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About Your Fishing Guide and Vessel
Choosing an outstanding and highly experienced Lake Ontario fishing guide is essential for a successful fishing trip. Trolling for Lake Ontario Salmon and Trout in Niagara is our specialty and we do it right. We are a federally licensed, insured, family-run business and will always custom tailor a private adventure to suit your needs.
You’ll be fishing on a modern, state-of-the-art, 2011 23ft Seaswirl Striper boat. It is powered by a 225 horsepower Volvo Penta GXI engine, autopilot, and the most up to date fishing and safety equipment available. You can rest assured that we meet or exceed Transport Canada’s safety requirements for commercial vessels. We encourage you to bring your children. We have everything needed to keep them safe on the water and have some great Packages & Rates.
35 Years of fishing experience on Lake Ontario in Niagara
Meet captain John
Captain John Mastrandrea will be your fishing guide on every trip. He has the technical know-how, Lake Ontario fishing experience, and personality to make your guided fishing trip a success. He has been a worldwide multi-species angler since he was a child and is an all-around nice guy. He fishes everywhere and anywhere – from British Columbia’s white Sturgeon to Thailand’s giant Mekong Catfish to Cuba’s Barracuda to Vietnam’s Siamese carp and has fished countless lakes and rivers in Japan, North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle-East, Central America, and the Caribbean. He lives and breathes fishing!
John is a lifelong Niagara resident. He started fishing before he could walk in the late 1970s on the Upper Niagara River. During the 1980s and 1990s, John spent his free time fishing all of Niagara’s great waterways –the Whirlpool, Queenston Docks, Port Dalhousie, and beyond. Since 1998, John found his passion actively fishing the waters of Lake Ontario for Chinook and Coho Salmon, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout and Lake Trout and is an avid multi-species angler throughout the year.
Your safety is our top concern. You can rest assured knowing you will be accompanied by an experienced and seasoned fishing guide on your fishing charter. Captain John’s extensive certifications and memberships include:
- SVOP - Small Vessel Operator Proficiency - Western Marine Institute
- ROC(M) – Restricted Operator’s Certificate Maritime (VHF) with DSC endorsement - Fort Erie Power and Sail Squadron
- SDV-BS - Small Domestic Vessel Basic Safety - Western Marine Institute
- MBFA - Marine Basic First Aid, Transport Canada - Western Marine Institute
- PCOC – Pleasure Craft Operator
- Pilot Certificate - Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), Visual line-of-sight (VLOS)
- 2023 Member of the Ontario Sportfishing Guides Association
- 2023 Member of the St. Catharines Game and Fish Association
- 2023 Member of the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce
- Western University - Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Political Science 1998
When he’s not fishing, Captain John is a full time 25 year business, auto, marine, and home insurance broker licensed in the province of Ontario and enjoys spending time with his wife and three young children (on the water, fishing, of course!).
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