Favorite early season trout lure

[Kamil88]

Figured it would be a good idea to share trout lures especially since the season is less than a week away. Hope it would give hints and ideas to some of the new guys getting into trout fishing. Mine is a rap 05 floater to all mepps spinners.Hope it will help some guys out in the coming season!!! Go get them ladies !

[BottomBouncer13]

Pin minnow and my favorite all gold number 2 blue fox

[briansnat]

Fly fishing it's the gold ribbed hares ear.

Spinning, I've done quite well with the YoZuri Snap Bean.

[bigfishy]

Wit da flyrod: dark stonefly nymphs(prince nymphs)bhpheasant tails 14-18's

Spinnin rod: the smallest lunker city finnesse fish they make, think it a 2 1/2 or ...3"....On a 1/32 oz.1/16 oz and 1/8 oz. plain round jig heads...the size of the heads depends on water clarity, depth and speed of the perticular pool i'm fishin....I go very natural when choosing colors on the finnesse fish and if the water is stained or SUPER DEEP ( 10' and deeper) ill go with an all white...

Also LOVE rapalas xrap series wich totally suspend on the pause...The xr6 is the perfect size fer the smaller stockies and come in a killer little trout pattern...
I've experimented alot with these the last couple yrs and find that the smaller sizes work better if you take off the feather tracer.....I do keep the feather trailer on with the larger size xraps...

I hope ANY of my late night ramblings helps somone with somethin....2cents out

[Mikey topaz]

Fly rod - blue wing olives,scuds,goldribbed hares ear,midges,san juan worms!
Spinning- rapala gold and silver,panthermartin spinners,

[dfish28]

Bait: #12 gami with a split shot 1' up, to just hold bottom in a stream with a superworm and a piece of power bait coiled around the head of the worm just enough to cover the head.

Lure: my goto in smaller places is the 1/32 prop blade rooster tail in white, and if you saw my rapala box you would understand how much I like them... In larger waters.

[Jigman13]

panther martins, hair jigs, rapala cd3s...

[acaravaglia]

Early = Spinners, rooster tails and panther martins. Some years gold, some years silver. For the breeders in the ponds, cant go wrong with a 1/2 oz. cast master.

few weeks in, all about the plugs. 2"-3" repalas.

[ScowardNJ]

I like those little prop blade rooster tails. The smallest ones they make

[muskynut]

By far the CD3 rapala.....CANNOT fish with bait....these lures are so effective for numbers and GIANT trout......they really should be outlawed they are just that good........Capt. Dave:D

[kcritch]

By far the CD3 rapala.....CANNOT fish with bait....these lures are so effective for numbers and GIANT trout......they really should be outlawed they are just that good........Capt. Dave:D

Thought for sure you were going to say that "Trout" was your favorite bait! I hear Muskys love'em! :D

[RWole]

I have used Rapalas, Mepps, Rooster Tails which are all great lures.
But when fishing a lake or reservoir during stocking Thomas spoons
are awesome.

[The Birdman]

Early = Spinners, rooster tails and panther martins. Some years gold, some years silver. For the breeders in the ponds, cant go wrong with a 1/2 oz. cast master.

few weeks in, all about the plugs. 2"-3" repalas.

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Gold and black dot panther M and gold castmaster's first

[buzzbaiter]

Plain old Panther Martin, gold, 1/16 oz. It will catch anything and everything but especially trout. Pinch dem barbs down!