Looks like a nice fishing window right now in those smaller tribs that normally might be frozen up this time of the season. In shore warm water but it didnt stop hard strikes at dawn not much left in the fight afterwards. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. 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. So for now the drifting and swinging conditions look pretty good. Temps for the weekend are forecast to rebound back into the 40s F. Water flows are def enough to encourage some fresh fish migrations at any time and the water color now is in a sweet spot for good presentations. Dam action has been spotty, but there are people hooking up. Downstream frog water areas are all open with no icing conditions yet. Its ok and encouraged for out of the area anglers to verify their economic impact for the upstate NY tourism economies! The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. Forecast ahead thru the end of the weekend and into begin part of next week is a little warmer but still dropping back down below freezing at night. 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. Id look for it going high and stained about thru this weekend. Bass fishing in Sodus has been excellent. Fast water spots on the Oak remain open with just some bank ice. Lakeshore conditions should likewise be wide open if any hardware chuckers were so inclined to make some casts. A couple days of warm temps and some rain yesterday has the trib flows up and rolling again! That flow is still actually fishable unless its high AND dirty. To the west, theres not a lot of recent reports but flows should be more like moderate to medium and going toward clear. And thats after a brush with some area wide snow tonight and tomorrow that might only be a dusting this far north on the WNY Niagara Frontier. Everyone enjoyed the great hospitality and convenience of the Archers Club and experienced some good fishing. Thats on the ground now and will make for the next spate of water when that melts. Flows in the Oak are staying high with some stubborn overflow water that should be receding by about today leaving just the full cranking turbine flows. Not much precipitation was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. Flows for now are slightly high or maybe one click less consisting of all turbine water at 2+ feet of visibility. So no big change in flows yet in the Oak. Theres no new real cold temps in the near forecast and if even this rain doesnt open the smaller area tribs right away by this weekend or next week they likely will be thanks to a continued warm-ish weather forecast. Then theres the building King numbers at the dam, fish numbers probably outpacing the creeling pressure to this point. Pier head foot soldiers may want to at least occasionally do an about face from lakeside casting at times to check the scene in the channel. There are miles of water for fish to be dropping back from compared to about only a short mile of Oak water. And maybe into the early spring! Warmer temps near 70F are in the forecast for the weekend. Not a lot of fish reported holding, still on that early run kamikazee mission to the dam. High flows can limit the movement of fish, and lower flows can restrict them. Long range forecast looks more or less winter-like thru next week and so this may be the settling in of winter conditions that could last for more than a couple days. Good drifting and swinging chances there too with warming water temps and the chance for some fresh fish. 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. There are now very small spurts of kings coming through. Slightly high and stained flows make for good drifting chances after all the high and dirty. Could be guys were finding easier fishing flows on the smaller waterways. Theres no part of the driftable or castable or swingable waterway that is frozen over. And along with the browns theres the chance for Atlantics, cohos or steelhead rounding out nice mixed bag chances. Licorice Man. Recent precipitation for now probably not enough to keep flows any higher then low-ish when Canal water is ended. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters "At the Bar Recap 2021" video. Flows are dropping and clearing all around. Id say Im hearing about 50/50 in good/tough fishing. Many thanks to the Archers Club for opening up the Fall fishing access. The Archers Club will be open for parking 7 days/week beginning Oct 08 until Nov 11. Some rain showers and gloom and breezy conditions today (Tuesday). It was all spoon and meat bite Saturday. That being said, the fish holding thermocline is yoyoing between 30 to over 100 down. Fishing the surface to 30 ft down on orange spoons. Some Lake Effect Snow showers has amounted to a few more inches of fluffy accumulation on top of the 1-2 ft previous snow. The longer those fish stay in the overflow pool, they harder they become to get out. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. Good drifting and swinging chances there too with warming water temps and the chance for some fresh fish. For moreinformation about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly, go to DECs website. 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. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! To the east, like at Sandy Creek, the higher Canal bolstered flows have made for better migration conditions with pods of salmon bolting from the estuary holding water and spreading upstream, along with a few browns mixed in.. The parking donation will be $10 per car. Given somewhat of the late start to the salmon action, Id have to say that we might only be amidships in the run.Look for Kings arriving into start of November. 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. Any snow will be likely south of the area. Meaning flows are back on a slow retreat now but water color prob wont be the dirtiest itll be until today or tomorrow. We hooked a lot of fish both days. Water temps have flirted with 40 F but should slide back with the forecasted colder weather ahead. Look for some late fish to come thru but likely not in any great concentrations. Salmon will likely be found from the estuary up through town. Since 1/4 inch of rain did not do much it looks like 1/2 inch or more of rain in a storm or otherwise would be needed to effect any positive change in flows. One positive for the continued cold weather is trib water temps have not spiked high yet. Releases may change due to weather, engineering controls and other conditions. The next significant rise in flows may bring on some fresh steelhead action thru March. 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. Good high water drifters are getting a few brown trout hook ups each outing by covering some water. For more information contact the fire station at 35 E. Cayuga St. by calling 315-343-2161. 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. Mixed bag action on the Oak, mostly salmon action on the other area smaller tribs. Thank you to the DEC, the volunteers and especially Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina for the use of their boat slips/docks this Spring. Forecast is continued warm thru today and tonight with rain likely today/tonight. 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. New for 2021: enter and weigh from your phone! The other area smaller waterways are mostly iced and snowed in. Best meat rig is a 10 white double crush glow green dot spindoctor, w/an irish thunder twinkie rig behind it. May 21st is the scheduling for the canal opening. Fathers Day Outing Courtesy of Get the Net Charter. Agreeable temps are expected today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) with a forecasted snow storm expected Thursday. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Those smaller tribs will drop and clear and warm up sooner then the Oak. Good luck, guys! Slightly lower flows will likely reveal more browns then thought when the water was higher. This entices more brown trout and steelhead to enter and remain in these waterways, improving fish spawning conditions and expanding angling opportunities. Especially with the way the weather is proceeding. Past weekend action a little slower perhaps a result of increased fishing pressure. Ron Bierstine has wrapped up his stream fishing reports for the season. A fair amount of weeds are being discharged, especially noticeable in downstream areas. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. Lots of optimism for trib season chances ahead on good returns from the steelhead pen rearing renewed project since 2019. You can lay a rod down on the bank or net a fish or walk along the immediate riverbank or walk around a wading obstruction for safety but anglers cannot CONGREGATE on the Archers Club grounds on the dates not included above. Winter and cold and snow is hanging in. Another dose of spring feeling is in the air on a slight warmup forecast for this week! The new lodge is convenient to eastern tribs like Sandy Creek. Some big steelhead are still in the Oak! Mike Grager from Get Hooked Sportfishing provided us with this weeks picture of the week from April 8th. 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. He is also doing some scuba fishing for bass for something a little different off Tonawanda. It may just not be the big blowout event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. We finished the day with a few more fish and a memory to last forever. More fish are holding and staging now in fast water areas below the dam. Other area smaller tribs like Sandy also hanging in with flows about as theyve been, chance for a little more color to the water thanks to the last rain. Canal seasonal feed and winter drainage water is done or nearly done and the trib levels remain up thanks to the natural run of the river contributions. 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. Saturday was a brief morning trip. Either way itll be colder with continued clearing and lowering flows like in the Oak. Then it was east most of Saturday, which did not help. Call Steve Haak at 225-0229 for more info. Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Weather Forecast, with current conditions, wind, air quality, and what to expect for the next 3 days. 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. Otherwise its a little tough to report on average fishing conditions. Fishing pressure has been light over the past couple days thanks to the snow storm but guys should be getting back out there and breaking some trails. Flows in the other area smaller tribs are low and mostly clear with some icey conditions. Temps forecast today in the 40sF and a little bit cooler tomorrow with a chance of rain/snow showers later Wednesday. 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. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. This area will be on the far end of it. Most fishing pressure has been to the east but even now that has started to ease up some. Orleans County Tourism secured this 60 x 16 billboard for a 2 year agreement with Outfront Media on the NYS Thruway, just east of the Batavia exit (#48), northside. Water color was stained with probably greater then a foot but less then 2 feet of viz. Here on the Niagara Frontier, it was heaviest and there are lesser accumulations south of here. Chance for more downpours thru tonight with strong winds and an advisory forecast thru tomorrow. Trolling in a west direction was tough as the current was making it difficult. 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! Best bass spots are downriver around Joseph Davis State Park and Youngstown near Fort Niagara. The NYS Canal Corporation releases water from the Erie Canal into Lake Ontario Tributaries in Western New York on an extended and pulsed schedule each fall to enhance trout and salmon fishing opportunities. Tuesdays fishing was EPIC despite it being a bit breezy. That amount of rain would definitely be a good thing. Look for flows to stay up with the stained water color. Fishing has been a challenge. Chance of fresh steelhead on the backside of the last higher flows or at least the past falls browns and steelhead should be redistributed. Cool if not coldish temps forecast thru this week with rain showers. The week ahead looks mostly clear with seasonal temps and then colder again toward the end of the week. Flows in the Oak are responding nicely to a few days of previous cold with dropping and clearing. Sunday morning started out like gang busters. Good chance of rain on Thursday carrying over with gloom on Friday and possibility of 0.5 1 inch of precipitation. The other area smaller tribs should be going from mod/med flows to slightly stained med/slightly high flows. Next chance at precipitation or showers is this weekend. Brown trout like this rutted out nice fish are eager strikers and you might encounter steelhead, salmon, lakers or bass. Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. Thru the past weekend we heard of guys getting steelhead hookups nearer the dam including a few good fish. Your email address will not be published. Flows are moderate to medium and slightly stained at least where you might be able to find a slot with open flows to drift. reminds boaters to Not be a fool in the fog and use your radar as they almost had an incident last week while fishing. 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 12th Annual Women Conquering Outdoors Adventures is set for Sept. 11 at the North Forest Rod and Gun Club in Lockport, Call Colleen Gaskill at 628-9023 for more info. Fishing pressure, no doubt, is light though. Look for flows all around to continue to drop and clear and we might begin to see some icing at least in the smaller waterways. CDC/New York State Department of Health guidelines, following the guidelines on DECs website about fishing responsibly in New York State, information about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly. The brown trout action in nearby tribs that was pretty good is a little slower lately thanks to the lower and clearer flows. The release to that point was a great success! Get the drift or swing down and checked and slowed a bit and you can find a head shaking steelhead on the take. Water color has that swamp headwater tannic stain to it. Any big steelhead this time of the year in relatively warm water are going to be a challenge to land! Crabs are working off 3-way rigs, as are Ned rigs and swim baits. All the best web info, bulletin boards, angler skill and top notch equipment cannot replace getting out there and actually fishing! Now for the mid week, its warmed up again! Dont be afraid to start targeting the warmer water many kings will hold and 60 to 67 water this time of year. A little stain, something like 2 ft of visibility. That consistency the Oak is known for is showing thru once again. This weeks fishing report is from Capt. Forecast temps in the mid 40sF for this mid week period and chance of off and on rain showers. The following report is courtesy of Capt. A beautiful 15 lb steelhead had hit the deck. You could help give them their last meal! For information on fishing Great Lakes tributaries, visit the DEC website. Look for a good water flow window possibly in the Genesee while the Niagara remains a tough pill thanks to a windy open Lake Erie. The bend in the rod didnt feel like an average steelhead and we were thinking a decent king salmon was on the line. The smaller side channels and Trout and Orwell brook all have fish; which are providing the most action at this time. 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. Jeremy Sage from, Captain John Oravec from Tight Lines Charters, Capt. Peach of a day today and it looks like guys are more seriously getting out there this week. Those fish are there somewhere and its likely not in the same old downstream water but probably upstream nearer where Kings are concentrated. Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Flogging one spot like at the Archers Club may not yield more then off and on action. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. We encourage all anglers and users to follow the site rules for access and fishing on the Brookfield Power Company lands. 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). Amazing how when the vegetation awakens and the runoff equation changes. DEC has received a few reports of dead fish on Sandy Creek and Johnson Creek, likely due to fishing mortality, but has not received any reports of abnormally large numbers of dead fish from Oak Orchard Creek. 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. Solo angler snaps a quick pic and the hardy cold water fish is released for action another day! Downstream slow water areas will be freezing and closing in while upstream areas should stay open except for some bank ice. info@orleanscountytourism.com Anchor where the current isnt strong and cast out shrimp. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. 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. Try to keep at least six (6) feet of distance between you and others. Cool nights and cooperative winds should make for better battles with more staging Kings and trout chances as well. Just a handful of cars seen at each access spot. Boy did they hit it just right! Other area smaller tribs are at moderate to medium and slightly stained flows. Bankside movement may be hard in spots if no trail is broken already. You can catch steelhead and some browns. Flows in the Oak are already on the rise today thanks to increasing overflow water. A few civilian small boat trollers noted in the near shore/good looking/semi stained waters off Point Breeze. Coldish days in the low 30s F and 20s at night look to be dropping trib flows to the east at Sandy quicker then flows to the west at Johnson.

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