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2023 LOTSA Salmon School

Attention Great Lakes Salmon Fishermen! The Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Association (LOTSA) is proud to (once again) host its well-known in-depth Salmon School on Saturday, February 18, 2023. This highly acclaimed school, now in its 13th year, has become the premier Salmon School anywhere in the Great Lakes. What started out as a local event now attracts many diehard salmon anglers from around the Great Lakes and Canada attending. The School, coupled with all the trout and salmon exhibitors at the Greater Niagara Fishing Expo (February 16 – 19), makes this a “must attend” winter event for many.

Each year the intense class is enhanced based upon the input from those who attended the previous School. Based upon that input, Capt. Vince Pierleoni (Lake Ontario west end and north shore), Capt. Russell Gahagan (Lake Michigan) and Capt. Rob Mallory (Lake Ontario east end) have been selected to be the main instructors for the 2023 School. The School again will be targeted for the experienced Lake Ontario Salmon Fisherman as Vince, Russell and Rob will do a “deep dive” into the specific tools and techniques they utilize to make them consistently successful chasing Kings. The focus will be on the 3 main (open lake) Lake Ontario Salmon fishing periods (May, July, and August) and dive into the more technical aspects for each of these months relating to location, the “right” water, deep-water King tactics, locating and catching offshore Kings and on fishing “meat” among many other tactics. This instruction will include some detailed video footage which should help the learning process.

Click here for more details on the School LOTSA Salmon School | Greater Niagara Fishing & Outdoor Expo (niagarafishingexpo.com)

It’s not too early to start making you plans to attend with your fishing buddies. Registrations will open in September.

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