lower niagara fall drift fishing

[reddog20fan]

Looking for rod reel and line suggestions for drift fishing in the lower Niagara. Gonna give it a try this year any gear suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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[Mark Komo]

Unfortunately, no advice from me. Would like to hear the suggestions.

Also, do you really need a trolling motor bow mount? Is it really needed. (sorry, dont want to appear hijacking...)

[reddog20fan]

This is my first year with my boat, but I have fished from shire quite a bit in the lower river. It looks to me like the trolling motor would be a must.

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[Tim Bromund]

Mark,

A bow mounted trolling motor is an absolute must for boat control, both because you need it to control the boat speed to get the proper vertical presentation and because the popular drifts have a LOT of boats piled into a very tight area and total boat control is extremely important so you're not playing bumper boats with your neighbor. Those currents, eddies etc will push a boat around in a hurry.

Tim

[Don Supon]

Right on Tim!

Another factor for success would be to use floro leader from the 3-way to the hooks. Make that leader the length of your rod.

Until they actually start spawning, the kwik fish type lure is best. Switch to eggs around mid-September.