What rivers are in Steelhead Alley?
Steelhead Alley refers to the south-shore tributaries of Lake Erie that hold a steelhead trout fishery — primarily 11 rivers in Ohio, 4 in northwestern Pennsylvania, and 7 in western New York. The most-fished are the Cuyahoga, Chagrin, Grand, Rocky, and Conneaut in Ohio; Walnut, Elk, and Twenty Mile in Pennsylvania; and Cattaraugus, Eighteen Mile, and Chautauqua in New York.
The full list of 22 Lake Erie–draining tributaries Steelhead Addiction covers: in Ohio (11) — Ashtabula River, Conneaut Creek, Chagrin River, Grand River, Rocky River, Cuyahoga River, Vermilion River, Black River, Huron River, Brandy Run, Euclid Creek; in Pennsylvania (4) — Elk Creek, Walnut Creek, Twenty Mile Creek, Crooked Creek; in New York Lake Erie (7) — Cattaraugus Creek, Chautauqua Creek, Eighteen Mile Creek, Canadaway Creek, Silver Creek, Buffalo Creek, Cazenovia Creek. Steelhead Addiction also covers 9 Lake Ontario tributaries (Salmon River, Genesee River, Oak Orchard Creek, etc.) which are not technically "Steelhead Alley" but share the same species and angler base.
