Hat Trick Charters

August 29, 2010
Salmon are in the Oswego and Salmon Rivers as we are writing this. Fish are staging off the Oswego River in small numbers and are also staging in larger numbers off the Salmon River. In 30 to 70 feet of water, which seems awful early for this. Fish appear to be very stubborn; maybe they need a few days to get acquainted with this unusual temperatures/water. Just had the weekends of September 4, and 5, open up, if anyone is interested please contact us ASAP.

August 24, 2010
The weekend ending August 22 found the Hattrick boating over 15 adult salmon, several large Cohoes & a good number of large browns. With about a 50% catch to loss ratio the action was fairly good. The largest salmon was an adult male weighing nearly 32 lbs, largest Cohoes 17 lbs, and browns ranging from 5 to 12 lbs. The fish are starting to stage in the 75 to the 100 ft range directly in front of the river. You will be fishing within 5 minutes of departure if water conditions remain the same. (Getting a northeast blow now hope it's a short one) Fishing should only get better as the days go on. Looks like September will be the best month this year for the adult salmon. Hope to see you on the water.

August 16, 2010
WOW, WOW, WOW, the Kings and Cohoes are finally here! And with extra bonus of very large brown trout! The heaviest catch of kings aboard the hattrick in several years happened this Sunday morning with an average of 26 lbs. per fish. (9 kings) Fishing for these fish can only get better each day as they will be staging outside the Oswego River and other tributaries. There are few open dates remaining and fishing should remain good right in to October, barring anymore quirks of Mother Nature. Hope to see you on the water.

August 8, 2010
With the unusually warm weather and exceptionally high winds fishing has been both good and bad. Brown trout fishing still remains good but Salmon are here one day and gone the next. Some steelhead fishing is being done over very deep water. Largest salmon this weekend aboard the Hattrick was 29 lbs. Saturday a 5 man limit of kings were taken aboard another boat just west of me. Hoping this is a good sign. As we are now in prime salmon season these fish should show up at any time in good numbers. With the unusual warm water in all our streams and rivers the fish should remain staging out front of the Oswego River in large numbers. Fishing should remain good all the way in October. Check out open dates on home page. Hope to see you on the water.

August 1 , 2010
Fishing still remains good for brown trout and small salmon off the Oswego River. The big boys have not got here in any numbers. The largest fish off the Hattrick this weekend was a 25 pound male king with a large hook jaw and those famous dog teeth. Kings in numbers should be arriving any time now as the water temperature is at the depth that is needed. Hopefully in a few days I will be updating this with their arrival. Salmon fishing should remain good all the way into October. The river water in the tributaries is extremely warm and I do not believe they will go up into the streams until it cools. They should be staging outside the river in large numbers anytime soon.
Hope to see you on the water.

July 26, 2010
Here we are the weekend of July 24. The brown trout fishing off the Oswego River remains fantastic! The outside fishery for steelheads, cohoes and kings is starting to develop nicely. Browns are ranging from 3 to 15 pounds and the salmon are ranging from 3 to 35 pounds. With each passing day the fishing for the silver fish/salmon will only getting better. By the time the end of August gets here there should be fishing ranging close to the 40 pound mark with an average on the adult salmon being 25 plus pounds. Hope to see you on the water

July 7, 2010
Fishing remains excellent !
Here we are the 5th day of July, hard to believe that more than half a year has gone by! Fishing remains excellent out of the Port of Oswego. Aboard the Hattrick this past week Kings up to 31 lbs. Cohoes 22lbs. (largest in many years) and Steelheads up to 15 lbs. With double digit catchers per trip. Looks like we are finally getting a thermocline. We also had a King on the dock in excess of 35 lbs. Fishing should only get better with time. There are a few dates left for this fishing season but going fast. Hope to see you on the water. Jim

June 29, 2010
Fishing is excellent !
Salmon fishing has increased tenfold. Fifteen to twenty five Cohoes, Kings, and Steelheads mixed are the norm. Fish have been ranging from 1.5 to 31 lbs. for the past twelve days. The combination of a huge amount of bait and near record catches of salmon for this month should make an excellent season. Record numbers of 1 and 2 year old fish are being taken. Fishing should only get better with each day passing. (I don't know how it could get much better!!). This past weekend the Canadian Salmon Derby (Scottie tournament) the top boats were averaging 25 lbs. per fish. This year there should be fish aboard the Hattrick in excess of 35 to 40 lbs. with sixty more days of growing season left. There are still a few open dates, but they are going fast. If you are thinking of booking a trip please get back either by e-mail or phone ASAP. Hope to see you on the water.

June 6, 2010
The browns are back!! Limit catches of browns, ranging from 3 to 15 pounds, mixed in with a few rainbows, salmon averaging 5 to 20 pounds. A must needed rain & a west wind did the trick!
Hope to see you on the big pond, Jim.

June 3, 2010
Fishing for Browns remain slow, lake trout fishing remains very good with a mixture of steelheads and a few small salmon.
Things should change shortly due to the thermal climate that is just setting up.
Hope to see you on the water, Jim.

May 20, 2010
Fishing changes from day to day, bad one day & good the next. 19 catches on salmons weighing 20 lbs, and browns up to 13 lbs. were caught on the Hat trick. But the numbers have been low the past several days. With a little rain and the appearance of bait, fishing will return to the norm.
Hope to see you on the water, Jim.

May 7, 2010
Fishing still remains excellent !
We have had limit catches of browns ranging from 3 to 17 pounds. Groups fishing for Kings are averaging 4 to 6 kings per outing, ranging from 10 to 22 pounds. With a hard northeast blow due for this weekend the fishing for browns should remain excellent. Some late trout are being caught ranging from 3 to 10 pounds.

APRIL 23 - 25 2010
Fishing was great over the weekend!
We averaged 27 fish per trip with the fish ranging from 3 -- 13 lbs!!

APRIL 18, 2010
What a start to the 2010 season!
This weekend, April 17 & 18 in the Oswego harbor we had limit catches of brown trout ranging from 3 to 12 pounds. Along with Cohoes, Rainbows, Walleyes, & believe it or not a 12+ Muskie. What a start to the spring season. Can't wait to get to the lake. Browns look to be the largest in many seasons. If you're thinking about booking a brown trout trip, booking early is suggested.
See you on the water. Jim

APRIL 2, 2010
Looks like a good start for the 2010 season. Browns, Kings, Coho, Steelheads, and Lake Trout, arranging from 3 to 21 pounds are being caught in the lake off the Oswego Harbor-river. The lake is extremely low for this time of year and water temps are higher than normal. Bookings for brown trout should be from April to the beginning of July. Reports from the Canadian side have reported kings up to 28 pounds. Looks like the year of the big fish (I hope). Hope to see you on the water.

Hat Trick Charters has put together a fishing video that will SHOW you how good the fishing has been.
Click here to see a March 2009 fishing video.
Click here to check out our fishing video from last season!
Click here to check out the brown trout video from last season!