Best spoon is a gold laser spook. On the dates not included above 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 and anglers cannot be on the Archers Club grounds only in the immediate bankside water. Any significant rainfall could raise flows up more with dirtier water color. Definitely on the moderate side of medium and not on the slightly high side of medium. We recommend wearing cleats and to always be careful crossing. Forecast ahead thru the end of the weekend and into begin part of next week is a little warmer but still dropping back down below freezing at night. With the full moon arriving today, fall fishing is moving into a transition period for a variety of species. Fishing out deep has been hit and miss and no real pattern of lures to speak of. Anglers might consider re-releasing those fish in the turbine channel. If you still have a boat in the water, you can fish west of Sodus Bay in 30 fow. Read more on the Hub. Keys to our success can be credited to ATOMMIK flies behind Stinger Flashers, specifically pigpen, scumline, Marvs fatty, and white Bikini. But no worries the nights are cooler now and we had our coolest night yet of the season last night into the 40s F. Chance of rain showers Thursday and again for the weekend. Flows likely to remain up and stained at least thru the weekend. We went past 300 but found the 250-300 was better. There could be fresh steelhead, fresh silver browns or drop back fish. Flows will likely retreat in the overflow channel thru the mid and end part of the week while turbine flows remain high. Not a dozen hook ups for a morning effort, but at least a few that might include a couple steelhead or a couple browns. Salmon will likely be found from the estuary up through town. Look for good drift opportunities on the backside of the higher flows with the chance for fresh trout migrations and Kings to be well spread thru the water courses. Same set up as the night before. 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. Forecast is for rain ending later today and a couple days of clearing for mid week. Fishing pressure is real light again on the Oak so far today. Josh Dunkelburger of Olcott reports some walleye and carp were being caught off the NYPA fishing platform this week. Fishing report: Weather to negatively impact all fishing opportunities starting Thursday The roller coaster weather ride is continuing to affect area fishing. Bass action is spotty. First, take advantage of mature king, coho salmon and brown trouts urge to seek the river waters around the piers at the Point Breeze pier, channel, and bay casting with brightly colored spoons is the ticket, especially predawn and at sunset. The northeast coastal weather put a damper on show attendance and the vendors participating were down some thanks to Covid worry but the anglers who did visit the show had good interest in all of the Lake Ontario trout and salmon fishing opportunities. The other area smaller waterways are about mod with water color of about 2+ ft of viz. Other area smaller tribs are at moderate to medium and slightly stained flows. Real low, low, mod, mod to med, med, slightly high, slightly high to high, high, real high, blown. The fishing has been challenging not least due to the warm weather we had last week. Thanks to Ernsts and NYSDEC and hatchery personnel and the receiving party getting the fish to this point. In the Steelhead Division, Karen Mang of East Concord, NY is top fish catcher with a 16-pound, 12-ounce Olcott fish. So, we moved out to 250-300 FOW and things got better. We have a new logo that cleverly looks a lot like the old one! Next chance at snow for area wide is for the beginning part of next week. Angler reports indicate that fishing quality was down during parts of this year in some Lake Ontario tributaries, including Oak . Keep informed from the NYS Canal web for changes and restrictions with canal waters. Plenty of water cover in the Oak for a few fresh brown trout or getting toward more post spawn fish. Cooler temps for end of week and upcoming weekend. There could be some fresh fish migrations in the rest of the downstream river course and the other area smaller tribs anytime now thru the spring on these high water events. Thanks to the flash freeze after end of last weeks high water, even with the overflow cranking, flows did retreat quickly and never really got too dirty to fish in the Oak. We look forward to another 20 years as WNYs longest running trout and salmon speciality fly, spin and float trib shop! 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. Year-Round Notice: There are mandatory personal flotation device (PFD) zones on the river. 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. Water color has improved to about 1 plus feet of visibility. Rainfall amounts may be 0.5 0.75 inch and little to no snow accumulation expected. Its not likely to freeze back up significantly even with cold temps. Both father and daughter were smiling away as they were side by side working the fish to the boat. The green water is ideal but you can often have action in dirtier water then you think. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. Forecast thru this week remaining after today is for warm temps in the 40sF. We finished the day with a few more fish and a memory to last forever. Theres a lot more lake fishing for the next 2 months so contact a charter and schedule a trip of your lifetime! Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. The other area smaller tribs have similar moderate medium flows with slightly stained water color. Click here to view Capt. Flows will likely just open up minus any blow out, as long as there is no significant precipitation. . For the Oak, this latest spate of water should bring on the bulk of the King action with some spawning underway no doubt under the cover of the higher and dirtier water flows. 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. Canal seasonal feed and winter drainage water is done or nearly done and the trib levels remain up thanks to the natural run of the river contributions. It wont break the drought conditions but it may just perk up the action in the area smaller tribs. Some reports of stained water color to the east which could be a result of Canal drainage. Look for cooperative wind and wave action now and thru mid week with chance for higher wind forecast at the end of the week and subsequent tougher dirtier water chances. Bob! Seasonable cold is forecast to hang in at least thru the week and weekend. 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. These unique bells seem to really trigger the Lakers. Also to note is the Ridge Road/Route 104 bridge over the Oak Orchard Creek in the town of Ridgeway is now open to travelers. with an atomik crinkle green fly took our biggest king of the day. For now that is, until any more bigger rains or snows may come. 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. Its been a windy week on Lake Ontario off the Orleans County NYCoastline. Lake Alice ice cover is probably days away from going away. reported that the ups & downs continue on Lady O and this past Saturday was an UP judging from young Jeremiahs smile! Next better chance at real rain is this weekend. Past weekend action a little slower perhaps a result of increased fishing pressure. Back to some winter like weather and temps for now. Likewise find Kings steaming up the Oak too with good slightly stained flows all around. Downstream slow water areas will be freezing and closing in while upstream areas should stay open except for some bank ice. Forecast is for a warmup with temps around 50F (and wind) for the mid week and chance of rain on Thursday. After a few hours the bite slowed so we decided to go to Laker land. Look for flows in the Oak to go from the slightly high flows we have now to med and 2 3 ft of visibility. Mike LavenderfromIntimidator Sportfishingreported that the ups & downs continue on Lady O and this past Saturday was an UP judging from young Jeremiahs smile! Flows in the Oak were higher yesterday but expecting that to retreat again toward medium and slightly stained. Real light fishing pressure today, only one car observed in the parking spots on the Oak. Warmer temps here tempered some by cooling lake breezes. 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. If an angler arrives at a parking lot and there are several cars, they should consider going to another parking lot. Only a sucker here and there reported. Pier fishing continues to be the place to cast in Wayne County. Flows are actually up just a bit from earlier in the week when the visibility was less. First week of Sep 2019 with lots more chances ahead. Good casting chances for light/med spinning spoon or plug chuckers from the foot brigade. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! Check the drift, slow the swing and/or put a longer leader on with some more shot if you want to get in the zone. At least whatever trib and near shore Lake Ontario trout action that is underway is not likely to experience a temp spike anytime soon. No icing, even in the downstream frog water just yet. All the trib flows are up just a bit from the latest rain thru yesterday. A little stain, something like 2 ft of visibility. If the forecast is realized with any significant rain, then flows all around could be back on the rise and going off color. Then theres the building King numbers at the dam, fish numbers probably outpacing the creeling pressure to this point. 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. A special thanks to all involved! We are living and experiencing all the fishing action directly or thru trusted reports of other die hard anglers as it happens. That may well all blow out after this latest round of precipitation. Going SW or just by the nature of the LES bands having moved around, accumulations will be more in different nearby areas. They fished a little west of port between the 27-29 lines of latitude. 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. The NYS Canal Corporation releases water from the Erie Canal into Lake Ontario Tributaries in Western New York on an extended and pulsed schedule each fall to enhance trout and salmon fishing opportunities. Over all though, the brown trout action on the Oak is tough. Look for the past holiday weekend fishing pressure to ease some likely thru this week. Apr 29 winds are forecasted light and prevailing westerly. It was getting a bit frustrating so since it was a short trip we worked our way back to the nose and started fishing for lake trout. We had the pleasure of taking out an 81 year old father with his daughter (pictured left). 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. Good chance of rain on Thursday carrying over with gloom on Friday and possibility of 0.5 1 inch of precipitation. Browns and Atlantics and steelhead in the mix. If anglers can get their drift thru the Kings, theres been some browns and steelhead hooked too. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we receive a commission. Flows in the Oak are slightly high with water color about 1 2 ft of slightly stained viz. All the trib flows are on the rise and going off color. No trolling gear required, you can get in on this action casting or drifting! Fishing pressure fairly heavy thru the past weekend and even thru yesterday but for this mid week period now with wetter weather looks quite a bit less., Tom and his crew from Pennsylvania joined us Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Congratulations to the winner of the 2021 Summer LOC Derbys grand prize of $10,000, Michael Paddock from Albion who held the lead since July 13th with his 31 lb 7 oz salmon he caught aboard Aquarius. This position resides in the Biological & Environmental Systems Sciences, Energy Science & Technology . We encourage all anglers and users to follow the site rules for access and fishing on the Brookfield Power Company lands. 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.