Niagara Fishing Show

The Greater Niagara Fishing Expo coming up this February 13-16, 2025 will again host the highly acclaimed LOTSA (Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association) Salmon School. The School will offer those Lake Ontario anglers who love catching Kings, the opportunity to continue to improve their skills in advance of the 2025 season. For the past 14 years, LOTSA has offered this event which has sold out every year. Many attendees come back year after year because they understand that increasing their skills each year gives them the best chance to be more successful catching Kings the upcoming year. Even though the School is over 3 months away, over 50 % of the seats are already sold! There is no other education source that provides anything close to this opportunity! For those that attended in 2024, the value of the “Captains Bag” that each attendee received with the instructors “go to” baits alone exceeded the ticket price for the School! Not to mention the over $6,000 in door prizes that attendees left with in addition to the food stations and drinks on Friday, Hot Buffet on Saturday, Four day pass to the Greater Niagara Fishing Expo to see and buy from the top Exhibitors of Lake Ontario gear and a free LOTSA membership! All in a comfortable facility on a weekend in February surrounded by anglers who have the same passion for fishing Kings that you do! This is a unique “Custom” offering which is specifically built to cover the Salmon Fishing questions and topics that were submitted by each attendee when they registered. It is not an “off the shelf” offering that may or may not cover what each attendee requires. The instructors will use this input plus add what they think is most important to create a custom offering just for the 2025 School. The value of this can be seen in some of the catches by our 2024 Salmon School attendees who caught the 2024 Grand Prize Salmon in both the Spring and Summer LOC Derbies along with the first place Summer LOC Derby Salmon! Capt. Pete Alex (Lake Ontario west end and north shore), Capt. Rob Westcott (Lake Ontario central & west ends) and Capt. Casey Prisco (Lake Ontario east & west ends) are the instructors for the 2025 School. New for this year will be a guest Instructor (Captain Roy Letcher). Roy will provide a presentation on his specialty and what he is well known around the lake for, catching some of the biggest Kings caught in the lake year after year. The school again will be targeted for the experienced Lake Ontario Salmon Angler. Pete, Rob and Casey will provide a thorough walkthrough of each of their most important skills including the mental component Before, During and After their time on the water; along with the specific tools and techniques they utilize to make them consistently successful chasing Kings. The focus will be on the 3 main (open lake) Lake Ontario Salmon fishing periods (May, June/July, and August) and dive into the more technical aspects for each of these months relating to location, the "right" water, deep-water King tactics, locating and catching offshore Kings and on fishing "meat" among many other tactics. A significant amount of time will be spent on how each of them maximize the use of their Electronics to consistently be successful. Included throughout the day will be detailed video footage that will facilitate the learning process. Click here for more details and to register LOTSA Salmon School | Greater Niagara Fishing Expo

The 2022 Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo was unfortunately canceled but no way were we letting the ultimate bass fan experience not be enjoyed!!! Below please find the link to purchase a chance to win a VIP package to attend the Super Bowl of Bass fishing- THE 2022 BASSMASTER CLASSIC (March 4-6) https://niagarafishingexpo.com/2022-attractions/#bass As a added bonus you will receive a four day pass to the February 16-19, 2023 Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo with every ticket purchased. So everybody wins!!!! Maximum of 200 tickets sold. Proceeds to benefit Bass fishing education at 2023 Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo. Winner will be drawn live on the Expo Facebook page on Super Bowl Sunday and notified via emailed provided at time of the ticket purchase

Stocking Stuffer idea? How about a ticket to the LOTSA Salmon School that will be held on Saturday at the Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo this coming February 17 – 20, 2022. With less than 20 seats remaining, don’t wait long to take advantage of this opportunity for yourself or your fishing friends to help prepare for the upcoming season! Click here for more info and to purchase your ticket LOTSA 2022 Salmon School | Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo (niagarafishingexpo.com) If you’re an inexperienced Lake Ontario Salmon troller or know someone who is, a great Stocking Stuffer would be a ticket to the new LOTSA Beginner Salmon School which will be offered on both Saturday or Sunday during the Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo. Click here for more info and to purchase your ticket 2022 Attractions | Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo (niagarafishingexpo.com)

The 8th annual Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo, set to be held at the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls on February 19-21, has announced that it will cancel the event for 2021 and start planning for 2022 due to COVID-19.Because of the rescheduling, Expo coordinators felt that it was a good time to shift into a February time frame from the normal mid-January date when the show has run in the past. In addition, another day has been added to the show, giving it 4 days for everyone to enjoy all of the fishing education this “Teaching Fishing” show offers. The LOTSA Salmon School will also be back, bigger and better than ever, and is scheduled for Saturday February 19, 2022. The date change to February is a result of many requests to move the show closer to the Spring Fishing season. This should allow more people to attend, increase sales for the Exhibitors and deliver more fishing education. It also removes any conflicts with the NFL playoffs (think Bills playing on the Saturday of the show in January) and hopefully provides better weather. The show has experienced some of the worst winter weather of the year in each of it 7 years so hopefully the February date will bring better weather. Here is the full press release https://niagarafishingexpo.com/press-release/

The preliminary schedule for the Open Lake Trout & Salmon and Walleye Fishing seminars consisting of over 90 free seminars during the show (January 17 - 19) is now available on the show web site under the Education tab at www.niagarafishingexpo.com

About 6 weeks remain before the opening of the Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo on January 17th at 1 pm. This show is known as the "Teaching Fishing" which is what makes it unique from other events of this kind. The show facility - the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls - provides a unique blend of being able to offer a spacious Exhibitor Event Center, as well as a multitude of seminar rooms all utilizing "State of the Art" technology. The show utilizes these rooms plus the Hawg Trough to deliver up to 18 classes run concurrently, each targeting different topics/levels of expertise. The classes are taught by local and regional experts very knowledgeable in fishing the Western and Central NY waterways. New for this year, each class will be developed for a specific level of expertise including: 1. Beginner / Casual Level - The angler who is just starting out or who has limited knowledge on the topic. Attending these classes will dramatically shorten the learning curve and provide the opportunity for attendees to save some "Tackle $$" by purchasing what is needed to get started. 2. Experienced Level - The angler with some experience on the topic who is looking to pick up additional knowledge from more experienced anglers that will enable them to make tweaks to their program to increase their success. 3. Expert / Tournament Angler - The "diehard" angler who is looking to increase their knowledge and skills on the topic by taking "advanced" classes taught by some of the best of the best anglers on the water. The 2020 show will offer attendees the opportunity to attend over 200 free classes over the 3 days of the show. The 2019 show saw attendees taking the opportunity to increase their fishing knowledge by attending on average over 5 classes during the duration of the Expo. The core belief of the show is that it is making a difference toward the effort to grow the sport of fishing by providing a vast amount of fishing education to our attendees. By providing this education, this show will recruit new anglers, including the next generation, to the sport as well as providing existing anglers the fishing knowledge to increase their enjoyment of the time they spend on the water by being more successful. The education also allows anglers to diversify to include other species and tactics if they so desire. The 2020 curriculum of all free classes is guaranteed to improve your skills. The curriculum includes classes on the following: 1. Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon 2. Lake Erie & Inland Lake Walleye 3. Lake Erie, Ontario & Inland Lakes Bass 4. Lake Ontario & Erie Tributary Trout 5. Lake Erie & Inland Lakes Perch 6. Marine Electronics & Boat Rigging 7. Kayak Fishing 8. Fly Fishing 9. Casting Techniques 10. Youth Fishing 11. Fisheries Management / General Fishing The full schedules will be available at www.niagarafishingexpo.com beginning the middle of December.

Mark your calendars to attend the Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo this coming January 17 – 19, 2020. This "pure" fishing show is designed by Fishermen for Fishermen with the simple goals of promoting and teaching fishing. Now in our 7th year, it has become a "can't miss" annual event for thousands of anglers every year. The satisfaction of our attendees was shown by our 2019 survey where the average attendee was at the show for at least 2 days! With over 170 booths, containing many well know names and leading companies of "Fishing" related products, this is the largest freshwater fishing show in NYS and among the largest fishing shows anywhere in the Great Lakes. From bass and walleye to salmon and trout; from perch to piers, stream casters to trolling nuts; from fly fishing to ice fishing, from marine electronics to boat rigging; from fishing boats to kayak Fishing - there is a little bit if everything for every type of angler and level of expertise. "Teaching Fishing" is what this show was built around and what makes it unique. The Show Facility - the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls - provides a unique blend of a spacious Exhibitor Event Center and a multitude of seminar rooms all utilizing "State of the Art" technology. The show utilizes these rooms plus the Hawg Trough to deliver up to 18 classes (run concurrently) each targeting different topics / levels of expertise. The 2019 show offered attendees the opportunity to learn from over 200 free classes over the 3 days of the Show with the average attendee taking advantage of the opportunity to increase their fishing knowledge by attending over 5 classes during the show. The core belief of the show is that it is making a difference toward the effort to grow the sport of fishing by providing a vast amount of fishing Education to our attendees. By providing this education, this show will recruit new anglers including the next generation to the sport as well as providing existing anglers the fishing knowledge to increase their enjoyment of the time they spend on the water by being more successful. Come spend a day or all 3 days at the show. Check out the 170+ booths of Fishing Exhibitors including manufacturers and retailers showing / selling the latest fishing gear and accessories while taking in the seminars that are most relevant to you. To see all of the details on the show visit www.niagarafishingexpo.com. Fishing Flyer Great Lakes 2020.pdf

If you enjoy fishing you will love attending the Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo that will be held this coming January 18 – 20. This "pure" fishing show is designed to be an "event" where attendees can spend a long weekend enjoying and learning about your favorite pastime versus the normal one or two hour "walk through" shows that many are used to attending. Now in our 6th year, the show continues to grow toward becoming one of the best "fishing" shows in all of the Great Lakes. With over 170 fishing exhibitor booths and over 3,000 hours of "fishing" education provided to attendees at our January 2018 show, we are the largest freshwater "fishing" show in New York State and among the largest fishing shows anywhere in the Great Lakes. The Show Facility - the Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls - provides a unique blend of a spacious Exhibitor Event Center, multiple additional side rooms and a multitude of conference/seminar rooms all utilizing "State of the Art" technology. The core of the show is built around providing sportfishing education to all attendees. The core belief of our show is that education is the most important thing we can do to continue to grow the sport of fishing. We believe that by providing a significant amount of education, we will recruit new anglers including the next generation to the sport as well as the knowledge for existing anglers to increase their enjoyment for the time they spend on the water by being more successful. We take great pride in offering a multi-species fishing show with many well-known fishing manufacturers, local and regional fishing retailers, local fishing guides and outfitters, family-friendly fishing trips, discounted tackle, the best local fishing boat dealers, kayak fishing watercraft, marine electronics, local fishing clubs and much more. The show highlights the rich waters of Western New York which offers up to anglers one of the most productive and diversified year round freshwater fisheries on the planet! Admission to the show is $10 with Canadian cash accepted at par at the door for our Canadian guests. You can see all of the details on the Show at www.niagarafishingexpo.com. Fishing Flyer 2019 Bass.pdf