Gary Laidman News Today

With water levels on the decline, steelhead and brown trout are being found hunkering in where they can find cover.

Mild weather, a lack of snow, and hungry trout and walleye are coming together to provide some very good fishing opportunities.

There are still salmon hanging on, but most anglers have switched gears and are now targeting the trout that are entering the tributaries.

Fishing has picked up this week with salmon beginning to stage, and good bass and walleye action.

The kings are staging closer to shore on Lake Ontario, while in the bays, largemouth are hitting along weedlines and points, and over in the river, walleyes and bass are hitting stickbaits.

Action had been good for trout until late last week, but then some nasty weather took over and anglers are looking toward smaller tributaries and creeks until conditions start to clear up.

Anglers pushing through marginal conditions are getting into some decent steelhead, walleye and lakers.

Winter anglers must take advantage of good fishing conditions when they become available - you never know how long they will last

Safe ice is hard to come by but the few guys out taking advantage of the weather and this in-between time on the rivers (after the fall salmon/brown trout action and before spring steelhead) are doing well.

Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report – February 11, 2021 Greater Niagara Region   It is cold out there. The temperature this morning was 12 degrees. This cold snap will stay with us for at least another week or so. The polar blast has had a serious impact on Lake Erie and what was once wide-open water as recent as last week now has 80 percent ice cover according to recent reports. What that means for lower Niagara River fishermen is that storms will not have as much of an effect on th...