
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Fishing Report – September 8, 2026
Walleye action also continues to be good to very good for both good numbers and size the entire length of the river.

Walleye action also continues to be good to very good for both good numbers and size the entire length of the river.

Late summer and early fall offer a little bit of everything: warm afternoons, cooler mornings, fewer biting insects, lighter water traffic, and the first signs of changing leaves along the shoreline.

Mid-afternoon snowflakes floating softly to the forest floor signaled the first change in the weather, and the beginning of a memorable end to a deer hunt in the southern Adirondacks. It was easy to follow

With favorable creek levels and temperatures over the past couple of weeks, the inland trout streams have been fishing well.

For Chris Wood, the proposed rollback of the so-called roadless rule is personal.
When the Trout Unlimited CEO worked for former U.S. Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck in the late 1990s and early 2000s,

The best walleye action is reportedly on the Niagara Bar, with fish up to 12.5 pounds being taken recently.

Throughout the summer months, DEC’s Region 5 and 6 fisheries staff performs surveillance on several Adirondack brook trout ponds.

The insanely good walleye bite continues here, with fish available over a wide area.
Orleans County open-lake and Oak waters continue to produce outstanding trolling action.
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