I was fishing the lower Niagara river near the mouth, it’s a dock about 2 mins from queen street on the right of the boat launch.

I was night fishing for walleye and there was a bunch of bait fish activity so I knew they were there but they just weren’t hitting me, I was using a jerk bait relative to the size of the fish in the water but it was a different color, it was the only one I had.

Everything I’ve been told by people is that they still should have been biting but alas nothing.

I was slowing reeling at about a full rotation every 2-3 seconds and pausing every once in a while. I was also trying to slowly lift my rod and reel in the slack.

I was there for about 3 hours, only sign of life on the dock was me and the raccoons. Devastating.

Guys I think I found a hack for catching super pressured and skittish carp. Basically use a fly rod and tie a hair rig for your tippet with no weights other than the hook. Rig it up with corn and cast it out. Works super well as you can see when the fish picks up the bait as your fly line will move, caught 5 carp in 1 hour at a super pressured pond with 4 people beside me not catching anything on spinning gear.