Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA)

LOTSA is a Not-For-Profit group of mainly weekend recreational fishermen who are dedicated to the enhancement and promotion of the Lake Ontario Sport-Fishery. LOTSA places a heavy emphasis on Education including recruiting new Anglers to the Lake Ontario Fishery and providing continual Education opportunities for the experienced Anglers.

LOTSA meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of certain months (see events below) at 7:00 p.m. at the North Amherst Fire Company, 2200 Tonawanda Creek Rd, Amherst, NY 14228 and usually feature an informational seminar on a particular topic relating to the Lake Ontario fishery. Each meeting also features a sharing of information on the current fishing conditions.  Get Directions >>

Latest Club News & Happenings

Click here for the 2025 LOTSA Events

LOTSA Tournament Participants

The tournament sign up is live and ready to go. We are extending our early bird sign up till the end of February because of some website issues. The early bird sign up will get you a free entry to our tournament if your name gets picked at our May meeting at the back of the boat.

Thanks to Paul DeAngelo the owner of Great Lakes Fish Art. Paul donated a salmon mount to the biggest Salmon in our tournament. The 27.56# king salmon caught by Robert and Team Reel Chaos mount turned out great! The picture doesn’t do justice of the mount.

LOTSA Membership

Register or Renew your LOTSA membership as well as view the current LOTSA Membership list.

Salmon School

The well-known, in-depth salmon school of detailed instruction taught by top captains.

LOTSA Tournament

A fun tournament with simple rules that encourages family participation & promotion of the fishery.

LOTSA Picnic

Picnic and raffle on for this year!

Curt Meddaugh Tournament

Free tournament for LOTSA Members only. 3 Fish tournament – Salmon Only! NEW- BIG FISH FRIDAY! $150 payout to largest salmon weighed in!

323 Tournament

Fishing tournament with 3 fish weighed in over 2 days with 3 winners.

Quick Links

Below you will find a collection of links that the members of LOTSA have found useful, educational and entertaining over the years.

If you would like to see additional links added to this section, please let us know.  We will be happy to review the suggested link with the board for inclusion.

Hot Topics

Today's HOT Topics from around Lake Ontario brought to directly by Lake Ontario United.

 

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"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers... "

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