Its pretty early man, aka not prime steel time. Especially down here in swo. Kids&steele are a bit of a no go in general IMO. Rivers are pretty dangerous in nature. Try and find some gravely water in an O or Erie trib maybe some boots around. Good steel heading goes hand in hand with very cold and challenging conditions even for the roughest of us. All that being said you can't catch fish without a pole and the water. If your set on going I'd say head east for a couple hours.