The highlight though, was landing everyones. After a cold night last night, look for a further drop in flows all around and clearing water color. All weigh-ins will be at the Black North Inn by 3 PM. Today seems slower again for some. Biggest brown trout so far is a 16-pound, 12-ounce fish out of Point Breeze, weighed in by Gary Cregan of Rochester. 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. Proceeding upstream thru the Oak downstream frog water areas the reports are quieter but I suspect guys are into a decent skein bite. We fished 90-120 feet of water, just slightly east and west of port. Water color will be on a slow mend. Salmon will likely be found from the estuary up through town. CDC/New York State Department of Health guidelines, following the guidelines on DECs website about fishing responsibly in New York State, information about the benefits of being outdoors safely and responsibly. Some anglers are spread out like in the other tribs east and west. Without overflow levels now, some might be inclined to call it only slightly high. A fair number of Kings are loitering in downstream areas on the Oak with skein drifters still into them up at least until yesterday. A couple anglers reported when flows came down thanks to turbine rack cleaning it revealed strong numbers of browns and some steelhead nearer the dam, even if they hadnt been good biters prior. Releases may change due to weather and other conditions. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. Expect water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations especially as leaf fall is likely to accelerate soon. Reports of some medium fresh steelhead and a few spirited chromers thrown in. It is still not too late to enter. Land lubber casters or small boat trollers or canoe/kayakers can all get in on hard striking action for mostly browns with occasional steelhead or salmon or smallmouths in the mix too. Saturday afternoon we fished 150-200 in water a few miles west of Port. The next spate of water could bring in the fresh spring steelhead looking for warmer water. Be aware the east side Oak Orchard River Point Breeze boat launch is closed for construction (new ramp) so just go the west side launch.. Certain days youll notice that salmon movement by seeing them crashing around, but as often as not that movement seems to go on quietly. It is equipped with the latest electronics and fishing equipment. Available at Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge and Narbys. (Deadline for the Open was Monday, 6/7). Flows in the Oak are clearing slowly and hanging in somewhere between med and slightly high. I have been fishing my clients from 50-150 ft. We dropped our port rigger down and within 5 minutes we hooked up on a 18 lb king. They started in 60 feet of water trolling northwest with cut bait and the reel started screaming. 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. At the Oak Billboard on the NYS Thruway. Avoid close contact, such as shaking hands, hugging, and kissing. Any significant precipitation could raise all the trib flows back high and dirty. Please consider submitting one of your images to be featured on the Winter 2022 billboard. ",mi=";<329413;6=2:0258=:57?82>",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j