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Chris Megan with big brown trout

Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report- December 18, 2025

A brief window of clear water sparked excellent trout fishing on the lower Niagara River with anglers getting into big brown trout, lake trout, and steelhead, while ice fishing begins on smaller waters.

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