Niagara June 2016

[@user-by6yc8yl7v]

You guys came out of water 3 yr back as we were about to start casting. You guys told us where a big ski was sitting on a shipwreck and first cast my buddy got his bulldawg ripped in half. Giant

[@meganfisher831]

I know this is an old video but THANK YOU so much for uploading. It blows my mind what planet earth has available for us to experience, even if it's just in footage for me. :)

[@allancrow134]

Nice sturgeon shots Jim. I grew up in Ontario...live in BC now....find this very interesting! Thanks for posting!

[@jimkinner]

In all my years of diving, I have only seen a few. The biggest was off the windmills out in the lake. thanks for watching, I really enjoy your videos, particularly the stream steelhead ones.

[@aircanuck]

I really enjoyed this, thanks for taking the time to produce it. Very well done!

[@paulamclaren9034]

Very cool.... had no idea it was so flat.... and great fish,,

[@Mini_Schro]

You guys rock! love watching your videos

[@sullyman6182]

Thañx for the great video great shooting

[@ZingerSportDogGear]

great overview of the river and the conditions down there.

[@bigjohnhere6522]

Awesome vid and awesome channel I just subscribed and look forward to watching all your vids

[@CreekMonsters]

This is awesome! Excellent info. Thanks for uploading this

[@BillMikesAnglingAdventures]

cool video very informative. do you see many catfish in the river ?

[@bassmaster2009]

Pretty cool video man, good job. Never imagined N.R bottom to be that flat.

[@jimkinner]

Depends where you are.

[@18wheeler76]

very cool videos and its awesome to see the bottom of the Niagara.How deep can u go down I know its 170ft in spots but I think thats the lower Niagara and also have you ever went around Strawberry island or the newer man made island right there that is so shallow they have escavaters out there ?

[@jimkinner]

The upper river average depth is around 20 feet deep and the deepest areas are around 60. The Lower river is much deeper. The section of river between the railroad bridge and Grand Island is my favorite , and I do most of my diving and some of my fishing there. Thanks for watching

[@TheFishinDad]

This is so cool. I wish someone did this in my area!

[@brandonmclean58]

very neat stuff, Ive just started fishing the upper niagara this year (and a bit last year) so this is pretty informative information to a newbie like me... Ive mostly been catching huge smallies (with the odd steelhead) so Im surprised that its worse now than it has been compared to a few years back... i rarely keep a fish, one here or there, but yeah ive seen guys take out 5 or so at a time so that probably doesn't help. This seems like the best place to fish, at least from a kayak within a reasonable distance to my home so it would be good to keep it a healthy fishery, man I had no idea there were so many sturgeon! Thats awesome, I have much to learn.

[@jimkinner]

Glad you enjoyed it. There is nothing wrong about keeping a few to eat. Fish and bait levels vary from year to year and are impacted by disease, spawning success, and environmental factors. This seems to be a good year.

[@brandonmclean58]

YEah, fair enough, I would probably take more but I feel a little guilty about it to be honest, there doesnt seem to be many great fishing opportunities in the area (unless you have a boat to take out on the lake) and it would be a shame to have it spoiled but I suppose its lasted this long, so it is probably a fairly stable ecosystem

[@brandonmclean58]

how big would you say the average size smallmouth is down there? because it seems like the average size I catch is about 5 lbs, which is crazy to me, on any other body of water a 5 lber is a very rare fish (in the north), but here, its like an average, so there seems to be something about this river that makes these fish huge... maybe the fact that they are constantly fighting the current, plus an abundance of food would be my guess

[@jimkinner]

i would say the average is about 2 1/2 or 3.

[@richardbrairton4227]

Wow, thanks for sharing! Never knew so many different species of fish that dwell in the Niagara Rivers' treacherous waters. Very hazardous for swimmers and unfortunately where people have been drowning the past few years.

[@scottwetzler8225]

that's awesome,I did 1 dive in the river and it was one of my favorite down by Nyawanda park, but all I seen were bass

[@briansieracki788]

I go boating on the niagara frequently and I'm very curious what that yellow marker on the east side of motorboat island is marking, and if you've ever dove in that area. It looks like the bow of a large boat but it cant be more than 30 ft long. Love the videos keep them coming!

[@jimkinner]

It is a water intake. Thanks

[@buffaloblues2207]

Thanks. Really appreciate the info. Do u give educational talks in the area?

[@horaciocanada]

Wow , thanks to share it . I’m a diver , where I can get info about scuba dive here . Really interesting. Thanks.

[@jimkinner]

On the Ontario side, try getting in touch with the Fort Erie underwater recovery unit and dive club. they have a clubhouse right on the river.

[@sidecaster]

The Niagara is my backyard, I catch & release always on bass

[@evguenli4687]

Super video 👍👍🔥👀👍👍🇨🇦

[@shawnbrazell1286]

That is awesome! Where was this filmed in particular if you don't mind me asking? I fish the Upper Niagara religiously. Also, What depth were you at with the musky?

[@jimkinner]

It was all filmed between the International RR bridge and Grand Island. We try to dive drifts with lots of contour and structure. I would guess the depth ranges from 12 to 25 feet .

[@TheFishinDad]

Finished the video and you got my sub easily.

[@mikerenza2253]

how deep are these musky

[@jimkinner]

12-20 ft

[@mandf8554]

Muskie ? Wasn’t it a northern pike?

[@jimkinner]

Although Muskie and Northerns have the same body shape, and there are various colorations of both, Northerns have light spots on a darker background, usually green. Muskies generally have a darker markings pattern on a light background, often silver with a brown or gold hue. The markings on Muskie really vary however, from not much at all , to heavily pattered. There are also hybrids of the two, known as nor lunge or tiger muskie. Thanks for watching.

[@mandf8554]

Jim K are the walleyes different too?. They look different ,thos are Walleyes right I’m from Saskatchewan there called pickerel technically people still call them walleyes

[@mandf8554]

The bass population is low probably because of the cold in the winter we have a hydro station where the water come out of the dam it hot water and they stoke bass in there and they survive but that’s the only place and you can only catch them where the water comes out maybe within a hundred yard

[@jimkinner]

Those are walleyes. Remember that fish are going to look a bit different in their own environment. some of those walleyes are older spawned out fish.

[@jimkinner]

Warm water discharges are great places to fish. This was filmed in late June of 2016. the population has rebounded since then.

[@misconceptions5613]

Wtf is wrong with the walleyes? Why do they look like rhat

[@buffaloblues2207]

Thanx bro. Nice work. Btw, what happened to sheepshead? Also, any northern pike out there? One more ? sorry: Seneca Shoals still the SmBass bastion it was or did population there drop there as well. Swear to God i saw a Musky that had to be, at least, over 6 ft long right near devils hole. I know it's lower niagara but i just had to mention cuz of the enormity.

[@jimkinner]

We edit out the sheepshead. They are plentiful and large. We never see northern, don't know why for sure but I think it may have to do with their preference for weedy slack water areas of the river. Haven't dove Seneca shoals in years, but bass seem down a bit throughout the system.

[@buffaloblues2207]

Jim K , Really appreciate the info jim. Do u ever give educational talks in the area? Thx again, Jim S(Timbers)

[@jimkinner]

I've shown video at various fishing clubs over the years.

[@jimkinner]

I have shown video at several fishing clubs over the years.

[@steveklick]

The bass are probably being over fished and over pressured whether people are keeping them or not. They will go for anything many times over and they fight so hard that they run into rocks and the ground all the time. Some fish when they are hooked treat it like if they were pinched by a crawfish or some other creature and they try to use the rocks to hide or escape or to even get it off by either bashing them against the rocks or by raking the creature across the rocks.

[@IRieAsAVirus37]

Muskie! So awesome to see all that! What time of year?

[@jimkinner]

Late June is my favorite time to film them.

[@hades6091]

muskays are very common on lake erie also

[@alanbuchner5359]

i didn't know there were Muskies there

[@HotWheelsLife]

The commentary rocks haha

[@pip12111]

Those Muskies are the Marine drill instructors of the river. All up in your face

[@billknox4121]

It’s a real shame that such a beautiful watershed is compromised by chemical pollutants. Love canal is located on the banks of this river and some of the issues with the fish may be from the chemicals