Look for the past holiday weekend fishing pressure to ease some likely thru this week. Any significant precipitation or melt off or runoff could bring all the trib flows right back high and off color again. Seasonable cold is forecast to hang in at least thru the week and weekend. Fished the 26-27 line, a little west but not far. 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. No doubt well have concentrations of Kings into November. Not much precipitation was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. A fall cool down on the backside of the weekend rains is upon us! My anglers have been relaying positive feedback from restaurants from the Point thru Albion and Medina. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Steelhead have been there and more likely to trickle in. Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020 2,550 views Oct 21, 2020 21 Dislike Share Save survivalbracelet Kits 2.78K subscribers Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020. [email protected] Fishing pressure is light all around and no significant icing conditions are hindering drifting chances. Rigger: 65-95 down. There are miles of water for fish to be dropping back from compared to about only a short mile of Oak water. Windy too, with rain showers but at least no snow from the latest storm here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. All the water, at least in the fishable mile or so stretch below the dam on the Oak, is open and ice free. The area has been in a bit of a warmup since the end of the past weekend. Look for flows maintained around the slightly high/slightly stained for now. Water flows and trout and salmon migrations are looking good thanks to bolstered Erie Canal feed to the Oak and other waterways. This position resides in the Biological & Environmental Systems Sciences, Energy Science & Technology . They will be held out of Oak Orchard. Sorry it took so long! 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. Flows are something like med to slightly high with 1 2 ft of visibility. 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. Good drifting and swinging chances there too with warming water temps and the chance for some fresh fish. Early fish always tend to head to the dam as it has the most oxygen and they are hoping to go farther upstream to cooler waters. There were some hook ups thru the past weekend right before this latest rise in flows. When it cools down eventually its going to feel downright chilly. New open Lake steelhead creel limits should help overall survivability too. More then not, fish are still in good green shape. Guys are getting hook ups daily. This was a Fathers Day fishing weekend out of Bald Eagle Marina. Oak Orchard, Sandy i Salmon Creek, vor avea debite mai mari. Good water flows will be the biggest factor for trout and salmon migrations in the Oak Orchard River and in the area smaller tribs and pushing them upstream. This weekend, we had some pretty good fishing despite getting beat up by the rough seas. 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. Some anglers are spread out like in the other tribs east and west. Most noticeable drop will be the Oak since the Canal flows are also throttling back. The fishing this last week has been better than the previous couple weeks. Wash hands often or use a hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. It was the biggest steelhead that the man had caught and was excited to say the least. Any rainfall is really going to get things cranking and water color this time is likely to get dirty. These events were very well received last season despite very short notice. One warm water 40-50F hook-up is worth a half dozen 32 point something F hook ups! Overflow levels are diminished. Fishing pressure not bad, as mentioned above we may be in a bit of a lull between ending salmon efforts and starting brown trout efforts. Bro-Weekend was a success for the Meyer family from Eastern PA and NJ (pictured below)! Warrior Spoons Little Blue Pill and Double Trouble were our MVPs while GRC Trolling Flies Bull Bells did most of the damage on the Lake Trout. We finished the day with a few more fish and a memory to last forever. Flows in the Oak are still humming along at slightly high consisting of a good head of turbine water. Even at this almost mid-Oct timeframe, theres still good hookup chances from the nearshore Lake Ontario all the way to the dam, so the fishing opportunity definitely will spread out. Cool if not coldish temps forecast thru this week with rain showers. Those smaller tribs will drop and clear and warm up sooner then the Oak. Made some time to go to the Waterport Dam to check on the water. Back on the retreat thru today after a cold night. Aiden also won the Youth Division with that salmon. See ya out there! The Archers Club will be open for parking 7 days/week beginning Oct 08 until Nov 11. Theres no part of the driftable or castable or swingable waterway that is frozen over. 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. Its a semi serious band forecast to set up off Lake Erie. Watch for other changes soon like more content to this website. Water temps have remained downright cool late into this season despite up and down flows. 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. Rainfall could amount to 0.5 inch or more. We took a look at flows and found the same medium-ish or slightly high that its been and some stain, but maybe not as dirty as reported a few days ago. Hard copies can be requested by emailing [email protected]. 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. Most anglers report good fishing. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Flows in the smaller area waterways should continue to drop from around moderate maybe going toward low and clear. Herring Twinkie Fly rigs fooled some big uns! All Rights Reserved. Fishing Report Orleans County Tourism Beats a zoom webix facetime remote lockdown covid scene anytime for the Licorice Man! Pen rearing steelhead including 10,000 steelhead and 113,000 King salmon were delivered Tue, Apr 5, 2022. Today it was mostly sunny and 53. 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.. Maxwell has a better flow; however, it is still plugged-up at the mouth. Its fall and its leaf fall time so expect maybe daily water level fluctuations on the Oak thanks to hydro power operation. All the water is open to fish with some bank ice here and there in slack water areas. Theres a chance of snow showers tomorrow (Wed.) and precipitation at the end of week again. Another unseasonably warm day today with chance of showers tonight. Theres a change afoot soon with the forecast ahead for the end of week and weekend going colder with a chance of mixed bag precipitation. More will with higher water. 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. Not much precip was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. The brown trout action in nearby tribs that was pretty good is a little slower lately thanks to the lower and clearer flows. Many thanks to all involved in the Reimagine the Canals fishery benefits for WNY and esp NYS Canals outstanding cooperation. Capt. 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. Beads in natural colors really shine on early season trout with all the salmon eggs around. Any future precipitation could raise flows and bring back dirty water color. The forecast ahead for end of week and Christmas weekend looks challenging. Look for flows in the Oak to go from the slightly high flows we have now to med and 2 3 ft of visibility. 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. With any luck well get some measurable liquid precip to help flows out. Anglers who find the best fishing often anticipate when the right conditions will come together. Next be prepared to troll j-plugs around the 3 piers in 5-20 feet of water. Mixed sizes today with a couple in the 10 lb range and a couple around 28 lbs, most were in the 15 to 18 lbs. Slight bump up in trib flows yesterday from little bit of rain and snowmelt. Please check our website, at visitoswegocounty.com, for the current CFS. The beast was part of a triple. The best spinner/fly set up is DW Gator Flasher Spindoctor with an A-TOM-IK BAM fly. We are in the high season for visiting fisherman so go to. Those fish are there somewhere and its likely not in the same old downstream water but probably upstream nearer where Kings are concentrated. See you on the water! Expect water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations and whats been a delayed leaf fall. The other area smaller waterways are about mod with water color of about 2+ ft of viz. Increased flow releases on Eighteenmile Creek (Niagara County), Oak Orchard Creek (Orleans County), and Sandy Creek (Monroe and Orleans counties). New Fall Fishing Program. When flows are reduced temporarily, it reveals pretty good numbers of fish. 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. Downstream frog water areas are all open with no icing conditions yet. Chance of icing in select areas. She bought him the trip to repay him for taking her fishing when she was young. That may be a result of the good flows bringing in those steelhead. Chance of maybe an ever so slight bump up and back down quick with a little more color to the water. Here we go on a nice warm up again for more seasonal spring like temps this week. Boat angling easily the least expensive bargain for big salmonid angling chances where you get to feel the strike and experience an honest battle without heavier trolling gear. By most accounts if youre moving around and trying different drifts and spots, guys are hooking up. You can see the Canal drainage influence in the stained color but Canal release flows sure look more tempered in the smaller tribs then say the Oak. We had our bites but we could not get them to stick. Both kings and Cohos are being caught. At 100, temps were 50 (fairly warm to start) and 42 at the end of the day. Forecast is for continued seasonable weather thru the week with highs around 50F and dropping back into the 30sF at night. Tom Burke of Cold Steel Sportfishing: After a good rain brought river levels up, a majority of the salmon in the lower river and estuary have moved toward the upper river. Another shot of precipitation from a couple of days ago forecast ahead thru the mid week looks seasonable cool and mostly clear with a slight warm up toward the end of week. 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. Lets hope the weather keeps serving up the so-far good fishing chances! 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 Another cold snap: cold temps today with highs around 40F. Labor Day is when the big Lake Ontario Counties Fall Trout and Salmon Derby will be ending at 1 p.m. Hair jigs and worm harnesses fished off 3-way rigs is the way to go. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. Steelhead glory to the swung fly in the OOrchard for end Jan 2016/begin Feb 2017. 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. 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. Sign up for our FREE Fishing Reports Today! Action has been a little more measured then say 2 3 weeks ago when it seemed we got a small run of fresh steelhead. Ron Bierstine, NYS Reimagine the Canals Task Force Member Fishing. It may just not be the big blowout event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. The highlight though, was landing everyones. Forecast ahead is for a mid week warmup with chance of rain or showers end of week and then sharply cooler for the weekend. Sacs are working for trout and skein is the ticket for salmon. The longer range forecast looks like back to colder for rest of next week. Anglers report a few brown trout hook ups with steelhead hook ups possibly coming on stronger, and still a coho here and there. As of today flows were high consisting of something close to wide open turbine flows and a little bit of overflow water. To the east flows are also somewhat higher then typical fall flows with slightly stained water color. Avoid close contact, such as shaking hands, hugging, and kissing. Id say Im hearing about 50/50 in good/tough fishing. Johnson Creek had a nice bump in flows and got stained and guys reported some salmon on the move there. For now flows in the Oak are mod and slightly stained and no icing. The charter fleet has had king salmon action in 100-120 FOW using chrome glow flasher fly combinations down to 60 ft. To the east at Sandy Creek flows are reported to be medium or just a notch greater. Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. Flows in the Oak are already on the rise today thanks to increasing overflow water. Anglers on the Oak reported small pods of Kings on the move thru the fast water areas yesterday. If anglers can get their drift thru the Kings, theres been some browns and steelhead hooked too. 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. No serious snow accumulations expected with highs in the 40sF. Through Operation Injured Soldiers, Captains Mike Grager, Mike Lavender and Bob Eder took 12 wounded veterans fishing and enjoyed 2 days on Lake Ontario. Spoon grabbing fun hard fighters with a dark skein wagon thrown in too for mid/end Sept 2021 at the Oak Orchard Rivermouth. A few more guys out on the Oak today than the past weekend, but still not all that much fishing pressure. Consistently doubles & triples all throughout the area, in 7-10 FOW, then followed along the green water (as opposed to the murky brown water). The NYS fish licensing system is back up! Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge Forecast thru this week remaining after today is for warm temps in the 40sF. The large catfish are biting in Clyde and Palmyra. Well probably continue to see a drawn out salmon run. Theres not a lot of fish spawning or even many zombies yet so that tells you things are progressing slowly. A couple of reports thru yesterday mentioned some hook ups on smaller browns and steelhead. Look for angling pressure to build likely toward this weekend. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Fishing Times for Oak Orchard Creek near Albion, New York The fishing has been challenging not least due to the warm weather we had last week. PDF Oak Orchard Creek Update - canals.ny.gov Anglers fishing from boats should be able to maintain at least six feet of distance between one another. Fishing pressure is real light again on the Oak so far today. 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. A few good browns reported to be hooked up yesterday on the Oak. Still light fishing pressure yet the regulars who are getting out there are getting their hookups like nearer the dam. Within moments, our first lake trout was on and while Wendy was fighting her fish, our 300 diver gets smashed and Bill was fighting his first ever salmon. It might take lots of bobber watching or a few cast and retrieve/swing presentations to hook up on a post spawn brown or staging steelhead. Oak Orchard River Fishing for Salmon Waterport Dam October 5, 2021 jwplayer("jwp-outstream-unit").setup({}); Report is Courtesy of the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning. 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. Water color has improved to about 1 plus feet of viz. For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. The Wolcott Creek off Furnace Road had some late season kings. 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. Bankside movement may be hard in spots if no trail is broken already. Some forecasted showers that for once turned into more like rainstorms yesterday and today have brought along that nice gloom for fish migrations, but probably will not change any trib flows much. The weather it is a changingA cool day today with winds NE off the Lake. Buc-A-Roo Charters is recognized as one of the premier charter operations on Lake Ontario. The other area smaller waterways trending slowly falling flows at around mod and slightly stained. And that is part of the formula for steelhead hookups being on the water after a spate of water. Thin reports from anglers, so far, the beginning part of the week but thru the past weekend guys were still into a few fish. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Over the past weekend with warm temps there was some melt off. Read more on the Hub. In his latest report, he shared a recap of At the Bar in Niagara County and the challenges he experienced this year. 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. Action reported pretty good around the Archers Club yesterday and then slower today. 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. 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. 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. The lake conditions could not have been better, we just needed to get them on some fish. Nearer the dam and just downstream should show a few more fish. Most fish came from 50-90 down (44 degrees to 60-degree water) under 74-degree surface waters. 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. $67,400 Total Cash Pay-Out Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. Canal water flow managers are likely throttling back any additional Canal releases into the tribs thanks to all the precipitation. Warm weather forecasted to prevail all week and warmer yet for the upcoming weekend around 70F. Suckers were more numerous too. 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.. Oak Orchard Fishing Report, friendly post to help your fellow fisherman. Hook ups may come a little harder for guys used to lower flows. Register now and see your name at the top of the list, 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 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. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. There was some water level fluctuations yesterday thanks to hydropower operations and when the water was down briefly a fair amount of fish were seen in the upstream areas. Most guys upstream- ish report good action while those downstream like in the flat water report tougher action. Flows are actually up just a bit from earlier in the week when the visibility was less. Its been a windy week on Lake Ontario off the Orleans County NYCoastline. If you still have a boat in the water, you can fish west of Sodus Bay in 30 fow. So far thru today the heavier rains have been south of here and the trend looks like the Oak is on the rise while the smaller tribs are barely dropping or holding steady. 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. 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. Downstream slow water is getting pretty froggy thanks to rising Lake Ontario levels and the lowering upstream flows. Lots of snow across WNY from an area wide snow. Think something like flows going from low to not so low. A big precipitation event that blows out the waterways with a resultant drop down to fishable conditions could be just what we need to kick off spring steelhead action. Chance for more downpours thru tonight with strong winds and an advisory forecast thru tomorrow. After the extremely high water we have had the last two weeks it is finally receded enough to produce safer wading conditions. The weather she is a changing again as has been the case for most of this trib season. Tough time of the year for any serious drying out since everything will wind up essentially as runoff. Thanks, Capt. 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. Wash hands often or use a hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. And then theres always that concentration of fish and people at the dam. They scored 4 king salmon (17-20 lbs) and a trophy sized steelhead weighing in at 16 lbs. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters reports that fishing is still tough and sporadic. Derbies & Tournaments Orleans County Tourism And Erie Canal bolstered flows (year 2) will be contributing to the fishy equation sooner then later in multiple tribs! We have also been catching fish from 25-70 down. Pier fishing continues to be the place to cast in Wayne County. The last 2 days the salmon have moved closer and closer to the rivers. Upstream swamp headwater supplies seem brim full so look for flows to be pretty well maintained and on a continued slow clearing. The more the water temps drop, the more active the trout will become. Now quietly too a few guys are reporting better action. Can anyone say some skein please?! Drying out weather could lead to lower medium ish or wetter weather could lead to higher/dirtier. Either way, flows consist of a strong head of turbine water that could be close to full bore. The last few weeks out of Bald Eagle Marina we have been fishing offshore as there has been some good steelhead action with a few teenage kings in the mix. Get the monthly weather forecast for Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, including daily high/low, historical averages, to help you plan ahead. We had report of the first salmon of the season about two weeks ago. Kings have for the most part given up the ghost and now some carcasses are seen seeding the waterway. Hopefully the fishing pressure overall is likewise spread out like the fish. The Oswego Fire Department offers loaner life jackets at no charge through its Loaner for Life program. Any significant precipitation could bring flows quickly back up and off color. Cooler temps for end of week and upcoming weekend.