Spring Browns

[littlepjcsc]

where is a good place to fish for spring Browns in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario??

[superdad]

I think there may be browns off Wolfe Is, I would look for sandy shallows in March & April and fish them with planer boards.

 

There are browns in the North Channel and they must be around Amherst Is also. Shouldn't be any different around your island.

 

Lotsa luck

 

David  aka  Superdad

Kingston, ON

[littlepjcsc]

Thanks super dad. I fish them around Wolfe Island quite abit in the spring. Maybe it's just bad timing maybe bad luck but I've never had great luck. I do get a few every spring but nothing like they do in other places

The good news is at least I'm on the water enjoying what I love to do.

Thanks again Superdad and have a great season.

[steve-hamilton]

Just make sure you focus on the best water to up your odds.

 

Keep it shallow early in the year.

 

Look for stained water....

 

If you can't find any coloured water (by that i mean you can't see your outboard motor prop), then do the opposite....go deeper...25' to 35'...use natural looking baits and smaller spoons...

 

Or if all else fails, follow Superdad around.

[rolmops]

I have fished both the east and the west side of the Islands at the entrance of the Seaway when my daughter in law attended Queens University in Kingston. The east side is usually a bit better in early spring. I think that it has to do with the water being protected from the cold water hitting the west shores as it passes into the St. Laurens. What I mostly remember about Wolfe Island is "swoosh swoosh swoosh".

Edited February 23, 2016 by rolmops

[littlepjcsc]

Swoosh swoosh is pretty accurate.

[steve-hamilton]

I love that sound!

 

It's the sound of coal and natural gas facilities shutting down.

 

Wish the solar panels made a similar sound

[ut_falcon]

Thought the swoosh swoosh sound was the sound of thousands of cormorants arriving each spring

[John Kelley]

Henderson Harbor always seems to have a bunch of hungry browns.   

[littlepjcsc]

Yes they do. And I use to fish there. I live in the Kingston area and am just trying to find some Browns closer to home.

[Trophyhunter1958]

big sandy bay when the water starts to warm , boards and small spoons