Water color is clearing with 2 ft or so of stained viz. Get the monthly weather forecast for Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, including daily high/low, historical averages, to help you plan ahead. And, a big shout-out and congratulations to Crazy Yankee for winning this past weekends 2021 Niagara Pro Am! The NYSDEC Region 8 office in Avon, NY would in-fact love to hear from more anglers showing concern for trib issues. So how do you know if trophy trout and salmon will be catchable upon your travels to the Oak Orchard and WNY area? #2 of 53 B&Bs / Inns in Dsseldorf. May 21st is the scheduling for the canal opening. Fishing pressure is real light, only a few anglers on the water. 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. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. Best spoon is a gold laser spook. Other area smaller tribs like Johnson and Marsh have lower flows so look for scattered numbers of upstream fish. jwplayer("jwp-outstream-unit").setup({}); Report is Courtesy of the Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning. All the trib flows will be on the rise and melting and probably going off color. No significant Lake Effect Snow expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. 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). No icing anywhere and the downstream slow water is wide open. Some reports of stained water color to the east which could be a result of Canal drainage. Dsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Monthly Weather | AccuWeather Backside of higher and dirtier early spring flows means some hard fighting steelhead. A little bit hard to stay on top of trib water flows as it seems like Canal drainage water is being passed thru with select adjustments on the water managers end that only they know about. Any big steelhead this time of the year in relatively warm water are going to be a challenge to land! Flows in the Oak are slightly high with 1 2 ft of stained visibility. The first will be a 1 day event July 10th. Expect daily water level fluctuations this time of the year because of leaf fall and wind. Since we are not getting cold temps and/or snow, hopefully we can get rain along with the warm temps to help maintain flows. 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?! 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 Fishing Beat: Colder. Good steelhead action for fresh fish up and down the OOrchard River on retreating and clearing flows for begin of Mar 2017. Dam action has been spotty, but there are people hooking up. Thank you, Lindsay Agness for providing us with her image and Mike Waterhouse for his drone picture of the Oak. Oak Orchard River begin Sept 2020. 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. Theres still lots of upstream headwater swamp supplies in the Oak. Flows in the Oak are high and stained with about one foot of visibility. Avoid surfaces that are touched often, such as doorknobs, handrails, and playground equipment. The following report is courtesy of Capt. Now for the mid week, its warmed up again! The showers did not amount to much and there is the chance for more rain showers and wind for the end of the week. No accumulations expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Fish for bass with Senko rigs. If an angler is fishing upstream, they should fish downstream of the other angler or consider fishing another day. Here on the Oak look for low and clear flows with bank ice and the downstream slow water areas frozen. Look for the loitering downstream fish to continue to move up making for better upstream action. The weather she is a changing again as has been the case for most of this trib season. Here on the Niagara Frontier, it was heaviest and there are lesser accumulations south of here. 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. Most Kings will be spawning or on zombie patrol with the occasional fresher fish. Last week, on good flows, there was good action, then tougher again thru the past weekend on higher flows and now this week before another potential rise in flows there are a few more guys out there getting scattered hook ups. 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. Not a lot of fish reported holding, still on that early run kamikazee mission to the dam. Wrap around Lake Effect Snow after the storm may bring all the snow accumulations north and south about equal anyway. Despite the cold, a few diehards have been out there scoring on a some smaller browns and a few fine looking chrome steelhead. Today was probably my last charter of the year, and if so it was great to end on a high note for the season!! Water color is only slightly stained at 2 3 ft of visibility. Second season trout action now with light fishing pressure and still reasonable weather with all kinds of water to fish seems like the name of the game right now! Flows in the Oak look slightly high consisting of all turbine water with maybe 6 inches of viz. Chance of icing in select areas. Johnson Creek had a nice bump in flows and got stained and guys reported some salmon on the move there. First week of Sep 2019 with lots more chances ahead. Typical more summer- like weather is setting in, including steady southwest to west breezes perfect for attracting even more fish to Orleans County/Lake Ontario waters off the Oak! The last time it was dredged was in 2014. At the Oak Billboard on the NYS Thruway. No real change yet seen in Oak upstream headwater flows but shortly Canal water will run out and Id be looking for some kind of continued lowering flows by end of week or weekend that is without any new significant precipitation for runoff. Starting this weekend, they will be fishing at the Bar chasing Kings then return to the Oak around Memorial Day as the Kings migrate east. No serious icing yet and all the downstream frog water is open. Some days youll find the only active fish up in that warm water so dont be afraid to fish up high. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. No significant icing on any waterway. A couple of reports thru yesterday mentioned some hook ups on smaller browns and steelhead. 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. Flows in the other area smaller tribs should be around med and slightly stained. By most accounts if youre moving around and trying different drifts and spots, guys are hooking up. 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. So, we moved out to 250-300 FOW and things got better. 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. All the best web info, bulletin boards, angler skill and top notch equipment cannot replace getting out there and actually fishing! 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. There were briefly low flows in Sandy but my estimation is Canal feed has resumed and bumped flows back up slightly. Hook ups on some fresh fish are coming a little easier then the previous few weeks check out the latest catch pic below. See more info on theirFacebook page. Guys report good to strong numbers of Kings at the dam and overflow. Captain Bob Songin from Reel Excitement Charters gives an impressive report from yesterday, April 25th as he trolled west to the Bar in Niagara County. Widewaters is never drawn-down and is the hot spot for bass this time of year. Look for angling pressure to build likely toward this weekend. For more information contact the fire station at 35 E. Cayuga St. by calling 315-343-2161. And we barely got clipped by the worst of it like SW of the area around Buffalo got it! Other area smaller waterways are at about medium level and back on the clearing to slightly stained from the past weekend rain. Rainfall could amount to 0.5 inch or more. Hike and hunt around the smaller waterways in the lower flows like at Sandy and Johnson and you should find some browns too. All that cooler water we have again in the Oak could surely be spreading out the fish and drifts are going to need to be down and slow for best hook up chances. No doubt well have concentrations of Kings into November. It remains to be seen if theres any prolonged cold yet ahead of us. According to Capt. Proceeding upstream thru the Oak downstream frog water areas the reports are quieter but I suspect guys are into a decent skein bite. Any below freezing night could make for some skim ice or chunky flows in an exposed waterway like Sandy. After a cold night last night, look for a further drop in flows all around and clearing water color. Try to anticipate dropping and clearing flows and be on the water when reasonable conditions come together! Stream Conditions - Fish Oak Orchard Fishing Updates Click to subscribe to Orleans County's Weekly Fishing Report (written by Ron) weekend Sat Feb 25. A good day might be a couple of hookups with a steelhead thrown in. Real light fishing pressure today, only one car observed in the parking spots on the Oak. Hard copies can be requested by emailing FWFish@dec.ny.gov. (Highly recommended!) Either way, flows consist of a strong head of turbine water that could be close to full bore. Orleans County has the total package and the Big Fish! Orleans County Fishing Report June 1, 2021 Beginning May 19, 2021, NY will be adopting CDC guidelines on mask use. Fast water spots on the Oak remain open with just some bank ice. Early fish always tend to head to the dam as it has the most oxygen and they are hoping to go farther upstream to cooler waters. There are now very small spurts of kings coming through. In his latest report, he shared a recap of At the Bar in Niagara County and the challenges he experienced this year. Canal water flow managers are likely throttling back any additional Canal releases into the tribs thanks to all the precipitation. Water color has that swamp headwater tannic stain to it. Slight bump up in trib flows yesterday from little bit of rain and snowmelt. Check out loc.org. Over in Wilson, the recent rains actually pulled some salmon into 12 Mile Creek and salmon and trout are being caught off the piers there, as well. Erica finds it hard to hold up nearly 20 lbs of fresh King caught at the Oak Orchard rivermouth! Saturdays afternoon trip was one of the best weve seen. You can also change some of your preferences. Look for post spawn browns to be redistributed thru the waterways and the chance for some fresher steelhead. Water temps for now are already in the the high 30sF on the Oak and probably going higher with the forecasted warmup thru the end of this week. Those fish should be somewhere in the system and may be spread out now farther upstream. 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. 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. To the east, like at Sandy Creek, the higher Canal bolstered flows have made for better migration conditions with pods of salmon bolting from the estuary holding water and spreading upstream, along with a few browns mixed in.. Even though I wouldnt look for turbine flows to change much in the near term, once the water temps begin to rise even a little the drift chances should improve and more fresh fish will hopefully be evidenced all around. Forecast temps in the mid 40sF for this mid week period and chance of off and on rain showers. This weekend is theOrleans County Open Tournament(June 12-13) with the King of the Oak (KOTO) on Friday (6/11). You could help give them their last meal! Flows in the other tribs bracketing east and west look like they are back up some. 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. The current leader (7/13/21) in the Summer LOC Derby is Mike Paddock from Albion with a Salmon weighing in at 31.07 lb. See the photo below. One positive for the continued cold weather is trib water temps have not spiked high yet. 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. Best chance at hookups is going to be covering different spots on the same trib and/or moving around to different tribs. Beats a zoom webix facetime remote lockdown covid scene anytime for the Licorice Man! Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Lakeshore conditions should likewise be wide open if any hardware chuckers were so inclined to make some casts. Call Steve Haak at 225-0229 for more info. No consistent cool down or big freshets yet so the action has been on and off. Kings are coming, are you ready?! The 2nd will be a 2 day event September 4th and 5th. To the west, theres not a lot of recent reports but flows should be more like moderate to medium and going toward clear. Theres been some water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations already and look for that to continue with almost daily fluctuations expected due to leaf fall or windy conditions. Look for a good water flow window possibly in the Genny while the Niagara remains a tough pill thanks to a windy open Lake Erie. Click here for the Brookfield Varick Fish Safely brochure. The Olcott pier project is completed for land lubbers there to get back out there or the Oak Orchard piers. Or for the fall stay at our new well appointed private ground floor lodge (Garage Lodge) located just 6 miles east on Route 18. Flows are moderate to medium and slightly stained at least where you might be able to find a slot with open flows to drift. Fishing pressure is light with most guys reporting a few steelhead and/or browns. Theres some renewed icing in the fast water stretches of the area smaller tribs. Classic scenario in the Oak where dirty water color lags behind the highest flows. Flows in the Oak are slightly high with water color about 1 2 ft of slightly stained viz. The current leader is a 32 lb 4 oz salmon caught by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA. Like we said, Zane Smith of New Brighton, Penn. Look for flows maintained around the slightly high/slightly stained for now. Keep informed about 2021 canal hours. Temperatures have finally started dropping with cooler weather setting in. Catch it back on the drop with that slightly high and slightly stained flow and find fresh fish scattered thru the River, esp upstream areas. The LOC started Friday and runs until September 6thLabor Day. Fish for bass on Sodus Bay throwing-out worm rigs between the islands at the north end of the bay. Other area smaller tribs should be open and ice free in the upstream reaches with some lower river ice cover or jams. Then coupled with the mixed bag of Atlantics and steelhead and cohos, the hook up chances sound pretty good. If an angler is fishing upstream, they should fish downstream of the other angler or consider fishing another day. Releases may change due to weather, engineering controls and other conditions. No surprise, youd have to think we would pay for all that previous warm weather sometime. Expect daily water level fluctuations thanks to leaf fall/wind and hydro power operations. It looks like some of the weather we missed out on thru the earlier winter is coming now in the later winter. 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. This Jan timeframe is historically a bit of an in-between time frame so any action is a bonus after the fall runs and before later winter/early spring steelhead. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Divers fired from 90-115 out on 2.5 settings. Fish are still spawning in the typical areas on or near gravel. We found meat was the best bait. At least in the turbine channel we can look for some of those fish that wont be taking an overland route, to drop back downstream filling in the fast water gravel sections. More then likely flows will be on the rise in the near future and hydro managers could bump flows up beforehand in anticipation of higher run of the river flows to come. Forecast ahead is for a mid week warmup with chance of rain or showers end of week and then sharply cooler for the weekend. The green water is ideal but you can often have action in dirtier water then you think. Amazing how when the vegetation awakens and the runoff equation changes. 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. Cormorant numbers, however, remain a significant challenge to all the Lake wide salmonid stocking efforts. The fishing this last week has been better than the previous couple weeks. Brown trout reports still about 50% good/50% slow. 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. The Lake Ontario Counties spring trout and salmon derby is approaching its final weekend and a new $15,000 Grand Prize leader has emerged this week as Ken Champagne of Ohio caught a 25-pound, 8-ounce Niagara Bar king salmon on a flasher-fly, besting Jeff Smith of New Brighton, Pa. who had taken the early lead on the first day of the contest May 7. Suspect some pressure has shifted to other area smaller waterways. Theres lots of good fishing for salmon, steelhead and brown trout ahead! Guys kept fishing, especially in the turbine channel (flows can only get so high). Warmer temps here tempered some by cooling lake breezes. Flows in the Oak are already on the rise today thanks to increasing overflow water. Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report - November 18, 2021 Call 585-682-4546 or email document.getElementById("eeb-573343-278334").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%69%6e%66%6f%40%66%69%73%68%6f%61%6b%6f%72%63%68%61%72%64%2e%63%6f%6d%27"))*protected email* for a reservation ASAP! A few good browns reported to be hooked up yesterday on the Oak. To the east at Sandy Creek flows are reported to be medium or just a notch greater. A cooler, gloomy day today (Monday) with forecasted warmer days ahead mid week with chance of precipitation and windy conditions around Wed, Thurs. A couple of days of cold weather earlier this week probably hastened the retreating flows. Colder temps could bring back some icing conditions especially in the smaller waterways if lower flows prevail. A fall cool down on the backside of the weekend rains is upon us! Any significant precipitation could bring flows quickly back up and off color. The Oak benefits from 24/7 spring, summer and fall supplemental flows from the Erie Canal. Thanks to all who helped including NYSDEC, Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina, feeding/cleaning volunteers, Seth Green Chapter TU, Orleans County Tourism and yours truly spearheading efforts. So conditions real nice, especially considering how dry summer was and how some of this fall has been so far. It might take lots of bobber watching or a few cast and retrieve/swing presentations to hook up on a post spawn brown or staging steelhead. Here we are into November with cooler temps and on the backside of higher flows. Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. If an angler arrives at a parking lot and there are several cars, they should consider going to another parking lot. The canal season for navigation ended October 13th and some sections are being lowered. Nearer the dam and just downstream should show a few more fish. Be there to intercept them! Here in the Oak Orchard neighborhood theres something like 18+ inches of a medium dense snow so therell be a good supply of runoff flows when it melts. Check out current standings at https://loc.org/leaderboard-current. Expect water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations and whats been a delayed leaf fall. (There will be no fees for the 2021 canal boating season.) No serious cold snap is seen in the near term forecast. 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. Sandy Creek has been the most consistent brown trout action so thats where most of the fishing pressure has been. See pictures below from July 12-13 of fish caught on Troutman 2! Lake Erie Steelhead: 2021 Fall Fishing Forecast Then theres the building King numbers at the dam, fish numbers probably outpacing the creeling pressure to this point. The Greater Niagara Fish Odyssey is underway in Erie, Niagara and Orleans County August 20 until September 5, 2021. The other area smaller tribs have a fair amount of icing. Plenty of water cover in the Oak for a few fresh brown trout or getting toward more post spawn fish. Hair jigs and worm harnesses fished off 3-way rigs is the way to go. It was all spoon and meat bite Saturday. Real nice flows by steelhead standards. A beautiful 15 lb steelhead had hit the deck. 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. IMO one nice silver fish is worth a whole bunch old upstream darkies. 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. There are always some exceptional fish caught in the trib season, just check out the pics below and in the archives. At this point rain or precipitation could help bring flows back up too. Knowing there were kings laying on the bottom, we left our divers out with meat. 585-682-4546 PDF Details and anticipated dates For details on fishing in for the 2020 In shore warm water but it didnt stop hard strikes at dawn not much left in the fight afterwards. 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. 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. Fish On! Orleans County Tourism For now flows in the Oak are moderate or optimistically almost medium and mostly clear. Flows will likely retreat in the overflow channel thru the mid and end part of the week while turbine flows remain high. The smaller side channels and Trout and Orwell brook all have fish; which are providing the most action at this time. Canal Fall fishing - Government of New York Oak Orchard Fishing Report - Facebook Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site.