Author Topic: NFTA small boat harbor buffalo (Read 21199 times)

BuffaloIceMan · « **Reply #30 on:** Jan 07, 2015, 10:26 AM »

If you go saturday and you the only one out ill be spudding my way out before i decide if im fishi.g or not even though ill be walking a good mile to fish with tons if gear lol happy it snowed wont be so hard to haul the gear with my sled all the way up tifft and then later all the way back

dog4up7 · « **Reply #31 on:** Jan 07, 2015, 12:31 PM »

When I drove by the union ship canal in Buffalo it was frose over yesterday evening. Monday it was open water and choppy. It is amazing how quickly it can freeze. I will keep my eyes open for the first person "on top" of the ice. Stay Safe.

GettinJiggyWitIt · « **Reply #32 on:** Jan 08, 2015, 12:21 PM »

I was out on SBH this morning, we had 4"+ wherever we drilled. Couldn't find bait this morning so we were all artificial, but not even a decent bite. Water seemed pretty cloudy for SBH, never broke the camera out. Anyone else have any luck there?

Bowhunter79 · « **Reply #33 on:** Jan 08, 2015, 03:53 PM »

Sounds like we will be fishing by the weekend!! Anyone been down to sturgeon pt?

Killiansred · « **Reply #34 on:** Jan 08, 2015, 04:27 PM »

If you see a Clam Bigfoot XL 2000 labeled killiansred thats me! Feel free to stop in and chat.

BuffaloIceMan · « **Reply #35 on:** Jan 08, 2015, 06:43 PM »

Quote from: Killiansred on Jan 08, 2015, 04:27 PM

If you see a Clam Bigfoot XL 2000 labeled killiansred thats me! Feel free to stop in and chat.

will do ill bring my cocoa an offer you a cup lol

madwelder · « **Reply #36 on:** Jan 08, 2015, 08:30 PM »

sounds like the harbor is the place to be this weekend

BuffaloIceMan · « **Reply #37 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 11:06 AM »

Anyone check the harbor yet today?

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #38 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 11:47 AM »

Hey guys, what do you usually pull out of the harbor? I've been on a quest to fish as many new spots this season as possible (Im im the northwest corner of CT) For whatever reason this thread caught my eye.

toydevil48 · « **Reply #39 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 12:11 PM »

You would be driving by 100's of better spots on your way here, mostly dink perch and dink gills, occasional keepers though. Some pike and crappie too

butch3151 · « **Reply #40 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 03:45 PM »

I agree with previous reply. Very long drive for mediocre fishing.

BuffaloIceMan · « **Reply #41 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 04:40 PM »

Ill be there tomorrow even if i cant fish in a hut im still going its gotto. Have 5-6.inches of solid.ice now with the temps

clammule · « **Reply #42 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 05:32 PM »

I have generally done well on first ice at the harbor. There are big fish to be had but I agree the dinks move in and take over. Find the deepest parts and fish small. It works for me. Won't get there till Sunday and its killin me! Good Luck and be safe!

Doorman1 · « **Reply #43 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 06:20 PM »

Never Know. Early ice can bring some good size perch and nice pike. If lucky can pull a laker or two. See you all on sunday.

AON09 · « **Reply #44 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 07:45 PM »

Iv never made it into sbh for first ice but at ice out I was catching 12-13" perch on average. Hopeing to get out Sunday as well!

Locoman · « **Reply #45 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 07:48 PM »

Laker?

Never seen a Laker come from the harbor. Have caught my share of Rainbows though. The harbor has always been hit or miss for bigger perch. You just have to be there when they are there. Been fishing there since the 70's and it's always a crap shoot, but fun for sure!!!!

specialed · « **Reply #46 on:** Jan 09, 2015, 08:06 PM »

I might be out there this weekend. Good luck

sbuffaloice · « **Reply #47 on:** Jan 10, 2015, 09:49 AM »

i have been fishing the SBH for 20 years..never saw a Laker come out of there!

WNY D · « **Reply #48 on:** Jan 10, 2015, 10:09 AM »

Quote from: lowaccord66 on Jan 09, 2015, 11:47 AM

Hey guys, what do you usually pull out of the harbor? I've been on a quest to fish as many new spots this season as possible (Im im the northwest corner of CT) For whatever reason this thread caught my eye.

We fish the harbor frequently with my young son. I am in agreement with most of the feedback. You will find a lot of small perch and gills. We have also pulled some really nice-sized perch occasionally. The SBH is great for fishing with kids: they catch fish all day long, it is close to home, and the drag to the ice is short.

If you are looking for consistent size, you'll drive by a lot of great locations on your way from CT. Oneida comes to mind for perch size and walleye numbers.

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #49 on:** Jan 10, 2015, 12:02 PM »

Thanks guys. I am more concerned with teeth...should have specified. I won't be driving all that way for perch and sunnies haha!

hard4ice · « **Reply #50 on:** Jan 10, 2015, 05:39 PM »

the harbor is really hit or miss with the jumbo perch. but, when they are in there, it's a blast and the main school don't seem to stay long. although, a few do stick around. but, pike and steelies do cruise around thru out the season. as for the lakers being there, that's news to me.....

[email protected] · « **Reply #51 on:** Jan 10, 2015, 06:18 PM »

any reports

BuffaloIceMan · « **Reply #52 on:** Jan 10, 2015, 10:49 PM »

Quote from: Doorman1 on Jan 09, 2015, 06:20 PM

Never Know. Early ice can bring some good size perch and nice pike. If lucky can pull a laker or two. See you all on sunday.

these so called "LAKERS" are actually splake trout commonly confused as lake trout i have caught a few while fishing in the spring

FISHN NIK · « **Reply #53 on:** Jan 10, 2015, 11:03 PM »

Iceman,
Do you know who stocks Splake in Erie,I know N.Y.doesn't

FN

BuffaloIceMan · « **Reply #54 on:** Jan 11, 2015, 02:28 AM »

It isn't regularly stocked it was stocked back in the 70s and just managed to still spawn and be a species in our lake

Fishin' Blues · « **Reply #55 on:** Jan 11, 2015, 05:36 AM »

Splake are not stocked in Lake Erie, nor were they ever..... Lake trout are stocked every year by USFWS and DEC.

FISHN NIK · « **Reply #56 on:** Jan 11, 2015, 09:09 AM »

That's what I thought but wasn't sure Fishin Blues,thanks

FN

no3steel · « **Reply #57 on:** Jan 11, 2015, 10:47 AM »

The principal species planted during
1976 were (in millions): lake trout 7.4,
chinook salmon 6.7, and coho salmon
6.2; together they accounted for about
78 percent of the year's total. The record
number of lake trout came primarily
from federal hatcheries and their
plantings were scheduled by the Great
Lakes Fishery Commission which
coord inates the lake trout rehabil itation
program. Other species were reared and
stocked by state and provincial agencies.
Additional major species in the
federal-state-provincial stocking programs
were some 3.2 million rainbow
trout and/or steelhead (lake-run rainbows)
yearlings and fingerlings and
over 1.7 million young brown trout.
Other members of the trout-salmon
family that were released in smaller
quantities during the year were brook
trout, splake (brook x lake trout hybrid),
Atlantic salmon, and tiger trout
(brook x brown trout hybrid). Other
species planted in singular locations
were fingerling saugers and muskellunge
in the Sandusky Bay

chryniewicz8888 · « **Reply #58 on:** Jan 11, 2015, 11:08 AM »

Just took a drive to check out the harbor. 50 some odd huts not counting people on buckets. 6/7 all over. I didn't fish ppl talk to said all drinks. I spud out past the dock just as thick but no one wanted to go they thought I was crazy .

FISHN NIK · « **Reply #59 on:** Jan 11, 2015, 01:47 PM »

I've always thought splake don't breed so could it be possible some natural xbreeding has taken place.I'm down here in Dunkirk and I believe 3yrs.ago a TU group stocked I think 300 brookies in Canadaway to try to reestablish the coaster population.Coasters are schools of brookies that live in the lake and hug the shoreline not venturing out in more than 20 fow.I know the stocking is true because me and others caught several that Spring.

FN

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Author Topic: NFTA small boat harbor buffalo (Read 21199 times)