oak orchard fishing report 2021

For specific questions about the Waterport dam site rules you can email document.getElementById("eeb-694070-709272").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%49%6e%71%75%69%72%69%65%73%40%42%72%6f%6f%6b%66%69%65%6c%64%72%65%6e%65%77%61%62%6c%65%2e%63%6f%6d%27"))*protected email*. Please check our website, at visitoswegocounty.com, for the current CFS. Andy Bliss of Chasin Tail Adventures: Notice: with water levels over 16000 CFS as of today, wading isnt advised. 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. On the Oak guys are into more then a few cohos too. Likely there are some steelhead in the Oak now and the drift conditions remain challenging to get on them. You can check these in your browser security settings. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Capt. We hope to go live with more fishoakorchard.com info soon! The area smaller trib flows bumped up slightly while flows in the Oak have kept humming along at about slightly high and slightly stained. We are hearing of most guys getting their drifts down and slow getting a few hook ups in the fast water reaches below the dam and a little more action in the downstream flat water possibly as a result ofsome drop back brown trout action and a few fresher steelhead. I for one am glad for some consistent winter weather to at least reset seasonal conditions after the mild fall. Eggs, egg sacs and beads are working to take salmon, brown trout and the occasional steelhead. Bob Songins At the Oak report this past week: The mature salmon are both off shore (31-33) and in-shore (80-150). We are living and experiencing all the fishing action directly or thru trusted reports of other die hard anglers as it happens. But with cooler temps this week, the water temp has finally started dropping. The Oak benefits from 24/7 spring, summer and fall supplemental flows from the Erie Canal. The in between moderate or medium and slightly stained flows came and went pretty quick! Or at best last ditch chances later this spring when the best fresh run fish action may be behind you. 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. A nice spate of water which is hanging on in the Oak and retreating in the other area smaller tribs back to the base Canal feed. If you want to help for salmon we can direct you to the contacts for that effort. 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. For best chances at steelhead action later this winter and spring we might hope for some more colder and typical winter weather for the in between later Dec/early Jan timeframe. We cannot speak for the power company or interpret their site rules. Flows are moderate to medium and slightly stained at least where you might be able to find a slot with open flows to drift. Orleans County Tourism And then theres always that concentration of fish and people at the dam. Any significant rainfall could raise flows up more with dirtier water color. If the forecast is realized, with especially significant rain, there is the chance for high or blown trib flows. Made some time to go to the Waterport Dam to check on the water. The Fishing Beat: Colder. Its all about water flows Water flows are the single biggest factor in encouraging upstream movements of fish during the fall, winter and spring trib seasons. One positive for the continued cold weather is trib water temps have not spiked high yet. These unique bells seem to really trigger the Lakers. Then there are those fish more or less landlocked in the overflow pools. Or for the fall stay at our new well appointed private ground floor lodge (Garage Lodge) located just 6 miles east on Route 18. All Rights Reserved. Theres a chance of an inch or two maybe south of the area off lake Erie. The charter fleet has had king salmon action in 100-120 FOW using chrome glow flasher fly combinations down to 60 ft. 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. Overflow levels are diminished. Johnson Creek had a nice bump in flows and got stained and guys reported some salmon on the move there. It has been closed to traffic for construction since late April. The parking donation will be $10 per car. Avoid close contact, such as shaking hands, hugging, and kissing. We used wire dipseys with herring strip fly rigs. Your email address will not be published. Sunday, we caught a decent variety: a couple of big salmon, 2 year olds, matures, a steelhead and couple of cohoes. Seasonable cold winter weather for the end of week with some LES happening south and west of here. Either way itll be colder with continued clearing and lowering flows like in the Oak. 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. Note to self after any kind of high water after stale conditions try more upstream then downstream. Neither of them had ever been on Lake Ontario. No major chill down seen in the near term forecast and there is some rain or showers going over to snow showers forecast for Thursday and Friday. Action has been a little more measured then say 2 3 weeks ago when it seemed we got a small run of fresh steelhead. 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. Some big steelhead are still in the Oak! New York State is open for fishing and DEC encourages anglers to recreate locally at a nearby waterbody. Flasher/fly and spoons are doin it but trout species are favoring spoons. Other area smaller tribs are med to slightly high and dirty. The fair action now is hopefully a good sign for action yet to come thru Feb/Mar. Wow! Flows should be back on the retreat already today with some stain hanging on. Reports of lowering flows in Johnson Creek and we are unsure why? Flow conditions right now are more like nice steelhead water and higher then typical fall flows. All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation. 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. 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. Downstream frog water areas are all open with no icing conditions yet. Good chance that flows can be contained in the turbine channel so look for a good head of turbine water. Waiting for supposed better conditions could mean missing out and finding even worse water conditions later on. The following report is courtesy of Capt. One guy catches a fish, another guy quick runs the fish over to the turbine channel cradled in a net. (function(){var ml="k0of4rsdc%ainhm. 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. Chris Megan from On the Water mag gets a top notch net job from Bill to land this trophy early in the season fresh male brown trout! Warming temps and the next spate of water could bring on some big fresh steelhead! The more the water temps drop, the more active the trout will become. This position resides in the Biological & Environmental Systems Sciences, Energy Science & Technology . Land lubbers and small boat casters and small boat trollers and streamer casters all can get in on the cool water near shore action while it lasts. At least flows are stronger which helps combat icing back up. Any future precip could raise flows and bring back dirty water color. Good luck, guys! 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. After a quick hit of real cold weather this past weekend, we are back to mild temps that are forecast at least thru this week. 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. The next spate of water could bring in the fresh spring steelhead looking for warmer water. A great time was had by all and theyre looking forward to returning next year! For now, flows in the Oak are moderate and slightly stained and no icing. 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. The release to that point was a great success! That could be the ticket to get some salmon migrations cranking. Same for estuary slow water areas on the smaller tribs where guys have had on and off action. Forecast ahead is for a mid week warmup with chance of rain or showers end of week and then sharply cooler for the weekend. Bit of a stalemate in the weather for now with warmish days but below freezing nites. Capt. Temps are cooler here then points south and more rain or showers are expected at least thru tomorrow. Slight bump up in trib flows yesterday from little bit of rain and snowmelt. Most guys upstream- ish report good action while those downstream like in the flat water report tougher action. Those fish are there somewhere and its likely not in the same old downstream water but probably upstream nearer where Kings are concentrated. So, flows, weather and fishing action are somewhat up and down. 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.. Small boat trollers and casters both in on the action with glow hardware and/or plugs. Water temps have flirted with 40F but should slide back with the forecasted colder weather ahead. What does the Oak Orchard River, the Lakeshore and other WNY tribs offer? Come on out and get in on some trophy action this fall, winter and spring and add to the photo collection! Guys kept fishing, especially in the turbine channel (flows can only get so high). There are still Kings around, about in a one qtr green fish to three qtr old moldy ratio. 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. In shore warm water but it didnt stop hard strikes at dawn not much left in the fight afterwards. No consistent cool down or big freshets yet so the action has been on and off. For moreinformation about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly, go to DECs website. Walleye fishing has been good on the Niagara Bar. The other area smaller tribs have med to slightly high flows with slightly stained water color. A cooler, gloomy day today (Monday) with forecasted warmer days ahead mid week with chance of precipitation and windy conditions around Wed, Thurs. The current leader (7/13/21) in the Summer LOC Derby is Mike Paddock from Albion with a Salmon weighing in at 31.07 lb. Forecast ahead is for snow showers today, chance of area wide snow tomorrow and then another warmup for the end of week. 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. They fished way off shore on the Pirate Queen with Captain Tom Wolfe. Look for more fish going to gravel on the no doubt water temp warm up this week. We are hearing of a few more browns now in the Oak, especially thru yesterday. Rainfall amounts may be 0.5 0.75 inch and little to no snow accumulation expected. Look for flows to hang in or drop back another notch toward medium in the near term. Releases may change due to weather and other conditions. No serious snow accumulations expected with highs in the 40sF. Flows in the other tribs bracketing east and west look like they are back up some. A couple Lake Ontario newbies became addicted this past weekend. Not hearing of much lower river and rivermouth action as probably the bulk of Kings are more upstream now. Downstream spots on the Oak for the past weekend may have been tougher on what was dropping and clearing flows, although we did not hear from many guys. Cooler temps for end of week and upcoming weekend. It has definitely brought out some more guys so not sure well see the typical fall off in the mid week angler numbers. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. It may just not be the big blow out event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. Copyright 2023 On The Water, LLC. Downstream slow water areas will be freezing and closing in while upstream areas should stay open except for some bank ice. In early November and early December, all Lake Ontario tributaries (Eighteenmile, Johnson, Oak Orchard, Sandy and Salmon Creeks) will see higher flows. He is first in line for the $25,000 Grand Prize. Peach of a day today and it looks like guys are more seriously getting out there this week. There could be fresh steelhead, fresh silver browns or drop back fish. Temperatures have finally started dropping with cooler weather setting in. The beast was part of a triple. This mid week warmup should likely only stall the right of drop and clear in the Oak and other area smaller waterways. A couple days of warm temps and some rain yesterday has the trib flows up and rolling again! 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. Access fees will be waived. Look for Kings steaming thru the downstream fast water to the dam, from the frog water areas thru the fast water, from the lower river to the frogwater, and from the near shore big Lake O waters to the rivermouth/lower river. Look for flows maintained around the slightly high/slightly stained for now. Oak Orchard Tackle and Narbys is stocked for Fall salmon lures and gear. Rick Hajecki from Crazy Yankee Sportfishing. There was a few more inches of snow and more Lake Effect Snow showers are expected today here on the immediate Lake Plain. These events were very well received last season despite very short notice. 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. Cormorant numbers, however, remain a significant challenge to all the Lake wide salmonid stocking efforts. This is the available info at this time, unless something changes, it will be enforced.. Temps are on the mild side, dropping down some at night and thru today and over the next part of the week we are getting some melt off which should be good for maintenance. 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. Starting Tuesday, September 7th, the Orleans County Boat Launch on Ontario Street (east side of the Oak Orchard River) will be closed for reconstruction until the Spring of 2022. Some LES is coming this weekend. Fishing pressure light and angler reports thin. Id say Im hearing about 50/50 in good/tough fishing. Anglers are toughing it out for a few bites daily on browns or steelhead. Fish are still spawning in the typical areas on or near gravel. Smaller area tribs should crest about mid week and then be on the retreat for end of week. Those chances should only improve with cooler weather. Back on the retreat thru today after a cold night. Lots of optimism for trib season chances ahead on good returns from the steelhead pen rearing renewed project since 2019. No icing anywhere and the downstream slow water is wide open. Flows in the Oak are on the drop slightly after a bump up from the past weekends rain. Slightly cooler forecast for the upcoming weekend and hopefully the serious cold is a goner! Chance of rain mid week and if there is a significant amount of precipitation flows in all the area tribs could be back on the rise and going off color. Jeremy Sage from, Captain John Oravec from Tight Lines Charters, Capt. Bass fishing in Sodus has been excellent. Chance of legitimate winter weather and temps coming on by next week. With the previous high and off color flows in the Oak its been a bit of a challenge for good drifts and swings. Can anyone say some skein please?! Spring will offer up only so many cold water chances! 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. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Watch for other changes soon like more content to this website. The presentation is not that technical, just look for favorable winds and water color. Widewaters is never drawn-down and is the hot spot for bass this time of year. Stay tuned and keep tabs on the weather and water flows and get out there when you can. Theres been on and off good action like at the Archers Club and some Kings continue to drop back from the dam. The Oswego Fire Department offers loaner life jackets at no charge through its Loaner for Life program. Good case for earlier season catch and release and reasonable creel limits Point Breeze Oak action March 2020. First fish took a deep meat rig. Not a dozen hook ups for a morning effort, but at least a few that might include a couple steelhead or a couple browns. 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 exciting news is that the beginning of the fall steelhead migration has started, although its be a slow process given the mid October heat wave! Forecast is for continued seasonable weather thru the week with highs around 50F and dropping back into the 30sF at night. Those waterways do seem to be slowly back on the retreat. 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 That may well all blow out after this latest round of precipitation. Next chance at snow for area wide is for the beginning part of next week. She bought him the trip to repay him for taking her fishing when she was young. 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. Windy too, with rain showers but at least no snow from the latest storm here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Required fields are marked *. Theres still lots of upstream headwater swamp supplies in the Oak. Flows in the Oak are medium and mostly clear. Call Steve Haak at 225-0229 for more info. Flows in the Oak, and really all around, are looking pretty good by winter time steelhead standards. Deep and slow drifts and swings are rewarded with hard fighting fresh steelhead. We are in the high season for visiting fisherman so go to. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. Fishing report: Weather to negatively impact all fishing opportunities starting Thursday The roller coaster weather ride is continuing to affect area fishing. Forecast is for rain ending later today and a couple days of clearing for mid week. Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Then, with 10 days of flat water, along with the number of tournaments & derbies held and the pressure of a lot of fishing boats within a 10 mile x 1 mile stretch, the fish diminished their desire to bite. This picture was from Saturday morning about 1 mile east of the Oak. Chance of rain showers thru the mid week on warming temps and an expected area-wide accumulating snow end of week on cooling temps. Come get in on some hard striking fresh fish action at the river mouth and downstream areas. Water level fluctuations are still common thanks to hydropower operations and at least in the downstream fast water areas when flows are reduced, theres been just a handful of mostly browns revealed. Chance for more downpours thru tonight with strong winds and an advisory forecast thru tomorrow. Without access back to Lake Ontario, those overflow fish are likely goners unless theres a perfectly timed spate of water later this spring. Any significant precipitation or melt off or runoff could bring all the trib flows right back high and off color again. A little rise in flows and some stain to the water makes for a willing biter with this nearly 20 pound hen steelhead. Even clear water finds the caster at an advantage over the troller. It was getting a bit frustrating so since it was a short trip we worked our way back to the nose and started fishing for lake trout. We received 10,000 steelhead and 113,500 salmon from the DEC today as part of the Pen Rearing Project to keep the lake stocked. Browns and Atlantics and steelhead in the mix. A little bit hard to stay on top of trib water flows as it seems like Canal drainage water is being passed thru with select adjustments on the water managers end that only they know about.

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