MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
Everytime me and Bob go it rains and blows Dave so we got used to it...LMAO...and yes we get our share of fish in the foul weather end of April early May.
there is nothing like being in a boat wearing everything you own .....LOL...freezing to death. But catching fish 
I do well in bad weather but cold air and water temps thta's another thing. I don't do well in January whent the air teps are single digits and the water temps are a degree away from freezing. I dont' start catching fish in open water untill the sun starts to warm the water at least to 38 degrees. That is the magic number for the salmon and brookies wait untill 40 degrees before really moving around well. I have some old snow pics I will try to find one or two.
Here is a couple from last spring That is snow in the background on these
I know it is sunny out but it was cold in that water. Like I said water temps in the 36-38 degree range.
Nice photos Jake, I think another reason the fishing is good in ealry spring and late fall there is less fishing pressure. Most people are hunting or to worried about the cold.
Mike you are right I remember going fishing with my Dad in May on lake moxie and wearing snowmobile suits to keep from freezing to death. Then when we have to leave its 50 degrees the next day.
Jake is right it all has to do with water temp not air temp. The fall is for hunting Dave....LOL
Trout season ends here 15 September in NS but rarely do we trout fish after the end of May.
Ya I keep fogetting you guy's have short seasons Mike. I thought fall was gathering wood ? 
So what species of trout are more effected by temp ? I think the Browns hold up better in warmer water as do the Rainbows but Brookies love the cold water, Not sure what the Lake trout like but I do know that Cutts need cold water and Bull trout have to have extreamly cool water like the Grayling. Waht do you guy's feel Dave V
Brown trout do like warmer temps then most trout 55-65. Brookies perfer temps from 40-50 and lakers around 35-45. I belive rainbows fall between brookies and browns but not 100% sure 
Also I read that brown trout will hold in one spot untill it dies rather than look for colder water or food and rainbows stray away from lies further than other trout to get food. I think brookies travel the least in search of food and do most traveling to spawn. I have a biologist friend that did some radio studies and found some brooktrout stay within a 25 foot radius in the winter under the ice. Most trout they studdied stay put all winter and only moved a little bit in the spring and went back to satying home in the summer and moving in the fall untill the ice forms. Actuly this study has been very helpful I hope it helps you.
After seeing a photo of Fish Carva fly fishing in a snow storm I got the idea for this post. How many of you out there brave the harsh weather to go fishing ? Also how sucessful were you ?
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was
cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words,
and some of the words are theirs.