Photo Fish Producer

All I can say is that it's a good thing I toted Nathaniel with me to New York. He landed ALL the best photo fish. I had my chance with a big steelhead (probably close to 15 pounds), but it won on jump No. 4, which was right next to the boat.

What an amazing place to fish! I knew about Erie's legendary smallmouths, but I didn't begin to grasp how many opportunities are in the area. On the second day of our outing, we launched on the Lower Niagara River, and we had six different gamefish species by lunchtime. Nathaniel caught two lakers that each weighed 12 and change on consecutive drifts at the mouth of the river, and the steelhead bite was fast and furious further upstream.

To learn more about the fishing, visit Capt. Frank Campbell's website, http://niagaracharter.com/. For much more about the region, visit www.niagara-usa.com.