Please check our website, at visitoswegocounty.com, for the current CFS. Early silver fish like this are a good sign for the upcoming trib action. 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. We hooked a lot of fish both days. Spring will offer up only so many cold water chances! Thru this beginning part of the week, most hook up action has still been mostly for Kings. A few guys report crowding, but as compared to say last year Id have to say there are a few less guys out and about. 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. 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. That being said, the fish holding thermocline is yoyoing between 30 to over 100 down. Some rain now on the frontside of this latest warm up wouldnt be a bad thing to bring the trib flows back up and add some color to the water. The winner of the Salmon Division was just 1 oz less and caught by Aiden Stafford of Rochester on U Betcha. Other area smaller waterways are at about medium level and back on the clearing to slightly stained from the past weekend rain. No consistent cool down or big freshets yet so the action has been on and off. The Oak Orchard Pen Rearing Association receives steelhead and salmon from the NYSDEC placed in net pens in the Oak lower watercourse each spring. Water temps had bumped up into the 40sF and the ice on Lake Alice is gone. Mid Mar 2022 Oak Orchard. New Yorks lakes and streams offer great opportunities for fishing in a wide array of settings across the state. A fair amount of weeds are being discharged, especially noticeable in downstream areas. Fishing pressure is light to moderate with what looks like a few guys here and there probably enjoying holiday time off. No sore shoulders or headache now Erica will be forever casting for her trophy 4. Flows are dropping and clearing all around. Any future precip could raise flows and bring back dirty water color. Fished pretty much 100- 250 feet of water. Cool nights and cooperative winds should make for better battles with more staging Kings and trout chances as well. You wouldnt mind see flows a little higher in the Oak for best steelhead chances, but the risk there is to be careful what you wish for. Salmon are starting to stage in shallow water and becoming more active. On recon today I saw only a few guys parked at the dam. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. This is in some contrast to earlier reports of mostly Kings kicking around on the lowering flows.
PDF Oak Orchard Creek Update - canals.ny.gov 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. The recent changing winds, lightning and storms are not good for fishing but things did become more stable. It is unknown for now if it will be enough to completely open up all the waterways. Oak Orchard, Sandy i Salmon Creek, vor avea debite mai mari. Fresh steelhead chances for late winter, early spring usually means high and stained and cold water challenging drifts. Avoid surfaces that are touched often, such as doorknobs, handrails, and playground equipment. He cites that the Salmon showed up earlier in the season due to a number of factors, including a warmer winter, less ice on Lake Erie and an earlier Spring. Now for the mid week, its warmed up again! 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. Fishing pressure real light. Water color has improved to about 1 plus feet of viz. Now some silver browns hooked up too, as has been the case on the smaller tribs like to the east. It is still not too late to enter. 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. As quickly as flows were restored in the Oak over the past weekend the fishing likewise perked up again with some steelhead hooked and a few knarly Kings clinging to a hopeful life. We encourage you to do the same with Brookfield, NYSDEC and/or Orleans County Tourism. Over all though, the brown trout action on the Oak is tough. Good chances for fresh fish action ahead for this beginning part of March especially as higher and more stained flows may come and go. Flows are mod or almost med and mostly clear. Best bass spots are downriver around Joseph Davis State Park and Youngstown near Fort Niagara. This latest rain has come uncharacteristically from the east so to the west may be in slightly better shape then to the east. Id say Im hearing about 50/50 in good/tough fishing. All the water is open to fish with some bank ice here and there in slack water areas. A spate of water there too might drop back fish to downstream spots where guys are drifting and also bring on the last of the fresh run fish. With the heavy rains we received the past week and more on the way it doesnt look like it will be coming down anytime soon. No doubt a lot of King action came and went on the previous higher and off color flows. Water visibility was about 6-foot at the time. New York State is open for fishing and DEC encourages anglers to recreate locally at a nearby waterbody. They also caught their biggest king at 27-1/2 pounds. This week's fishing report is at https://conta.cc/3x2uky7 and features Capt. Look for drop back fish to be living there for now, with the other most productive spots being right at the dam or overflow channel pool. Flows in the Oak are still slightly high and water color has improved with 2 ft of visibility. The action at the Oak rivermouth is something like a few fish each prime period like dawn or dusk. 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. Begin Mar 2021 Oak Orchard River.
jwplayer("jwp-outstream-unit").setup({}); Report is Courtesy of the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning. Or for the fall stay at our new well appointed private ground floor lodge (Garage Lodge) located just 6 miles east on Route 18. With the previous high and off color flows in the Oak its been a bit of a challenge for good drifts and swings. 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. Chance for more downpours thru tonight with strong winds and an advisory forecast thru tomorrow.
Fishing Report Orleans County Tourism Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. No surprise, you'd have to think we would pay for all that previous warm weather sometime. Pier fishing continues to be the place to cast in Wayne County. 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. No major icing that we are aware of. Service 3.8. Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing (Any Cat Fish at the Dam?) Canal feed should be continued there so if we find out any intel for that we will pass along. Nice to see most all flows now contained in the turbine channel. To the west at Johnson Creek, flows are medium and mostly clear with reports of some brown trout hookups. For now flows in the Oak are something like a notch less then medium and going clear. All Rights Reserved. Guys are getting hook ups daily. Otherwise fishing pressure elsewhere is real light. King salmon with browns inside of 100 kings and steelhead out to 500 the bite is good. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. Trailing stud, B & B fly glows, and green glo flys. In early November and early December, all Lake Ontario tributaries (Eighteenmile, Johnson, Oak Orchard, Sandy and Salmon Creeks) will see higher flows. The longer those fish stay in the overflow pool, they harder they become to get out. Furlough was just long enough for a few casts! Look for calmer winds on the backside of choppy Lakeshore conditions that leave that semi stained water in range of the pier head and land lubber caster. Hard copies can be requested by emailing FWFish@dec.ny.gov. He is first in line for the $25,000 Grand Prize. 98) 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. Flows in the Oak down just a touch, maybe some of that love from Canal water being shared with Johnson Creek is responsible for that. We, for sure, have the water flows for now! Now some silver browns hooked up too, as has been the case on the smaller tribs like to the east. 2.79K subscribers Oak Orchard River Fishing at Waterport Dam "Guess What We Caught" June 2, 2021. 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. Register now and see your name at the top of the list! Greater impacts expected SW of here but the south shore of Lake Ontario may get some accumulations. Flow conditions right now are more like nice steelhead water and higher then typical fall flows. Send one my way once and awhile 12. Lake conditions have been very erratic over the last week.
Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020 - YouTube Even after that thru the upcoming weekend I still wouldnt call it cold just seasonably cool and continued dry. Winter and cold and snow is hanging in. Good drifting and swinging chances there too with warming water temps and the chance for some fresh fish. There seems to be a stalemate between the open Lake temps and the trib water temps thanks to the relatively mild winter. We may request cookies to be set on your device. King salmon are scheduled for release today, that effort under the directive of the local charter community.
Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Weather Forecast | AccuWeather The release to that point was a great success! On select evenings, Ive seen a few fish crashing too like at the Bridges. Bro-Weekend was a success for the Meyer family from Eastern PA and NJ (pictured below)!