any early spring tips?

[Between the lakes]

Well I finally did it and bought my house between Seneca and Cayuga lakes. I am about 3 miles from Deans cove and 6 miles from Sampson so it looks like a great location to get some fishing in. I have fished the lakes a lot in the mid eighties and always did well on rainbows in Seneca and lake trout wherever you wanted to catch them. I am sure that things have changed a bunch since then with the zebra mussels and changing environmental conditions. I am just looking for a hint or two on when to get out for some salmon/rainbow fishing early spring. Is one lake more consistent than the other and should I head north or south? I do have the option of trailering to any other launches. Is it mainly a trolling fly bite or the spoons?

[kayslay]

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[chowder]

Early Spring: temps are the same throughout the water column so if you are multi species fishing you want to have presentations throughout the water column. If you’re fishing exclusively for browns and or other warm water seeking species then let inlets ,  water temp gauge and colored water be your guide. 

[rolmops]

Where the water temperature is even half a degree warmer is where the fish will go.

think creeks at points that stick out. Currents around points mixed with slightly warmer water are fish magnets