Aaron Shirley Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 I fished the lower Niagara in gale-force-plus winds on Sunday with a bud Joe. I filmed a great salmon show with Joe and the Barnes brothers last July, and it will be available to watch or download by tomorrow at surelyfishing.ca I knew the weather wasn't looking good for us Sunday, but I didn't care. I HAD to get out, I was getting the shakes from fishing withdrawls lol. I didn't have a chance to fish in weeks, and when we got to the river to find heavily stained water, I wasn't impressed. I was hoping that the dams were spitting out muddy water, and the water would be cleaner up river. It was, and we had a good few hours of steelhead fishing Although I only had the morning to fish, we did well with a dozen steelies in the boat, including some good fish. We tried several baits, but fresh bow roe was the ticket in dime-sized peach spawn net, with some on pink or orange. The wind was so intense, I had my 80lb thrust trolling motor between 80 to 100 percent and still got blown off course badly. The harsh wind definitely wreeked havoc on good boat control, limiting opportunities. It's a good thing the fishing was so good to compensate The winds blew spray off waves over 50-feet at times! The wind was so severe I actually thought about packing it in... but the fish were biting lol The good thing was, we were fortunate to have dodged the rain and snow, until our drive back home. It was actually sunny for a good part of our fishing Some photos from our day. We had to put our fish in the livewell and head to calm areas to take pics, as the wind was too crazy where we were fishing to take photos! Good fishing! Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chilli Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 nice haul of fish Aaron! Here's what the stain looks like today <embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid190.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz252%2Fwildniagara%2FApril18th2011.mp4"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Crazy stuff Aaron. I wondered if anyone would brave the weather last weekend. It paid off for you tho and you got your fishing itch scratched Good job on the catching, especially in those conditions. Great report and pics bud. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Those big dark males are beautiful. nice shootin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimace Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Well done. Thanks for the report. As soon as I get the new boat rigged up I will be enjoying the Niagara area myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'mHooked Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Jerk! Nice going Aaron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 great day on the water congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctranter Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Aaron, your Niagara reports are always a treat. Fishing like this is on my fishing bucket list for sure. I can never get over the nice turquoise colour of that water. If I didn't know better I'd say you were smashing steelhead in Cuba! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Great looking steelhead! What a day you guys had.....amazing! TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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