Northern Ontario Rainbow Trout Fishing
Its been a tough few weeks not being able to get out river fishing as much as I wanted to for some rainbow trout but it’s time to get going. Since the warm weather is just beginning to melt inland lakes and snow, the small and large spawning beds for rainbow trout are just beginning to heat up.
We headed out after work for only a couple hours last Thursday. The water levels had risen quite a bit from the previous weekend with the past 4 days being considerably warmer than normal. I’m sure the rainbow trout fishing will get a lot better in the next few weeks.
We were fishing at the Chippewa River which is approximately 40 minutes North of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. If your coming from east of Sault Ste Marie, or from Michigan then take a drive north of Sault Ste Marie along Hwy 17 for about 30-40 minutes. Watch for the signs for the Chippewa River, and pull into the parking lot beside the river before crossing the bridge. You can’t miss it!!!
So, with spring heating up and the Chippewa River raging its time to get your Rainbow Trout fishing on the upswing.
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- Chippewa River
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- Chippewa River
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- Chippewa River
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I was using a standard pencil spring float, snap swivel, leader line, hook and spawn. The hook gently strewn through the mess as to not break any eggs. We bought the spawn bags from our local Trading Post in Sault Ste Marie.
When we got to Chippewa River I quickly setup a standard floating rig this way…
I tied off a small snap swivel to my main line from my reel and then added about 16 inches of mono-filament fishing line as a leader and tied off the # 14 or 16 gold colored salmon hook. I then added 3-5 very small BB split shot sinkers to give it some weight and a spawn bag as bait. Easy enough eh?
Adding a float to any fishing line will depend on the type of float you have. I find the pencil spring floats very easy to work with. In this case with a Pencil Spring Float it allowed me to easily put it on my line and move it to various depths as I needed to throughout the day.
Note: Float fishing can be rewarding but it does involve a lot of casting if the water is fast flowing as it was this day.
Consider a standard sinking rig if you don’t want to cast alot.
Another way to use this type of setup is to just remove the float. With fast moving water you should add enough split shots to still allow the rig to sink to the strike zone. This zone is the best depth to catch rainbow trout and should be around 16″ from the bottom. Add or remove split shots to allow your rig to move about the current in the river.
Using this type of rig allowed me some flexibility and if I added or removed the split shots as needed I could get different depths and maybe more success in catching a big one. I was quickly and eagerly heading down to the rivers edge for some lively rainbow fishing.
If you ever feel like going on a good fishing trip for the day then consider a nice drive north of Sault Ste Marie to Chippewa River.
Read more about Chippewa River, whenever your planning that fishing trip.
Thanks and happy fishing…
Oh ya, take a look at this video too…
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