Early Spring Trout Fishing

RiverRook	March 12th, 2010, 11:45 pm
Huron Posts: 1	5th day in a row on the huron getting skunked... Not my idea of early spring fishing. Now that being said besides switching rivers up, Are there any tips anybody has that may get these cold fish to move at all? The river is rising fast due to the recent rains and runoff. I know that the river temp has to have drop considering the snows we had last month. In the past five days I have tried just about everything, drifted spawn, jigs, wax worms, and flies (not using a flyrod). I am not sure if these are right for early spring considering I am the river rook... Is there no ways to temp the rainbow in icy waters? Also been trying for walleye at night. Using jigs and glo jigs, and some flies. Nothing has been working. VERY FRUSTRATING! Im not sure where all the holes are but i fish between a fish latter, and in flows all the way to lake erie. The walleye i could care less about although i do like a good walleye dinner. My main concern is the trout. I have consulted the charts and figured out what flies to use however would i be better off fly fishing or drifting spawn, or using jigs? Or unless somebody has an another method, I am pretty much willing to try anything or any advice i would appreciate it. Rook
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Keystoner	March 19th, 2010, 4:24 pm
Eugene, OR - formerly Eastern PA Posts: 145	Hey Bud, I'm a newbie myself, so I'm not sure how much help I can be. That said I have been fishing since the 5th, nearly every day. Now it might be a bit warmer down here in Easten Pa than were you are, however both trout that I have caught have been on a copper john 18 (nymph). I have also noticed egg imitations to be working well, although, I haven't gotten deep into that myself. All of this is being done on a fly rod. It is frustrating!!! I can relate to you there. If I just keep plugging along, and keep my eyes open eventually I'll figure it out and start catching a lot more fish. At least, that's what I tell myself. Best of luck.
	"Out into the cool of the evening, strolls the Pretender. He knows that all his hopes and dreams, begin and end there." -JB

Martinlf	March 19th, 2010, 6:38 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3233	Keystoner, that's exactly what it takes. For early spring fishing egg patterns, sucker spawn, and hare's ears, rolled slow on the bottom are also good bets, as is the copper john. Make sure you are getting your fly down. If you're not getting hung up some you're not deep enough. I fish nymphs tied with tungsten beads and lots of lead or lead-free wire tied on scud hooks. They flip over hook up and when they get hung a jerk often frees them (no jokes from the peanut gallery, JAD, JW). If that doesn't work get parallel or just upstream and try another jerk. Best of luck; I'm tied up with work just now and wish I could be out there.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell

CaseyP	March 20th, 2010, 5:39 am
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 653	oh, goodie, not too late for eggs. hope to get out with the mobs this PM. we are all just so glad to have some nice weather! "if you're not losing 'em, you're not using 'em." otherwise, it's the same mantra they teach rookie pitchers: Keep It Down! but to get free, i hold the rod so it points right down the line, and then carefully pull the line with my hand. don't yank, just pull until it lets go. mostly you'll get a fly back; sometimes just the leader. once found a rather large fish on the other end that way!
	"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

Sayfu	March 8th, 2013, 10:16 am
Posts: 560	Here is the key to rivers that I fish, and now, for the first time, I see a blurp in our Outdoor section of the paper as to where to look for fish in our cold water....DEEEP and SLOOOOW water!! They school up in deep, slow water. Their metabolism is low, and they don't have the energy level to fight current. I had some of the best fish days several years ago, floating through the moving/riffle/flowing water, and finding a deep, lake type area off the main current....fish, after fish, after fish. We only would fish the sunny, warmer part of the day, and would have a 20-30 fish outing, and off the water before the sun went down. Fish were very, very concentrated in these areas. I fished a white streamer on a sink tip line. White was dynamite in the cold, clear water.

The3Ps	April 14th, 2013, 9:36 am
Norway, Maine Posts: 3	Try what I call The Spring Special stone! Is a proven opening day fish hooker! It's just goose biot (tail) larva lace body wrapped with a brown hackle! Easy to tie, easy to fish and very productive! I will never allow my box to be without them!
	Patience, persistence, presentation!

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