{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Spring steelhead

Right now the water is pretty cold and high on the salmon.  Fresh fish should be coming and and fishing should pick up into april but by may you will mostly be seeing dropback fish which can be very aggressive  but skinny.  

On the Erie tribs the fish can leave pretty early depending on the system, especially if there isn't a ton of rain.  The Catt usually has fish through april and into May (when large lake run smallmouth can also enter) but so much of the river is off limits now I don't know if I would go with that as my target stream.  The smaller and shale bottom type streams will have fish for the next few weeks but it isn't unheard of for those fish to be done by April.  I was in Buffalo this weekend and the erie tribs up that way are all up and high which should bring fish.  

For both Ontario and Erie I prefer the fall fishing but you can definitely have good days in the spring.  Conditions and fish behavior are just more variable.  

On Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 2:54:21 PM UTC-5 Art Friedlander wrote:

Looking for advice on guides for floating the Salmon river and any experience with the spring run on the Salmon and also the Erie tribs compared to the fall run in terms of quality and quantity.

Thanks

Art

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