How to find a Five Lined Skink???

[Pareeeee]

Ok so I know it's too late now with winter coming on any day, but once spring comes, my yearly hunt for Ontario's only lizard continues. Everyone else seems to see them, without looking for them. Everyone! friends, family members...except for me!! And I purposely go looking for them!! It's so frustrating when everyone else gets to see these guys except for me, lol...
I just know some day I will find one and I won't have my camera...

Anyone know what time of year, what habitat and what techniques to finding these guys! I simply MUST find one. I've been looking every summer for years and years!