Walleye fishing has picked up and there was a nice one entered in the Summer LOC Derby last week at 9 pounds, 7 ounces by Richard Barber of Niagara Falls to place sixth.
Not too much has changed in the upper river as the waters continue to warm from a record Lake Erie water temperature. Bass, walleye and sheepshead have been cooperating, but different levels of action.
Bob Wilson at Russ’s Bait and Tackle reports bass are hitting soft-shelled crabs off the breakwall off Buffalo.
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Capt. Joe Oakes of Newfane reports it is not as constant as it was a few weeks ago. The fish have been moving around a lot with the wind that seems to be blowing one way or the other lately. Some days, the fish are inside of 300 feet and other days they are in 400-plus. Same goes for depth. Prior to the northeast blow last Friday, best depths were 60 to 100 feet according to Oakes. Then it went to 30 to 60 feet down Saturday and Sunday and back to 60 to 100 after Sunday morning. Best baits have been flasher-fly rigs and spoons.
Capt. Bob Songin at the Oak started deep but moved closer to 200-foot depths, where he found a good class of king salmon 60 to 80 feet down using a mix of spoons and flasher-fly this week. Best spoon was a Dreamweaver silver-green-glow. Best spin doctor was a green duke with either an A-Tom-Mik stud fly or a blue hammer fly.
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