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Great Lakes/Niagara River/St. Lawrence River Fishing

Great Lakes boardering NY and important Great Lakes Cities

Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River, and their tributaries provide diverse, world-class fishing for a variety of species. Fishing opportunities for Great Lake's anglers include offshore open lake trolling for trophy-sized trout, salmon and walleye, as well as superb near-shore angling for smallmouth bass and panfish. These waters also provide wintertime ice fishing in protected embayments, shore and pier fishing, and outstanding seasonal tributary fishing for spawning concentrations of trout and salmon.

WANTED: Lake Ontario Bass Anglers to participate in a Lake Ontario Black Bass Angler Diary Program. For more information, click on the link to the right.

Lake Erie

Niagara River

Lake Ontario

St. Lawrence River