Orleans County Fishing Report 5/30/23 - Everyone with some experience will tell you June can be a bit of a transition period and given the warmer, stagnant weather lately it seems that we are already there now for the end part of May. With any luck that will mean we'll move through this p more... Orleans County Tourism - Lake Ontario
2023-05-24 12:48 PM
Orleans County Fishing Report 5/23/23 - This fourth week of May still means relatively light fishing pressure here at the Oak Orchard and Point Breeze. Some charter operations have yet to move back from their western pursuits and on any given day you may find just a few rec guys. Therein more... Orleans County Tourism - Lake Ontario
2023-05-02 12:15 PM
Orleans County Fishing Report 5/2/23 - About now, pre LOC Derby and during the Derby, there's typically a routine migration of activity toward the Niagara bar. Of anglers, of course! Trollers are chasing a good concentration of Kings and Lakers from there all the way back toward 4 Mile an more... Orleans County Tourism - Lake Ontario
2023-04-19 12:59 PM
Orleans County Lake Fishing Report 4/18/23 - We are following a stretch of flat and calm where the near shore waters went on the clear side. Even in that skinny water, Capt. Jon Forder from Mister Sportfishing found some hungry brown trout along with a mixed bag catch including a real nice Coho more... Orleans County Tourism - Lake Ontario
2023-03-29 10:39 AM
Orleans County Fishing Report 3/28/23 - Spring means pen rearing time for both Kings and steelhead. This Saturday, the salmon and steelhead pens will be assembled with fish anticipated to arrive from NYSDEC next week for their one month or so rearing in the Oak Orchard. Volunteers needed f more... Orleans County Tourism - Oak Orchard Creek
2023-03-21 4:42 PM
Orleans County Fishing Report 3/21/23 - For now, flows all around are hanging in at around high and stained, and could go back up in the near term based on the forecast. We are back to warm temps at least thru the mid week so after the previous few days of below freezing temps where runoff more... Orleans County Tourism - Oak Orchard Creek
2023-03-14 5:31 PM
Orleans County Fishing Report 3/14/23 - No major impacts expected here on the WNY south shore of Lake Ontario from the Nor'easter. The major snow accumulations are expected east of here with maybe 1 – 3 inches from the wrap around Lake Effect Snow thru tonight. A cold NW wind is expected t more... Orleans County Tourism - Oak Orchard Creek
2023-02-28 3:17 PM
Orleans County Fishing Report 2/28/23 - It looks like some of the weather we missed out on thru the earlier winter is coming now in the later winter. And maybe into the early spring! There was another couple inches of wet snow and something like a 0.25 inch of rain thru last night. Chance more... Orleans County Tourism - Oak Orchard Creek
2023-02-22 11:19 AM
Orleans County Fishing Report 2/21/23 - Not much precipitation was realized for the past weekend, so all the trib flows are on the drop and clearing for now. Flows in the Oak are about medium and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. The other area smaller waterways are about mod more... Orleans County Tourism - Oak Orchard Creek
2023-02-14 6:15 PM
Orleans County Fishing Report 2/14/23 - Flows in the Oak are clearing slowly and hanging in somewhere between medium and slightly high. Water color has improved to about 1 plus feet of visibility. Upstream swamp headwater supplies seem brim full so look for flows to be pretty well mainta more... Orleans County Tourism - Oak Orchard Creek