First day Trout Destinations

       I travel 100 miles north to fish Tionesta Creek with friends & relatives every year. I usually go to party because I do not like crowds but I will wet a line 8am -9am done! Then the fun begins . Perhaps I'll see some of you at Couger Bob's for a cold 1? I come home Sunday night , quit drinking & start fishing for real on Monday when I usually burn a vacation day to catch large quanities of left over trout from Sat-Sundays barage. The campfire & revisiting with old friends is better entertainment than the fishing at camp ; which will be in full swing when the weekend crowds have fizzled out. Good luck to everyone whatever you're intentions are on opening day of binge drinking & trout chasin. - DC

headed to juniata river to get away from the crowds, might luck into some carp or a few walleye. of corse our trout comes inthe 12th of april. where we will do the same thing or hit sayers dam. trout season for me is over. mine lasts from right after deer season to the first day of trout. don't like fishing in the spring or summer, too many snakes! i might hit a stream or two if it's chilly.

ORIGINAL: Dream Catcher

      I travel 100 miles north to fish Tionesta Creek with friends & relatives every year. I usually go to party because I do not like crowds but I will wet a line 8am -9am done! Then the fun begins . Perhaps I'll see some of you at Couger Bob's for a cold 1? I come home Sunday night , quit drinking & start fishing for real on Monday when I usually burn a vacation day to catch large quanities of left over trout from Sat-Sundays barage. The campfire & revisiting with old friends is better entertainment than the fishing at camp ; which will be in full swing when the weekend crowds have fizzled out. Good luck to everyone whatever you're intentions are on opening day of binge drinking & trout chasin. - DC

Headed to tionesta creek too.  I love to drink but normally the first weekend is more about fishing for me.  Although i spent a morning throwing up in tionesta creek a few years ago, so who knows.  Cougars is always a classic destination.  My neighbor whose camp I go to for the first weekend went down to watch the pens game and then came back to get me and my buddy last year, we went to amuse him and he more or less amused us.  Always good times!  Fish with the same guys every year and the same creek every year.  Its definitely a tradition, but after a long winter its just nice to get away and hang with good friends...

Probably no where..stockies arent my thing. they maybe some fun to catch...thats about all. wherever you go you see some nut doing something stupid...flip the boat...cast in before 8...so on...can be a real show. If I fish that day..ill be going to a lake not for trout. Or to work. ha.

Personally, I never go on opening day.  I like to go the weekend after opening day, It's a lot less crowded.

fish the first day the same place my grandpa took me back when i was around 9. same place i took my 4 kids the first day. now i take my grandson for the first day. where else? little neshannock!! great place to take youngsters the first day. (the old timers called it carbine crick?)

Always hit a few places close to home the first day sometimes it seems there is more driving than fishing. Gonna try something a little different this year and stay at one creek and fish it the whole day.

I will be going up to my cabin in Brockway, Pa for opening day. Great area with alot of fishable streams (spring creek, rattlesnake creek, little toby creek, and others). Not to mention if the trout bite isnt on you can just head down to the Clarion and fish for smallies. I guess this is my spot because this is practically where I grew up. I've spent countless hunting and fishing seasons at the cabin. But last year a 28-inch brown was caught on Little Toby.

im still undecided, i want to try and find somewhere where my grandpa wont rip someones ear off with his fly pole..probably impossible...beware erie county if you see a man with camo waders a fly vest and a fly pole that is somewhat deaf, stay back 50 feet...im usually at cascade creek though...

First Day of trout is way to OVERRATED just for 12" fish that were stocked

East branch of the Clarion river,fish the fly only section,3-4 trips from top to bottom,then watch the circus.

whats in port clinton walleyes

where ever my son wants to go,thats a wide range lol

The mighty Shenango, whenever I get up, probably around 10-11AM, no need to rush.

Any of the following:  Laurel Hill Creek, Jones Mill Run, Loyalhanna Creek, Little Coon Creek, Salmon Creek, Coon Creek, West Branch Hicks Run, Turtle Creek, Dunlap Creek, West Creek (if stocked), Portage Creek, Four Mile Run, or possibly an Erie trib.  Depends on my work schedule.