Daily Report

On Monday we had mild conditions with the temperature reaching into the 60's along with rain in the afternoon that was heavy at times. Late in the day the temperature dropped and during the night we picked up several inches of lake effect snow. For Tuesday we will have much colder conditions with 20 plus mph winds and the temperature struggling to reach into the 20's. The dam release is 1600cfs and as of this morning Pineville gauge was around 2360cfs.  The upper end of the river in Altmar will have the best water clarity and the least amount of runoff and is where the majority of bank anglers are going. The drift boats are taking advantage of the higher flows while covering lots of water.  With the higher flows the fish will be holding in the softer water along the edges and inside seams. For those anglers who are fly fishing, anglers have had success dead drifting with nymphs, using egg patterns under a strike indicator or swinging small streamers with sink tips. For those anglers who are float fishing or bottom bouncing, egg sacs, beads and pink worms have produced the best results.

Suggested patterns:

Egg patterns: Glo-bugs, estaz eggs, sucker spawn, steelie omelet in size 6-10.

Streamers: Krystal buggers, egg sucking leeches, beadhead woolly buggers in size 6-10.

Nymphs: Prince nymphs, Copper John's, Hare's ear, Rubber legged stones, Wiggle stones, estaz stones, steelhead hammer, steak-n-eggs in size 8-10.