Kayak Fishing for Steelhead in Ontario

With water level staying near all time highs on Ontario rivers systems for the past spring and fall runs, us lucky steelheaders enjoyed one of the best years of fishing on record.  Catches of 30, 40, even 50 fish in one outing were not uncommon for some rivers!! We got a late start on both the spring and fall runs due to the Niagara River always having been the focus of our trips during those seasons.  The Niagara has fished poorly over the past year in comparison to recent years.  Largely due to surging pressure from anglers on the system and abnormally high fluctuation in the water levels since construction on the tunnels started in the spring.

The spring run was good but ended too early but the fall run came early and high water lasted until the extended fall season closed Dec 31st.
Kayaks were the ticket and covering the water put us into banner numbers on more than one occasion.

Let the pictures speak for themselves;

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