Lake Erie - Buffalo Harbor And Or Presque Isle Bay, Reports??

[Bassaddiction]

Any reports for smallmouth bass fishing up there? We will be staying in the buffalo area. This is the first time ever fishing the lake. We plan on mainly fishing buffalo harbor and possibly the river near there. Te other possibility would be presque isle bay if the reports are good enough.

Thanks for any help that is given!!!! We start fishing tomorrow, Monday, were driving up now!!

[BuffaloBass716]

I fish the Upper Niagara a lot and I plan on heading out tomorrow morning, its supposed to be an excellent day.  As for the Buffalo harbor, I don't fish that area, I fish further down the river near Grand Island, and only from shore.  People have been catching them on tubes, soft jerk baits, and t-rigged plastic worms drifting the current from shore.  The water temps are in the upper 40's I believe, so its still rather cold.  

 

I've never fished from a boat or lake Erie directly but the fish seem to be shallow enough to target from shore for me at least. Just fish anything slowly.  Just last week I was talking to a guy fishing for smallies from the bank in the river and he nailed a nice 20" fatty.  I consider that really good in the river, from shore, with cold water temps. I'm positive you'll get into some nice fish tomorrow.  

 

Let me know how you do tomorrow, and what worked for you. Good Luck!

[Bassaddiction]

Thanks were giving it a go tomorrow, will let u know!!

[BuffaloBass716]

I started off in the river this morning, trying out some megastrike tubes rigged on their ShakE2 jig head.  First time using tubes ever and it was a fun day.  I got one pretty quick, then I moved locations down the river and got more bites, a few were probably close to 20" but they kept jumping and spit the hook.  Hooked a few more smallies, all decent size and really fat! 

 

Afternoon I decided to try down the canal in Tonawanda because of the wind. Picked off 2 largemouth in 20 mins then called it quits haha. Pretty exciting day for me, how did you guys do near the harbor?

[TheBug]

Be interested to hear how you made out in Buffalo Harbor.  I'm thinking of heading there this weekend.