Daily fishing verdict · 2026-09-21

Mostly cloudy, 60°F — kings starting to build.

Published: 2026-09-21 Written from: the dock at 1511 Oak Orchard River Rd, Waterport, NY

Water's sitting at 60.6°F and cooling, flow has peaked and is falling from yesterday's 383 cfs down to 337 — conditions that could nudge early Chinook to move. The catch is dissolved oxygen at 2.8 mg/L, which is still concerningly low and will limit how actively anything feeds. Smallmouth are technically in their range too, though that DO number makes it hard to predict how they'll respond.

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