The beach is still holding browns with coho's and lakers mixed in. Salmo and Reel Excitement fished the same water the Park to past green harbor one in the morning and one in the afternoon with simalar results. Silver and black cotton cordells on the boards and miller 7's off the riggers 5X50 continue to provide good hookups.

The brown's fired back up again today. Johnson's and west, Salmo, Buc-A-Roo and Reel Excitement all did well on them in 8-10 FOW. Hot baits again were black and silvers on the boards with the Cotton Cordell's being the best along with #11 raps. On the riggers Miller 7's were doing it 5X50.

We will not be getting our Salmon for the pens on Monday there was a change in schedule from the DEC. Looks like Tuesday or Wednesday is now the target I will let everyone know as soon as I do.

Just got in at 7:45, 50-60 FOW Green Harbor and west, still holding Lakers, mixed with kings, steelhead and coho's. Riggers 20,30 and 40, mono slide divers out 100 and 90. All spoons silver green glow, green gators and get r' dun's

The only info I have received was from Capt. Ron of Buc-A-Roo. No lures mentioned but the bite continues to be 50-60 fow out front and west. Also We will be getting our Salmon Between 12:00 and 12:30 Monday April 23 at Lake breeze Marina looking forward to seeing everyone there.

I got a little bit of info today from Chris Sheridan, who first mated for Buc-A-Roo. Best was 50-60 FOW from Johnson's to Green Harbor, this spot keeps producing Kings mixed in with Lakers. No lures mentioned.

We did not fish today but did get a report from Capt. Mick from Get-Hooked. He fished from 80-100 FOW pump house to the park. They had a great day on Kings for April. Riggers 30-50 and divers 120-140, hot spoons were; Gold Spooks, Mag Gold 42's and Super Slim Death Wish, Spinner's were White with green dot Spin Doctors with A-Tom-Mik Blue Hammer fly.

Another great day to be fishing, the water color was clearing fast, but those that got an early start were able to get their share of browns. The best water was from Johnson's to Green harbor. Hot baits were black and silver Rapala's in 9 and 11 sizes and for me miller 7's off the riggers 5 by 50. Later in the day most of the charter captains moved off the beach to the 50-60 foot of water range which was loaded with Lakers with some Kings mixed in. One sure thing about this time of the year when fishing for browns, as the water color disappears, the smaller boats can have an advantage and much better action. Most boats the last few days got their fair share of fish on the beach but guys like the "Fishing Bitches" with their smaller quieter boat really put a hurting on the browns with phenomenal numbers of fish even in clear water. Just shows bigger is not always better in all situations.

Short report I am late for dinner. Most fished east from the flats to Bald Eagle. All got browns with a few kings mixed in hot color on the boards was black silver and yeck candy corns were doing it off the riggers 5 by 50. Tomorrow should be another great day.

The lake has calmed down and looks good for the next few days. The boys from the Fishing Bitch are in town and they had a great afternoon. They fished from Johnson's to Green Harbor and caught fish all the way. They told me that any color was working off the boards with #9 Raps and Thunder stick JR's, but their riggers were slow. Hope tomorrow is just as good, I have a double tomorrow I will do my best to get a timely report in

Sunday, April 8,2012

Happy Easter

Looks like our good weather may be over for a few days but the good thing is they are predicting a lot of westerly winds this week. There is a possibility that this could push kings in good numbers our way.

We will be getting our Steelhead for the pens on Tuesday about 1:00 PM we will need help, we hope be getting our Salmon early next week.

Saturday, April 7,2012

Great day weather wise 1 footers out of the west/north west. Water temps in 44-46 range along the shoreline and the browns were hungry. Charters out Reel Excitement, Intimidator, Buc-A-Roo and Free Spirit along with a number of rec boats. Fish were caught all the way from Johnson's to Troutburg; hot spots were the flats and the bluffs off Lake Side State Park. Lots of browns many up in the over 10 pound range with a few kings, lake trout and steelhead mixed in. Fishing was best right on the edge of the mud line in 10-12 fow. Black and silver Raps, Cotton Cordell's and Thunder stick jr's were best off the boards and small yeck candy corns 50 back 5 down on the riggers were working well.

Saturday, March 31,2012

I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for showing up today on such short notice and in such adverse conditions to help put our pens together. It was a great turnout, it shows how many people believe in our program. I will be contacting the DEC early Monday morning to try to get a commitment on when we will be getting our fish. Again thanks to everyone for you help.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

For those of you willing to help with our pen rearing program we will be putting the pens together on April 7th at Lake Breeze Marina 8:00AM, bring your side cutters and a smile. This is one of the first rights of spring "at the oak". Also the brown fishing has be great when we have good color, it blew NE for last two days plenty of color there now, it should be good for the next few days at least, if you have the time to get out.

Tuesday, Sept 6, 2011

We would like to thank everyone who contributed this season, and we wish everyone a safe and short off season. See you all next year

Tuesday, Sept 6, 2011

We did not fish today due to weather, the one man tournament was rescheduled for Sept. 13th.

Monday, Sept. 5, 2011

Weekend round up I was doing doubles the last few days and did not have time to get to my computer. Most have continued to fish inside for mature kings. The fishing has been very good, with Spin doctors and flies and Flashers with meat as the primary baits. Depending on the days and water conditions the fish have been as shallow as 50 fow and as deep as 120 fow.

And for those that did not know Sunrise II had an officially weighed Salmon on Saturday of 41 lbs and 15 onces, unfortunately his guys were not in the LOC derby. As far as we know the only over forty pounders caught this year were both at the Oak and neither group was registered in the derby in progress at that time costly mistakes.

Results of the Johnny V Tournament

First Warf Rat 107.14

Second Yankee Troller 103.6

Third Snow Pirate 93.14

Fourth Maverick 87.8

Fifth Sunrise II 86.47

Big fish Yankee Yroller 33.22 lbs

Thursday, Sept 1, 2011

I did not fish today (finally a day off) but the report I got from Joe Yeager of Lotsa was that today was a carbon copy of yesterday.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Salmon continue to stage in 80-100 flow anywhere from the pump house to the flats there are also many big browns mixed in with them. Riggers were working from 55-90, divers from 180-200. Hot spoons were DW Black and silver green glows, Gold 42 mags, and Stingray gators. Hot Spinners were Spin Doctor small dogs, White on White Green dots with Atommik Pro/Am, Black and Glow green dots with Atommik green hammers, Gold 42/42's along with 72monties with Atommik Pro/am flies.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The bite today was 60-110 fow, best was from the wall west to Johnsons, catches consisted of mixed bags of Mature and immature Salmon, Steelhead and Browns. Riggers were working from 40-70, divers from 100-180. Hot spoons were DW Black and silver green glows and Stinger Stingray mag Ghost. Spin doctor small dogs, Black and glow green dots with Atommik green hammers, along with 72monties with Atommik Pro/am flies.

Monday, August 29, 2011

This Sunday September 4th, Oak Orchard will host the 4th Annual Johnny V Memorial Tournament. This tournament is in honor of Captain John Visich who died of cancer 5 years ago.

In keeping with the tradition of this tournament it MUST be fished out of Oak Orchard. We will follow the standard format of bringing ONLY your best three fish in to be weighed.

Weigh in will be at Lake Breeze Marina and you must be in line no later than 3 PM.

Entries are $100 per boat--CASH ONLY-- and are being accepted all week by Capt. Bob Stevens--Sunrise, at Lake Breeze Marina. You MUST be entered by 6:00 AM on Sunday! No exceptions.

10% of the proceeds from this tournament will go to Orleans County Hospice in honor of Capt. John Visich. After that 5 places will be paid cash.

On Tuesday September 6th the Oak will host the 5th Annual One Man Fish Bowl Tournament.

This tournament is just about the most fun you can have by yourself! :lol:

Entries are $100 CASH ONLY and will be accepted at Lake Breeze marina by Capt. Bob Stevens (Sunrise) and Capt. Paul Czarnecki (Free Spirit) until 6:00AM Tuesday. Rules for this incredibly fun and innovative tournament are simple.....

--You MUST fish alone. No one else may be on the boat with you and you must fish out of Oak Orchard.

--Communication is MANDATORY--we will designate a radio channel and expect everyone to participate in the banter.

--You can run the allowable number of rods--this year its now THREE.

--You MUST keep the first three fish you land that are over 25 inches. All others may be returned to the water in accordance with NYDEC regulations.

--Fishing ends at 11:30 with weigh in at Lake Breeze marina.

--50/30/20 split between the top three Anglers with the winner hosting lunch for all participants at the Black North immediately following the awards ceremony.

--The winner also gets to keep the Coveted Fish Bowl Trophy for one year after which his name will be permanently enshrined on the trophy.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Well the day after the big blow and to our surprise it did nothing to change the lake. In 70 fow it was 46 degrees down 60 ft and 71 on the top. At the 28 line it was 73 on the top and 48 down 85. There were fish caught from 65 fow to the 28 line. Hot baits were DW Glow nosed melons, Orange crushes, silver oranges, Mag Silver green glows and Stinger Stingray Mag ghosts. Riggers from 35-55 in shallow and 55-85 out deep. Divers worked at 200-220 with little dogs and 72monties. The mature Salmon have been moving in all day and if things don't change I would expect it to get even better tomorrow.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Monday will be a very interesting day. The waves were coming over the wall like It was just a small rock in the way it was mother nature giving us a show. I am sure we will find fish today but were is anyones guess. Let you know tomorrow.

Friday, August 26, 2011

From Capt. Bob Eder of "Shotgun". Fished 29.5-30.5 n x 14-16 w today, 42nd Spin Doctor & fly at 181 on the wire, smooth pirate 55 Udder spoon at 191 on the other wire. Moon shine Carbon 14, NK28 frog and black and silver raspberry glow pirate 55. Riggers at 51', 61' were the best. We caught Steelhead and Kings mixed.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Sorry due to the storms I had no computer to write my report before I left in the morning. We had a very good inside king and brown bite early with cold water down 85 feet over 100 but that all disappeared late morning with the NW wind. It is now 74 degrees down 130 feet and the salmon have moved. Very little info about the off shore bite since most fished inside. I have little confidence to fish inside Friday and I do believe due to the conditions most of the captains will fish mid-waters to off shore.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Even though warm water moved in their was still a Salmon and brown bite in the inside waters for some, but most moved off to the 25-27 lines as the day moved on. Fish were coming 75-110 down on the riggers and divers out 240-330. The hottest spoons were DW and Stingray ghosts both regulars and mags both silver and gold. Hot spinners were small dogs, Spin doctor green nukes with Atommik green hammers, white on whites with pro/am flies.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Sorry, I was unable to get to a computer the last few days. Things change fast the water got cooler inside and the kings made an appearance in 100-130 fow range from the point to the glass house. Most of our winners from the Saturday tournament were lucky enough to check this water out and found the kings ready and willing to bite; they also were there on Sunday. There still is an off-shore bite and although kings were hard to come by on Saturday in this water they were very plentiful come Sunday. The best spots off-shore were from 29-31 north and 10-16 west. With the hard NW blow today it will be interesting to see what Tuesday brings.

Saturdays Results

1st Yankee Pride

2nd Maverick

3rd Free Spirit

4th Hot Line

5th Yankee Troller

6th Hideout

Friday, August 19, 2011

29-31 by 10-20 continues to be the place to be. Kings and Steelhead just like August should be. Riggers from 50-90 divers from 160 to 240, 400-500 coppers. DW black magic, gold 42's and Stingray ghosts on the riggers early, DW glow nose melons and green nukes later. Spinners were Monties, 42/42 golds and green nukes on the divers with big dogs on the coppers.

Thurdays, August 18, 2011

The off-shore bite continues to be good but it did move in a little yesterday to 29-32. Most of the same baits from yesterday were still working.

Wensday, August 17, 2011

The off-shore bite is the main game in town. Even though a few did find the mid water to be productive. There were some kings and steelhead taken on 26-27 lines the best being meat on 500 coppers but the most consistent bite was 32-34. Riggers 40-70 with DW Glow nose melons, Green and yellow gators along with Tommy Tapes and Stinger Stingray Green Nukes. Divers on #3 out 125 with Silver 42/42's and mono Slide divers Back 20 out 120 on #2 with DW Hologram green Dolphins.

I did get a request for the Orleans County Derby Standings

Grand Prize Salmon 32lbs 9oz

Salmon 1st 31-8 5th 27-3

Rainbow/Steelhead 1st 15-5 5th 13-11

Browns 1st 14-14 5th 12-8

Lakers 1st 21-6 5th 12-5

Monday, August 15, 2011

First remember we do have tournment coming up this Saturday.

Saturday August 20th will be the date. You must be entered by 7am Saturday morning. Entry fee is $100 cash ONLY and entries will be accepted at Lake Breeze Marina, 4 C's Marina, Narbys and Captains Cove.

You may fish this tournament OUT OF ANY PORT ON THE LAKE. The only requirement is that you enter at one of the 4 locations listed above and you present your 3 fish for weigh in at 4C's Marina between 2 and 4 PM on Saturday. The weigh in closes at 4 PM SHARP.....NO EXCEPTIONS!

And remember you can only bring 3 fish to the weigh-in:

This will be a 100 percent payback tournament paying 25 percent of the field.

Now for today; Scattered mid water picture and action with a few fish caught but the offshore bite seemed to be the ticket. But it was way off shore 36-37 and it was a steelhead bite. Riggers were working from 40-75 down with Kevorkian's, Yellow gators and metallic frogs. 10 color lead cores with DW metallic frogs and gold melons. Mono Slide Divers with DW hologram dolphins 30 by 120 and 140 wire divers with 42/42's.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

It was a very interesting day, with the treat of thunders storms midday most were a little cautious on where they fished. But a few made big moves that payed off. Capt. Tom Hynes of Wharf Rat charters and Butch Cooley of Pisces head north tom the 35 line and filed their coolers early with kings and steelhead. The rest fished from 24-27 and 11-17 with some good mature kings steelhead and even a few browns. Riggers were working from 60-90 down and divers 200-240 400 and 500 coppers. Hot rigger baits Gold 42, Gold ghosts and NBK's, divers were Gold 42/42's, White on white purple mirage and Twinkie greens. Meat behind white flashers on the 500's and 400's were a hot ticket for big kings the last few days.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Sorry I was unable to post a report yesterday but I had a double and was unable to get to a computer. The best the last 2 days has been from the 27-29, from 14-9. The bite has been a little deeper due to the NW winds the two previous days. Temp has been down 95-100 at the 27 but does come up as you move north. Today Tracker had a good bite high 75-50 on the riggers with DW purple nukes, Gold 42's and Kevorkian's but his divers were not working. Irish Thunder had a good diver and copper bite divers 220-240 and 400 coppers but his riggers were not working. Hot diver baits Silver 42/42's and yellow gators with TG hammers. Looks like we may be in for some rain the next few days but the winds are supposed to be lite.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Wind, wind and more wind the last 2 days have been horrendous, only a few boats even attempted to go out today and they turned around at the break wall. One did try to go out but when his client hit his head on the hard top that ended the trip. The one thing I do know is that one captain did go out latter in the day and checked temp and with 120 foot of cable out it was still 71 degrees at the probe; looks like off shore will be the ticket when it calms down

Monday, August 8, 2011

The warm water came rushing back in and provided for some great early morning kings in 120-130 fow but the bite turned to all skippers by 7:30. If you were on them early you got them, when it was over it was time to move. The the next hot bite was 34.5 north from 10-4 west. There were all classes of kings with big steelhead. The bite there came from 45-70 on the riggers, divers out 200-220 and 400 coppers. Hot spoons early were gold 42's and Ghosts, Yellow gators later. Divers with Gold 42/42's and Death Wishes with Atommik Stevens flies. Our old stand by Big Dogs continue to do damage on the 400 coppers.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

The lake was still cold in shore and most fished 29 or deeper where the water was more stable. But the talk of the day was of the 41lb 12 once Salmon caught by Capt. Paul Czarnecki of "Free Spirit";(that was the weight on a registered scale at Captains Cove). The fish was caught on a DW Green eyed ghost. We expected this to happen with the reports of a number of mid 30's fish caught earlier in the year. The unfortunate thing about this is that his clients were not registered in the Orleans County Derby. Don't let this happen to you, when can get a one day reduced price entry to the derby and have a chance of catching a winning big fish. I do have a photo of this fish and will try to get it posted soon.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

The lake has done a hard flip with cold clear water on the beach. Most ran at least to the 27 line and fished north. A few were lucky and landed on and got a few kings early but most had to hunt for them to find a few. So it was mostly a steelhead bite for everyone. Because of the high cold temps spoon s were the primary bait of the day. Riggers 35-55, Mono slid divers 100-120 30 back. Hot baits were DW gold 42's, half and half's and yellow gators along with Stinger ghosts.

Now the winners of yesterdays Drew,s Crew event

First: Buc-a-roo

Second: Sunrise II

Third: Screamin Reels

The crew of the event would like to thank everyone who participated in making it a success again this year

Thursday, August 4, 2011

The east wind blew in cold water on the inside. In front of the wall did hold some nice kings in 50-60 fow for a little while but that ended by 9:00am. The best spot after that was the 27 line from 11-15. Down riggers from 40-60 and divers at 120 and 140. 10 color lead cores were were also doing well. Hot baits on the riggers were DW yellow gators in Mag and regular size. Divers were working with 42/42 spin doctors. Just to let everyone know, the charity tournament on Saturday is open to all ports but you must weigh in at Lake Breeze Marina in Point Breeze. They have also changed the weigh in time on the event on the 20th to 2-4PM at 4c's Marine.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

I hate to sound like a broken record so I will just say this; the fishing today was as good as yesterday so you should have been here both days and the report is the same. We are getting some big kings and it looks like its getting better as we move in to August. So I would like to announce the next up coming tournament.

Saturday August 20th will be the date. You must be entered by 7am Saturday morning. Entry fee is $100 cash ONLY and entries will be accepted at Lake Breeze Marina, 4 C's Marina, Narbys and Captains Cove.

You may fish this tournament OUT OF ANY PORT ON THE LAKE. The only requirement is that you enter at one of the 4 locations listed above and you present your 3 fish for weigh in at 4C's Marina between 1 and 3 PM on Saturday. The weigh in closes at 3 PM SHARP.....NO EXCEPTIONS!

And remember you can only bring 3 fish to the weigh-in:

This will be a 100 percent payback tournament paying 25 percent of the field.

Monday, August 1, 2011

The inside water has produced a few matures the last few days but it is a very short bite that has been over by 8:00am. The more consistent bite has been the mid waters from 25-27 from 10-15. Riggers from 45-80 with DW gold 42's, Half and half's and Stinger Ghosts in both Mags and Stingrays early and DW Yellow gators later in the day. Divers with Silver 42/42's Spin doctors and green nukes with Atommik Green hammers at 180 and 200. Also the stand by Big Dogs on the 400 copper keep on producing day in and day out.

Dont' forget “DREW’S CREW” FISHING FOR A CURE !

Date:Saturday, August 6, 2011

$50 per boat registration fee Registration cut-off 7:00 am day of event

Registration forms available after July 24th.....Register at:• Lake Breeze Marina • Four C’s Marina • Narby’s • Captain’s Cove

6:00am tournament begins 1:00–3:00 pm-Weigh-in Lake Breeze Marina 3:15 pm Prizes awarded at Lake Breeze Marina Payouts to the top 3 boats with the heaviest 3 fish combo.

50/50 raffle- must be present to win!

Proceeds benefit:Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation(JDRF)

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