Bill Hilts Jr.

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Bill Hilts Jr.

It’s the final weekend for the LOC Derby and the month is filled with fishing contests on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Lake Erie and tributariesSome walleyes are being caught around Evans Bar in the early evening and after dark reports Shub Stevens with Catt. Creek Bait and Tackle in Irving. Rapala Scatter Raps are working. Catfish are being caught along the breakwall at Sunset Bay. Nightcrawlers are working best. Bass are being caught in Sunset Bay, too. Tube jigs are the ticket. Capt.

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Bill Hilts Jr.

Walleye season opened May 1. It’s certainly an exciting time if you love fishing for old “marble eye,” and the best action traditionally is at night. “Typically, the night bite on reefs in 3 to 12 feet of water is the most productive,” says Capt. Tom Slawatycki of Tight Lines Charters. “Your ticket to success is trolling Rapala plugs in sizes 9, 11 and 13.

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Bill Hilts Jr.

May 4-30 – Buffalo Walleye Bash Derby with everything run through the Fish Donkey app. $35 for adults; $20 for youth. All waters of Lake Erie and the upper Niagara River. www.716outdoors.com. Call Dan Hanley at 480-9862 for more info. May 4-11 – Lake Ontario Counties Spring Trout and Salmon Derby continues. www.loc.orgMay 4 – Tri-County Trout Derby along Cattaraugus Creek (9-mile stretch) with 400 tagged trout. Online registration is open. Official rules can be found at www.arcadeareachamber.org.

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Bill Hilts Jr.

From Plankton to Whales with Paparo on May 14Western New York nature lovers are in for a treat May 14, when marine biologist Chris Paparo with the Marine Sciences Center on Long Island will give a presentation involving his marine world beyond New York City. He is an amazing speaker and an award-winning photographer.

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Bill Hilts Jr.

Thursday is the opening of walleye, northern pike, pickerel and inland tiger musky seasons. The LOC Derby opens Friday on Lake Ontario and a new contest, the Buffalo Walleye Bash Derby, is being run out of Buffalo during May starting Thursday. Lake Erie and tributariesAnglers are excited to start chasing walleyes in Lake Erie now that the season opens Thursday. According to Capt. Tom Slawatycki of Tight Line Charters, we normally would see emerald shiners in creeks and marinas for the last month.