Fishing on the Oswego River is great all year. The summer months provide fantastic bass and walleye fishing. The fall provides excellent trout and salmon fishing. During the winter months the steelhead reigns king. Spring fishing is also awesome as well. Spring time anglers on the river may encounter any and all species of fish that exist in the Lake Ontario waters
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   Anthony Ficacci from Flanders, N.J. caught this monster 16 pound brown trout from Lake Ontario in the summer of 2003. It was just one of many browns they caught on lake that summer. He likes to troll between Oswego and Catfish Creek. Anthony and his wife strictly fish for browns on their boat, they find it more challenging and rewarding then fishing for kings. The thermocline sets up nicely about 65 feet down over 100 feet of water somtime in early June. This is what creates the excellent brown trout fishing that will last until the summer ends. Just a handful of flutter spoons will do the trick.
Anthony Ficacci from Flanders, N.J. caught this monster 16 pound brown trout from Lake Ontario

Oswego Brown Trout Fishing

  The brown trout in Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes experience a phenomenal growth rate. They are able to utilize the colder water and venture in to warmer water that rainbow and lake trout do not feed in. The New York State record brown trout weighed 33 lb. 2oz. It was caught by Tony Brown on a Smithwick Rogue from Lake Ontario on June 10, 1997 aboard Dixie Dandy with Captain Gerry Bresadola.

   The Oswego area of Lake Ontario has produced a World Record Coho Salmon as well as the New York State Record Brown Trout . Stephen M. Sheets of Woolrich, Pa., caught the record breaking coho that weighed in at 33.45 pounds on August 13, 1998. Tony Brown of Schenectady, NY caught the new state record brown of 33-pounds, 2-ounces on June 10, 1997. Both of these fantastic fish were taken by clients of local charter captains.

  Spawning for the brown trout takes place in the fall. Each year in October and November the tributaries of the Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes receive a large run of these spawning fish. Unlike salmon Brown Trout will hit a fly or lure when presented properly. Eighteen Mile Creek, Oak Orchard Creek, Salmon River, Oswego River, Niagara River, Black River, Genesee River, and Maxwell Creek are some of the fall hot spots for fall brown trout fishing.


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Oswego Brown Trout Fishing, The brown trout in Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes experience a phenomenal growth rate. They are able to utilize the colder water and venture in to warmer water that rainbow and lake trout do not feed in. The New York State record brown trout weighed 33 lb. 2oz
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