camper4lyfe

Cool. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

Good to know. Any particular time in the Fall? Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

So in general it’s best to hit it on the 1st, as soon as the season opens. What typically defines the spawn/when they’ll be in the creek? Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

I'm not entirely sure of my dad's obsession with fishing Springwater Creek, but it's a nice way to spend some time with my dad. That said, I'm hoping to get some help. I know very little about stream/creek fishing, and even less about trout. I typically fish the St. Lawrence for smallmouth, so this is a huge changeup for me. We've been going to the creek around mid-April for the past few years, and I've only started catching fish the last 2 times, but they've all been dinky rainbows (I don't entirely mind, as at least it's something), but I really don't have an understanding of what the trout are looking for, or where We should be looking for them. Tackle-wise, I've been using spinners (I've had my best luck with a small silver spinner), and my dad has been married to salmon eggs. I keep trying to get him to switch to spinners, but I haven't had any luck on that yet, but I keep trying. Unless he knows something I don't, I just don't think that's going to work for him. Initially, we were parking on Kellogg Rd and heading North on the creek toward the lake. The first couple years, we tried here with no luck, and barely even saw anything. Only when we pushed farther toward the lake, after parking along 15A and bushwacking in to the creek did we start having any luck, and like I said, they've all been pretty small. Questions: This year has been tough with the low water, and most likely abnormally warm water, but one of my biggest questions is what are the trout doing in the Spring? Are they heading up the creek for the summer, are they going up the creek to spawn and then head back to the lake? What's their movement, and how would/does water temperature potentially effect that? Does the trout fishing in the stream drop off as the season progresses, or does it move one way or another? I feel like a spinner is the way to go, and on the small size due to the small size of the creek. Is that the best way to go? Should I be pressing my dad more to move on from the eggs and switch to a lure of some sort? In the end, I'm just trying to up our odds of having some success, and definitely trying to get my dad to land his first trout. If you'd rather private message me with details so your secrets don't end up broadcast over the internet, that's fine by me. Any little bit will help, in all honesty, as we're complete novices at this.

Or at minimum, don’t bother with the spillway. You’ll have to explore new areas. I’m hearing they’re staying in the lake, or close to it because of the low water and several beaver dams. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

There’s even less water than last week. At this point, I wouldn’t bother making the drive this year. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

The water's pretty low this year, and I'm hearing they're not running like normal. i may take a trip down in the next day or two to check it out.

They must just be starting. There wasn’t anything this past weekend. Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

It’s way too early Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

My oldest (7) is already talking about "that time we went to see the fish" and wants to go back. The kid loves fishing, and would go every day if I took him.

I just dug through my pictures from last year, and I have pictures of pike running April 1. We also saw walleye in the side streams around that time too. I can't for the life of my remember the order that they run. I THINK it's walleye first, then pike, but it could very well be the other way around.

No bit, but still better than working.

I think I'm going to hit Conesus for a quick bit at lunch today. I'm starting to think it might be the last time on the lake for me, based on this snow that's coming.

So I’m basically a complete newbie when it comes to hard water. What effect will all this snow that’s coming have on the ice? I know snow insulates and can inhibit ice formation, but can it potentially cause the ice to degrade? Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United

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