Hurricane Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 going to check out walton woods tomorrow. is there a lot of shore access? Quote
Sean Barbour Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 4 hours ago, LastCastChris said: going to check out walton woods tomorrow. is there a lot of shore access? the lake behind the amherst police station has some shore access. The lake that is farther into the Audubon development has almost 100% shore access but this makes it the most pressured and may effect how easy it is to catch fish. 10 hours ago, LastCastChris said: wheres that at? harwood lake is south of us in franklinville Quote
NT man Posted August 29, 2016 Posted August 29, 2016 Took kayak out today. Fished the Erie canal along N Tonawanda. A lot of hits, only landed two smallmouth bass. Quote
Yak716 Posted August 29, 2016 Posted August 29, 2016 Had a great weekend in Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks. This was my biggest Smallie (16") & got the fish finder installed & working. I'd love to meet up with the other kayakers on here & hit up some of these ponds I hear about. Quote
Matt Chodaczek Posted September 2, 2016 Posted September 2, 2016 On 8/27/2016 at 2:15 PM, LastCastChris said: going to check out walton woods tomorrow. is there a lot of shore access? Plenty of shore spots. Had my best luck between 5-10am so far. Caught a few at other times. But I got my PB 18in there last weekend, it's my current pic. Been only bass fishing for abouthe 2 months so I was happy to land that one on pre sunrise buzzbait Quote
PIFisher Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 Hey guys, I am up in the Hamburg area for work for the next few days, just looking for some places to get a line wet. I have my full bass kit and I stopped by Colville Outfitters and got some steel head stuff(just a few spoons). I fished the jetty off of Allegany rd yesterday with no luck and fished the creek side flipping under the docks and such too. Just trying to get anything on while im up here. I have never caught a smallie, steelhead, or walleye before so thats what I am mainly going after. Quote
River Dave Posted September 9, 2016 Posted September 9, 2016 Thanks Chris! Unfortunately that's the sole highlight of the season so far. I went back there last week looking for a reapeat and only caught one small bass all day. I'm out on the River right now and am just dyin' out here (which is why I'm on my phone instead of fishing). Been out for 8 hours and still skunked. Startin' to think maybe these fish don't like me anymore. Tough tough year. Need some cold rain or something to cool this water down. Still almost 80 in the River. I went over the side to cool off earlier and the water is the perfect temperature for swimming. Unfortunately it's horrible for fishing. Quote
Newbuck Posted September 15, 2016 Posted September 15, 2016 Hey guys, bumping this topic to introduce myself! Moved out to Buffalo a few months ago, and try to get out fishing as much as I can. I don't really know the area well, and have thus far been relatively unsuccessful. Pulled a brown trout out of the Cattaraugus, and one small smallie out of 18 Mile Creek. Would love some tips or advice for wadeable streams/small rivers that hold decent-sized smallmouth. Your secrets are my secrets (AKA I will keep my mouth shut)! Cheers, nb Quote
River Dave Posted September 20, 2016 Posted September 20, 2016 Hit the upper River again yesterday. Saw more fish than last time but still terrible out there. Water temp was still 75, jusy too warm. Heading to Cayuga Lake on Friday for the day, hopefully I'll be able to find them there. Can't help you much on spots Newbuck but read through this thread from the beginning and you'll see a lot of local spots mentioned by other guys. 18 Mile Creek from RT 5 to the where it meets Lake Erie is a good spot for smallmouth in the spring (so everyone says, I've never tried it) and the only stream I ever really fished is Buffalo Creek in West Seneca just below the Blossom Rd falls. Used to wade that for smallmouth years ago and did pretty well back then. Nothing huge but mostly 12"-13" fish which was fun. Used to ride my bike very far to get there and now I live pretty close by but haven't been there in years. Funny how that turned out. The red dot on the map shows where I used to go, I would start at the road and wade downstream hitting little holes as I went. Quote
Hurricane Posted September 21, 2016 Posted September 21, 2016 I live 5 minutes from there Dave.... What tackle would you use? Quote
River Dave Posted September 21, 2016 Posted September 21, 2016 Really? I'm five minutes from there too! This was way back but the best thing we used there were crayfish that we caught right in the creek. We would spend the first 10-15 minutes catching crayfish and then use them as bait on light casting gear. Just like a hook and a small splitshot and drift through the deeper holes. Caught a bunch of fish out of there. I would imagine jigs, tubes, whacky rigs etc would be good back there now. We would start at the the Blossom Rd bridge and work our way down towards Transit. Never had to go too far though, I've never been more than a couple hundred yards downstream. I have a buddy that goes a little downstream and parks at Borden Rd and works upstream towards Transit but I've never tried that spot. Also have a neighbor that always swore by the creek at Union and William for bass. Said he would park like behind the Dave Christmas Tree Shop and the banquet place next door and fish that stretch. I've never been back there either though. I drove by this spot the other day and it's pretty dried up but there's usually water there . All the creeks are crazy low this year. Quote
John Gustas Posted September 24, 2016 Posted September 24, 2016 Who's ready for Silver Lake? This guy!! 1 Quote
Hurricane Posted September 25, 2016 Posted September 25, 2016 On 9/21/2016 at 7:39 PM, River Dave said: Really? I'm five minutes from there too! This was way back but the best thing we used there were crayfish that we caught right in the creek. We would spend the first 10-15 minutes catching crayfish and then use them as bait on light casting gear. Just like a hook and a small splitshot and drift through the deeper holes. Caught a bunch of fish out of there. I would imagine jigs, tubes, whacky rigs etc would be good back there now. We would start at the the Blossom Rd bridge and work our way down towards Transit. Never had to go too far though, I've never been more than a couple hundred yards downstream. I have a buddy that goes a little downstream and parks at Borden Rd and works upstream towards Transit but I've never tried that spot. Also have a neighbor that always swore by the creek at Union and William for bass. Said he would park like behind the Dave Christmas Tree Shop and the banquet place next door and fish that stretch. I've never been back there either though. I drove by this spot the other day and it's pretty dried up but there's usually water there . All the creeks are crazy low this year. Went there today for 10 minutes and caught 2 smallies... Heading back in the morning with my waders and all that lol... Quote
NT man Posted September 25, 2016 Posted September 25, 2016 where did you catch the smallies,buffalo creek and where on the creek? Quote
Hurricane Posted September 25, 2016 Posted September 25, 2016 5 hours ago, NT man said: where did you catch the smallies,buffalo creek and where on the creek? Right where Dave was explaining.. Quote
River Dave Posted September 25, 2016 Posted September 25, 2016 Glad to hear the old spots are still producing. I used to ride my bike from my parents house (over by like Salvatore's restaurant) to Blossom Rd for those fish. That was the only place I knew of back then with smallmouth so we would make the trek even though the ride ate up half of our fishing time. I hit Cayuga Lake again on Friday. The day started out great but then a cold front blew in and shut it down. Ended the day with probably 8-9 bass, about the same amount of pickerel, and some perch and rock bass. Not horrible but far from good. I like that lake though. 1 Quote
BuffaloBassMaster Posted October 31, 2016 Author Posted October 31, 2016 Anyone do any fall bass fishing lately? Quote
River Dave Posted November 1, 2016 Posted November 1, 2016 None for me unfortunately. I winterized the boat the other day and will take out to winter storage this weekend. That trip to Cayuga a couple posts ago turned out to be my last trip of the year. Total bummer. Quote
Hurricane Posted December 1, 2016 Posted December 1, 2016 On 10/31/2016 at 8:32 AM, BuffaloBassMaster said: Anyone do any fall bass fishing lately? I miss it terribly.... Quote
Hurricane Posted December 2, 2016 Posted December 2, 2016 Well, winter is here, the Bills are doing what they do, and I miss Bass fishing... Bad.. Quote
BuffaloBassMaster Posted February 11, 2017 Author Posted February 11, 2017 On 2/10/2017 at 2:27 PM, Chris. said: Ready for Spring! Can't wait to start crackin them when the ice is gone Quote
Hurricane Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 On 2/11/2017 at 6:22 PM, BuffaloBassMaster said: Can't wait to start crackin them when the ice is gone Absolutely hear you on that.... Quote
BuffaloBassMaster Posted February 23, 2017 Author Posted February 23, 2017 Anyone try any ponds in this warm stretch? Quote
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