07-01-2008, 05:09 AM
nightcrawlers will work for eager and dumb trout (new stockers, for example), in my experience, but if you want to use live worms then earthworms (a lot smaller and more lively in the water) or wax worms (much smaller) work better.
salmon eggs work very well most of the time if you rig them right. I see a lot of guys using huge hooks and stuffing 4-5 salmon eggs on them...LOL. if you want to catch trout (and I'm even talking quality 20+ inchers) a small gamakatsu single egg hook (or similar) works best. if you feel the need for more bait on your line it's better to tandem rig 2 of these hooks with one egg each than it is using the huge hook/5 egg method. oh, and corn is banned here in colorado for good reason - they pound it. however, there are corn flavored/colored eggs on the market that work very well for heavily pressured trout waters. from a distance they have a sweet, almost bubble gum smell to them - yet up close they smell like a salmon egg. when I stroll up to a lake for some shore bait fishing and ask how guys are doing and they show me a regular salmon egg and report no fish or even bites - I throw on these corn eggs and they'll generally produce fish.
another easy and extremely effective trout method - Berkley Gulp brown artificial earthworms rigged on either a tandem hook rig or stinger hook works very well. leave slight slack between the 2 hooks and leave about 1/4 inch off the front hook for the head and about an inch off the back for the tail. this allows the worm to swim very well when straight retrieved or jerked back. the best method I've used for it is a couple of quick and small snaps - pause - repeat. it makes it swim much like a snake yet the movement is minimal so it looks realistic and enticing to the fish. I've actually caught everything from bluegill, crappie, trout and bass on this presentation. it just looks like an easy and lively meal.
some guy from Berkley made a youtube video of a caterpillar and mouse presentation made of both powerbait and the worm I mentioned and I tried it last week when I felt like kicking back and doing some bait fishing - it produces some vicious strikes, especially the "mouse" one. basically, you cut off about an inch of the worm and thread it onto a couple of the hook points on your treble. then you put on your powerbait and shape it around the "tail" (worm) to make a body. it's just another way of "thinking outside the box" and it produces fish well. as many trout that see powerbait every day in a conventional manner - it makes sense...they get the scent of the gulp worm and powerbait and then see this little creature and just go nuts.
anyway, sorry for the long-winded response, but hope some of it's useful.
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salmon eggs work very well most of the time if you rig them right. I see a lot of guys using huge hooks and stuffing 4-5 salmon eggs on them...LOL. if you want to catch trout (and I'm even talking quality 20+ inchers) a small gamakatsu single egg hook (or similar) works best. if you feel the need for more bait on your line it's better to tandem rig 2 of these hooks with one egg each than it is using the huge hook/5 egg method. oh, and corn is banned here in colorado for good reason - they pound it. however, there are corn flavored/colored eggs on the market that work very well for heavily pressured trout waters. from a distance they have a sweet, almost bubble gum smell to them - yet up close they smell like a salmon egg. when I stroll up to a lake for some shore bait fishing and ask how guys are doing and they show me a regular salmon egg and report no fish or even bites - I throw on these corn eggs and they'll generally produce fish.
another easy and extremely effective trout method - Berkley Gulp brown artificial earthworms rigged on either a tandem hook rig or stinger hook works very well. leave slight slack between the 2 hooks and leave about 1/4 inch off the front hook for the head and about an inch off the back for the tail. this allows the worm to swim very well when straight retrieved or jerked back. the best method I've used for it is a couple of quick and small snaps - pause - repeat. it makes it swim much like a snake yet the movement is minimal so it looks realistic and enticing to the fish. I've actually caught everything from bluegill, crappie, trout and bass on this presentation. it just looks like an easy and lively meal.
some guy from Berkley made a youtube video of a caterpillar and mouse presentation made of both powerbait and the worm I mentioned and I tried it last week when I felt like kicking back and doing some bait fishing - it produces some vicious strikes, especially the "mouse" one. basically, you cut off about an inch of the worm and thread it onto a couple of the hook points on your treble. then you put on your powerbait and shape it around the "tail" (worm) to make a body. it's just another way of "thinking outside the box" and it produces fish well. as many trout that see powerbait every day in a conventional manner - it makes sense...they get the scent of the gulp worm and powerbait and then see this little creature and just go nuts.
anyway, sorry for the long-winded response, but hope some of it's useful.
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