Niagara River fishing report [01/31/06]

[Mike]

Niagara River (Lower): Muddy conditions continue to plague the lower Niagara due to the lack of ice cover on Lake Erie and windy conditions. Since mid-week, conditions have been poor, and the best fishing this weekend will likely be from shore. Concentrate on the pockets of clearer water that hug the shoreline in areas where the current is impeded. Shore anglers should be able to find some action in the Artpark area. Large streamers (e.g., white Zonkers), and spoons and spinners in silver or white should do the trick.

Niagara River (Upper): Few anglers have been fishing the river due to the lack of safe ice in protected areas and the muddy conditions. Until the water conditions went south, anglers fishing with minnows were taking good numbers of yellow perch around the Lighthouse and off the Holiday Inn on Grand Island.