Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report – May 27, 2021
The 36
th Annual Niagara County Pro-Am Salmon Team Tournament is ready to be held out of Wilson and Olcott June 4 and 5 for both professional and amateur teams. For the pros, it is the first 12 tournament-legal fish to weigh in each day with scoring based on 10 points per fish and a point per pound. For the Amateur Division, 5 tournament legal fish may be brought to the scales at Krull Park in Olcott each day. Teams can register up to May 31 without a late fee. Go to lakeontarioproam.net or call Penny Hartman at 628-2361. Don’t forget about the Don Johannes/Pete DeAngelo Memorial 3-fish, 1-fish contest on June 3, the perfect warm up for the Pro-Am. You don’t have to be fishing in the Pro-Am to compete in this fun contest, but you must be registered by 7 a.m. the morning of the contest. Weigh in will take place at Clark’s Park in Wilson starting at 3 p.m. For more info call Mike Johannes at 523-1727. Speaking of Capt. Mike, he reports that the lake around Wilson and Olcott seems to be in a temperature transition due to the quick rise of surface temperatures. This is making the fishing tough. Fish can be seen on the electronics but due to the overabundance of bait in this western basin of the lake, it has been tough to get a lot of bites. It has been best to work the water just outside of the bait schools. The bait is around the 100-foot mark, so try and seek out salmon and trout in 150 to 200 feet of water. Some fish are being caught 100 feet or more down while some Coho are still being caught in the top 20 feet of water. The best program has been to both a deep and high spread. Cut bait behind large paddles has been good down deep; bright colored spoons on short lead core lines have been catching Coho salmon. The salmon fishing out on the Niagara Bar has slowed down. Fish are in deeper, colder water right now.