Aaron Shirley Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 The lower Niagara River was a very busy place on Saturday with the annual Straight Line Anglers steelhead tournament being held at Queenston. It was great to see everyone, and the tourney went well. The river was still heavily stained a greyish greenish colour, but we had about a couple feet of vis. Although not prime water conditions, it was still decent fishing. I had Phil and Chris out in my boat, and we tied into some nice browns and steelies. It was a heavy roe bite for us. We tried artificials, but they didn't produce like roe did. Quarter-sized brownie bags in pink, yellow and white were good. In the morning, I gave some Trigger X eggs to Frank and Rich to try. At weigh-in, Rich told me he got a 25lb sturgeon on a Trigger X egg! All in all it was a nice day on the river with a couple of good guys. It was nice to see guys I hadn't seen in a while at weigh in. Sorry we couldn't stay and chat, but we were heading back out to fish and I couldn't tie up the small steel wall area with my boat. I don't know who took th three top spots as we had to get my boat off the wall and head out, but it wasn't us lol. Hopefully someone has the results. Fun tourney boys. When the river has at least 3 feet of visibility, it will be on fire! Here are the pics Good fishing! Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Wow man, look at the bellies on a few of those fish!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Well done bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantabigone Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Those browns are gorgeous, nice pics and a good day out. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Solid day on the water! Those browns look awesome!!! TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Field Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Awesome looking fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Shirley Posted December 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Wow man, look at the bellies on a few of those fish!!!! lol, the fat brownies were all released. They were ripe and dropping eggs in my boat. They are waiting for you on the Niagara! Here are a few shots at weigh in. My fish didn't make the top three, but it put up a spectacular fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chase4chrome Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Those browns are gorgeous--love the fatties too though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Aaron, the Lund has been put away for the season unfortunately, lol!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocheleauc Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Wow, beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvette1 Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 nice fish Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Great stuff Aaron. Some real nice brownies there I'd like to give the lower one more try before the boat goes into storage (not like we made it down there this year anyhow ). If it would quit raining, maybe it'll clear up a bit in the next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Fantastic, Aaron. I think browns are one of the purdiest fish in the world. Thanks a lot for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaque Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Some dandy fish in that mix for sure. Were you drinkin a cheap american beer in that last pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobee Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 nice aaron! niagara produced some good fish this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Barry Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Bondar won with a 12 pounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobee Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 did they check the belly for lead??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeedLine Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Great looking fish. Thanks for the report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Great stuff Aaron. Some real nice brownies there I'd like to give the lower one more try before the boat goes into storage (not like we made it down there this year anyhow ). If it would quit raining, maybe it'll clear up a bit in the next week You got my number J. Love the browns. Great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Nice pile of fat browns and steelies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyder3g Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Nice woodheads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassnass Posted December 16, 2011 Report Share Posted December 16, 2011 So good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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