massbaster

Two weeks ago, a fishing buddy and myself were in the upper Niagara drifting the shorline of Navy Island. There is lots of suspended algae floating in water, which our crankbaits were constantly snagging. Virtually every cast would bring in a load of algae. The other thing we noticed was the strong, putrid odor of the water at the boat launch. The only way to describe the smell would be to compare it to the smell of sewage. It seems to be worse this year then in years past. We still managed to catch about 1/2 doz. smallies in a about an hour and a half. (One was a nice size, about 3lbs. that we released) But the smallies we got, hit as soon as the crankbait touched the water. After about two turns of the reel, you're loaded down with algae. I tried the lower river the next day at Queenston, and the algae was just as nasty there too.