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Fishing near Tonawanda in Erie County, NY

4.33 Rating based on 3 Reviews

Most Caught Species: Other (Freshwater), Salmon, Yellow Perch, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Steelhead
# of fishing spots within 25 miles: 15
# of reports within 25 miles: 10
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1st pike of the season near Tonawanda — 1st pike of the season
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Niagara River near Tonawanda — Niagara River
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Canada side near Tonawanda — Canada side
West side of Island its a northern hot spot early in sping
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Top Fishing Spots near Tonawanda

Tonawanda Creek - Erie Canal

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Niagara River

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Buffalo River

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Cazenovia Creek

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Niagara Falls

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Brockport Creek

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Tonawanda Area Fish Species

Other (Freshwater)Salmon Yellow Perch Northern Pike Largemouth Bass Steelhead Smallmouth Bass Rainbow Trout Walleye

Recent Tonawanda Fishing Reports

May 13, 2008	2008 first outing for Northern Pike! Upper Niagara River, NY - Wow. Fantastic! Went out on a charter boat (THE BEST - LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT A GOOD LEAD!) Anyway, started out fishing for Steelhead with pink egg s...	Avg. Rating: 4 # Reviews: 2 Views: Review Report	Created by: farawayeyes44	Map It
May 26, 2008	May 26 2008 Northern Upper Niagara River NY - First day out fishing from shore. BEAUTIFUL Northern! This baby is going on my wall! What a figher!!!! Unbelievable for a Northern.. Try and cl...	Avg. Rating: 4 # Reviews: 2 Views: Review Report	Created by: farawayeyes44	Map It
Jul 13, 2009	Lazy Friday Strawberry Island - Fine day on the upper Niagara River, Tony and I were averaging 4 good size smallmouths a hour. Could have doubled the numbers if our trolling motor wo...	Avg. Rating: 3 # Reviews: 2 Views: Review Report	Created by: rayippy	Map It
Aug 04, 2010	Average Day Mouth of Niagara River an Lake Erie - Went ou t around 11am...	Avg. Rating: 4 # Reviews: 1 Views: Review Report	Created by: rayippy	Map It
Oct 09, 2012	lower niagara salmon lower niagara river lewiston ny - Went on a four day trip to western ny for some fall salmon action. The fishing wasn't great but we did manage to boat some fish. I made a short vi...	Avg. Rating: 5 # Reviews: 5 Views: Review Report	Created by: prov1	Map It
May 23, 2018	Perch Fishing Lake Erie, May 8, 2018 Lake Erie, Point Abino - Perch Fishing Lake Erie...	No Reviews Views: Review Report	Created by: almaddalena	Map It

Baits and Tackle used near Tonawanda

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Pink egg sac

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3 way rigged with a walleye spinning setup

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I fish ultra light minnow or crab with a splitshot.
pickerel harness
pickerel rig with live minnows

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Chub
Pink egg sacs
Tried and true chubs
Live Chub as Usual!

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