Stay tuned and keep tabs on the weather and water flows and get out there when you can. Oak Orchard River Fishing for Salmon Waterport Dam October 5, 2021.Shout out to Alabama! Welcome to November and better brown trout chances! Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020 2,550 views Oct 21, 2020 21 Dislike Share Save survivalbracelet Kits 2.78K subscribers Oak Orchard River Salmon Fishing October 21, 2020. First time fishing on Lake Ontario, Meagan Hardner caught this lake trout on spoons trolled within 10 feet of the bottom, in 50-60 feet of water straight out of Oak Orchard. Oak Orchard Fishing Report, friendly post to help your fellow fisherman. Read Fishing Reports Weather for Oak Orchard . After that for end of week and weekend, the forecast is back to cold temps and another round of measurable snow. Guys have so far caught a few browns and a few steelhead and a few cohos and a few Atlantics. Then the hit and misses kept on coming. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https://weatherwidget.io/js/widget.min.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,'script','weatherwidget-io-js'); We are on the backside of some challenging wind, snow and cold temps. Biggest brown trout so far is a 16-pound, 12-ounce fish out of Point Breeze, weighed in by Gary Cregan of Rochester. Sunday was a special day. A beautiful 15 lb steelhead had hit the deck. Orleans County Tourism info@orleanscountytourism.com These numbers represent just some of the total number of salmonids (brown trout too!) Then there are those fish more or less landlocked in the overflow pools. It has been closed to traffic for construction since late April. We can also forward you a copy of the Brookfield Power Company brochure highlighting that area via email. By steelhead standards the flows we have now are real nice and could move some fresh fish upstream. Not a lot of fishing pressure just yet, few guys on the piers and at the dam. And maybe into the early spring! 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. For more details including payouts, visit their website. 585-589-3100 For now flows in the Oak are something like a notch less then medium and going clear. Next chance at snow for area wide is for the beginning part of next week. 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. 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. Not a whole lot of reports coming back in for the Oak but now with flows that are a little more easily drifted guys should be into a few browns or steelhead. Bob! No accumulations expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Come get in on some hard striking fresh fish action at the river mouth and downstream areas. We left the dock at 6:00 and struggled to get our first bites. Lake effect rain dumped three inches of rain around the Port Bay area over the weekend. Sign up for our FREE Fishing Reports Today! The Fishing Beat: Colder. The team at Orleans County Tourism appreciates it as well as so many anglers we hear from. Well see how long any cold weather may last (theres been no prolonged cold spell yet) and whether this is the stretch of weather we might have typically seen in January. Upcoming weekend warm up should keep things open and we might be looking at some more serious icing and retreating flows after that for next week. Forecast is for precipitation again Wednesday and a chance of showers thru the end of the week. Theres still lots of upstream headwater swamp supplies in the Oak. 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. Water temps had bumped up into the 40sF and the ice on Lake Alice is gone. For now trib water temps are on their greatest fall so far this fall season. Flows should be back on the retreat already today with some stain hanging on. We dropped our port rigger down and within 5 minutes we hooked up on a 18 lb king. We will be searching for a high quality (resolution) photograph in a few months to promote lake fishing in Orleans County. Most of the area snowpack has now melted although some remains in protected areas. The Orleans County Open (formerly known as the Oak Orchard Open) is a combined Salmon and Trout team event to showcase Lake Ontarios tournament teams and recreational anglers. Any future precip could raise flows and bring back dirty water color. Most anglers report good fishing. Captain Mikes recommendation is using mainly a flasher fly bite yellow flashers, blue green flies. Lots of snow across WNY from an area wide snow. Definitely on the moderate side of medium and not on the slightly high side of medium. Stay tuned, potential for lots of good action ahead when we get some consistent cooler weather and good water flows. No trolling gear required, you can get in on this action casting or drifting! View his full report, From at the Oak to the Bar at https://www.facebook.com/robert.songin.9/videos/412662933560159. 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. If you stayed patient and made some drifts or swings when the good flows returned by mid Apr you could be rewarded with a hungry drop back steelhead. You can feel the Spring change in the weather now and with ice cover going away on Lake Alice, there will be the typical warming of water temps in the Oak. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. Heres the skinny on the weather, and we are not meteorologists. Ron is in salmon jail but managed this med male at dawn at the Oak Orchard river mouth Sept 6 on a glo spoon. There are now very small spurts of kings coming through. Other area smaller waterways are at about medium level and back on the clearing to slightly stained from the past weekend rain. Low water, aka an average fall, short leaders, BB shot is not likely to cut it right now for presentations, especially on the Oak. This weekend, we had some pretty good fishing despite getting beat up by the rough seas. Here we are into November with cooler temps and on the backside of higher flows. Back to some winter like weather and temps for now. Minutes later the 150 A-TOM-MIK copper took a ride. We got some rain last night but not enough to effect any great change in trib flows. Next chance at precipitation or showers is this weekend. See more info on theirFacebook page. First fish took a deep meat rig. 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 other area smaller waterways offer as good or better action by virtue of smaller water courses with the fish probably more concentrated. McCoy Fishing Line Torpedo Divers A-Tom-Mik Mfg. 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. You can check these in your browser security settings. After a few hours the bite slowed so we decided to go to Laker land. Anglers on the Oak reported small pods of Kings on the move thru the fast water areas yesterday. Egg patterns work best to generate strikes. Fishing pressure picking up some at the dam with downstream guys pretty well spread out. Not hearing of much lower river and rivermouth action as probably the bulk of Kings are more upstream now. The showers did not amount to much and there is the chance for more rain showers and wind for the end of the week. The late summer bites have been with spoons and flasher-flies. Fresh steelhead chances for late winter, early spring usually means high and stained and cold water challenging drifts. Its unclear if these lower flows will hang on, more then likely with temps rebounding thru this mid week that flows will rebound some with a little more stain. We continue to lobby for water access on the far side or west side of the Waterport dam hydro pool and the rest of the Oak. Fathers Day Outing with Get the Net Charters. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Still light fishing pressure yet the regulars who are getting out there are getting their hookups like nearer the dam. Upstream swamp headwater supplies seem brim full so look for flows to be pretty well maintained and on a continued slow clearing. Flows will likely just open up minus any blow out, as long as there is no significant precipitation. Once pressured, browns may move a little distance from the tails of the salmon but they will still likely be in the closest broken water downstream. The following report is courtesy of Capt. A good head of turbine water lending fishy water and cover for fish to be anywhere in the water course they would want to be. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. So when even a reasonable high and stained water window presents itself, that may be the best time to fish. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. Thanks to a return to cold temps and snowy weather, trib flows retreated for the beginning part of this week. Any future precipitation could raise flows and bring back dirty water color. Try to keep at least six (6) feet of distance between you and others. The current leader is a 32 lb 4 oz salmon caught by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA. Deep and slow drifts and swings are rewarded with hard fighting fresh steelhead. The working mans big trout and salmon trip is still here, and its not even a contest compared to the other exotic, far off angling destinations. The other area smaller tribs should be going from mod/med flows to slightly stained med/slightly high flows. A couple of days of cold weather earlier this week probably hastened the retreating flows. For now the drifting conditions are pretty nice all around. 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. Fishing pressure most days pretty agreeable with salmon anglers falling out of the mix now and only mod numbers of guys pursuing brown trout so far. No obvious staged up concentration of staged up fish like at the Bridges. Stay tuned tho for any future high water that could really perk things up. It is still not too late to enter. The presentation is not that technical, just look for favorable winds and water color. Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. Civilian small boat trollers reported to be having good brown trout action so that tells me the land lubber casting chances should be good too. At a Lake Ontario Charter Boat Association (LOCBA) meeting held at the Irondequoit Fish and Game Club, Brian Weidel of USGS spoke about the results of the 2022 Spring alewife sampling. Already hearing of small boat civilian trollers on the near shore Lake Ontario waters having success so casters at the pier heads should be able to get in on that action too. Send one my way once and awhile 12. Guys kept fishing, especially in the turbine channel (flows can only get so high). No icing, even in the downstream frog water just yet. We believe our web reports are the straightest poop by far about Oak Orchard and most WNY conditions. Orleans County Fishing Report June 1, 2021 Beginning May 19, 2021, NY will be adopting CDC guidelines on mask use. Most Kings will be spawning or on zombie patrol with the occasional fresher fish. Not enough precipitation here yet to cause any great change in Oak or trib flows. On Saturday there were bass boats fishing on the south side next to the Port Gibson bridge. On recon today I saw only a few guys parked at the dam. Our best set up was a 10 white double crush glow Spindoctor with A-TOM-MIK glow warship twinkie head. The current leader is a 32 lb 4 oz salmon caught by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA. 1764 Oak Orchard Rd (Rte. Bald Eagle Tournament Series Bald Eagle Marina. The Fall LOC Derby is in its final stretch this week, ending Sept. 5th. Salmon are starting to stage in shallow water and becoming more active. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Flows in the Oak are on the drop slightly after a bump up from the past weekends rain. A few pools or slots may hide a fish that didnt take the drop back trip. Not much precip was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. Real nice flows by steelhead standards. The Greater Niagara Fish Odyssey is underway in Erie, Niagara and Orleans County August 20 until September 5, 2021. All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation.