For now most all waterways are low and clear. Made some time to go to the Waterport Dam to check on the water. Now some silver browns hooked up too, as has been the case on the smaller tribs like to the east. It may just not be the big blow out event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. 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. We had higher then average Fall water flows previously and theres good likelihood well have higher then average late Winter water flows in the near future or even thru the Spring. No accumulations expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. 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. The other area smaller tribs have med or slightly high and stained flows. I for one am glad for some consistent winter weather to at least reset seasonal conditions after the mild fall. Any given half day outing yielding something like a few hook ups. Now some silver browns hooked up too, as has been the case on the smaller tribs like to the east. Registration is only open for KOTO at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. The recent changing winds, lightning and storms are not good for fishing but things did become more stable. ran out of Olcott to fish with his dad aboard the Stalker with Capt. 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. King numbers are slowly building in fast water areas on the Oak, besides whats been good numbers at the dam and the downstream frog water areas. 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. We are surely going to have water for high and off color flows when the weather breaks toward spring. If theres steelhead in the Oak then more then likely theres a few slinking up those smaller waterways too. Water color is one foot of visibility or less. Click on the different category headings to find out more. 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. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. They fished a little west of port between the 27-29 lines of latitude. Oak Orchard Fishing Report, friendly post to help your fellow fisherman. Release schedule for fall 2022 to be released soon. As of today flows were high consisting of something close to wide open turbine flows and a little bit of overflow water. Then forecast is cooler again in the 40s for the upcoming weekend. Not a lot of fish reported holding, still on that early run kamikazee mission to the dam. No icing, even in the downstream frog water just yet. There seems to be a stalemate between the open Lake temps and the trib water temps thanks to the relatively mild winter. Start of Fall 2021 action end of Sept! Send one my way once and awhile 12. stocked in Orleans County waters annually. Port Bay still has perch fishing along the north end of the bay. More will with higher water. If an angler arrives at a parking lot and there are several cars, they should consider going to another parking lot. 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. No consistent cool down or big freshets yet so the action has been on and off. Bob Songin from Reel Excitement Charters. With any luck well get some measurable liquid precip to help flows out. The Greater Niagara Fish Odyssey is slowly catching on with the new Fishing Chaos app and there are 7 different fish species categories up for grabs in both the adult and the youth divisions. Fishing pressure is light to moderate with what looks like a few guys here and there probably enjoying holiday time off. Chance of even warmer unseasonable temps for next week. A great time was had by all and theyre looking forward to returning next year! It is equipped with the latest electronics and fishing equipment. Lower Niagara River action picked up a tick or two this week for bass and walleye according to Lisa Drabczyk with Creek Road Bait and Tackle in Lewiston. With the river water at 75+ degrees salmon wont be heading up in big numbers but there are always a few of the early runners. Oak Orchard River Fishing for Salmon Waterport Dam October 5, 2021.Shout out to Alabama! Fathers Day Outing with Get the Net Charters. Wrap around Lake Effect Snow after the storm may bring all the snow accumulations north and south about equal anyway. Temps for the weekend are forecast to rebound back into the 40s F. Water flows are def enough to encourage some fresh fish migrations at any time and the water color now is in a sweet spot for good presentations. Only a sucker here and there reported. A few pools or slots may hide a fish that didnt take the drop back trip. Year-Round Notice: There are mandatory personal flotation device (PFD) zones on the river. Team Screamer (pictured below) won the PRO division with a score of 447.19 and Team Roll With It won the Amateur division with 257.77 points (also pictured below). 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. Thanks, Capt. Consider how wet its been for months now, the high water tables, saturated fields and brim full swamp headwater supplies and youll come to realize the typical slow rise and quick fall of trib levels is going to occur more like quick rise and slow fall. There has been light mixed precipitation thru today with highs in the 30sF. Christmas rain brought all the trib flows up with stained water color. McDreams Hotel Dusseldorf-City is an excellent choice for travelers visiting Dsseldorf, offering a family-friendly environment alongside many helpful amenities designed to enhance your stay. Fish On! Orleans County Tourism The other area smaller waterways offer as good or better action by virtue of smaller water courses with the fish probably more concentrated. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. Warmer temps near 70F are in the forecast for the weekend. Amazing how when the vegetation awakens and the runoff equation changes. Seasonable cold today and dropping back below freezing tonight then a nice warmup mid week with chance of rain showers. Windy too, with rain showers but at least no snow from the latest storm here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Apr 29 winds are forecasted light and prevailing westerly. 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. Trout action is starting to improve according to Lisa Drabczyk with Creek Road Bait and Tackle. View the calendar of releases at the link below. Rainfall could amount to 0.5 inch or more. 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 temps are returning to seasonably after a few days of a heatwave along with high winds. No trolling gear required, you can get in on this action casting or drifting! Some Northern pike can be caught in the harbor, too. For now these are the lowest flows of the whole fall season and are more typical of average fall flows. A special shout out to St. Marys Archers Club for providing breakfast for so many of our anglers and guests this past month and allowing them access for fishing! That will subsequently melt. The Sportsmen Archers Club Fly Fishing Only Catch and Release Contest was held October 16, 17, 18 2019. To the east flows are also somewhat higher then typical fall flows with slightly stained water color. The better reports I hear are from guys that have some Kings migrate past them or hold and they get some drifts to them. The other area smaller tribs have had some on and off estuary action and likewise look for Kings firing upstream there too if flows go high. Look for a bit of a temp shock there and the fishing action back on the rebound as things warm back up. with an atomik crinkle green fly took our biggest king of the day. The area has been in a bit of a warmup since the end of the past weekend. Good action reported, consistent from most anglers on the Oak thru the past end of weekend and yesterday. Here is a terrific morning catch of Oak Orchard River-bound king salmon from 21-26# from 110 ft of Lake Ontario ledge water. Backside of higher and dirtier early spring flows means some hard fighting steelhead. 4/8/22: First time fishing on Lake Ontario, Meagan Hardner caught this lake trout in 50 feet of water straight out of Oak Orchard aboard Get Hooked Sportfishing. The Orleans County waters at Point Breeze are providing an excellent mixed bag catch of late! Expect water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations and whats been a delayed leaf fall. 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. Water temps for now are already in the the high 30s F on the Oak and prob going higher with the forecasted warmup thru the end of this week. Deep and slow drifts and swings are rewarded with hard fighting fresh steelhead. The following report is courtesy of Capt. Any snow will be likely south of the area. We dropped our port rigger down and within 5 minutes we hooked up on a 18 lb king. One note: the spiny water flea bloom is in progress so rig your rods with 30-50# mono on riggers and be prepared to check rods often. Hard copies can be requested by emailing FWFish@dec.ny.gov. Here on the Oak look for low and clear flows with bank ice and the downstream slow water areas frozen. Early Mar 2022 starting from last fall, thru the winter (weather permitting) and lasting until May! We can also forward you a copy of the Brookfield Power Company brochure highlighting that area via email. Request Information (form), Online Store Policy - Privacy Policy - Terms and Conditions. The gate at the top of the driveway will be closed at 2PM for no entry after that. 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. Fishing pressure is real light with one or two guys reporting a few fresher looking steelhead hooked up. First fish took a deep meat rig. 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. Chance of legitimate winter weather and temps coming on by next week. Capt. For now flows in the Oak are mod and slightly stained and no icing. 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. A fair amount of weeds are being discharged, especially noticeable in downstream areas. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! Flows in the Oak are high and stained with about 1 foot of visibility. 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. Orleans County Tourism Theres no significant icing anywhere that we are aware of. 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. Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Weather Forecast, with current conditions, wind, air quality, and what to expect for the next 3 days. Temps forecast today in the 40sF and a little bit cooler tomorrow with a chance of rain/snow showers later Wednesday. Other area smaller waterways will be snowed and frozen in. Monday was much better with a slight breeze on the lake. The more the water temps drop, the more active the trout will become. McDreams Hotel Dusseldorf-City - Tripadvisor All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. 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. If the forecast is realized, with especially significant rain, there is the chance for high or blown trib flows. As we started getting into 90-100 we noticed a ton of bait and big fish on the bottom. A few leftover coho and browns are in the system too. Well have to wait and see how much they rise and open up and how much additional snow accumulations like in the Oak upper watershed get things rolling. 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. Flows in the Oak are clearing slowly and hanging in somewhere between medium and slightly high. 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. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. 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. Early silver fish like this are a good sign for the upcoming trib action. Water color will be on a slow mend. Follow them up from the Rivermouth, lower river, frog water, fast water stretches, Waterport dam. Pitch a retrieve and wait for the hard jolt! That should make for cleaner drifts, although with a late leaf fall, look for continued usually daily water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations. Those chances should only improve with cooler weather. TheNYS Canal Corporationreleases water from the Erie Canal into Lake Ontario Tributaries in Western New York for an extended period each fall to create a longer season and even better angling experience. Stream Conditions - Fish Oak Orchard There is some icing especially in downstream slow water spots and some bank ice. 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. Oak rivermouth dredging operations are likely days away from finishing. Theres a chance of rain or storms later tomorrow and, you guessed it another significant cool down for the end of the weekend or start of next week! Capt. See the photo below. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. And along with the browns theres the chance for Atlantics, cohos or steelhead rounding out nice mixed bag chances. The Port Bay pier (small) is at the end of West Port Bay Road and the Sodus Bay pier (long) are places to cast out heavy spoons. You could help give them their last meal! Theres still lots of upstream headwater swamp supplies in the Oak. Copyright 2023 On The Water, LLC. Maybe those fish pushed further upriver as so far theres not been a lot of holding or spawning action except for the piling up at the dam. In his latest report, he shared a recap of At the Bar in Niagara County and the challenges he experienced this year. The other area smaller tribs have med to slightly high flows with slightly stained water color. Best baits will be small egg patterns; be it flies, rubber eggs or even egg sacs. Divers fired from 90-115 out on 2.5 settings. These unique bells seem to really trigger the Lakers. Flows in the Oak still humming along at around slightly high and slightly stained. 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. 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. Flows can fluctuate by several feet in a short period of time. Watch for that high and stained water flow and hit it as soon as you can. 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. The forecast ahead thru about the weekend is for colder weather that will drop and clear flows. The fish were biting on a deep rigger set at 120, flasher/meat rig and wire dipsey, 280-300 out, gold 42 second paddle with mirage fly, NBK paddle mirage fly, 600 hundred copper with a Jill bill meat rig. Theres some brisk NE lakeshore winds that will make for some rough seas and cool and probably dirty water color. Divers: Seneca Special with the Atomic big fin glow behind it (a standard he runs this time of year). The in between moderate or medium and slightly stained flows came and went pretty quick! Some steelhead and cohos were caught with spoons. Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Spring Trout and Salmon Derby May 7-16, 2021: 1 st of 3 LOC Derbies offering over $44,000 in cash and prizes with a grand prize of $15,000 for the largest overall Salmon caught. Id look for it going high and stained about thru this weekend. Proceeding upstream thru the Oak downstream frog water areas the reports are quieter but I suspect guys are into a decent skein bite. Actually that forecast sounds more normal by November standards. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. Erica finds it hard to hold up nearly 20 lbs of fresh King caught at the Oak Orchard rivermouth! 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. Forecast is continued warm thru tomorrow with chance of precipitation end of day or later tomorrow. The longer those fish stay in the overflow pool, they harder they become to get out. Tuesdays fishing was EPIC despite it being a bit breezy. Flows in the Oak are slightly high consisting of a good head of turbine water. 14016 Route 31 West Oak Orchard, Sandy i Salmon Creek, vor avea debite mai mari. One guy catches a fish, another guy quick runs the fish over to the turbine channel cradled in a net. The rest of the Oak, like after the confluence, were high water fishable by at least this past Sunday thru about yesterday as the overflow levels diminished. With the mid week warm up look for flows to be on the rise and opening up some and going off color about thru the mid/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. A couple anglers reported when flows came down thanks to turbine rack cleaning it revealed strong numbers of browns and some steelhead nearer the dam, even if they hadnt been good biters prior. Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. That amount of rain would definitely be a good thing. Theres a chance for more significant accumulations which could bring area totals to 2 3 ft of snow. Flows in the Oak are still slightly high and water color has improved with 2 ft of visibility. Walleye fishing has been good on the Niagara Bar. This area will be on the far end of it. Point Breeze/Orleans County/east side boat launch is still closed while construction is hopefully soon to wrap up. (Deadline for the Open was Monday, 6/7). Very good. Stay tuned and keep tabs on the weather and water flows and get out there when you can. No icing anywhere and the downstream slow water is wide open. 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. A brown or two mixed in. Light fishing pressure mostly, with a few more guys out for this weekend. Pen rearing steelhead including 10,000 steelhead and 113,000 King salmon were delivered Tue, Apr 5, 2022. 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. Pier head foot soldiers may want to at least occasionally do an about face from lakeside casting at times to check the scene in the channel. The other area smaller waterways have mod to med flows and are slightly stained at 2+ feet of viz. Even without any significant new precipitation, look for flows in the Oak to stay up thanks to strong swamp headwater supplies. For now, flows in the Oak are moderate and slightly stained and no icing. The better reports I hear are from guys that have some Kings migrate past them or hold and they get some drifts to them. Warming temps and the next spate of water could bring on some big fresh steelhead! Coldish days in the low 30s F and 20s at night look to be dropping trib flows to the east at Sandy quicker then flows to the west at Johnson. While enjoying the outdoors, please continue to follow theCDC/New York State Department of Health guidelines(leaves DECs website) for preventing the spread of colds, flu, and COVID-19: When fishing, DEC recommends avoiding busy waters andfollowing the guidelines on DECs website about fishing responsibly in New York State. 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. The other area smaller tribs I have not laid eyes on directly and should have something like medium flows. That may be a result of the good flows bringing in those steelhead. Temps are forecast to begin to cool down for the end of this week and thru the weekend. The following report is courtesy of Captain Andy Bliss of Cold Steel Sportfishing. The parking donation will be $10 per car. 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 steelhead were strong and vigorous and silver so hopefully indicating good health and smolting. Theres probably still some old Orleans Outdoor content out there on the web and Goggle. Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. Salmon are stacked up in Olcott Harbor and spinners are working for shore casters. For more information, visit our website at visitoswegocounty.com and click on the Fishing Report along the top bar on the home page. Use Power Bait shad color 2 inches in length. With the lake conditions ideal for offshore fishing, we headed out to the 27 line and trolled north. We had report of the first salmon of the season about two weeks ago. And that flat downstream water on the Oak is just tougher to fish period except for good float techniques or cast/retrieve. Everything is wide open to fish with no icing conditions. At least its good to see organizers and attendees efforts at getting back to a normal pre-Covid scene. PDF Oak Orchard Creek Update - canals.ny.gov Looks like, just today, guys are paying more attention to the gravel spawning spots so they are finding those spread-out fish that were somewhat cloaked in the previous higher water. So come get in on the cold water action before the inevitable warmup. For information on fishing Great Lakes tributaries, visit the DEC website. Land lubber casters or small boat trollers or canoe/kayakers can all get in on hard striking action for mostly browns with occasional steelhead or salmon or smallmouths in the mix too. Flows in the Oak were higher yesterday but expecting that to retreat again toward medium and slightly stained. 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. As we hit 515 FOW the 85 rigger fires with a Warrior Lures Blue Jeans (on the 10 ft cheater). Internet bragging seems a lot less prevelant then it was a few years ago, and our reports tend to be even keeled not reporting fish numbers great enough that they would be jumping in your waders even if they were! They consulted with, At last! Flows are up and already back on the retreat all around, with dirty water color. A fair number of Kings are loitering in downstream areas on the Oak with skein drifters still into them up at least until yesterday. Flows in the Oak look slightly high consisting of all turbine water with maybe 6 inches of viz. Back on the retreat thru today after a cold night. For now trib water temps are on their greatest fall so far this fall season. Winter and cold and snow is hanging in. This weeks report is from Ron Bierstine from Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge: The last shot of rain was Sunday and theres been some cooler weather for the beginning part of this week. After a few hours the bite slowed so we decided to go to Laker land. Expect daily water level fluctuations this time of the year because of leaf fall and wind. Many thanks to the Archers Club for opening up the Fall fishing access. A little more rivermouth action now. info@orleanscountytourism.com They caught this 29# salmon earlier this week, their biggest catch of the year! Keep informed from the NYS Canal web for changes and restrictions with canal waters. See more info on theirFacebook page. The other area smaller waterways are mostly iced and snowed in. We are generally most confident in our Oak interpretations, less so in the other area smaller tribs. The weather continues with near record warmth! Some rain on the order of a 1/4 inch fell last night but not a big change in trib flows. 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. Rigger: 65-95 down. Consistently doubles & triples all throughout the area, in 7-10 FOW, then followed along the green water (as opposed to the murky brown water). Registration is only open for KOTO at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. Im so sorry, sorry you needed a helmet to fish with me 20. Its a semi serious band forecast to set up off Lake Erie. No doubt a lot of King action came and went on the previous higher and off color flows. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Conditions were ideal with stained river water and dirty near shore Lake waters on northwest winds for cover for the fish to disperse. Theres no new real cold temps in the near forecast and if even this rain doesnt open the smaller area tribs right away by this weekend or next week they likely will be thanks to a continued warm-ish weather forecast. To view the final results, visit the LOC Derby website. 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. The fair action now is hopefully a good sign for action yet to come thru Feb/Mar. Ernie Calandrelli has been slapping the eyes with harnesses. 3 spinners to catch a fair number of smallmouth bass earlier this week. The youth division is free. See you all next year! OAK ORCHARD Fishing Report 2023 | United States 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. The Wolcott Creek off Furnace Road had some late season kings. Now for the mid week, its warmed up again! Hike and hunt around the smaller waterways in the lower flows like at Sandy and Johnson and you should find some browns too. Id say Im hearing about 50/50 in good/tough fishing. 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. The LOC started Friday and runs until September 6thLabor Day. With no real winter to come out of and trib and open lake water temps all on the warmer side, who knows for sure how the steelhead gods will play things out over the next couple months?! Just a handful of cars seen at each access spot. There is still plenty of snow to melt like in the woods and protected spots and some ice and flooded fields.