Trout action

Took out Chris Hockley from Pure Fishing and Bob Sexton from Outdoor Canada for a day of trout fishing.  It was Bobs first trip on the Niagara and he was impressed.  Chris is an established photographer and took some amazing shots. 











Had a cancellation last minute for Saturday so I took my brother out.  One of the best steelhead days I have had in a few years. We hooked over 30 fish, most of which were steelhead.  A few lakers and browns mixed in as well.
   I fooled around with my Corel software to make use of some blurry shots.  Kind of cool results.  Will definately learn more about it for future use. 















Took James, Ben and Phil out yesterday for a day of trout fishing.  This is their second year with me.  Last year we beat up on the browns because of the dirty water.  This year I was able to show them what the Niagara is really all about.  We hammered bows, lakers and browns.  James also is into photography and sent me a couple shots. 





 Hope the fishing continues to be this good into winter.  See you on the water.

Colors of Fall

Wow, how time flies by.  I cant believe its already fall.  I havent posted in awhile...too busy fishing!
  Fall is here and its trout season is starting to get hot.  The brown trout fishing is again amazing. 



There are so many lakers in the river its disgusting.  The steelhead are around, but not in great numbers yet.  I suspect these cold nights may get them to start resting longer on our Canadian drifts.  The water is very clear, clearest I have seen it in a long time in November.  We usually are dealing with wind and rain by now, but have been spared with great weather so far.  I am sure we are going to pay for it. 
  I did two shows with Cyril Chauquet from the Fishing Adventurer on NBC sports...hopefully it will pan out with some good publicity and business.  We did a show on Erie for smallmouth.  Cyril got a nice 6 1/4lber on film.  Lots of action.   We also did a show on the lower river.  He was quite impressed with your trout fishery.  He got his niagara trifecta, steelhead, brown laker, in no time. 
  I have mixed feelings about the fall.  I love the trout fishery that starts, but i really am going to miss swinging on largemouth and smallmouth bass!

Early spring

Wow, what a poor excuse for a winter that was. I will take it though, I hate the cold. With the mild winter came alot of wind and rain. The river stayed dirty pretty much for a couple of months. Worst steelehead season I have ever had. The brown trout fishing was amazing though, kept us busy throughout the whole winter.
I was really excited to get out on Erie to do some smallmouth fishing. Finally got out and the temps were in the high 70's and the water was flat calm. I went out with a couple of buddies and we just smashed the fish in shallow. Most came on jerkbaits, got a few on the blade bait and a few on the dropshot. Its hard to put down the jerkbait when the bite is on. We caught well over 60 fish and the biggest was 6.4. It was the earliest I have ever fished Erie for smallmouth.
Went out again today with my brother. Conditions where alot different. High in the mid 40's and a stiff northwest breeze. We tried shallow, but the fish didnt seem to respond so we started drifting in the mid twenty foot water and caught well over 30 fish with the biggest at 7 lbs even. We also got one over six and many in the five lb range. Here are some pics from the last two trips....what a difference in the weather.

Mid winter report

Not much of a winter actually, however like I suspected, wind and rain has kept the river dirty for weeks at a time. Thank god there are still a lot of browns in the river to keep things interesting. The steelhead are there as well and can be caught using the right techniques. Looks like its going to be an early spring, looking forward to getting back on the lake for some trophy smallies.