Small Creek Steelhead Fishing Ontario

Small creeks can hold big steelhead long into spring! Here are 10 tips and tricks that all stream trout angler should know.
Finding a cold, spring fed creek with deep holes can mean good steelhead fishing for weeks after most anglers say they have all gone back to the lake. these fish stick around if the conditions are ideal and can be quite easy to hook. Landing these big fish in tight quarters is another story!
We recommend using at least 8lb line when fishing these log infested pools but after this day I may even try 10lb!
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[@nicholasyebra1988]

Couldn't imagine a better spot to fish amazing 🤩

[@paulkuzia9236]

Great instruction there young fella! Looks like you need a late summer visit to clear out some of those logs. I’ve used “Mikes” pink salmon eggs with great success for domestic rainbow for years but they always swallow the hook, looking forward to utilizing the circle hooks in the future. Thanks for the tip!

[@davidfrey2779]

Love this vid!! I live in Erie, PA, and I love fishing its tribs. So do 7,000 other people. I don't care to drift fish shoulder to shoulder right on top of pools, so I always hit the small, gin clear creeks. There aren't many options when you have pools with completely still water and no room to throw a spoon or fly fish. I'm the only one at the local fishing shop buying worms during steelhead season, but I hammer them compared to the guys throwing egg sacks for 7 hours straight. It's always tough navigating those logs!! Sometimes I throw my rod to the bank if they're hung up and try to net them to save my hook.

[@694onthewater3]

Solid fish too! Keep up the great work!

[@NorthOntarioDave]

Fun stuff. Reminds me of some of the little creeks I used to fish when I was younger.

[@pokemaster1234567899]

Glad to see that i'm not the only one who uses circle hooks for trout! I mainly fish for conservation so circle hooks are key to prevent gut hooking, hence why they're my favourite when using live bait. The type of knot you use also plays a huge role when using circle hooks. I personally like to snell mine. Thanks for the upload, Jesse!

[@truenorthangler]

Really enjoyed this video, Jesse. Love how hard you have to work for them but it pays off when you can land one. That was a bright fish. Too bad you lost the other ones, that’s how fishing the sticks is. Thanks for showing us the tips and tricks for fishing heavy structure using dew worms.

[@NickWheeler33]

This was awesome.😎 We have a similar river very close to home. I sort of...accidentally, discovered I could fish the small holes in it, similar to this, when my #3 splitshot was still too heavy to drift. It just sort of sank, with a tiny corkie and coon shrimp. It has proven fairly successful so far. It's great to see someone else successfully using this approach. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@tackleboxtonyy]

i don’t creek but i’m glad i could live vicariously through you Jesse haha some tight quarters provide for some rewarding angling.

[@triflame]

Great vid guys love it!!

[@flippinfishoutdoors]

Great Video! Great tips! I'm defiantly going to try out those strategies as I'm new to fishing for Steelies!

[@CFMRocks]

Great video - added yeah to my playlist "Fishing Vids" good job mang .

[@MrKokemachine]

Solid tips. Looks like a great spot.

[@msmith6713]

Hey Man,

[@AnglingSpiders]

The hike was worth it, nice stream and some beautiful fish. Well done.

[@bucktalesoutdoors7566]

Three fish hooked, one landed , that’s not a bad ratio in my limited experience with Steelhead. Very cool little stream loaded with snags just waiting to mess you up but man those were some beauties in there. Lots of good pointers. Looking forward to the next one.

[@mikeschaafsma7199]

very good video. to me it is the main basics of fishing,butits a good reminder for me and a very educational video for ppl wanting to learn fishing and my girlfriend wants to go fishing this spring with me. so, we live in Canada and I am going to take her to Mill creek in Cambridge ON for brown trout which are stocked there and last year i caught my first brown which was about 12 inches by worm drifting into a pool. didnt see it. so very happy. good luck buddy!

[@MMK86]

that place looks surreal, nice fish man, especially when battling them in the jungle like that haha

[@QuietWildernessFishing]

This was a great video Jesse. Lots of great tips and nice to see some POV fishing footage. I laughed when you started talking about crawling up to spots - had this vision of you in full camo, face painted, chewing tobacco, climbing under brush to the Creek side with your monocular scouting for steelies. 😁

[@earthq1077]

Hey man very helpful video,