This week's fishing report is from Ron Bierstine, Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge:
Winter and cold and snow is hanging in. Seasonable cold is forecast to hang in at least thru the week and weekend. Some Lake Effect Snow showers has amounted to a few more inches of fluffy accumulation on top of the 1-2 ft previous snow. Forecast is mostly clear thru the upcoming week, no significant impact expected from the upcoming east coast storm. I for one am glad for some consistent winter weather to at least "reset" seasonal conditions after the mild fall. The hope is this cold weather will be a good thing for later winter and spring steelhead action. For now most all waterways are low and clear. Fast water spots on the Oak remain open with just some bank ice. Careful and hardy drifters have hooked up on some bright steelhead. The other area smaller waterways are mostly iced and snowed in.
This week's fishing report is from Ron Bierstine, Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge:
Lots of snow across WNY from an area wide snow. Here on the Niagara Frontier, it was heaviest and there are lesser accumulations south of here. Wrap around Lake Effect Snow after the storm may bring all the snow accumulations north and south about equal anyway. Here in the Oak Orchard neighborhood there's something like 18+ inches of a medium dense snow so there'll be a good supply of runoff flows when it melts. The week ahead looks mostly clear with seasonal temps and then colder again toward the end of the week. Fishing pressure has been light over the past couple days thanks to the snow storm but guys should be getting back out there and breaking some trails. Flows in the smaller area waterways should continue to drop from around moderate maybe going toward low and clear. Ground flow recharge from strong supplies might keep things up a little higher then typical winter levels but never-the-less things will be icing in or freezing up except for a few fast water slots. In the Oak, flows are moderate and mostly clear and likewise may hold onto those fair moderate flows instead of dropping back to real low. Downstream slow water areas will be freezing and closing in while upstream areas should stay open except for some bank ice. Despite the cold, a few diehards have been out there scoring on a some smaller browns and a few fine looking chrome steelhead. Not big numbers of steelhead but a few that likely came in on the previous higher flows we had and are a good portent to upcoming steelhead action in the more traditional February or March timeframe. Stay tuned!
This week's fishing report is from Ron Bierstine, Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge:
All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation. A couple of days of cold weather earlier this week probably hastened the retreating flows. Flows in the Oak are one click less then medium or what you might call somewhere in between moderate and medium. A little stain, something like 2 ft of visibility. No icing, even in the downstream frog water just yet. Light fishing pressure with just a handful of cars at each parking spot.
The other area smaller tribs have similar moderate – medium flows with slightly stained water color. There is some icing especially in downstream slow water spots and some bank ice. Upstream fast water areas should be pretty well open, and there is likely barely any fishing pressure. Weather is seasonable warm today and then forecast winter cold with wind for tomorrow and weekend. Next chance at snow for area wide is for the beginning part of next week. 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. 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.
This week's fishing report is from Ron Bierstine, Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge:
Seasonable cold winter weather for the end of week with some LES happening south and west of here. No accumulations expected here on the WNY Lake Ontario Plain. Slight warm up for the weekend with chance of rain end of weekend and then cold for start of next week. Slight bump up in trib flows yesterday from little bit of rain and snowmelt. Back on the retreat thru today after a cold night. Flows in the Oak were higher yesterday but expecting that to retreat again toward medium and slightly stained. Guys thru yesterday higher up scored a few hook ups on eggs or beads on fresh steelhead while downstream swingers had a tougher go. Other area smaller tribs should be retreating toward medium or lower to moderate and slightly stained. Shouldn't be any serious icing in yet but there could be some bank ice or chunky flows. 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.
