown, and a lake trout! Look for some late fish to come thru but likely not in any great concentrations. They started in 60 feet of water trolling northwest with cut bait and the reel started screaming. Lots of snow across WNY from an area wide snow. 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 . But the gloom and the cool definitely conducive for fish migrations, guys remarking that fish were migrating yesterday. And really you may not want to give up completely on salmon efforts just yet. Oakridge, Tennessee, United States. To view the final results, visit the LOC Derby website. Last night at dusk I had no problem finding some Kings crashing and boiling around at the Bridges area on the Oak and even a few at Point Breeze. This weeks fishing report is from Capt. The LOC started Friday and runs until September 6thLabor Day. Since we are not getting cold temps and/or snow, hopefully we can get rain along with the warm temps to help maintain flows. Mexico Bay has seen an invasion of salmon. According to Capt. Avoid close contact, such as shaking hands, hugging, and kissing. No icing, even in the downstream frog water just yet. Flows in the other tribs bracketing east and west look like they are back up some. One positive for the continued cold weather is trib water temps have not spiked high yet. 1764 Oak Orchard Rd (Rte. (There will be no fees for the 2021 canal boating season.) The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: Click to subscribe to Orleans Countys Weekly Fishing Report (written by Ron). Fishing pressure is light to moderate with what looks like a few guys here and there probably enjoying holiday time off. See more info on their. 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. For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. And along with the browns theres the chance for Atlantics, cohos or steelhead rounding out nice mixed bag chances. We believe our web reports are the straightest poop by far about Oak Orchard and most WNY conditions. Looking out across the water and spotting fish def not as easy as it would be if flows were lower and clearer. Boaters are asked to use the Oak Orchard State Marine Park on the WEST side of the River on Archbald Rd. Another cold snap: cold temps today with highs around 40F. Registration is only open for KOTO at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. Geezer and Frost Bite were the best spoons. Flows in the Oak are about med and slightly stained with about 2 ft of viz. Remember you still have to get out and fish Come experience great fishing as it takes place instead of solely relying and waiting on internet reports. Kings are coming, are you ready?! Water temps had warmed up prob near 40 F and should retreat again in the near term. To the east at Sandy Creek flows are reported to be medium or just a notch greater. Out of winter hibernation just to keep the pinners honest a med fresh pretty steelhead comes to the dead drift. And maybe into the early spring! Im just returning from the Fly Fishing Show in Edison, NJ so will need to come back up to speed on fishing info as some angler reports come in. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. Fishing pressure is real light with one or two guys reporting a few fresher looking steelhead hooked up. A few pools or slots may hide a fish that didnt take the drop back trip. We went past 300 but found the 250-300 was better. Keep in mind that any good or better action that might come on will be tough to know about with such light fishing pressure. Thank you to the DEC, the volunteers and especially Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina for the use of their boat slips/docks this Spring. The 2nd will be a 2 day event September 4th and 5th. Your email address will not be published. That may well all blow out after this latest round of precipitation. There is some icing up in spots but theres still drifting slots to be found. Be sure you contact NYSDEC with comments on the predation from over-abundant cormorants and the impacts on the young stocked salmonids. We started the morning in the same water we had been fishing. For now flows in the Oak are something like a notch less then medium and going clear. A couple anglers reported when flows came down thanks to turbine rack cleaning it revealed strong numbers of browns and some steelhead nearer the dam, even if they hadnt been good biters prior. So hopefully if it stays mild well look for rain or if it goes cold well look for snow so that good trib flows will prevail for steelhead action. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. Then the hit and misses kept on coming. 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.. And maybe into the early spring! Hearing of legit salmon bites and even a few browns too in fast water areas on the Oak. The past days, since the weekend, rains and high water has been tough for most. Nothing new about that for steelhead angling! Fishable flows we have now in Johnson, Oak and Sandy largely a result of bolstered Erie Canal flows. Fish have been taking mostly spoons with a few meat and flasher/fly mixed in. Next be prepared to troll j-plugs around the 3 piers in 5-20 feet of water. I have been fishing my clients from 50-150 ft. This weeks report is from Ron Bierstine from Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge: The last shot of rain was Sunday and theres been some cooler weather for the beginning part of this week. Your email address will not be published. In the Steelhead Division, Karen Mang of East Concord, NY is top fish catcher with a 16-pound, 12-ounce Olcott fish. Other area smaller tribs are at moderate to medium and slightly stained flows. Traxstech Corporation Warrior Lures Sport Fishing Products. Capt. Theres no significant icing anywhere that we are aware of. 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. In early November and early December, all Lake Ontario tributaries (Eighteenmile, Johnson, Oak Orchard, Sandy and Salmon Creeks) will see higher flows. Spoons chipped in but flasher/fly and meat rigs were good. The lake conditions could not have been better, we just needed to get them on some fish. Flows in the Oak have retreated some to slightly high and slightly stained. Spring will offer up only so many cold water chances! The bite was not hot and heavy but we picked at a few steelhead as we approached the 30 line. Read more on the Hub. There is some icing especially in downstream slow water spots and some bank ice. Either way theres still a good head of turbine flow thats full bore or close to full bore and the water color is slowly getting better. Its fall and its leaf fall time so expect maybe daily water level fluctuations on the Oak thanks to hydro power operation. Fishing pressure is over-the-all pretty light and manageable. Anglers might consider re-releasing those fish in the turbine channel. Check out current standings at https://loc.org/leaderboard-current. Fished pretty much 100- 250 feet of water. The team at Orleans County Tourism appreciates it as well as so many anglers we hear from. On recon today I saw only a few guys parked at the dam. Labor Day is when the big Lake Ontario Counties Fall Trout and Salmon Derby will be ending at 1 p.m. The current leader is now a 32-pound, 4-ounce fish reeled in by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA while fishing out of Olcott this week. Theres still good numbers of fish higher in the Oak watercourse nearer the dam. Fish for bass on Sodus Bay throwing-out worm rigs between the islands at the north end of the bay. That could push more fish into the river plume and into the channel. They scored 4 king salmon (17-20 lbs) and a trophy sized steelhead weighing in at 16 lbs. Release began Sept. 16, 2021 for the Oak. The other area smaller tribs have a fair amount of icing. No serious precipitation expected. Click here to view Capt. 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. The Oak Orchard Pen Rearing Association receives steelhead and salmon from the NYSDEC placed in net pens in the Oak lower watercourse each spring. Especially with the way the weather is proceeding. The lower flows will concentrate the available fish in a few good lies or gravel spots. 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. There is still plenty of snow to melt like in the woods and protected spots and some ice and flooded fields. Bro-Weekend was a success for the Meyer family from Eastern PA and NJ (pictured below)! Capt. 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. The Wolcott Creek off Furnace Road had some late season kings. Flows in the Oak are about medium and barely stained with about 2 feet of visibility for now. Im hearing of a few hook ups each outing for most guys, and those anglers report putting in the time and working for the hook ups by covering different water with swings or dead drifts. Anglers often find flows still a bit high and a bit stained and for sure cold but thats the nature of steelheading and the chance for a multiple hook up day. The salmon are scattered and after the marks are found, they are not hitting easily. May 21st is the scheduling for the canal opening. Best meat rig is a 10 white double crush glow green dot spindoctor, w/an irish thunder twinkie rig behind it. The Port Bay pier (small) is at the end of West Port Bay Road and the Sodus Bay pier (long) are places to cast out heavy spoons. Everything is wide open to fish and its going to take a cold snap to get things iced back up again. 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. And Erie Canal bolstered flows (year 2) will be contributing to the fishy equation sooner then later in multiple tribs! Chance of fresh steelhead on the backside of the last higher flows or at least the past falls browns and steelhead should be redistributed. The other area smaller tribs have medium+ and slightly stained flows. All non club members are reminded to act as courteous and responsible guests so that we may all enjoy the fishing access there now and in the future. Thanks, Capt. There could be fresh steelhead, fresh silver browns or drop back fish. 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. All Rights Reserved. Monday was much better with a slight breeze on the lake. Leaf fall is underway so expect daily water level fluctuations thanks to turbine rack cleaning at the dam. Fishing pressure real light with only a handful of guys out on the Oak in the mid week period. So how do you know if trophy trout and salmon will be catchable upon your travels to the Oak Orchard and WNY area? Most Kings will be spawning or on zombie patrol with the occasional fresher fish. 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. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. Buc-A-Roo Charters is recognized as one of the premier charter operations on Lake Ontario. Forecast is back to the seasonable warm temps that we have been prone to so far this whole trib season highs near 40F for mid week and warmer yet for end of week. Mixed bag action on the Oak, mostly salmon action on the other area smaller tribs. Cooler temps for end of week and upcoming weekend. 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. No big concentration of fish in any one spot that we know of, except for the stranded for now overflow fish. Starting this weekend, they will be fishing at the Bar chasing Kings then return to the Oak around Memorial Day as the Kings migrate east. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Tough time of the year for any serious drying out since everything will wind up essentially as runoff. 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. Remember use caution in interpreting the upstream USGS gauging stations on the Oak that can mean little or nothing for flows downstream of the Waterport hydro especially in considering both the turbine channel and overflow channel. On their way to Wilson Harbor, he reports that they started catching browns and cohoes just shy of Shadigee in 7-10 FOW. 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. Flows in the Oak are still humming along at slightly high consisting of a good head of turbine water. Christmas rain brought all the trib flows up with stained water color. Canal water is a decent level. This is the available info at this time, fishing is allowed as in the past, unless something changes, it will be enforced. Archers Club. Hours are 7 am till 5pm. Port Bay still has perch fishing along the north end of the bay. Read Fishing Reports Weather for Oak Orchard . A little stain, something like 2 ft of visibility. The Fishing Beat: Colder. Early silver fish like this are a good sign for the upcoming trib action. We got some rain last night but not enough to effect any great change in trib flows. Flows in the Oak are high with about 2 ft of visibility. Coupled with the rise in flows, hopefully, that will bring on some more brown trout migrations in the Oak. So, we moved out to 250-300 FOW and things got better. Trout and salmon rely on alewife in particular in the open Lake waters of Lake Ontario. Come get in on some hard striking fresh fish action at the river mouth and downstream areas. Meaning flows are back on a slow retreat now but water color prob wont be the dirtiest itll be until today or tomorrow. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Captain Ron long ago decided he wanted to provide the premier experience for his clients so . Look for a bit of a temp shock there and the fishing action back on the rebound as things warm back up. All the trib flows are on the rise and going off color. Port Bay water is very warm and there has been weed growth near the south end. See more info on theirFacebook page. Most of the area snowpack has now melted although some remains in protected areas. Rainfall could amount to 0.5 inch or more. But with cooler temps this week, the water temp has finally started dropping. There seems to be a stalemate between the open Lake temps and the trib water temps thanks to the relatively mild winter. Pen rearing steelhead including 10,000 steelhead and 113,000 King salmon were delivered Tue, Apr 5, 2022. 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. See the photo below. At the Oak Billboard on the NYS Thruway. Some reports of stained water color to the east which could be a result of Canal drainage. On Saturday there were bass boats fishing on the south side next to the Port Gibson bridge. For now these are the lowest flows of the whole fall season and are more typical of average fall flows. Here on the Oak look for low and clear flows with bank ice and the downstream slow water areas frozen. 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. Rick Hajecki from Crazy Yankee Sportfishing. 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. In the Niagara River, there are some salmon still swimming around the lower river if you want to work for them, both from shore and from boat. 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. Orleans County Tourism Some LES is coming this weekend. The other area smaller tribs have similar moderate medium flows with slightly stained water color. Oak Orchard Tackle and Narbys is stocked for Fall salmon lures and gear. Our final report is courtesy of JCapt. So, flows, weather and fishing action are somewhat up and down. Lake effect rain dumped three inches of rain around the Port Bay area over the weekend. Flows should stay up thanks to exceptional upstream supplies even as water color should continue to improve. There were briefly low flows in Sandy but my estimation is Canal feed has resumed and bumped flows back up slightly. Classic drifting, not so much. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Ground flow recharge from strong supplies might keep things up a little higher then typical winter levels but never-the-less things will be icing in or freezing up except for a few fast water slots. Look for fish to be well spread upstream thru all the waterways with anglers wise to spread out too and try different spots to find fish. Please consider submitting one of your images to be featured on the Winter 2022 billboard. Canal water flow managers are likely throttling back any additional Canal releases into the tribs thanks to all the precipitation. Flows in the other area smaller tribs should be around med and slightly stained. Any big steelhead this time of the year in relatively warm water are going to be a challenge to land! 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. 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. Water flows and trout and salmon migrations are looking good thanks to bolstered Erie Canal feed to the Oak and other waterways. Theres a chance for more significant accumulations which could bring area totals to 2 3 ft of snow. The Oak Orchard Harbor is in the process of being dredged which started last week (8/25) and is expected to be finished in mid September. For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. One angler for the beginning part of this week reported good action. Albion, NY 14411 Shouldnt be any serious icing in yet but there could be some bank ice or chunky flows. We fished 90-120 feet of water, just slightly east and west of port. View the calendar of releases at the link below. So when even a reasonable high and stained water window presents itself, that may be the best time to fish. $25,000 Grand Prize for the largest salmon. Nice big fresh King drifting action on the backside of high flows from end of Sept rains. with an atomik crinkle green fly took our biggest king of the day. See you on the water! Like Saturday, our bites were on spoons and meat. 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. 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. Agreeable temps are expected today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) with a forecasted snow storm expected Thursday. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. 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. New Yorks lakes and streams offer great opportunities for fishing in a wide array of settings across the state. Anglers report a few brown trout hook ups with steelhead hook ups possibly coming on stronger, and still a coho here and there. A little more precipitation from the end of the past weekend and beginning part of this week has bumped up the trib flows slightly. 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 prepared food will be served and the Catch and Release Fly Fishing Tourney will not take place for 2021. Flows in the Oak are still slightly high and water color has improved with 2 ft of visibility. Good chances for fresh fish action ahead for this beginning part of March especially as higher and more stained flows may come and go. Conditions were ideal with stained river water and dirty near shore Lake waters on northwest winds for cover for the fish to disperse. A good day might be a couple of hookups with a steelhead thrown in. The highlight though, was landing everyones. In the Oak, flows are moderate and mostly clear and likewise may hold onto those fair moderate flows instead of dropping back to real low. For now most all waterways are low and clear. . 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. 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. Chance for more downpours thru tonight with strong winds and an advisory forecast thru tomorrow. On the backside now of higher flows from about a week ago something like med to slightly high flows in the Oak and med in the smaller area waterways. October 15, 2020 / in Fishing, Press Releases / by lmenz. 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?! Chance of only rain showers with temps approaching 50F+ on select days. Bald Eagle Tournament Series Bald Eagle Marina. Best chance at hookups is going to be covering different spots on the same trib and/or moving around to different tribs. First week of Sep 2019 with lots more chances ahead. In addition to seasonal factors, daily water levels are affected by heavy leaf fall. Guys report good to strong numbers of Kings at the dam and overflow. Looks like a good head of turbine water with overflow levels diminished. If your image isnt chosen for the billboard, we will consider using it in the 2022 OC Fishing Guide. Those chances should only improve with cooler weather. Some rain on the order of a 1/4 inch fell last night but not a big change in trib flows. Water color will be on a slow mend. Drifts now will definitely be more productive then a few days ago. 2.79K subscribers Oak Orchard River Fishing at Waterport Dam "Guess What We Caught" June 2, 2021. Jeremy Sage from, Warrior Lures Sport Fishing Products Traxstech Corporation. Will you be there when a chromer moves upstream? Look for dropping back steelhead from the dam, a few spawning fish and a chance for fresh fish trickling in. Working 100-200 fow, It took us a while to get bit, but our first fish was a 17 lb king. Likewise find Kings steaming up the Oak too with good slightly stained flows all around. Capt. The Oak Orchard Harbor is in the process of being dredged which started last week (8/25) and is expected to be finished in mid September. On the Oak its been exceptionally weedy and duckweedy but some of that material is moving out now. Fast water spots on the Oak remain open with just some bank ice. Widewaters is never drawn-down and is the hot spot for bass this time of year. Good action reported, consistent from most anglers on the Oak thru the past end of weekend and yesterday. Forecast ahead is for snow showers today, chance of area wide snow tomorrow and then another warmup for the end of week. All weigh-ins will be at the Black North Inn by 3 PM. Click on the image above to subscribe to our weekly fishing reports. The other area smaller waterways have also bumped up in flows to medium-ish to the west and slightly high and stained to the east. 4/8/22: First time fishing on Lake Ontario, Meagan Hardner caught this lake trout in 50 feet of water straight out of Oak Orchard aboard Get Hooked Sportfishing. 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. The monster steelhead was not coming in easy, and it took some negotiating to get it in the net. Canal water is still high from our rainfall. Mixed bag chances for lakers, browns, steelhead in the River or on the Niagara bar rivermouth. Those fish are there somewhere and its likely not in the same old downstream water but probably upstream nearer where Kings are concentrated. Water temps on Port Bay are in the high 70s and autumn is the time fish start gobbling food. Back on the retreat thru today after a cold night. Expect mod to med, but just less then med mostly clear flows in the Oak. There are now very small spurts of kings coming through. The medium to slightly high flows in the Oak are proving to be a nice draw for Kings. The beast was part of a triple. They fished a little west of port between the 27-29 lines of latitude. 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. Theres no part of the driftable or castable or swingable waterway that is frozen over. Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. The more the water temps drop, the more active the trout will become. No serious snow accumulations expected with highs in the 40sF. Going SW or just by the nature of the LES bands having moved around, accumulations will be more in different nearby areas. Either way, flows consist of a strong head of turbine water that could be close to full bore. On Saturday we had a father and his 2 sons (pictured right) ready for some bonding and good fishing.