08-25-2003, 01:22 PM
Perhaps you didn't catch any with minnows because you were anchored too close to shore. If I anchor, I anchor where the fish are (or at least where I hope they are) at the time of year I am fishing and time of day (they tend to be in close early, late and at night and move out some during the middle of the day). I have caught far more cutthroat than rainbows with minnows, but the guy who got me into minnow fishing at Strawberry claimed to catch as many rainbows as he did cutthroats using minnows. He had one honey hole that I believe he almost exclusively fished -- and perhaps that area had more rainbows. I have fished that same honey hole and have yet to catch many rainbows there. It has been my experience, on average, I will catch many more larger fish using minnows than fishing with PowerBait. With this in mind, you may be able to catch fish in an area with PowerBait and catch few or any fish using minnows -- simply because there are no large fish in the area during the time you are fishing. Also, the rainbows in Strawberry will tend to be more on the bottom and the cutthroat will be suspended. This also explains why more rainbows are caught fishing the bottom with PB, crawlers, or by any other means, than by trolling or maybe even fishing with minnows.
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