Buffalo, NY/WNY Fishing

[Sean Barbour]

I tried the river north of the grand island bridge this morning nothing not  even a bite 2.5 hours. The floating grass was horrendous picked up grass on almost every cast. Then I tried Hyde Park for the second time in my life. I finally see why so many of you fish there. I only landed three. I had more fish pick up my lure and some how not get hooked than I can ever remember happening. Frustrating but at least I received bites.

[NT man]

I had the same thing happen to me last wk. a lot of hits, nice hits .hook a few and lost them.

[stratos122]

Any of you guys fish any of the ponds in the Alabama swamps? I fished one of the ponds last year not long though but  i did catch a couple bass in the little time i was at the pond. Just wondered if anyone else on here fishes them i never see anything on here about them.

[Sean Barbour]

On 7/28/2016 at 9:42 PM, stratos122 said:

Any of you guys fish any of the ponds in the Alabama swamps? I fished one of the ponds last year not long though but  i did catch a couple bass in the little time i was at the pond. Just wondered if anyone else on here fishes them i never see anything on here about them.

I thought about it a bunch of times and went there once. I fished a couple spots didn't catch anything. I couldn't figure out where to fish not a lot of shore access from what I could see? It bothered me that i couldn't throw a canoe in any of it.

On 7/29/2016 at 2:28 AM, ThinkRSX said:

I caught mine in Hyde Park. 

 

I might have saw you there I saw someone working the shoreline right as I was taking my canoe out of the water. There was some kinda kayak class there or something as soon as they all got on the water I got off the water.

[stratos122]

When I fished it I fished one or the ponds off 77 maybe I'll try that one again next week.

[Sean Barbour]

13 minutes ago, stratos122 said:

When I fished it I fished one or the ponds off 77 maybe I'll try that one again next week.

Yah I tried a few places along there. It looked great but I didn't even get a bite. There was some kind a hunting dog contest going on though so there were some places I would have tried that I couldn't because of the dogs.

[ThinkRSX]

I showed 

4 hours ago, Sean Barbour said:

I thought about it a bunch of times and went there once. I fished a couple spots didn't catch anything. I couldn't figure out where to fish not a lot of shore access from what I could see? It bothered me that i couldn't throw a canoe in any of it.

I might have saw you there I saw someone working the shoreline right as I was taking my canoe out of the water. There was some kinda kayak class there or something as soon as they all got on the water I got off the water.

I showed up as they were down by the waterfall. You can't miss me. I'm the only idiot on the shore lugging around 3-5 poles and always have a black gloomis baseball cap on. 

[NT man]

i think i talk to you at the over flow in ton. i remember the hat. you had a fly rod with you.

[ThinkRSX]

12 hours ago, NT man said:

i think i talk to you at the over flow in ton. i remember the hat. you had a fly rod with you.

Nope, I don't fly fish.  I do use a centerpin reel in fall/winter, but I haven't had mine out since March. 

[NT man]

well i ll see out there sometime   keep wearing the hat then i ll no

 

[Sean Barbour]

20 hours ago, ThinkRSX said:

I showed 

I showed up as they were down by the waterfall. You can't miss me. I'm the only idiot on the shore lugging around 3-5 poles and always have a black gloomis baseball cap on. 

Ha you should see the backpack I use for the the lower river must be 60-80#. I just downsized my bass fishing bag. turned one bag into to so it doesn't look to bad right now lol. Anybody catch anything today? I work saturdays so I wasn't out.

[stratos122]

I had a little bit of time to kill today so i fished   Ellicott creek  I caught  3 small largemouths had a pike on but it got off. 

[NT man]

where about on elliott creek

 

[stratos122]

I parked on  dodge road and walked that along that biking path and kept walking and trying different spots on it.

[BuffaloBassMaster]

Anyone fish Tift Nature Perseve (Lake Kristy) recently? Thinking about giving it a go soon

[Matt Chodaczek]

Went out today to Ellicott Creek Park to the overflow pond and no hits in 6 hours using Texas rigged Senko.  Looking for some good shore bass fishing right now

[Sean Barbour]

2 hours ago, Matt Chodaczek said:

Went out today to Ellicott Creek Park to the overflow pond and no hits in 6 hours using Texas rigged Senko.  Looking for some good shore bass fishing right now

I don't think fish stay in that overflow this time of year. The oxygen probably gets real low being shallow and full of vegetation. I think the fish probably move out or don't feed much there. They may only go in and feed early morning and evening or even at night if that. as far as good shore fishing spots go I don't know any right now? I caught some at hyde park but most were from my inflatable.

4 hours ago, BuffaloBassMaster said:

Anyone fish Tift Nature Perseve (Lake Kristy) recently? Thinking about giving it a go soon

always wanted to fish there from a canoe but your not allowed. I actually never caught anything the few times I fished there from shore.

So l the grass floating in lake erie and flowing into the upper and lower niagara river is that normal for this time of year? or does it have something to do with the high temperatures? I have fished the lower river in july and august before just hitting my trout spots early and never seen all the grass I see now? anybody know anything about it? or when it might let up? It makes it almost impossible to fish.

[BuffaloBassMaster]

3 hours ago, Sean Barbour said:

I don't think fish stay in that overflow this time of year. The oxygen probably gets real low being shallow and full of vegetation. I think the fish probably move out or don't feed much there. They may only go in and feed early morning and evening or even at night if that. as far as good shore fishing spots go I don't know any right now? I caught some at hyde park but most were from my inflatable.

always wanted to fish there from a canoe but your not allowed. I actually never caught anything the few times I fished there from shore.

So l the grass floating in lake erie and flowing into the upper and lower niagara river is that normal for this time of year? or does it have something to do with the high temperatures? I have fished the lower river in july and august before just hitting my trout spots early and never seen all the grass I see now? anybody know anything about it? or when it might let up? It makes it almost impossible to fish.

Can you fish Hyde from shore? Or is it hard with weeds and stuff 

[Sean Barbour]

18 hours ago, BuffaloBassMaster said:

Can you fish Hyde from shore? Or is it hard with weeds and stuff 

there is some shore access but there are a lot of people who fish there and I think the shore spots get pounded pretty good on the regular so it may not be the easiest place to catch from shore. It seems there are a lot of guys on here who fish there I have only fished there twice if one will speak up they may be able to help better.

[BuffaloBassMaster]

6 hours ago, Sean Barbour said:

there is some shore access but there are a lot of people who fish there and I think the shore spots get pounded pretty good on the regular so it may not be the easiest place to catch from shore. It seems there are a lot of guys on here who fish there I have only fished there twice if one will speak up they may be able to help better.

Fished it pretty well, no hogs but a lot of numbers. All caught on a buzzbait  

[ThinkRSX]

Yes, there's shore access. I usually fish it everyday but I haven't been since Friday due to illness. 

The bite had been pretty steady, but when I went on Friday with jigger it was virtually non-existent.  My go to lure has been a buzzbait for the past three weeks. When I encounter a bass who short strikes my lure, I'll follow up by throwing either an unweighted Senko or a c-rigged baby brush hog which does the trick. 

[Matt Chodaczek]

14 hours ago, BuffaloBassMaster said:

 

14 hours ago, BuffaloBassMaster said:

Fished it pretty well, no hogs but a lot of numbers. All caught on a buzzbait  

What kind of buzzbaits does everyone use here and any certain locations along the lake for shore fishing 

[ThinkRSX]

I was there for about 4 hours yesterday... Not a single bite. 

Spent 2 hours throwing a buzzbait, then moved onto c-rigged soft plastics for an hour, and finished up my last hour throwing cranks, spinnerbaits, toads, spooks, and jerkbaits.

The heat is probably a major factor, but I've also noticed the fishing pressure has increased greatly.  I had never seen anyone throwing a buzzbait there up until Friday when I came across one and yesterday there were 2 more. 

I think it's time for me to find a new honey hole. 

[Sean Barbour]

Where we are in history is going to put a lot more pressure on most people's honey holes. Between forums, social media, fishing apps, and Google maps , and kayaks. Everyone, is finding out about every bodies spots fishing them harder. Which is going to make all the fishing harder unless you know someone with private waters. I understand it, its how I found this site. I was searching for new spots. I wish I knew a solution but I don't. I totally understand why some people don't give up spots. I mean I know a spot on the lower river where last 5 years at its height there were maybe 20 guys and it was manageable. This past year there were more than 20 car loads! Cars from PA, OHIO, I even met guys from Denmark!! It was crazy. It's ok unless more guys are trying to fish one spot than is possible which happened to me a lot this past year. Plus there's guys throwing hardware and guys drifting. Totally different techniques and they don't work well together without forethought when it comes to positioning. Problems occur for instance when I get to a spot at 5am and at 8am a guy tries to set up right upstream drifting when I'm throwing a spinner up stream already. This doesn't work and things get uncomfortable. I can only assume it will be worse this year. I already get anxious about it I just love the fishing there so much in the fall. Thats enough of a rant from me about diminishing honey holes..................

6 hours ago, ThinkRSX said:

I was there for about 4 hours yesterday... Not a single bite. 

Spent 2 hours throwing a buzzbait, then moved onto c-rigged soft plastics for an hour, and finished up my last hour throwing cranks, spinnerbaits, toads, spooks, and jerkbaits.

The heat is probably a major factor, but I've also noticed the fishing pressure has increased greatly.  I had never seen anyone throwing a buzzbait there up until Friday when I came across one and yesterday there were 2 more. 

I think it's time for me to find a new honey hole. 

 

[River Dave]

I finally got out on the upper River again yesterday but the fishing was terrible. I went to a million different spots and really only found fish in one place. Even then I could only get one of them to hit and I threw all kinds of stuff at them. I fished everything from 3' down to 20' and just couldn't find 'em, I swear I just don't know where they go in the summer. I spent a fair amount of time snorkeling and I still didn't see anything. I actually saw more muskies than I saw bass when I was in the water. No such thing as a bad day on the boat but the fishing was brutal. I'm on vacation next week and am thinking of heading to either Cayaga or Silver for a day. Hopefully that will be better than the River.