I went fishing a few weeks ago, I used a small spoon and managed to catch 1 6” trout. Any better options? This river gets stocked with trout but I was very disappointed that I was only able to catch one.
Posted by deadstar1998
I went fishing a few weeks ago, I used a small spoon and managed to catch 1 6” trout. Any better options? This river gets stocked with trout but I was very disappointed that I was only able to catch one.
Posted by deadstar1998
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One fish is never a bad day! I would suggest using flies (yes even on spin gear) or small plastics (trout magnets) under a float/bobber.
Figuring out how to read rivers (target eddies, pools, and bends) will lead to you catching more fish than any specific lure. You could have the most ideal lure but if you aren’t throwing it where the fish are, you’ll get nothing.
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Spinner, Roostertail, small marobou jig.
The spinner and Roostertail I would throw into the flow and work it back across slowly.
Let the jig just bounce along the bottom with the current.
If there is 1 trout there should be more.
Spoons best imo
I used to put one of those neon color trout worms on a bobber and cast into the current. When it gets to the edge of the fastest part they’ll strike. Trout and smallies love sitting in that fast current and ambushing what comes by
I use Mepps XD spinners in faster water which will flow deeper than regular spoons and spinners. Look for deeper calm areas next to fast water and work those pools since fish will hover there. Anything in the water causing breaks like rocks and trees are a good place to cast behind. Learning to read the water is important in getting good casts and drifts
Think of the main current as a highway, you want to cast your lure into the main branch and let the current take it- the fish are all waiting for food in the rest stops and off ramps, so let your lure make an exit off the highway and you’ll get your bites. Like others said, you’re looking for calm spots, little breaks in the current behind rocks or structure where the fish can watch the traffic while not having to work very hard at holding that spot.
In order to survive, trout must take in (eat) more energy than they consume to get the food. This means, they need to find strategic places behind obstacles where they wait for food to drift by that is easy to grab yet they consume very little energy doing so. They will not hang out in fast moving water for obvious reasons – it’s unsustainable. So, you will find them behind rocks, stumps and in eddies but close to the fast moving water. Sometimes, they just hug the bottom in current because water flows faster at the top, slower at the bottom of a river.