Category: Upper NY Tributaries

I am concerning to go to Oak Orchard Creek or Catarragus Creek to fish for steelhead/ brown trout. Do you know when I could go to fish there?

Posted on November 18th, 2007

Hi Gianni…The fish are in right now (mostly Chinook salmon in the Oak Orchard), but water levels are still low and a little too warm for the main run of trout to migrate up. I would encourage you to check this weeks, Weekly Update and scroll down to the Upper NY report. Both the Oak Orchard and the Catarragus rivers are excellent for migratory trout starting in Nov. and extending right into the spring of the following year. Fishing varies week to week depending on how cold it gets, and how much water there are in the tributaries…God bless you, Italo

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HI Italo, I\’ve been going to the N.Y tribs for almost 10 years now where i got my pb brown trout of almost 20lb hen.. I was watching your show on sat now 3 on tsn and saw you drifting a river mouth.. Is that the mouth of keg creek? If not would ya mind sharing that spot. I\’ll be staying in Burt. Are you going to be down there anytime soon. I\’ll be there either 2nd or 3rd week in Nov. then over to erie fot amazing steelie fishin. Hope to hear from ya. Thanks Evan

Posted on November 7th, 2007

Hi Evan…In the program you saw I fished first at Slater Creek (Greece, NY-suburb of Rochester, NY), and than I fished Eigtheen Mile in Olcott, NY. It sounds like you have not seen the Upper NY tributaries that flow into Lake Onatario this fall. You will be shocked when you see how low the water is, especially in Olcott, NY. The water is so low that the NY DEC “bulldozed” the lower section of the creek (just south of the abutments) because it was almost dried-up. Now there is a”2-4\'”, high “berm” that angles down the middle of the river. They also placed large limestone rocks throghout the river to help create some small 2-3\’ holes for the fish to hold. It\’s a sad situation, there are rainbows, browns and chinook in, but they have not water and no where to go. They just swim around and have no interest in hitting baits, flies or lures…tough fishing. I probalby won\’t be down there unless we have some significant rain….God bless you, Italo

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Thanks for the advice Italo, I will be looking into some NY tribs today & connecting with the contact you provided me with. Thanks Again!!

Posted on November 2nd, 2007

Hi Sam…You\’re welcome. You may also want to Goggle the Cattaraugas River which is west of Buffalo, NY. It\’s one of the most famous steelhead tributaries that flows into Lake Erie. Maybe I\’ll see you on one of the streams over the next few months…God bless you, Italo

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