oak orchard fishing report 2021

Wash hands often or use a hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. 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. Other area smaller waterways are at about medium level and back on the clearing to slightly stained from the past weekend rain. 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. Another dose of spring feeling is in the air on a slight warmup forecast for this week! The presentation is not that technical, just look for favorable winds and water color. The last time it was dredged was in 2014. The better reports I hear are from guys that have some Kings migrate past them or hold and they get some drifts to them. 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. The temps are returning to seasonably after a few days of a heatwave along with high winds. 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. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Johnson Creek had a nice bump in flows and got stained and guys reported some salmon on the move there. It is equipped with the latest electronics and fishing equipment. Theres still good numbers of fish higher in the Oak watercourse nearer the dam. The Orleans County waters at Point Breeze are providing an excellent mixed bag catch of late! 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. For now these are the lowest flows of the whole fall season and are more typical of average fall flows. Fished the 26-27 line, a little west but not far. Fishing out deep has been hit and miss and no real pattern of lures to speak of. The brown trout action in nearby tribs that was pretty good is a little slower lately thanks to the lower and clearer flows. They can be found in Lake Ontario, its tributaries like the Oak Orchard River and in numerous inland waterways. That sounds like a receipe for fresh fish migrations in all the waterways and the chance for brown trout and steelhead hook ups! An honest notch or so less (slightly high) then the previous wide open turbine flows with overflow levels diminished. OAK ORCHARD Fishing Report 2023 | United States $67,400 Total Cash Pay-Out Sunday was a special day. Fast water spots on the Oak remain open with just some bank ice. Both inshore structure, mid water and offshore has a mixed bag catch available. So if youre following this the moral of the story is that the weather is up and down and therefore so are the water levels and fishable conditions. Shoreline casting action Apr and May for hungry brown trout. Releases may change due to weather and other conditions. Hungry post spawn browns like this semi golden male are eager to bite your spoon, plug or fly. It wont break the drought conditions but it may just perk up the action in the area smaller tribs. The other area smaller tribs have med or slightly high and stained flows. Take advantage of any reasonable drift chances for the late winter and spring period since waiting for low and clear means youll prob miss some opportunities. I would doubt we are heading toward any kind of blow out, but a little stain to the water would sure be a good thing too. Fish On! Orleans County Tourism Well start out with a warmup and rain or showers then a quick transition to much colder and snow or snow showers Fri/Sat. You can also change some of your preferences. A PFD is not required to fish all of the Oak, only on the Brookfield Power Company areas below the dam (about 600 feet) where wading is permitted. Jeremy Sage from, Warrior Lures Sport Fishing Products Traxstech Corporation. Ron Bierstine, NYS Reimagine the Canals Task Force Member Fishing. Flows in the Oak are slightly high with 1 2 ft of stained visibility. Late Feb 2018. All Rights Reserved. The smaller side channels and Trout and Orwell brook all have fish; which are providing the most action at this time. Must be the the cool Bauer and GLoomis spey gear that made it happen for Chuck the Swinger end of Apr 2021! There could be fresh steelhead, fresh silver browns or drop back fish. Any snow will be likely south of the area. Oak Orchard rivermouth King, second week Sep 2018. Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge Theres no significant icing anywhere that we are aware of. Lakeshore conditions should likewise be wide open if any hardware chuckers were so inclined to make some casts. Flows yesterday in the AM were down but did rebound nicely to the mod or almost med flows weve had this season. The Archers Club will be open for parking 7 days/week beginning Oct 08 until Nov 11. There are always some exceptional fish caught in the trib season, just check out the pics below and in the archives. Call Steve Haak at 225-0229 for more info. No doubt as flows drop and clear even a little guys should get onto more fish, especially brown trout. 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. Brown trout like this rutted out nice fish are eager strikers and you might encounter steelhead, salmon, lakers or bass. No doubt a lot of King action came and went on the previous higher and off color flows. 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. Capt. Bob! My anglers have been relaying positive feedback from restaurants from the Point thru Albion and Medina. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. The lake conditions could not have been better, we just needed to get them on some fish. Fishing pressure real light. All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation. Anglers are toughing it out for a few bites daily on browns or steelhead. Starting Tues, Sept. 7th, the Orleans County Boat Launch at the end of Ontario Street (east side of the river) will be closed for reconstruction. Not sure yet how much of a change in flows in the Oak well see, but with the precip received so far it shouldnt be bad enough for a blow out. For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. Either way waiting for the mythical lower and clearer conditions for steelhead action may lead to lost chances. Fresh steelhead chances for late winter, early spring usually means high and stained and cold water challenging drifts. 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. The morning started out great but Lady O offered up some serious chop by noon. 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. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. The best spinner/fly set up is DW Gator Flasher Spindoctor with an A-TOM-IK BAM fly. Dont be afraid to start targeting the warmer water many kings will hold and 60 to 67 water this time of year. This is after mostly tougher action reported for the begin part of the past weekend. Here we go on a nice warm up again for more seasonal spring like temps this week. Dave Chilson and company keep the LOC leaderboard updated on an hourly basis. All the trib flows are on the rise and going off color. Chance for fresh steelhead at any time building up toward the true late winter/early spring runs of Feb/Mar. Thru the past weekend we heard of guys getting steelhead hookups nearer the dam including a few good fish. Seems like the Kings just arent concentrated in any particular fast water spot in any trib and thats the tougher reports I hear from guys. Start of Fall 2021 action end of Sept! 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. Salmon are stacked up in Olcott Harbor and spinners are working for shore casters. No sore shoulders or headache now Erica will be forever casting for her trophy 4. 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 Oak Orchard Harbor is in the process of being dredged which started last week (8/25) and is expected to finished mid September. More green or fresher fish still being encountered then zombies. Action has been a little more measured then say 2 3 weeks ago when it seemed we got a small run of fresh steelhead. Buc-A-Roo Charters is recognized as one of the premier charter operations on Lake Ontario. The longer range forecast looks like back to colder for rest of next week. Working 100-200 fow, It took us a while to get bit, but our first fish was a 17 lb king. Available at Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge and Narbys. Spring will offer up only so many cold water chances! All Rights Reserved. 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. Albion, NY 14411 Mike Ziehm of Niagara Falls reports that he is still getting some salmon and walleye from shore in the gorge casting spinners and jigs. 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. This up and down would be mostly unnoticed under ice cover anyway, except for on the Oak. In the Oak, flows are moderate and mostly clear and likewise may hold onto those fair moderate flows instead of dropping back to real low. This mid week warmup should likely only stall the right of drop and clear in the Oak and other area smaller waterways. Best chance at hookups is going to be covering different spots on the same trib and/or moving around to different tribs. (Artificial lures only). Icing conditions should accelerate especially in the smaller waterways Will know more about how anglers have been hooking up as we catch back up on the fishing chatter. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. Here on the Oak look for low and clear flows with bank ice and the downstream slow water areas frozen. Those fish deserve a chance to immigrate back out to the Lake if caught and released back into the turbine channel. Come get in on some hard striking fresh fish action at the river mouth and downstream areas. PDF Oak Orchard Creek Update - canals.ny.gov Flows in the other tribs bracketing east and west look like they are back up some. 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. Point Breeze/Orleans County/east side boat launch is still closed while construction is hopefully soon to wrap up. More of the up and down temps that weve been experiencing so far this winter. End of week there is the chance for mixed bag precipitation and Lake Effect Snow for the weekend. $25,000 Grand Prize for the largest salmon. For now in the near term low and clear flows are not in the cards. After several days of strong west winds both charter and Rec boats got back out. Any significant precipitation or melt off or runoff could bring all the trib flows right back high and off color again. There are miles of water for fish to be dropping back from compared to about only a short mile of Oak water. Flows are plenty high enough to hide fish and encourage fresh fish migrations. He captured the lead today aboard the Stalker, weighing in at Olcott. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. 1764 Oak Orchard Rd (Rte. Sign up for our FREE Fishing Reports Today! Fish. All that cooler water we have again in the Oak could surely be spreading out the fish and drifts are going to need to be down and slow for best hook up chances. 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. Releases may change due to weather, engineering controls and other conditions. Always the chance at some fresh steelhead migrations that should only improve as we get into the later winter. Capt. Divers: 220-240, 400 coppers. Water color will be on a slow mend. Still no real cool down afoot and the forecast ahead thru the weekend and maybe some of next week looks warm. Request Information (form), Online Store Policy - Privacy Policy - Terms and Conditions. Nice big fresh King drifting action on the backside of high flows from end of Sept rains. Colder temps could bring back some icing conditions especially in the smaller waterways if lower flows prevail. No obvious staged up concentration of staged up fish like at the Bridges. Next chance at precipitation or showers is this weekend. The canal season for navigation ended October 13th and some sections are being lowered. Over the past weekend with warm temps there was some melt off. There were some hook ups thru the past weekend right before this latest rise in flows. This will go down as a trip of a lifetime for them as well as for us. The other area smaller waterways are mostly iced and snowed in. Salmon Fishing at Waterport Dam Daily Update Oak Orchard River survivalbracelet Kits 2.79K subscribers Subscribe 2.2K views 2 years ago Salmon fishing at Waterport dam on Oakorchard river. A good day might be a couple of hookups with a steelhead thrown in. Read Fishing Reports Weather for Oak Orchard . The other area smaller tribs have med to slightly high flows with slightly stained water color. 2023 Fishing reports by Ron Bierstine, Orleans County Sportfishing Coordinator February 21, 2023 Not much precipitation was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. 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. Be sure you contact NYSDEC with comments on the predation from over-abundant cormorants and the impacts on the young stocked salmonids. 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. Fishing on the bays has been excellent. And we predict even more mixed-up conditions for the next few days. Downstream fast water drifts and all the way to the downstream flat water has been quietly productive at times too, esp if youre there intercepting a pod of fresh fish moving thru. Look for mod and mostly clear flows in the Oak and low and clear flows in the other area smaller waterways. Greater impacts expected SW of here but the south shore of Lake Ontario may get some accumulations. Seasonable cold winter weather for the end of week with some LES happening south and west of here. Depending on your perspective some might call it only slightly high. 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. Rigger: 65-95 down. Past weekend action a little slower perhaps a result of increased fishing pressure. He is also doing some scuba fishing for bass for something a little different off Tonawanda. Fathers Day Outing with Get the Net Charters. Fishing pressure is down all around, especially in the Oak. The charter fleet has had king salmon action in 100-120 FOW using chrome glow flasher fly combinations down to 60 ft. 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.. Thanks to the abrupt cold and snow and wind all the tribs are essentially frozen in. Browns and Atlantics and steelhead in the mix. The recent changing winds, lightning and storms are not good for fishing but things did become more stable. 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. POINT BREEZE WEATHER Fish as soon as reasonable conditions allow instead of waiting for supposed better conditions that may or may not materialize. Contact us for how and where to help out each spring. Cleanliness 4.2. The weather is a changing again according to the near term forecast, with above freezing temps expected day and night starting about Wed/ Thu and lasting at least thru the begin part of next week. More importantly he shares his expertise on what lures have been successful for him and his crew. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. Christmas rain brought all the trib flows up with stained water color. To obtain a map pad or copy of a map, contact us. On the Oak there should be the chance for fresh chrome action esp when the flows are agreeable like now or on the backside of any future high water. Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report - October 21, 2021 We have a new logo that cleverly looks a lot like the old one! Reports of lowering flows in Johnson Creek and we are unsure why? At this point rain or precipitation could help bring flows back up too. See pictures below from July 12-13 of fish caught on Troutman 2! Peach of a day today and it looks like guys are more seriously getting out there this week. 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. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Think something like flows going from low to not so low. Temps are forecast to begin to cool down for the end of this week and thru the weekend. Near shore big Lake O waters and pier head light tackle spoon or plug or streamer fly fun when wind and waves cooperate for slightly stained green or brownish trib runoff. Check out the dandy nice big brown below Jonathan Halpert and Big Kevs Guide Service found on the Oak yesterday along with more hook ups.