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Part of the fun of fishing is sharing your experiences through picture. Below is the fishing photo gallery of angler catches submitted to We Love Outdoors! Check back often to see what the latest catches are!

Fishing Photos

Lake Erie Walleye

This 6 lb. 9 oz. walleye is what makes Lake Erie so famous. From dead lake in 1970 from industrial pollution to a thriving, healthy world-class fishery. Stunning

Fat Black Crappie

Amherst angler and AFC Member John Jack Durphy shows off a 14.5 inch, 1 lb. 12 oz. black crappie caught from Findley Lake, NY

14 inch perch

Large yellow perch, like this 14 incher, are common again on Lake Erie!

Cooler of Perch

Cooler of jumbo perch caught from Lake Erie, April 2022

April 2022 Perch

Buffalo angler Jesse shows off some jumbo perch caught while fishing off Farnham, NY

April 2022 Lake Erie Perch

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Angler Dane Stocker at Maple Springs, first ice

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Yes that is ice! Crystal clear!!

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First ice on North end of Chautauqua Lake, Maple Springs, Sunday, Jan 16, 2022

Wicked Double

Buffalo angler Mike Rinallo shows off a "wicked double" of jumbo Lake Erie perch

Lake Erie Laker

Rich Davenport shows off a nice 18 lb. 8 oz. Lake Erie Lake Trout

Limit of Perch and four bonus Walleye

This limit of 50 yellow perch and four walleye made for a great day ice fishing on Chautauqua Lake

Brace of Hard Water Walleye

This brace of walleye was caught through the ice on Chautauqua Lake

Kernahan Chautauqua Largemouth Bass

Largemouth bass from Chautauqua Lake caught by Wheatfield angler Tim Kernahan

9 lb Walleye

Dave Olsen hold a 9 lb walleye caught while trolling off Barcelona Harbor, Lake Erie

Chautauqua Smallmouth bass

Eric Boehnke of Amherst caught this smallmouth bass while fishing Chautauqua Lake

Pair of Walleye

Rich Davenport shows a brace of Chautauqua walleye caught while ice fishing

25 inch walleye

This 25 inch Chautauqua Lake walleye was caught through the ice while fishing in 42 feet of water, Feb 2021

Channel Catfish

Justin Moslow and Rich Davenport show off some big channel catfish

Chautauqua Musky

Rich Davenport caught this 50 1/4" 36 lb musky from Chautauqua Lake

Steelhead Trout

A steelhead trout caught from 18-Mile Creek, Eden, NY

Walleye Success

Greg Conrad and Rich Davenport show off some walleye success on Lake Erie

Lake Erie Perch

A pair of Lake Erie Perch caught during springtime

Spring Laker

Rich Davenport shows of a Lake Erie lake trout caught while perch fishing

May Northern Pike

Northern Pike caught opening weekend from Quaker Lake, Allegany State Park

Wiscoy Creek in Spring

The Wiscoy Creek, one of WNY's Premiere Wild Trout Streams, offers some of the finest stream trout fishing NY has to offer!

Wiscoy Creek Brown Trout

Rich Davenport shows off a beautiful wild brown trout caught from the Wiscoy Creek, Wyoming County, NY.

Wiscoy Creek wild brown

Another big wild brown trout caught by Rich Davenport from the Wiscoy Creek, Wyoming County, NY

First brown trout ever

Tonawanda angler Greg Conrad shows off his first ever brown trout, a beautiful wild fish, caught from the Wiscoy Creek, Wyoming County, NY