The launch At Port Dalhousie in St. Cathrine's
Ian getting tied up ready foe a day on the water in search of so Brown Trout
Joe arrived just before dawn, a quick launch and we were fishing
The fishing was slow to say the least... so after a few hours we made a decision to loat the boat and make the move to the Lower Niagara River at Queenston. Once on the water we made a few drifts on the Queenston Back Drift nothing, we moved to the Pump House drift... nothing, we tried several other drifts with the same results..... nothing, so we packed in for the day and headed to Squigy69 place where he had offered to put Ian and Myself up for our stay. After a meal of Pizza and Wings a few beers, every one retired for the night... well almost every one, I stayed up and watched the tube till about mid night
I was up and had the coffee on about 2:45 woke the guys up and got ready to attach the lower again. This Time we brought Squigys Boat,Ian was going to be riding with Joe and I with Chris.The morning fish took right up where we had left off the day before... nothing Chris and I headed for the Niagara Bar... but once getting to the mouth of the river we quickly realized there was no way we could fish it the wind was brutal and the waves were massive. We turned around and headed back up river. We spotted a boat landing a fish on the way to the bar, so we stopped there and joined in 3 other boats working the drift... it didn't take long before we were in our first fish... Chris hooked into a nice Brown
Chris with a nice Hen Brown,his first on the Lower Niagara
As he was getting the hook out of his fish I hooked into my first fish of the trip, but lost as I got fish ran around the trolling motor
A few drifts Later Chris hooked into another fish this time it was a male Brown...
By this Time Joe and Ian had joined into now a seven boat rotation drift, Joe hooked into a Brown also.
Not to long after they had landed that fish I was into another one... this fish stayed deep and and bull dogged me, with big head shakes i though i hooked into a laker... but no, another nice fat Female Brown. My first Niagara brown
Again after a hour or so Chris was into another fish a brown again
then it was my turn again... This fish put up a great battle and this is what I had come down for ...a nice male Brown in full spawn colors
It was starting to get late so we pulled the plug and headed for the Launch, we were going to fish Sunday, but Ian had a soccer game on Sunday. We drove to Squigys place dropped off his boat had a great homemade Pork Stew.. and headed home... Thanks Chris for putting us up and to your wife for that great supper Saturday night before we left.
A group shot of some of the fish that we landed Saturday, the Hens were milked of their eggs for our next trip
Sitting at home the next weekend I thought i wanted to go back again, so a few call later Carlco and RJ joined me for the trip down, RJ had got hold of Aron Shirley and made arrangements to share a boat with him, you can read all about his trip on his blog... you guys had a great day
Our day started off where we had left off 2 weeks before, the same drift that had given us all our fish... this time we were hoping to get into a few Steelhead.Joe,Chris,Carl and myself were in Joe's boat. Joe hooked into a fish,a hen Brown.
I think the very next drift Joe picked up his second fish of the day, A hen Brown a clone to his first..(No Picture
)Then Chris Picked up this one
I starting to think that I was going to head back to Ottawa with out catching a fish... but a few minutes later i felt a little weight on the rod set the hook and i was into my first fish of the trip I nice fresh run Brown, not yet into her full spawn Colors
We left the drift and headed up to where Aaron and RJ were, not have a NY state fishing licence we just stopped to see how they were doing.
Aaron and RJ.
The trip up river is harry, the current coming down is phenomenal and is not to be under estimated.
Some shots going up river
A well known land Mark.
After a short chat, we headed back down river back to the same drift, Carl still had not landed a fish... and since this was going to be a day trip only, time was running out. So we headed back to the same drift.We made a few drifts when Squigy set the hook on his 3rd fish of the trip
With that fish landed we had to start to pack up and heads back to the launch. Carl didn't get his first Niagara fish, but we are going back in January to give the Lakers a shot, I know he will get it then
Big thanks again to Joe, he is always the first to offer up himself and his boat for us easterners... Thank Joe your a good friend
Squigy ...thanks for all the laughs, i can't wait to get back out on the water with you again... see you in January... unless I can find a few traveling companions to head back down in a few weeks 
Big-O
