Smallmouth Bass fishing Niagara River

Excellent fishing continues in Lake Ontario. King Salmon and Lake Trout came to the boat today in big numbers. Surface temperature in the lake was 53.6 degrees. Winds were light out of the south which gave us calm water during our morning session. Fish are starting to push off deeper as waters warm.

We decided to switch from a morning to a afternoon charter. Residual waves from the past two day wind event were all but gone by the afternoon. Lake was like glass and we never stopped catching kings. Water surface temperature was 52.8 degrees.

Water temperature 39.6 degrees Water color was mud with a few inches of visibility. This was the coldest day of the year. Brown trout bite was pretty consistent dispite dirty water. Winds were fairy calm with the occasional wnw gust. Beads were the hot bait of choice today.