Credit River brook trout, today
Brook trout hold in the coldest headwater reaches of the Upper Credit, particularly above Old Baseline Road in Caledon. These are wild fish, smaller than the browns below and beautiful to look at. Water temperature is the whole game: brookies go off the feed above 18°C, so midsummer is unproductive. Best fishing is May–June and again in September.
How to fish it
Use light tackle: a 3 or 4 weight, 5x or 6x tippet, flies in the 14–18 range. Brook trout in clear headwater streams spook easily. Wade carefully, stay low, and cast to specific fish rather than covering water at random.
Catch-and-release only for Brook Trout on this stretch, artificial lures only, one single-pointed barbless hook. Season closes September 30. Confirm the current rules in the Ontario fishing regulations for Zone 16 before you fish.
Access points
- Upper Credit Conservation Area, Caledon, ON
- Belfountain Conservation Area, Belfountain, ON
Read next
For the river as a whole, including the three sections, the two dams and why the stretch you pick matters more here than anywhere, see fishing the Credit River. Timing for every Ontario river is in the river-by-river salmon run guide, and for the drift itself, three float fishing tips.