Expect daily water level fluctuations thanks to leaf fall/wind and hydro power operations. The green water is ideal but you can often have action in dirtier water then you think. Avoid surfaces that are touched often, such as doorknobs, handrails, and playground equipment. Use Power Bait shad color 2 inches in length. The weather it is a changingA cool day today with winds NE off the Lake. On Saturday there were bass boats fishing on the south side next to the Port Gibson bridge. Considering that January is usually a bit of an in-between time frame after the fall salmon/brown trout action and before spring steelhead, the few guys out taking advantage of the weather and flows are doing pretty good. With the heavy rains we received the past week and more on the way it doesnt look like it will be coming down anytime soon. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! Then there are those fish more or less landlocked in the overflow pools. Other area smaller tribs are dropping back like the Oak to low but may be hanging on to a little more color. Cool nights and cooperative winds should make for better battles with more staging Kings and trout chances as well. Peach of a day today and it looks like guys are more seriously getting out there this week. Dont wait for Apr and ask if the steelhead are in yet! Even without any significant new precipitation, look for flows in the Oak to stay up thanks to strong swamp headwater supplies. Get the drift or swing down and checked and slowed a bit and you can find a head shaking steelhead on the take. Warm weather forecasted to prevail all week and warmer yet for the upcoming weekend around 70F. Or for the fall stay at our new well appointed private ground floor lodge (Garage Lodge) located just 6 miles east on Route 18. The angler was Norbert Samok who was a guest at Eddies Salmon River Lodge. For now temps are in the high 30s F and falling short of the predicted near 50 F. Look for all the trib flows to be on the rise and going off color. We encourage all anglers and users to follow the site rules for access and fishing on the Brookfield Power Company lands. 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. Avoid close contact, such as shaking hands, hugging, and kissing. February 17, 2023 oak orchard Fishing Report. Not bad drifting conditions, esp in the smaller waterways. Hearing of legit salmon bites and even a few browns too in fast water areas on the Oak. Look for the loitering downstream fish to continue to move up making for better upstream action. Solo angler snaps a quick pic and the hardy cold water fish is released for action another day! Looks like all the area trib flows are on the rise from recent showers and continued run off. They started in 60 feet of water trolling northwest with cut bait and the reel started screaming. More upcoming windy systems produce stirred inshore water which releases river scent so expect more incoming big fish! Slight warm up for the weekend with chance of rain end of weekend and then cold for start of next week. The imagery will change every 6 months to promote the upcoming fishing season. After the extremely high water we have had the last two weeks it is finally receded enough to produce safer wading conditions. 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. A fall cool down on the backside of the weekend rains is upon us! Furlough was just long enough for a few casts! The other area smaller tribs I have not laid eyes on directly and should have something like medium flows. Fished the 26-27 line, a little west but not far. Jim Gordon of Appleton, you can go out and do extremely well one day with goldens and then return to the same spot with the same bait the next day and struggle to catch a fish. No consistent cool down or big freshets yet so the action has been on and off. Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. This up and down would be mostly unnoticed under ice cover anyway, except for on the Oak. The monster steelhead was not coming in easy, and it took some negotiating to get it in the net. Late Feb 2018. We are catching fish in 50-110 water in front of the major rivers and off 9-mile point. Those smaller tribs will drop and clear and warm up sooner then the Oak. New Fall Fishing Program. Guys in the Oak early today still fishing whats been the medium ish flows and slightly stained, but flows likely headed toward high and stained if not later today then by tomorrow. 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. No obvious staged up concentration of staged up fish like at the Bridges. 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. Remember the turbine channel can only get so high due to how much flow can pass thru the hydro plant. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. There is some icing especially in downstream slow water spots and some bank ice. If youre reading this you should be at the right spot on our new fishing conditions page. Fishing out deep has been hit and miss and no real pattern of lures to speak of. In early November and early December, all Lake Ontario tributaries (Eighteenmile, Johnson, Oak Orchard, Sandy and Salmon Creeks) will see higher flows. It has been closed to traffic for construction since late April. Seasonable cold today and dropping back below freezing tonight then a nice warmup mid week with chance of rain showers. The Line/Lure used was Copper line, Pro Troll and Meat. Same set up as the night before. Johnson is probably more stained then say Sandy. Light fishing pressure with just a handful of cars at each parking spot. Steelhead glory to the swung fly in the OOrchard for end Jan 2016/begin Feb 2017. Flows are plenty high enough to hide fish and encourage fresh fish migrations. Private launches are available while public launches wait to reopen. Good chance of rain on Thursday carrying over with gloom on Friday and possibility of 0.5 1 inch of precipitation. Other area smaller tribs should be retreating toward medium or lower to moderate and slightly stained. Meanwhile, well be tapping into our charter captains for updates. Recent precipitation for now probably not enough to keep flows any higher then low-ish when Canal water is ended. Other area smaller tribs have low to moderate flows possibly getting a little bit of stain from the most recent precipitation. Nice big fresh King drifting action on the backside of high flows from end of Sept rains. 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. Look for a bit of a temp shock there and the fishing action back on the rebound as things warm back up. Total snow cover in the immediate area may only be 6 inches give or take, but the snow is wind swept bare in spots or drifted in feet otherwise. So for now, flows in the Oak have dropped back to low and clear. On Sept. 11 there will be a First Responders Fishing Day, sponsored by the Southtowns Walleye Association of WNY. No major icing that we are aware of. On the dates not included above both before and after anglers can still fish any of the water adjacent to the Archers Club but access will have to be by walking and wading from downstream at the Park Ave Ext Fishing Trail or from upstream at the Waterport dam. Be sure to check out some of the smaller tribs like Four Mile and Keg Creeks. Will you be there when a chromer moves upstream? A good day might be a couple of hookups with a steelhead thrown in. The 12th Annual Women Conquering Outdoors Adventures is set for Sept. 11 at the North Forest Rod and Gun Club in Lockport, Call Colleen Gaskill at 628-9023 for more info. Could be guys were finding easier fishing flows on the smaller waterways. Real light fishing pressure today, only one car observed in the parking spots on the Oak. Fresh silver browns too and chance for bonus steelhead or salmon. Stay tuned and keep tabs on the weather and water flows and get out there when you can. The bite was not hot and heavy but we picked at a few steelhead as we approached the 30 line. Both father and daughter were smiling away as they were side by side working the fish to the boat. November 1, 2021Thanks for checking out the fishing video today. We are hearing of a few more browns now in the Oak, especially thru yesterday. We recommend wearing cleats and to always be careful crossing. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. 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. Colder temps could bring back some icing conditions esp in the smaller waterways if lower flows prevail. It was so good we turned two doubles on the same rod, and caught a Coho on a meat rig that was dragging on the surface in the prop wash. It may just not be the big blow out event were targeting, but smaller spates of water for now. Bob! Keep informed from the NYS Canal web for changes and restrictions with canal waters. Flows in the Oak down just a touch, maybe some of that love from Canal water being shared with Johnson Creek is responsible for that. The lower flows will concentrate the available fish in a few good lies or gravel spots. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. The better reports I hear are from guys that have some Kings migrate past them or hold and they get some drifts to them. All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation. Saturday afternoon we fished 150-200 in water a few miles west of Port. On the backside of this latest cold weather and accompanying wind, the land lubber casters and small boat trollers and small boat casters should be able to get back on those near shore brown trout in semi stained water while the cooler water and bait hangs around. Bankside movement may be hard in spots if no trail is broken already. 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.. Flows in the other area smaller tribs are low and mostly clear with some icey conditions. Register now and see your name at the top of the list! Any below freezing night could make for some skim ice or chunky flows in an exposed waterway like Sandy. Now for the mid week, its warmed up again! Thats more typical of what we would have normally seen a month ago. Minutes later the 150 A-TOM-MIK copper took a ride. Flows are a big factor in the success of any oak orchard fishing trip. So hopefully if it stays mild well look for rain or if it goes cold well look for snow so that good trib flows will prevail for steelhead action. Breakfast is available at Boone & Crocketts Riverside Cafe at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. Remember you still have to get out and fish Come experience great fishing as it takes place instead of solely relying and waiting on internet reports. The in between moderate or medium and slightly stained flows came and went pretty quick! We started the morning in the same water we had been fishing.
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