Trout Fishing Techniques?

[AndyS]

If you plan on lots of C&R trout this year you may want to think about getting rid of those treble hooks or pinching the barbs down.

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by AndyS

If you plan on lots of C&R trout this year you may want to think about getting rid of those treble hooks or pinching the barbs down.

scientifically proven not to matter unless you're fly fishing and gut hooking everything and fighting it to it's death for 10 minutes.

[monsterfish]

To be honest, stocked trout will bite literally anything. They are raised in hatcheries and fed with pellets. Practically anything that looks attracting will have them bite, whether it's because they're curious, or just plain hungry.

I saw my friend cast an empty hook and caught one on the same hole I caught one.

Just like fish in a fish tank, they're looking up to wait for food to hit the water.

Obviously, as time progress and they spread out and grow, they learn their habitat, then it's a different story, but first few weeks of trout season, anything goes.

[Odin908]

I'll be out opening day at cheesequake trying my luck from shore. Good luck to you.

Edit: i guess i should add technique lol. Ill be bringing one pole with an assortment of spinners, sticks, artificial worms... maybe some trout dough. I'll be fishing and walking til i find where they are hiding.

[RyanLoughney]

Originally Posted by Odin908

I'll be out opening day at cheesequake trying my luck from shore. Good luck to you.

Edit: i guess i should add technique lol. Ill be bringing one pole with an assortment of spinners, sticks, artificial worms... maybe some trout dough. I'll be fishing and walking til i find where they are hiding.

Thanks! good luck to you!
the tips are well appreciated!

[Ike8120]

Going to try Pistol Petes with the Bubble this year. probably later in the season

Search Ebay or Cabela's

[Drossi]

Originally Posted by Ike8120

Going to try Pistol Petes with the Bubble this year. probably later in the season

Search Ebay or Cabela's

Forget the bubble get yourself a glass fly rod off ebay. They're a blast! Work good for stream smallies too.

[Finprof]

Originally Posted by monsterfish

To be honest, stocked trout will bite literally anything. They are raised in hatcheries and fed with pellets.

A not-so-secret lure for stocked trout is a piece of tan/brown foam rubber about the size and shape of a pellet of Purina trout chow.