We fish Upper Bear Creek quite a bit and it has been a terrible and weird spring so far, and everyone I have talk to at the lake have said it has been worst spring they ever seen up there. Caught a few yesterday and they still haven't spawned and haven't caught any in what I would call shallow water or any males with bloody tails. They are where I would expect to find them 2-3 weeks or so before the spawn even though the water temps are in the 65 degree range.