Just getting back into fishing after only 20 some odds years 
I happen to live by bayview and pottery road and am a runner so been checking out the area on my runs. I have never fished a river before (grew up fishing ponds or deep sea) and I have never fished for carp. So might as well kill two birds with one stone as they say.
I saw the thread of the water clarity of rivers this time of year in Ontario and I presume low visibility is not good. Since it has been raining lately and ice thawing the Don looks a bit like the Hershey Highway. So since I am completely ignorant of carp fishing and river fishing I have a few questions hopefully some of you guys or gals can help me with:
Do the currents of rivers change throughout the year? The Don today seemed very rapid I presume due to rain we have been getting but this made me wonder if the current changes with season as well. Also is it even worthwhile to try to fish in a muddy river for carp this time of year? Though the river seems quite rapid you might be able to fish eddies or the part of the river right after the rocks slow down the water but not sure if water clarity and temperature would make that pretty useless at this point.
Is it even possible to keep something stationary in a river when it is going fast like the Don is now? I am not even sure if large pyramid sinkers and the like would work and/or be worth it considering the debris.
These questions are probably obvious to you guys but like I said rivers and carp are a whole new deal for me and the little I ever "knew" about fishing I have mostly forgot. Kinda why I am looking into the Don as it is close and even if not super productive it get me back fishing and re-developing basic skills.
Thanks in advance for any help and if any of you know of any good river/carp books or resources please let me know!
I happen to live by bayview and pottery road and am a runner so been checking out the area on my runs. I have never fished a river before (grew up fishing ponds or deep sea) and I have never fished for carp. So might as well kill two birds with one stone as they say.I saw the thread of the water clarity of rivers this time of year in Ontario and I presume low visibility is not good. Since it has been raining lately and ice thawing the Don looks a bit like the Hershey Highway. So since I am completely ignorant of carp fishing and river fishing I have a few questions hopefully some of you guys or gals can help me with:
Do the currents of rivers change throughout the year? The Don today seemed very rapid I presume due to rain we have been getting but this made me wonder if the current changes with season as well. Also is it even worthwhile to try to fish in a muddy river for carp this time of year? Though the river seems quite rapid you might be able to fish eddies or the part of the river right after the rocks slow down the water but not sure if water clarity and temperature would make that pretty useless at this point.
Is it even possible to keep something stationary in a river when it is going fast like the Don is now? I am not even sure if large pyramid sinkers and the like would work and/or be worth it considering the debris.
These questions are probably obvious to you guys but like I said rivers and carp are a whole new deal for me and the little I ever "knew" about fishing I have mostly forgot. Kinda why I am looking into the Don as it is close and even if not super productive it get me back fishing and re-developing basic skills.
Thanks in advance for any help and if any of you know of any good river/carp books or resources please let me know!
