Any reports out of Oswego?

[FishingNYS]

Been up several times and cut nadda. Any tips?

[greenhornet73]

I fished a few miles  west of the plant today and deep was productive for immatures and steelhead.  If you aren’t getting anything in tight slide out deep for some action.

[seeyawader]

Here is my tip,,,don't waste a lot of time on the stagers,,,if they don't bite then go deep,,,I fished Mexico Bay from 450 feet to 40 feet and in-between on Sunday and Monday. Caught 2, and trolled forever. Heard offshore toward canada line was good out of Oswego but  I didn't get far enough I guess,,,,wish I did but those staging fish marks screw me every time.

[drlfc]

Fished Sunday and Monday, started at 5:45 AM both days in 350 FOW, trolled out to 600 FOW. Thermocline was deep (100' plus feet). Under currents were unbelievable as I had to have 150' of cable out to get into the 52-54 degree water at 100 or so feet. Sunday we were 4 for 10, Monday 6 for 10. Almost all bites came on spoons, a few on F/F.  Caught a beautiful Steelhead on a remade Stingray spoon. Good Salmon marks did not appear on the sonar until we were at least 450 FOW. My advice, catch the matures in the river, go deep for action!

[DKJV]

Go very deep. Best bite has been 500 to 700 feet

[ChrisS]

11 hours ago, DKJV said:

Go very deep. Best bite has been 500 to 700 feet

Are you or anyone else still picking up matures out there? Last weekend I spent most of my time looking for fish and taking juveniles off the line. 

[AnglingAddict]

We fished Sunday - we have been fishing 650-700 fow up until this weekend.  Not as action packed as the offshore bite has been but fewer and fewer adults each trip out deep the last 2 weeks.  We started Sunday in 185 fow and found 200-380 our best water.  Some really nice cohos, average adults and a few 2YOs mixed in.  Only ran 4 rods as fish were deep - 135 -165 riggers were good and mag divers on 20# wire got down far enough to generate bites. Currents were bad.  we were 12 for 15 Sunday morning.  Went past the lighthouse at 6am and quit fishing around 11:30.    Both meat and flies for us Sunday - fly bite starting to pick up for sure as it had been all meat and a few spoons offshore.

 

Best flies for us - A-Tom-Mik Mirage, Stud and Glow Stud and Crinkle Green in the sun.  Also took a couple bites on B-Flies and a couple on Glow Hammer early.  

[greenhornet73]

I got one mature king in 650’ on Monday went 7-9 with an all spoon bite.  Downrigger was mupped and wire diver ran a flasher with spoon.

[salmonslayer]

Fished Sat Morning, Sun, Mon, and  Tuesday morning. 

Boating 15 kings.

6 or 7 caught out in front of the Salmon River in 6 to 12ft of water. Using spoons and J-pligs.  also caught fish in 50 ft of water and all they way out in 200 ft 180 ft down with flashers or rotators with flys. 

[elrodalonzo]

We fished out of Oswego today. Started around 11am marking a few fish and bait in around 150 ft range.  No takers.  Saw a few boats fishing inside this line.  Continued trolling all the way out to 600 without a release.  Marked very few fish. Worked back in to 300 and called it quits at 5.  One other boat within sight on the lake all afternoon.  

[paige386]

Deep, 550 - 650 best water lines down 110 - 120, do zig zag if you want steel head, 450 copper with a mag spoon.

 

Go deep first work your way in until you start getting hits.

[Dipsey]

Thinking about trying our luck in Oswego this week wind and waves permitting. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[AnglingAddict]

Fished last night to the east.  Left the dock around 12:30 but needed fuel and a pump out - started setting rods around 1:15pm.  110 to 140 fow.  Had 52 degrees down around 100 feet - most fish were between 52 to 60 degree water.  Did around 15 bites and slid the hoop under 10.  Pulled rods at 6:45pm.  Didn't fish today but west wind started blowing - that's going to eliminate that cold sliver of water at the bottom of the column for sure.  Heard guys were running 135-155 feet of rigger cable this morning fishing a touch deeper to get to fish for the time they were out.  No Coho for us last night but a lot of nice adult kings. 

 

3 riggers, 2 divers, and a chute copper for us last night.  High rigger with a plug never took a bite although we saw a few fish up there.  Meat on a deep rigger which took a couple bites and the rest of the rods were fishing flies.  

 

Best flies last night - A-Tom-Mik Big Fin Glow when it got a little brighter otherwise A-Tom-Mik Glow Studs and K41's took most of the rest of the bites. 

Edited September 7, 2025 by AnglingAddict

[Dipsey]

That's a great report Angling Addict. We're going to give it a try tomorrow afternoon and Tuesday. Possibly Wednesday. We'll be sure to post a timely report.You never know.

[AnglingAddict]

We fished again yesterday morning out of Oswego - went out with a couple of my fishing buddies for some fun fishing for stagers.  Left the dock at 6am and ran out a touch east and set down in 130 fow to check temps to see how swampy it was.  120 feet down found 52 degrees so knew we would be OK - area was loaded with fish so we set up right there and started pushing east.  Hard south wind made the troll tough - very crabbed out going east/west but decided to give that a shot.  Took one quick shot on a 500 copper but missed.  A couple minutes later it went again - Hammertime chip with an A-TOM-MIK K41 fly.  16 pound king.  Missed on a rigger a few minutes later.   Decided to turn and troll back west wondering if it was directional - same rigger we missed on fired 15 minutes later - 23 pound king - that rigger was fishing in 60 degree water. Custom white paddle with another Kevin 41.  Trolled back through a bunch of fish without a touch and decided that we could get a better direction going North/South - wasn't sure what the screen would look like but made the turn out to see.   Fished 125 out to 350 for the next few hours. Did a few bites each pass with a couple of doubles but overall a steady pick with rods moving well all morning.  Called it quits around noon.  Amassed a total of 16 fish we fought for the morning and scooped 10.   Had a few more misses - quick on/off before we got to a diver or rod that never made it out of the holder.  Landed 4 nice coho and the rest kings.  Lost a couple good ones as well.  Had a meat rod in the water for a bit but changed that out for a fly later as it wasn't taking any bites and fished seemed to be very neutral toward it on the panoptics.  Made some small tweaks to the spread and got things going better.   500 coppers, Riggers out 115-135 feet of cable and a pair of wire divers on 20# wire.  Saw very few fish above 100 feet down on the graph.  Most fish seemed to be hanging between 110-125 feet down in the upper 50 degree water.  Ran a 5 rod spread which consisted of a chute copper, 2 divers on a 2 setting with 20# wire, and 2 corner riggers.  Left the center rigger out of the water which is my high rigger.  Didn't want to crowd the zone - paid off as we seemed to do better than most of the guys who were out yesterday that we talked to.

 

Best flies - A-Tom-Mik OG Hammer (T102), Crinkle Green (T023), Mirage (T097) and Kevin 41 (K041) took most of our fish.  I think we had one bite on a Stud fly early as well...Fishing is good if you can get out.  Definitely winding down...

Edited September 11, 2025 by AnglingAddict
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[jereed44]

Very poor. Fished tues and wed. Started shallow 150 water very warm. 70 degrees down 140 ft. Went out to 700 ft where we had done very well a week ago. Water 70 degrees down 140 ft. Went to Mexico bay water 70 degrees down 140 ft. Had a few hits from staging fish, went one for three. Called it wed afternoon. Fish just not there in any great numbers

Fished Mon and Tues not Tues and Wed

 

Edited September 12, 2025 by jereed44
wrong days

[elrodalonzo]

Fished wed afternoon for 4 hours out of Oswego.  Marked alot of fish/bait in the 175 foot range.  Caught 2 small kings on ff.  No hits on the meat rig.  Most of the fish were below the 150 zone.  Hits came at 138 and 148.

[FishingNYS]

We are going to try today. Anyone still trying out in 350-500' range? Or just inside for stagers.

[FishingNYS]

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