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Orleans County Fishing Report 10/18/22
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October 18, 2022
Oak Orchard Creek - Freshwater Fishing Report
The NYS fish licensing system is back up! Available at Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge and Narby's.
Mixed bag action on the Oak, mostly salmon action on the other area smaller tribs. Most anglers report good fishing. Cool if not coldish temps forecast thru this week with rain showers. The rain is Lake Effect so as is often the case with snow most of it goes south of the area. Not enough precipitation here yet to cause any great change in Oak or trib flows. But the gloom and the cool definitely conducive for fish migrations, guys remarking that fish were migrating yesterday.
So conditions real nice, especially considering how dry summer was and how some of this fall has been so far. Fishable flows we have now in Johnson, Oak and Sandy largely a result of bolstered Erie Canal flows. Flows in Johnson Creek for sure up and even stained from a pretty good shot of water. Check the Canal schedule for duration. There were bottled up Kings at the mouth of Johnson Creek that now should be spread up thru the waterway. That good "run" of Kings in the Oak from end of last week has spread out nearest the dam, but guys are finding pods of spawning fish in the downstream fast water reaches. Given somewhat of the late start to the salmon action, I'd have to say that we might only be amidships in the "run." Look for Kings arriving into start of November. More then not, fish are still in good green shape.
Past weekend action a little slower perhaps a result of increased fishing pressure. On the Oak guys are into more then a few cohos too. Browns and Atlantics and steelhead in the mix. A few good browns reported to be hooked up yesterday on the Oak. Look for plenty of brown trout action ahead, most guys targeting browns look toward end of Oct, thru Nov and begin part of Dec. You gotta get thru at least some Kings before that brown trout action heats up then followed by steelhead! Its fall and its leaf fall time so expect maybe daily water level fluctuations on the Oak thanks to hydro power operation. Flows in the Oak down just a touch, maybe some of that love from Canal water being shared with Johnson Creek is responsible for that.
Target Species:
Salmon, Steelhead, Brown Trout
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