Orleans County Fishing Report 1/18/22

We got lots of snow across WNY from an area wide snowstorm. 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!