rhare Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) I spent this weekend down in Niagara falls fishing the river. The weather was nothing less then beautiful and the fishing was GREAT!! If you have never fished the Niagara before add it to your list of to dos what a incredible body of water. Tons of scrappy fish, wicked scenery and lots of water to fish. Even just hiking around the river is a real blast. now to the fishing. We started on Saturday morning bright and early by hiking along the river and fishing some backwater eddies. The bass where very co operative. we used tubes and must have landed 60+ bass. Nothing overly Hugh but all super scrappy. I was working my tube in a big school of bait when I was pounded I knew right away it was no bass, maybe a laker?? Nope a nice July steelhead in awesome shape. What a fight it must have jumped 6 times. The first steel I have ever caught in July. and the first one on a white tube. Sunday Morning we headed out with Paul Castellano of Cast Adventures. We started working over some shallow water bass areas but the chop on the water was making the topwater bite tough so we decided to go bounce some walleyes before the sun got too high. The eyes where on. In just over a hour we boated 4 eyes in the 4lbs range and lost 3 more fish. The first 3 drifts produced fish!! The best coming in at 23" a new PB for me in my young walleye career. From there we decided to move on a fish for some more bass. This is where paul introduced us to Strike Zone Slammers drop shot bait. I had seen some of the Mark's stuff on line but never had a chance to get my hands on it. WHAT A BAIT!! If you don't have any get some in your box. In about 30min the 3 of us landed over 30 bass on slammers in various colors including a back to back pair of 20" tanks I landed in a 50 yard section of shore. It was crazy. My buddy started with a tube and got nothing well Paul and I smashed bass on slammer a quick switch and he was killing em too. At the end of the day we had landed well over 60 bass, and that was a tough bite!!! Hats off to Cast Adventures for making another weekend to remember. http://www.castadventures.ca http://www.strikezonetournamentbaits.com tightlines Ryan Edited July 8, 2008 by troutguy
fishindevil Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 Nice catch !!!!! beauty fish too...cheers gotta love mark kuliks baits,he makes them himself,and he catches some really big bass too,i have some as well and will be using them this weekend !!!
jwl Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 nice mixed bag..gotta love the mighty Niagara. Paul from Cast Adventures is a pretty solid guy to get out with for the day, he has a good knack for showing his clients an A1 time.
Rustic-Fisher Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 Nice surprise bow, always a few strays all summer long RF
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 Excellent report! I keep telling people, tubes will catch any fish that swims. What a nice bonus! Nice pickerel and bass too!! Niagara has a very impressive fishery.Sounds like a great day out on the water. And props to Paul and Cast Adventures.
Joey Posted July 7, 2008 Report Posted July 7, 2008 I love fishing the Niagara. Great report and pics. Nice mixed bag. Joey
CLofchik Posted July 8, 2008 Report Posted July 8, 2008 Which access are those stairs? I keep meaning to get out to the Niagara, but am pretty clueless on how or where to fish it.
Victor Posted July 8, 2008 Report Posted July 8, 2008 Looks like a beautiful place to visit and fish! Gotta give it a shot later this summer. Thanks for the report!
Greencoachdog Posted July 8, 2008 Report Posted July 8, 2008 Great report, pics, and fish!!! It looks a lot more comfortable to fish that river now than in January.
dannyboy Posted July 8, 2008 Report Posted July 8, 2008 Which access are those stairs? I keep meaning to get out to the Niagara, but am pretty clueless on how or where to fish it. The stairs lead to the whirlpool. Dan
rhare Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Posted July 8, 2008 Thanks everyone, Its worth taking a day and hiking around the river for a fish. Great views strong fish who could ask for more
lunkerbasshunter Posted July 8, 2008 Report Posted July 8, 2008 yeah i hear those niagara fish are awesome fighters. next time im out that way i am going to do some shore fishing! Cheers!
jwl Posted July 9, 2008 Report Posted July 9, 2008 Great report, pics, and fish!!! It looks a lot more comfortable to fish that river now than in January. that's some of the best times to go coach....I grew up fishing the Niagara, and love it!!!, I know the river very well and have my most fun in the winter I would have to say.
Mark Kulik Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Glad you had a great day fishing Ryan, and thanks for the kudo's on my baits, Pauls a solid angler and good guy, I'm looking forward to getting out with him this year.
Hellfish Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 cant say enough good things about Paul thats for sure, were going to head out with him for musky in the fall im sure we will kill em
rhare Posted July 11, 2008 Author Report Posted July 11, 2008 Glad you had a great day fishing Ryan, and thanks for the kudo's on my baits, Pauls a solid angler and good guy, I'm looking forward to getting out with him this year. NP Mark. I picked up another 4.5lbs smallie last night on Simcoe with the slammer great bait for big bass. You'll have a blast with Paul thats forsure!
Zubris21 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 Nice report! I've got some family in Niagara Falls. Maybe I'll have to make a visit this summer!
jwl Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 Nice report! I've got some family in Niagara Falls. Maybe I'll have to make a visit this summer! if you do, shoot me a PM I can turn you on to some good fishin spots no prob, I have over 30 years experience fishing the area
cplummer Posted August 8, 2008 Report Posted August 8, 2008 gotta love Paul's ability for finding fish.. i fished the niagara a couple times and love it..
Leecher Posted August 8, 2008 Report Posted August 8, 2008 Great report and pics Ryan Congrats on your PB You were in a beautiful spot and caught a good mix bag of fish Thanks for sharing Leechman
jwl Posted August 8, 2008 Report Posted August 8, 2008 gotta love Paul's ability for finding fish..i fished the niagara a couple times and love it.. by a couple times, you mean more like a couple times a month you might not go fishin right??? , I can't wait until we hit the steel a couple times a week like last winter...still cracks me up that my neighbours think I am whacked when the boat sits in the driveway almost all summer then it starts to snow and i get out as much as I could gottas hit a couple of my fav shore trashin spots too once the "salmon angler season" is over
cplummer Posted August 8, 2008 Report Posted August 8, 2008 by a couple times, you mean more like a couple times a month you might not go fishin right??? , I can't wait until we hit the steel a couple times a week like last winter...still cracks me up that my neighbours think I am whacked when the boat sits in the driveway almost all summer then it starts to snow and i get out as much as I could gottas hit a couple of my fav shore trashin spots too once the "salmon angler season" is over oh come on.. i don't fish THAT much!!! i missed 2 days fishing in may... and 1 in march
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