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Ice boom being removed
Posted By TERRI GILES

Work crews are busy removing the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom.

The New York Power Authority, who own the boom in partnership with Ontario Power Generation, began opening the 22 spans Tuesday.

The boom, which is installed every winter, must be removed when the barrier of ice at the entrance of the Niagara River is about 402 square kilometres or less.

Ice cover on the lake was about 310 square kilometres Tuesday morning, making it possible to remove the 500- foot-long spans. (more…)

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Niagara Outdoor Show a hit
Organizers plan to spread event over two days next year
By Robert Lapensée
Sports
Apr 09, 2008

The Niagara Outdoor Show, staged for the first time in Niagara Falls, was a success and may return next year as a two-day event.

“I’m happy with the attendance here,” said show organizer Bill Whitehead, adding more than 800 people came through the Optimist Club Sunday.

“We had a lot of people inquire if the show could be two days next year.”

Everything for fishing, hunting and boating was on display at the Optimist Club, including rods and reels, rifles, boats, all-terrain vehicles and much more.

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Get out to the Niagara Outdoor Show

Angling for something to do next weekend?

The Niagara Outdoor Show will be held Sunday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Optimist Club on Morrison Street.

“If you hunt, fish or boat, this show offers something for everyone of all ages,” said Bill Whitehead, event organizer.

Formerly held in Fort Erie, this will be the first time the event has come to Niagara Falls.
Vendors will offer a variety of merchandise for the outdoor enthusiast including boats, all terrain vehicles, rifles and shotguns, rods, reels and thousands of lures.

Canadian author Paul Brisco will offer free appraisals on old lures, decoys and rods and reels.

Brisco is a member of the Canadian Antique Fishing Tackle Association and the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club. (more…)

From the Globe and Mail

We’re going over that?

APRIL HOLLADAY

Globe and Mail Update

November 12, 2007 at 3:38 PM EST

I visited Yosemite National Park in California recently where I saw rivers that poured over cliffs, becoming thousand-foot-tall thundering waterfalls before continuing on their courses at the bottoms of valleys. Do fish get carried over these waterfalls? Or do they know to stay away from the edge??? Juliet, Toronto, Canada

Do fish go over Niagara Falls? Do they live?

It’s a cold November day on the Niagara River, barely above freezing. A steady rain beats upon the rushing water. A rainbow trout stirs deep in the river, her red band dark in the depths. Fierce river currents push her to cliff’s edge, and she falls to a pool 170 feet (50 m) below. Luckily it’s Horseshoe (where 90% of the water falls). No rocks greet her, only a pool whose bottom is 150 feet down. She plunges into the air-bubble-cushioned pool, bobs up and swims slowly away, stunned but alive.

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Big plans for Miller’s Creek Marina

ALISON LANGLEY

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 – 07:00

Local News -

FORT ERIE – The future of the former Niagara Parks Commission Marina is expected to make a splash with boaters.

Warren Dac Investments, a private firm which recently took over day-to-day operations of the Niagara River Parkway marina held an informal grand opening Tuesday at the newly-named Miller’s Creek Marina. (more…)

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Annual bass derby set for Saturday

Friday, June 22, 2007 – 07:00

Local News – The 20th annual bass fishing derby will take place at Chippawa Creek Conservation Area in Wellandport from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Registration costs $5 for anglers 13 and over and $2 for children aged 12 and younger, plus the gate admission fee. Prizes will be awarded for the largest bass by weight, and all weigh-ins must be completed by 3:15 p.m. (more…)