John Van Hoff News Today

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

Fishing continues to be very good in the lower Niagara River, with the best action being on the Niagara Bar; meanwhile high waters make fishing challenging on the Salmon and Oswego Rivers.

Salmon and trout are beginning to stage close to the mouths of tributaries and walleye action remains consistent.

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.

Fishing continues to be good in our treasured Great Lakes as summer hits August. More derbies and tournaments are coming. The Bart’s Cove Duel at Dunkirk ended with a crazy

Kings have been feeding from 60 to 100‘ down with most anglers finding success using flasher/fly combos and meat rigs.

Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report – May 13 , 2021 Frank Campbell The Lake Ontario Counties spring trout and salmon derby is approaching its final weekend and a new $15,000 Grand Prize leader has emerged this week as Ken Champagne of Ohio caught a 25-pound, 8-ounce Niagara Bar king salmon on a flasher-fly, besting Jeff Smith of New Brighton, Pa. who had taken the early lead on the first day of the contest May 7. Smith’s was a 24-pound, 15-ounce Olcott king salmon he caught on a Ca...

Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report – April 29 , 2021 Frank Campbell With the opening of the state’s wild turkey season taking place of Saturday, along with the opening of walleye, northern pike, pickerel, and tiger musky seasons, it will be a tough decision on what to do. Do not forget to throw in that salmon fishing is starting to take off along the Niagara County shoreline for its annual spring salmon fever and it is near impossible. Oh yeah, trout are still in the Niagara River...