May 25th Fishing Reports

Lake Ontario:

According to Capt. Andy Bliss of Chasin Tail Adventures:

The fishing on Lake Ontario remains Fantastic! Browns are being taken from the shoreline out to 30 feet. Hot baits are stickbaits in natural patterns by Thunderstick, Rapala, and Smithwick. Stinger spoons have also been very productive in a variety of colors, Rosemary’s baby, green dolphin, black widow, and green glo alewife. The waters around the mouth of the Oswego River are heating up quickly spreading the fish out a bit. Just cover water to find active schools. Catches have been good from the river all the way to 9 Mile Point.

Oswego River:

According to Larry Muroski of Larry’s Oswego Salmon Shop:

Conditions on the river are slowly improving as the water level has dropped to 16,800cfs as of this morning. This is still high for fishing many areas of the river but it is showing some improvement. Behind the hotels is producing browns, steelhead and a few walleye. The Kiddie Pool is active with browns, steelhead, walleye, smallmouth bass and panfish. The canal between Lock 8 and Lock 7 is producing steelhead, browns, panfish and perch. Bucktail jigs tipped with a worm, leeches, spinnerspoons, stickbaits are working for browns and steelhead; smallmouth bass are taking twister tails and stickbaits; worms, spikes and hair jigs are working for perch and panfish. Rockbass are taking hair jigs, tube jigs and minnows near the floating dock by a blue crane at Wright’s Landing and in front of Breitbeck Park near a blue crane. Also look for blue gills, perch and crappies in these areas taking minnows.

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Lake Ontario/Oswego River Report - May 19

Lake Ontario:

According to Capt. Troy Creasy of High Adventure Sportfishing Charters:

Lake Ontario fishing in the eastern basin is excellent right now with limit plus catches every time out! Along with some hefty browns, there are plenty of lake trout, Atlantics and a few Chinooks mixed in. The best baits are black silver orange belly smithwicks, fished on the surface about 150 feet behind the boat and dream weaver spoons in black and silver, glow green, and orange, fished 4 to 10 feet down off of the downriggers. Look for colored water and warmer temperatures and the fish will be there.

Oswego River:

According to Larry Muroski of Larry’s Oswego Salmon Shop:

The water level has dropped to just over 20,000cfs as of this morning. This is still very high and makes most of the river unfishable with the exception of some activity behind the hotels. Stickbaits, nightcrawlers and leeches are suggested bait to try. Boat anglers working the waters of the harbor area are finding stickbaits working well. Anglers are also finding some walleye in these areas.

State Requests "No-Discharge" Designation from EPA

ALBANY, NY (05/24/2011)(readMedia)-- Seeking to safeguard water quality and improve recreational opportunities, state officials announced today that they are calling for New York's portion of Lake Ontario to be designated as a "Vessel Waste No-Discharge Zone" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

A No-Discharge Zone designation means that boaters are banned from discharging their on-board sewage into the water. Boaters must instead dispose of their sewage at specially designated pump-out stations, which can be found at many marinas (see attached list).

Treated and untreated wastes can deliver pathogens and toxins to local waters and contribute to harmful nutrient loadings. Waste treated by on-board septic systems often contains chemical additives such as formaldehyde, phenyls and chlorine. These pollutants can harm water quality, pose a risk to people's health, and impair marine life and habitats.

Link to Press Release

Oswego Marina Offers Pump Out Service

The Port of Oswego last year installed a new pump out system at the Oswego Marina to better serve the boating public in the Oswego Harbor.

The sewage vacuum pump out system, manufactured by WMW systems, is one of the worlds' best type systems on the market and is capable of being used by two boats at the same time.

The pump out system is available during normal business hours at the Oswego Marina.