Round valley or spruce run advice

[AndyS]

T.O.W. Time on the water. keep a log book, Pm others on here, use the search feature on here, go to Round Valley Trout Association meetings, talk to people at the ramps, look at topo maps.
I don't have a fish finder, I use the one between my shoulders.

[jimmythegreek]

I wouldnt bother fishing spruce if you are looking for trout, they are few and far between in there. Ive fished it for years and altho I target stripers only Ive never had a trout as bycatch there and I only fish with herring

now for RV theres many ways to fish it, as brian said jigging for lakers would be your best bet. If you can fish a deadstick Id throw a shiner on a fishfinder rig and make sure its close to the bottom and on the other side jig a binsky or a tube bait. You can also use heavy 3/4-1oz jig heads and use a shiner on it and jig that, works very well. There are lots of fish up high this year, theres no thermocline set in as of yet, but there is seperation of water temps and you will find the bait hanging out near that band of water and the trout will be as well. You can get down as deep as you need to with just snap weights or trolling weights, no need for lead core or downriggers. With a 2oz snapweight at 1mph its 2to1 w live bait, will be more with drag of a lure or spoon. RV is a tough place for guys w boats and electronics, trolling w a kayak isnt easy and keeping a steady speed is the hard part. maybe ur phone has an app, you wanna be 1.5 to 2 mph, you can go a lil faster but usually thats the speed range im trolling unless I see outside lines in turns getting hit. If you are gonna be doing alot of kayak fishing Id spend a couple bucks and get a basic fishfinder, you can do well for a hundred bucks, its crucial in alot of waters

[MattK]

I know it might be a trip for you but you might be better off going for trout on aeroflex with a kayak and no depth finder. Its a smaller lake and you wont need a fishfinder to figure out where the drop offs are. Once you get to the middle of the lake find where the weed beds stop and thsts pretty much straight down from there.Theres browns and bows in there plus they stock it with salmon.

[Mzalla]

Thanks for all the help I will be hoping to try my luck at rv with heavier tackle and more weight to get my bait deeper. I will most likely end up and buying a fish finder. Thanks again to all the help. I will let you know if I end up having any luck.

[zmerchant7]

Back when I used to fish off my kayak at RV I used to do well jigging or drifting Herring on the bottom for Lakers, as stated already by a few other people, and fishing Shiners under slip bobbers for Rainbows and Browns. Used to pick up a lot of Browns trolling with a three way swivel set up as well, but that was back a few years ago when RV was stocked more heavily with Browns than it is now. As far as depth goes, you want to get deeper for sure this time of year for the Trout. Rainbows and Browns have been coming out of deeper water 80-100 feet, but suspended anywhere between 20 and 50 feet down. As far as Lakers go, they're mostly in 80+ feet of water now, but you can catch them a bit shallower if you hit it early morning like right around sunrise before they move deeper for the day.