Trout eat snails?

[Almaink]

I found these in a stockie caught in the D&R Canal this past spring. I've caught them using cigarette butts as bait' it's amazing what they will eat.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Almaink

I found these in a stockie caught in the D&R Canal this past spring. I've caught them using cigarette butts as bait' it's amazing what they will eat.

brown trout at RV etc, will pick up the sails off the bottom and eat them...i learned about that back in 1987..that is what gives the browns that frequent the shorelines their dark color..on the other hand you will have browns that patrol the open lake eating mostly herring will be more silver in color.

[23cardinal]

Originally Posted by Almaink

I found these in a stockie caught in the D&R Canal this past spring. I've caught them using cigarette butts as bait' it's amazing what they will eat.

I think this was the post I was thinking about.
And ty everybody.
@anthony- I always wondered about the difference even in one body of water.

[MudCat08]

I have found they eat snails (especially yellow/tan colored ones), cigarette butts, red berries, yellow twigs, small crayfish and vegetation that has amphipods. I have a feeling they hug the bottom some of the time and pick off anything they see as food. But they also gather floating stuff from the top. Kinda feed everywhere in the water column.

[Cuz]

I shuck the snails for catfish bait. Works great. They love them.