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. A little more rivermouth action now. The steelhead were strong and vigorous and silver so hopefully indicating good health and smolting. Coupled with the rise in flows, hopefully, that will bring on some more brown trout migrations in the Oak. Your email address will not be published. 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. 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! Low water, aka an average fall, short leaders, BB shot is not likely to cut it right now for presentations, especially on the Oak. Little to no fishing pressure because of the recent events, with the few anglers out enjoying action like this for early Apr 2020 steelhead in the Oak. 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. The lower flows will concentrate the available fish in a few good lies or gravel spots. And we barely got clipped by the worst of it like SW of the area around Buffalo got it! Another cold snap: cold temps today with highs around 40F. Breakfast is available at Boone & Crocketts Riverside Cafe at Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina. Fishing and weather conditions pretty nice by late fall/early winter standards. Less noticeable will be in Sandy since Canal flows there are throttling up. The other area smaller waterways have mod to med flows and are slightly stained at 2+ feet of viz. Meaning flows are back on a slow retreat now but water color prob wont be the dirtiest itll be until today or tomorrow. Call Steve Haak at 225-0229 for more info. On Saturday there were bass boats fishing on the south side next to the Port Gibson bridge. Port Bay still has perch fishing along the north end of the bay. As of 8/23/21, the current leader of the Fall LOC Derby is Theresa Hoodley from Pottstown, PA with a 32 lb 2 oz Salmon, weighed in at Wilson. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! 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). The better reports I hear are from guys that have some Kings migrate past them or hold and they get some drifts to them. Back to some winter like weather and temps for now. Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report - October 14, 2021 by OTW Staff October 14, 2021 Gary and Charlie Tharaldson with a couple of nice keepers from their annual father-son trip to the Salmon River. This mid week warmup should likely only stall the right of drop and clear in the Oak and other area smaller waterways. West side state launch slated to open ASAP. More upcoming windy systems produce stirred inshore water which releases river scent so expect more incoming big fish! So anglers can mix it up with that turbine tunnel action at the dam or they can work their way downstream for more traditional drifts thru holes and runs. Approx 100,000+ King salmon and 10,000 15,000 steelhead are placed in the net pens for hopeful imprinting on the Oak Orchard. The hope is this cold weather will be a good thing for later winter and spring steelhead action. The last shot of rain was Sunday and theres been some cooler weather for the beginning part of this week. Chance for more downpours thru tonight with strong winds and an advisory forecast thru tomorrow. 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. Most all ice cover looks to be moved out. The area has been in a bit of a warmup since the end of the past weekend. Lets hope the weather keeps serving up the so-far good fishing chances! So conditions real nice, especially considering how dry summer was and how some of this fall has been so far.
New Fall Fishing Program Orleans County Tourism 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. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. All the trib flows are on the rise and going off color. If any Canal winter time drainage is passing thru it must be tempered like Canal managers said they would do. What does the Oak Orchard River, the Lakeshore and other WNY tribs offer? Thats more typical of what we would have normally seen a month ago. We landed both and the high fives were endless. They started in 60 feet of water trolling northwest with cut bait and the reel started screaming. We found meat was the best bait. Any snow will be likely south of the area. With any luck well get some measurable liquid precip to help flows out. Chance of fresh steelhead on the backside of the last higher flows or at least the past falls browns and steelhead should be redistributed. On the Oak guys are into more then a few cohos too. So when even a reasonable high and stained water window presents itself, that may be the best time to fish. Well just have to wait and see if itll be a hard and fast melt or something a little more moderate and gradual. Apr 29 winds are forecasted light and prevailing westerly. Not bad drifting conditions, esp in the smaller waterways. Then theres the building King numbers at the dam, fish numbers probably outpacing the creeling pressure to this point. Seasonable cold is forecast to hang in at least thru the week and weekend. The parking donation will be $10 per car. Water color will be on a slow mend. From Capt. Leaf fall is underway so expect daily water level fluctuations thanks to turbine rack cleaning at the dam. The other area smaller tribs have medium+ and slightly stained flows. We recommend wearing cleats and to always be careful crossing. A few civilian small boat trollers noted in the near shore/good looking/semi stained waters off Point Breeze. 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. Even clear water finds the caster at an advantage over the troller. From a small boat, drifting treated egg skein is a good approach to try, fished under a float. No serious precipitation expected. More of the up and down temps that weve been experiencing so far this winter. No icing, even in the downstream frog water just yet. Fishing the surface to 30 ft down on orange spoons. Release schedule for fall 2022 to be released soon. More fish are holding and staging now in fast water areas below the dam. The new lodge is convenient to eastern tribs like Sandy Creek. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. Flows in the Oak are high, close to blown and dirty. The fishing has been challenging not least due to the warm weather we had last week. This weekend is theOrleans County Open Tournament(June 12-13) with the King of the Oak (KOTO) on Friday (6/11). With cool water temperatures, rig depths of 30 to 80 ft down are getting Troutman 2 anglers kings coho and some whopper lake trout! Working 100-200 fow, It took us a while to get bit, but our first fish was a 17 lb king. The other area smaller tribs have a fair amount of icing. Light tackle drifting from small boat or bankside too. If an angler is fishing upstream, they should fish downstream of the other angler or consider fishing another day. Remember as these kings start to stage that their preferred water temps are also changing. All the waterways are wide open to fish with no icing to worry about for now. Downstream spots on the Oak for the past weekend may have been tougher on what was dropping and clearing flows, altho we did not hear from many guys. The release to that point was a great success! Another chance of precipitation for begin part of upcoming weekend although at this point the greater impact is forecasted south of the area. 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. 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. Please check our website, at visitoswegocounty.com, for the current CFS. 3 spinners to catch a fair number of smallmouth bass earlier this week. (There will be no fees for the 2021 canal boating season.) Keep informed about 2021 canal hours. Pete Alex of Vision Quest Charters reports that he caught a limit of salmon and trout both days last weekend out of Wilson. The only sure way to know is to get out there and make a few drifts! Water color is clearing with 2 ft or so of stained viz. Oak Orchard Tackle and Narbys is stocked for Fall salmon lures and gear. Fishing pressure is over-the-all pretty light and manageable. For now flows in the Oak are something like a notch less then medium and going clear. Both father and daughter were smiling away as they were side by side working the fish to the boat. Flows are mod or almost med and mostly clear. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters reports that fishing is still tough and sporadic. Fishing Report. The last time it was dredged was in 2014. It looks like some of the weather we missed out on thru the earlier winter is coming now in the later winter. Past weekend action a little slower perhaps a result of increased fishing pressure. Some steelhead and cohos were caught with spoons. No significant icing on any waterway. (June 12-13) with the King of the Oak (KOTO) on Friday (6/11). Not surprising since it was a real gloomy overcast wet kind of day that you would expect good fish movement. The weather it is a changingA cool day today with winds NE off the Lake. Flows in the Oak have retreated some to slightly high and slightly stained. Out of winter hibernation just to keep the pinners honest a med fresh pretty steelhead comes to the dead drift.
Hours are 7 am till 5pm. Read more on the Hub. ran out of Olcott to fish with his dad aboard the Stalker with Capt. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. So, flows, weather and fishing action are somewhat up and down. A fair amount of weeds are being discharged, especially noticeable in downstream areas. Darker and some old moldy salmon are still around.