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New York State Free Fishing Day is Monday, November 11th

Happy Veterans Day!

Saturday, November 9 – It is a great day to be outdoors fishing here on the west end of Lake Ontario. There are plenty of fish for everyone. At Fishermen’s Park (aka Burt Dam), there are plenty of fish in there, but the water is still very low. Brown trout are in abundance and you are only allowed ONE brown and one rainbow per day in the tributaries. Fishing shoulder to shoulder with fish basically sticking out of the water with nowhere to run to, is kind of unique I guess. One guy said it looks like a bunch of sharks in there with their backs sticking out . Another said you could basically walk across them. Hopefully that changes today with some water blessings. There are salmon in there and the occasional steelhead. After contacting hopefully all the right people, we are hoping they release more water out of the canal. The water seems to be low everywhere right now. The turbines are being turned on and off so they don’t plug up. It gives some water which helps.

Fish are at Johnson Creek and the Oak, but this morning the bite was just off. Hopefully it all changes the next couple of days with Veterans Day and free fishing in New York State on Monday.

Remember the browns don’t go there to die. The salmon do. Not much action in Eighteen Mile Creek for boats now, but some decent fishing in the holes further upstream.

Egg sacs , beads, wooly buggers, are the best right now. Have a great weekend and Happy Veterans Day to all the vets out there.


This morning 10/13/24 on Eighteen Mile

Fishing with Captain Tyler Morrison.



November 1st – Happy November to everyone. Doe tags are available today. Let’s hope good things happen this month. Fishing has been really good at Fishermen’s Park – aka Burt . There are plenty of fish in there and it seems to be a huge year for brown trout. It’s amazing how many they have been catching. There are salmon and trout, sometimes an Atlantic,coho or steelhead, but mostly browns and kings. The dam is it’s usual self. Unfortunately, they keep shutting the water off and the water gets too low so fish are trying to hide in the holes and their backs are sticking out. That’s sad, let’s hope they crank those babies up or we get a ton of rain. You would think that with the mobs of people combat fishing there, the water level would rise while they are all standing in it (of course I am joking there. You have to be careful with all the people who don’t understand what you are talking about).

Fishing is very good. If you are into standing elbow to elbow with people, this is a good weekend for that. There is plenty of action here and all the other major tribs along the lake. Check them all out. Figure out your preference. Egg sacs, skein, plastics, Death Roe is hot. Browns are even into nightcrawlers this late in the season. Beads, just everything you like down there at the dam. Just enjoy yourselves and don’t believe everything social media tells you. It’s just a great time to fish. Have a great day.



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