Anglers are toughing it out for a few bites daily on browns or steelhead. 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 bend in the rod didnt feel like an average steelhead and we were thinking a decent king salmon was on the line. See ya out there! Furlough was just long enough for a few casts! Forecast is for rain ending later today and a couple days of clearing for mid week. 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. And we barely got clipped by the worst of it like SW of the area around Buffalo got it! 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. We left the dock at 6:00 and struggled to get our first bites. NOAAs Zone Area Forecast for Orleans County, Marine Forecast: Niagara River to Hamlin Beach, Archers Club Update (9/4/21) for 2021 Fall Stream Fishing, The Archers Club will be open for parking 7 days/week beginning Oct 01 until Nov 11. (June 12-13) with the King of the Oak (KOTO) on Friday (6/11). Mild winters or short duration cold weather lasting into spring is generally considered good for alewife survival, and hopefully a so far mild winter will bode well for alewife. Flows in the Oak have retreated some to slightly high and slightly stained. More of the up and down temps that weve been experiencing so far this winter. Or for the fall stay at our new well appointed private ground floor lodge (Garage Lodge) located just 6 miles east on Route 18. This is the available info at this time, unless something changes, it will be enforced.. Other area smaller tribs have med flows and slightly stained water color something like 1 2 feet of visibility. Capt. Today seems slower again for some. Bob! The Fall LOC Derby is in its final stretch this week, ending Sept. 5th. Warm weather is forecast under windy conditions over the next couple days and cooling down for the weekend. Flows can fluctuate by several feet in a short period of time. He captured the lead today aboard the Stalker, weighing in at Olcott. Wow! Water color will be on a slow mend. There could be fresh steelhead, fresh silver browns or drop back fish. Its been pretty warm, and the near term forecast thru this week is continued warm with highs pushing the 80s F. Yes the area has been getting some precipitation lately, but no single rain event (yet) has been enough to move fish upstream. Other area smaller tribs are at moderate to medium and slightly stained flows. Water temps have flirted with 40 F but should slide back with the forecasted colder weather ahead. Lets hope the weather keeps serving up the so-far good fishing chances! Fishing pressure is light to moderate with what looks like a few guys here and there probably enjoying holiday time off. Future near term forecast will not make for any new ice. There is still plenty of snow to melt like in the woods and protected spots and some ice and flooded fields. Slower action there reported just lately after some good quality fish were hooked in the previous higher and dirtier water color. Your email address will not be published. Water temps for now are already in the the high 30sF on the Oak and probably going higher with the forecasted warmup thru the end of this week. There are still Kings around, about in a one qtr green fish to three qtr old moldy ratio. Guys report good to strong numbers of Kings at the dam and overflow. In our fishing conditions tabs below we use a simple system to describe the water flows on the Oak and oftentimes other area smaller trib flows too. Call Steve Haak at 225-0229 for more info. Light tackle drifting from small boat or bankside too. Windy too, with rain showers but at least no snow from the latest storm here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Real light fishing pressure today, only one car observed in the parking spots on the Oak. Check out current standings at https://loc.org/leaderboard-current. Theres been some water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations already and look for that to continue with almost daily fluctuations expected due to leaf fall or windy conditions. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Flows should stay up thanks to exceptional upstream supplies even as water color should continue to improve. Ive heard from visiting Rec boats (AKA recreational) that west of the Point in 100-200 ft of water got em steelhead and coho salmon action. Light fishing pressure mostly, with a few more guys out for this weekend. Fishing pressure is moderate right now and generally guys are moving around offering chances to fish different spots between the swingers and the drifters be it fly, float or spin. That good run of Kings in the Oak from end of last week has spread out nearest the dam, but guys are finding pods of spawning fish in the downstream fast water reaches. We have an aerial map highlighting the PFD zone just downstream of the dam and on the overflow channel on the Oak. Come on out and get in on some trophy action this fall, winter and spring and add to the photo collection! The other area smaller tribs I have not laid eyes on directly and should have something like medium flows. But the gloom and the cool definitely conducive for fish migrations, guys remarking that fish were migrating yesterday. Those fish committed to spawn are pretty much going to continue to spawn with only minor stalling due to cold water. Reports from the rest of the downstream water or other area smaller tribs are thin thanks to the light fishing pressure. Real light fishing pressure today, only one car observed in the parking spots on the Oak. No accumulations expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. In subsequent years ahead when runs are made up of multiple year classes of fish the returns and fishing prospects could be even better! Flights Vacation Rentals Restaurants Things to do Dusseldorf Tourism; Dusseldorf Hotels; Dusseldorf Bed and Breakfast . Flows are plenty high enough to hide fish and encourage fresh fish migrations. 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. The following report is courtesy of Capt. 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. Theres no part of the driftable or castable or swingable waterway that is frozen over. Forecast for the end of week/begin part of the weekend is for another mixed bag precip storm with good chance for accumulating snow here after possible start as rain. Conditions were ideal with stained river water and dirty near shore Lake waters on northwest winds for cover for the fish to disperse. Trailing stud, B & B fly glows, and green glo flys. All the trib flows are on the rise and going off color. This latest rise in flows and continued cool down should kick off better brown trout migrations in the Oak setting up good drifting chances into November and maybe into December with reasonable weather hanging in. Any big steelhead this time of the year in relatively warm water are going to be a challenge to land! 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. 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. Divers: 220-240, 400 coppers. Now some silver browns hooked up too, as has been the case on the smaller tribs like to the east. At least in the turbine channel we can look for some of those fish that wont be taking an overland route, to drop back downstream filling in the fast water gravel sections. For now trib water temps are on their greatest fall so far this fall season. Hair jigs and worm harnesses fished off 3-way rigs is the way to go. New Fall Fishing Program. A few pools or slots may hide a fish that didnt take the drop back trip. Traxstech Corporation Warrior Lures Sport Fishing Products. Light fishing pressure with just a handful of cars at each parking spot. Increased flow releases on Eighteenmile Creek (Niagara County), Oak Orchard Creek (Orleans County), and Sandy Creek (Monroe and Orleans counties). You could help give them their last meal! More then not, fish are still in good green shape. This mid week warmup should likely only stall the right of drop and clear in the Oak and other area smaller waterways. Even during the current COVID-19 public health crisis, getting outdoors and connecting with nature while angling in New Yorks waters is a great way to help maintain mental and physical health. Flows in the Oak are clearing slowly and hanging in somewhere between med and slightly high. The Orleans County waters at Point Breeze are providing an excellent mixed bag catch of late! 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. The best spinner/fly set up is DW Gator Flasher Spindoctor with an A-TOM-IK BAM fly. Must be the the cool Bauer and GLoomis spey gear that made it happen for Chuck the Swinger end of Apr 2021! Steelhead should be spread thru the waterways and reports of a few fresh, silver browns too. Nearer the dam and just downstream should show a few more fish. Theres a chance for more significant accumulations which could bring area totals to 2 3 ft of snow. Herring Twinkie Fly rigs fooled some big uns! When it cools down eventually its going to feel downright chilly. 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. The team at Orleans County Tourism appreciates it as well as so many anglers we hear from. Get the drift or swing down and checked and slowed a bit and you can find a head shaking steelhead on the take. Not much precip was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. That consistency the Oak is known for is showing thru once again. Approx 100,000+ King salmon and 10,000 15,000 steelhead are placed in the net pens for hopeful imprinting on the Oak Orchard. Flows are mod or almost med and mostly clear. Total snow cover in the immediate area may only be 6 inches give or take, but the snow is wind swept bare in spots or drifted in feet otherwise. Cooling weather and water will also help bring on better brown trout and steelhead action and the area is not likely to suffer thru any more real warm weather now that we are well into October. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. The Line/Lure used was Copper line, Pro Troll and Meat. Centrally located along the southern shore of Lake Ontario between Rochester and Niagara Falls in the town of Carlton, Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge offers quality fly fishing equipment, conventional tributary drift tackle, float fishing gear and shoreline casting tackle. Flows in the Oak are about medium and barely stained with about 2 feet of visibility for now. October 15, 2020 / in Fishing, Press Releases / by lmenz. All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation. Available at Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge and Narbys. The other area smaller tribs look mostly open again with mod to med flows and slightly stained water color. 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. Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge 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. The green water is ideal but you can often have action in dirtier water then you think. 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. And along with the browns theres the chance for Atlantics, cohos or steelhead rounding out nice mixed bag chances. Best meat rig is a 10 white double crush glow green dot spindoctor, w/an Irish Thunder Twinkie rig behind it. Rick Hajecki from Crazy Yankee Sportfishing. This is in some contrast to earlier reports of mostly Kings kicking around on the lowering flows. Waiting for supposed better conditions could mean missing out and finding even worse water conditions later on. Otherwise its a little tough to report on average fishing conditions. Also to note is the Ridge Road/Route 104 bridge over the Oak Orchard Creek in the town of Ridgeway is now open to travelers. Start of Fall 2021 action end of Sept! Ron Bierstine, NYS Reimagine the Canals Task Force Member Fishing. Subscribe to Orleans Countys Weekly Fishing Report. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. Stay informed with the below web page. The 2021 New York State fishing guide can be found at https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7917.html for downloading and printing at home. 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. This weekend there is a scheduled white-water release, that plus the cooler temperatures should attract a better push. The temps are returning to seasonably after a few days of a heatwave along with high winds. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. 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. From a small boat, drifting treated egg skein is a good approach to try, fished under a float. Any significant rainfall could raise flows up more with dirtier water color. Most guys upstream- ish report good action while those downstream like in the flat water report tougher action. We are in the high season for visiting fisherman so go to. No quick start to the salmon action yet. The 2nd will be a 2 day event September 4th and 5th. Now quietly too a few guys are reporting better action. A couple days of warm temps and some rain yesterday has the trib flows up and rolling again! The last time it was dredged was in 2014. Riggers were parked at 75 & 85 ft with fixed cheaters 10 ft above. Classic drifting, not so much. Boy did they hit it just right! Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Weather Forecast, with current conditions, wind, air quality, and what to expect for the next 3 days. 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. The previous cold temps sure did clear up the water color with just a nice stain of about 2 ft of visibility. Some steelhead and cohos were caught with spoons. Buc-A-Roo Charters is recognized as one of the premier charter operations on Lake Ontario. The lake conditions could not have been better, we just needed to get them on some fish. Most fishing pressure has been to the east but even now that has started to ease up some. Most Kings will be spawning or on zombie patrol with the occasional fresher fish. 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). Today the salmon did not disappoint us! Expect water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations especially as leaf fall is likely to accelerate soon. We encourage all anglers and users to follow the site rules for access and fishing on the Brookfield Power Company lands. This will go down as a trip of a lifetime for them as well as for us. If theres significant rain ahead of or instead of the ice/snow, then trib flows could be on the rise and going off color. When flows are reduced, guys are seeing a handful of browns and a few more steelhead nearer the dam. We ended the morning with all steelhead and a memory that will last forever., Courtesy of Lou Borrelli of Get the Net Fishing Charter, 9/4/21. Required fields are marked *. High and stained flows gives up some fresh Oak Orchard chrome for the Licorice Man. The week ahead looks mostly clear with seasonal temps and then colder again toward the end of the week. 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. 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 This was a Fathers Day fishing weekend out of Bald Eagle Marina. 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. Fish are still spawning in the typical areas on or near gravel. The presentation is not that technical, just look for favorable winds and water color. Spring will offer up only so many cold water chances! Other area smaller tribs should be retreating toward medium or lower to moderate and slightly stained. Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. Anglers started out with a tough bite yesterday but reported better later in the day. Anglers are finding it an up year for Atlantics and cohos. Chance of rain and colder temps and windy conditions for the end of the week but back to relatively mild temps again by the weekend. 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. With the full moon arriving today, fall fishing is moving into a transition period for a variety of species. Here we go on a nice warm up again for more seasonal spring like temps this week. Bankside movement may be hard in spots if no trail is broken already. Amazing how when the vegetation awakens and the runoff equation changes. Thru the past weekend we heard of guys getting steelhead hookups nearer the dam including a few good fish. This will entice more brown trout, steelhead and Atlantic and Pacific salmon to run up these streams, improving conditions for the fish and expanding opportunities for anglers. Thats on the ground now and will make for the next spate of water when that melts. This is after mostly tougher action reported for the begin part of the past weekend. Fishing pressure is over-the-all pretty light and manageable. Drying out weather could lead to lower medium ish or wetter weather could lead to higher/dirtier. Salmon will likely be found from the estuary up through town. The other area smaller waterways are about mod with water color of about 2+ ft of viz. What does the Oak Orchard River, the Lakeshore and other WNY tribs offer? Seasonable temps for the end of week and chance for a quick significant warmup with rain again around the end of the upcoming weekend. Some Northern pike can be caught in the harbor, too. Beats a zoom webix facetime remote lockdown covid scene anytime for the Licorice Man! And maybe into the early spring! Chance of icing in select areas. Same for estuary slow water areas on the smaller tribs where guys have had on and off action. Cool if not coldish temps forecast thru this week with rain showers. 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. 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. Jeremy Sage from, Captain John Oravec from Tight Lines Charters, Capt. Water temps had warmed up prob near 40 F and should retreat again in the near term. Look for a bit of a temp shock there and the fishing action back on the rebound as things warm back up. King salmon with browns inside of 100 kings and steelhead out to 500 the bite is good. Oak rivermouth dredging operations are likely days away from finishing. 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. Some LES is coming this weekend. A few more lake trout have shown up in the river to do their spawning ritual. with an atomik crinkle green fly took our biggest king of the day. #2 of 53 B&Bs / Inns in Dsseldorf. This area will be on the far end of it. So come get in on the cold water action before the inevitable warmup. Josh Dunkelburger of Olcott reports some walleye and carp were being caught off the NYPA fishing platform this week. To the east look for a quicker turn for lower and clearer flows and doable drifts then to the west. Chance of legitimate winter weather and temps coming on by next week. Definitely on the moderate side of medium and not on the slightly high side of medium. One angler for the beginning part of this week reported good action. No doubt there are some guys out quietly getting into some browns and steelhead in the smaller tribs. or by clicking on the image above. Can anyone say some skein please?! For now, flows in the Oak are moderate and slightly stained and no icing. Look for mod and mostly clear flows in the Oak and low and clear flows in the other area smaller waterways. Spin Doctor, Chrome, Crush UV, 2 face with an Atomic purple mirage behind it. Flows are something like med to slightly high with 1 2 ft of visibility. Capt. For now these are the lowest flows of the whole fall season and are more typical of average fall flows. If theres steelhead in the Oak then more then likely theres a few slinking up those smaller waterways too. So how do you know if trophy trout and salmon will be catchable upon your travels to the Oak Orchard and WNY area? Good chance that flows can be contained in the turbine channel so look for a good head of turbine water. Captain Bob Songin from Reel Excitement Charters gives an impressive report from yesterday, April 25th as he trolled west to the Bar in Niagara County. Upstream action so far mainly for a few fish at the dam. Consistently doubles & triples all throughout the area, in 7-10 FOW, then followed along the green water (as opposed to the murky brown water). That being said, the fish holding thermocline is yoyoing between 30 to over 100 down. We used wire dipseys with herring strip fly rigs. The other area smaller waterways are mostly iced and snowed in. Only a sucker here and there reported. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Greater Niagara Region Frank Campbell Like Ringo Starr says, you know it don't come easy. More then likely flows will be on the rise in the near future and hydro managers could bump flows up beforehand in anticipation of higher run of the river flows to come. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. All the trib flows are up just a bit from the latest rain thru yesterday. 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. Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. For moreinformation about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly, go to DECs website. Early Sep 2017. If an angler arrives at a parking lot and there are several cars, they should consider going to another parking lot. First time fishing on Lake Ontario, Meagan Hardner caught this lake trout on spoons trolled within 10 feet of the bottom, in 50-60 feet of water straight out of Oak Orchard. This Jan timeframe is historically a bit of an in-between time frame so any action is a bonus after the fall runs and before later winter/early spring steelhead. $25,000 Grand Prize for the largest salmon. It has been closed to traffic for construction since late April. On the Oak guys are getting brown trout hook ups each day with that action seeming to heat up as the fresh salmon action begins to cool down. Fish for perch in Sodus Bay near the north end breach, next to Bonnie Castle and Oak Park on the east side and the west side next to the old malt house. Lakeshore conditions should likewise be wide open if any hardware chuckers were so inclined to make some casts. There could be fresh steelhead, fresh silver browns or drop back fish. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. 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. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. (There will be no fees for the 2021 canal boating season.) Fish for bass on Sodus Bay throwing-out worm rigs between the islands at the north end of the bay. Recent frontal winds and rain have several salmon spots set up. Chance of rain showers thru the mid week on warming temps and an expected area-wide accumulating snow end of week on cooling temps. Dont be afraid to start targeting the warmer water many kings will hold and 60 to 67 water this time of year. 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. At the release time and thru the following early AM cormorant predation was largely kept in check. Begin Mar 2021 Oak Orchard River.
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