Wade Rowcliffe News Today

If you have a boat ready to go at a moment’s notice to hit a hot salmon bite, pay attention to the water temperatures and bait.

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.

January is steelhead time so keep everything bright with egg sacs, beads, flies, and small jigs.

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...