Trout

Gear & Tackle
Steelhead. Rainbows.
Brookies.
Browns. Cutthroat. Golden.
There
are a wide variety of trout,
large
and small, wild and stocked.
As a
general rule, use a spinning
outfit
with a long, soft rod like
the
Berkley Trout Rod Series and
Trilene Ultra Thin in as
light a
pound test as possible, say
2# to 4# for small fish like brookies, and 6# to
10# for big browns and
steelhead.

Lures & Presentation
Lure selection will vary,
depending on the variety and size of the trout you're
after, as well as the kind of
habitat you're fishing. One interesting fact to keep
in mind is that the size of
the bait seems to be relatively constant for both
large and small trout - 1" to
2" inline spinners, spoons, minnow-imitating
crankbaits and bait rigs are
all popular choices. All may be cast, drifted or
trolled; or if the trout are
slow, a bait rig lying still on the bottom is a high
percentage tactic.

How to Locate Wild trout, for
the most part, are stream dwellers, although
some species live most of
their lives in the ocean or the great lakes, and
return the the stream where
they were hatched only to spawn. Spring and fall
runs concentrate the most
fish, which can be found below falls, holding in
pools and current breaks, or
in slack water and eddies behind rocks or other
obstructions. Lake and pond
dwelling trout, often stocked, tend to roam in
schools along deep drop off
areas, although they do come up shallow in the
springtime.

Effective Baits
As in salmon fishing, single
salmon eggs and spawn bags are effective, as
are worms. Moldable Berkley
Power Bait for trout, Power Eggs, Power
Nuggets and Power Bait Liquid
are recognized as the best choice in artificial
trout baits. Berkley even has
a Power Bait specifically formulated for stocked
hatchery trout.