Plugs First Time

[Bruce Litton]

Just a really nice day casting a plug for trout. Put on the Grateful Dead and remembered who I was. The job sucks. Never have cast plugs for them during winter before, and I see it works. I fished a hole I know is about eight feet deep, because I used to swim there, and I got hit when I let the plug pause & sink. Another spot looked really nice with its black belly. The plug swam in about four feet of water getting close to me when when I saw the wild brown--10 or 11 inches--turn on it, then felt the hit.

Missed both fish but there's life out there!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Twitch twitch pause and play with the speed of the plug. You’ll get em for sure! If all else fails drift a good old night crawler!

[thmyorke1]

Usually my go to is a black marabou jig but ive been adding in plugs, inline spinners, and a few other random things to put under a bobber.

[bigfishy]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

Usually my go to is a black marabou jig but ive been adding in plugs, inline spinners, and a few other random things to put under a bobber.

Worm fish dont count!!😜

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by bigfishy

Worm fish dont count!!😜

you mean to quote ed? You wont find me using crawlers too yucky! EW! squirmy but my dad... all he uses when we go out for stocked trout. He wont go out unless I pick up crawlers on the way. He makes up for using 2 lb test and a 5 foot rod.

[Bruce Litton]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

you mean to quote ed? You wont find me using crawlers too yucky! EW! squirmy but my dad... all he uses when we go out for stocked trout. He wont go out unless I pick up crawlers on the way. He makes up for using 2 lb test and a 5 foot rod.

In the spring, I stock up on salmon eggs & use a 3 1/2 foot microlight rod, tiny spinning reel, and two-pound test, but recent years, I've been using one-pound test. It's fun. They don't always hit the same way & that's half the challenge, hooking up. And if you hook a breeder--wow!

Back when they stocked browns, I used the same tiny one-inch Rapala I used today, but on an ultra-light. Or so called. An ultra-light is not true to the word, not when you compare a microlight.