Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “trout”
Streams are usually flowing strong with higher water levels in the early spring due to melting snow and rain runoff so you can usually catch rainbow and brown trout on action lures such as Panther Martin’s, Blue Fox spinners, small jerkbaits and crankbaits, and spoons. I prefer throwing these lures on spinning tackle with 4-pound test low visibility green monofilament …
Trout waters remain about the same temperature throughout the year so it’s fairly easy to pick lures that catch trout year-round. Any lures that imitate aquatic creatures are the best picks for year-round trout fishing whereas lures imitating terrestrial insects are more seasonal choices for catching trout. Here are seven lures you can depend on for catching trout throughout all …
When angling for trout, whether it’s for stocked fish or their wild counterparts, you’ll be drawing on a precious resource that warrants careful preservation. Unless you plan to eat it, every trout you catch should be handled with care. This post presents five tips to help you improve trout survival when you practice catch and release. Here are 5 tips …
A Pennsylvania angler just brought in the state record brown trout while trolling with buddies on Lake Erie. The 33.75-inch fish weighed 20 pounds, 9 ounces, and beat the previous record, which was caught in 2000 by 11 ounces. On August 8th, 2020, Robert Ferraro, of Erie, PA, had a ‘’big hit’’ on his rod while trolling in roughly 70 …
Did he just say, “jerkbaits for trout?” Hear me out. When you are looking to upgrade from the typical 12 inch stocker rainbows and catch yourself a trophy trout, your best bet is a jerkbait. Once native trout (and stockers, sometimes) reach a certain size, they move to a strictly baitfish diet. This means your bug imitators or live grasshoppers …
Like many Americans, two of my brothers are currently off work and have found themselves with more free time. Instead of sitting at home, twiddling their thumbs, my brothers decided to take a road trip from Chicago to Montana. It was one of those spur-of-the-moment ideas that quickly gained traction. As they bounced around plans and ideas, I was trying …
When the heat is on during summertime, many game fish are vulnerable to the bathwater temperatures of our fisheries throughout the country.Most game fish can tolerate and remain in shallow hot water for short periods of time but fish are cold-blooded and are unable to regulate their body temperature so they are influenced by the temperature of the water. The …
For the last month and a half, I’ve turned into a little bit of a trout bum, not a fly guy in fancy clothes trout bum, instead more of a Midwestern trout enthusiast who carries a spinning rod and shops at Walmart. Don’t get me wrong, I love quality outdoor gear and admire the skill and patience that fly anglers …
Each month anglers across North America anxiously wait to get their Mystery Tackle Box. While most anglers open their box and immediately go fishing (that’s what I do), the true legends first create ” MTB Unboxing” videos showing off their monthly box. Mystery Tackle Box Unboxings show you what these boxes are all about while also demonstrating tips and tricks …
Inline spinners are fishing catching machines, they’ve continually helped anglers catch trout, panfish, bass, pike and other many other species for decades. Fly fishing purists snub their noses at it, but to novices and spinning tackle anglers the inline spinner is a gem for catching trout. During my early years of fishing at the trout parks in Missouri, my most …
Traveling light is the key to successful wade fishing trips. Less is more in this situation because the more tackle you bring the harder and more cumbersome it is to wade and fish a stream effectively. The type of gear and how much gear I bring depends on the fish I will be targeting in streams. When I fish for trout, …
This just in: The Missouri Brown Trout State Record has been broken! Paul Crews was fishing the annual Vince Elfrink Memorial Trout Tournament on Lake Taneycomo with a conventional rod and reel (not a fly guy) when he hooked into a behemoth of a fish. The colossal Brown Trout weighed 34-pounds and 10 ounces breaking the previous state record by …
