07-01-2008, 04:19 AM
i'd say 3 kinds of trout will hit a banjo minnow: Very large rainbows or browns, dumb freshly stocked trout and lake trout.
if you're on a good lake or river with lots of rainbow, browns or lakers - chances are you might run into kokanee salmon or steelhead. those 2 fish will absolutely annihilate a banjo minnow most of the time. g'luck!
edit: oh, and the best lure I've ever used for rainbows and even some browns/splakes is a panther martin with a dressed treble and the grooved bullet style body. just choose gold or silver depending on your lake conditions and you're set. most people will tell you to straight retrieve them, which I agree with, but don't be afraid to switch up retrieves to a jerky and spastic retrieve even while fishing an inline spinner. my method for finding trout quick is to burn the lure on the first cast - next cast gets a slow retrieve to just get the blade spinning - if those fail I use a spastic retrieve much like a jerkbait, but with less pauses. if you know the fish are there, but aren't responding to one of those retrieves you know the fish are most likely lethargic or way over-pressured.
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if you're on a good lake or river with lots of rainbow, browns or lakers - chances are you might run into kokanee salmon or steelhead. those 2 fish will absolutely annihilate a banjo minnow most of the time. g'luck!
edit: oh, and the best lure I've ever used for rainbows and even some browns/splakes is a panther martin with a dressed treble and the grooved bullet style body. just choose gold or silver depending on your lake conditions and you're set. most people will tell you to straight retrieve them, which I agree with, but don't be afraid to switch up retrieves to a jerky and spastic retrieve even while fishing an inline spinner. my method for finding trout quick is to burn the lure on the first cast - next cast gets a slow retrieve to just get the blade spinning - if those fail I use a spastic retrieve much like a jerkbait, but with less pauses. if you know the fish are there, but aren't responding to one of those retrieves you know the fish are most likely lethargic or way over-pressured.
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