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My brother and I decided to pull the boat out of the Genny and head west for two days. After all the amazing stories we have heard about Niagara bar, we had to give it a try. We stayed at the Wilson Boatyard Marina. Rented a room (which was a very nice clean room) and rented a slip directly below the balcony of the room. It was a sweet setup. Other than the fact that everything in Wilson is closed on Tuesdays, bars restaurants etc, it was an A plus for location. We hit the boat at 530am, Tuesday Morning. Headed 7 miles west, from Wilson to the Niagara bar. Lots of boat but not enough to be an issue. Everyone was spread out well. We made our way to the red buoy, outside the Niagara river, about a mile or so out I guess. Stayed in 60-80 feet. The rods never stopped. I mean never stopped. Between 25 - 30 knockoffs lost two fish. It was as advertised. It became very interesting when we had a triple on, two dipseys and rigger popped within ten seconds. When we got the first king to the boat the net went into the lake. Gone. So we picked the rest of the fish out of the lake into the boat by hand. We were purposefully trying to tire out bigger kings so they would come in exhausted. The biggest was 19.5 lbs. From what we heard the bigger kings were deeper, but because we didn’t join the Wilson tournament, we didn’t care. Catching 10-15 pound salmon at such a high rate was so much fun. Nailed a nice steelhead and one laker. If your a casual weekend fisherman like we are, and have considered making this trip I would highly recommend it. It was the best fishing trip we have ever done by far. We met some great people, however many people seemed a little tight lipped about the fishing because the tournament was in play. Which is fine. We noticed a lot of PA and Ohio plates at the launch. Overall a great experience. Early May is on the calendar for next year.

Thank you!

Thank you for the great report. Very helpful.

Headed out of the Genny around 5pm. Headed East to ibay. Went 5 for 6. One small king and 4 browns. One nice 10 lb brown. Bay rat Esmerelda, green and black was hot and blue jeans spoon with 1/4 oz inline weight. Headed to Wilson next week Tuesday Wednesday Thursday for my first time. Staying at the Marina. Can’t wait. If anyone has any tips about fishing Wilson feel free to pass on. Hopefully the wind will cooperate 🙏

Nice job. I also got blown off the lake yesterday.

Fantastic. Thanks for the pics.

Thx!!

Awesome. Great info. I appreciate the response.

I have 4 WIRE diver setups My question is when running 2 divers on the same side of the boat… The inside Diver is a mag dipsey set on a ONE setting. The second diver…is it a mag? Is wire ok for the outside diver too? What is a safe setting for no tangle etc. 2,3 or all the way over. Lastly, I understand current and numerous variables are in play, but as a rule of thumb, with WIRE dipsey mags, what is the depth ratio. 3-1 ? 2-1? I know they have the chart, but I read different opinions regarding wire depths etc. Thanks for any direction/help here.

I’ll be up this week in oak point, a couple miles from chip bay. I troll in Rochester for salmon etc mostly, but I will be doing walleyes as well close by you on the river. I’ll be up all week. Let me know how you do and let’s keep in touch. Text or call me at 5857341383 Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Wow nice fish. Thanks for the detailed report! As always. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Beauty! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

One hit in front of ibay tonight. 111 ft down over 160. 46 degrees. Ripper. Lost it after a couple minutes. Other than that, just a calm beautiful night. Saw some other boat out deep hope they got into something. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I was out last night same same area. I’m sure I saw you. Didn’t get a hit. Worked 180-120 feet. 80 feet down. We Did well a few days ago in same area Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Keep it up! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

The drift in front of singer castle always produces small mouth bass. That’s near chip bay. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Love it. Great post Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Go whaler! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Went bass fishing with my son and his girlfriend yesterday Aft. Worms, drifting for bass. She hooked and landed this 28 inch walleye. It was a great moment. We were in 50 feet of water after a drift about to pick up and do the drift again. Bang. 10 minute fight. 30 minute fish fry around the fire. Great experience for all. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Whaler! Your the man. Those look awesome Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Ibay this am. Pretty slow for me. I think someone shoved a banana under the anchor or something. I gotta check that out.

Thanks for the post! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Went out of the Genesee yesterday. Temp was at 90 ft. Blank screens. Went from 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft trolled in every direction at all speeds. Zero knockoffs. FF, spoons, meat everything. One of those days I guess. I need a solid trip with some action. Trolled from 4-9 pm. Ugh. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Nice fish! I see you have a snubber on your dipsey. I run a wire dipsey set up with no snubber. I’ll try using one. I’ve lost a few fish on that wire dipsey. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United