It has been sometime cents my
last update. Conditions are finally changing and hopefully the fishing will
improve with the changes. For whatever reason the tributaries in western New
York have been left out of all the rainfall, only recently is the water flows
finally starting to creep up. The past couple of weeks water levels were so low
that oak Orchard River was practically dry. The surrounding creeks were not
faring much better. Just the last few days the water flows have started to come
up, somewhat. There is, fish in the major pools but not many, Most of the fish
still hanging in the estuary parts of Oak Orchard River. As for the surrounding
creeks, here to the water flows are up and a few fish are moving in. we are
still fishing threw a lot of water for a fish or two.
The eastern end of the lake
is a different story, water flows have been an issue but for the Salmon River
we have too much water. Water flows have been over 1800 CFS for over a week. The
good news is that there is a good number of fish that have come in sense the
high water. In fact the fish hatchery has collected a large number of
steelhead. Now that the water flow has
come down, to 750 CFS. We can figure out what it will take to get them to bite.
The fishing has been challenging all fall to say the least. Hopefully the
winter fishing will be more consistent. I am anxious to see if the same nymph
fishing patterns will be as effective this winter as they where last winter. Judging
by how this winter has started I do not expect to see consistent water flows.
This is nothing new and the water flow fluctuations help to refresh the fishing.
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