August 2026 Reports

We are on the backside of heavy area rains through yesterday with more wrap around precipitation for Monday morning, and then some westerly stronger winds. The Niagara Frontier received 3 – 4 inches of rain in less then 24 hours so look for area tributaries to be running high and stained and pumping that water out into the Lake. This week’s weather ahead is looking decent, no major heat waves and chance again for precipitation by mid or end of week.

Nearly all Charter and rec anglers are having continued almost exceptional action right now. Kings are plentiful, most trollers are targeting them in the off-shore zone. There are some nice steelhead mixed in with those good salmon catches too. If you can get any of the smaller or immature fish in like on a rigger road without too much ado and it looks in good shape, its probably not going to limit your limit on bigger fish if you’re able to release that fish. Most all reasonable presentations at a fair speed and the right depth are getting bit – some anglers aren’t even getting their whole compliment of rods in the water.

Capt. Lou B. of Get the Net Charters says, “Saturday fishing out of Bald Eagle was nothing but spectacular! Most boats were taking good Kings all day. Our best water was 90 - 110 fow early, then 200 – 240 later in the morning. It was mostly a mag spoon bite for us, with active fish feeding heavily. Riggers, divers and copper lines all took fish. It was so busy we could only run 4 – 5 rods at a time.”

The Getting Wet rec boat recently had good mixed bag catches of salmon and steelhead on riggers and Chinook divers. Most of their bites came on green and black and gold combo spoons.

Capt. CJO of Tightlines Charters aboard Troutman2 is getting limit catches. “We are running half the standard number of rods and limiting out in a few hours. Anywhere from 100 – 500 fow has been good with fish attacking my “O frog” spoon - all that’s needed!”