BEST
FISHING DATES BY SPECIES
Best Dates for Fishing Lower Niagara River and
Lake Ontario by veteran
fishermen

PLANNING A TRIP TO FISH
THE WORLD RENOWN
LOWER NIAGARA RIVER AND/OR LAKE ONTARIO?
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HERE

NEW!
Shore Fishing Access
Areas for Niagara and Erie Counties GO
HERE

VETERAN
FISHERMEN’S FAVORED
LOWER NIAGARA RIVER/LAKE

ONTARIO

FISHING
DATES BY SPECIES

November – December – January – February – March

Rainbow/Steelhead ~ All Lower
Niagara River

Lakers
on the Niagara Bar

April – May – June

Spring
Kings/Lake Trout/Brown Trout/Coho Salmon

June – July – August [from middle June]

Smallmouth Bass/Walleye 8-20 ft.,
Lake
and River

Steelhead /Salmon/Browns in Lake
Limited Muskie Fishing

August [Late] through September/October/November

Kings Return!
The
Biggies!
Smallmouth/Walleye through October

NOTE:
There is great perch fishing in early May and June then picks up again in
September and October – Smallmouth Bass fishing all summer