| As the new year approaches and the weather | | | | more bites. |
| continues to get colder, I figured it was time to | | | | The same principle goes for any live bait that you |
| write an article on cold weather trout fishing tips. | | | | might be using. Cold weather is a great time of |
| I'm not necessarily referring to ice fishing, yet | | | | year to use maggots and meal worms as trout |
| some of these tips can be used for ice fishermen | | | | bait, and if you like to use night crawlers, simply |
| as well. These tips are for those of us who still | | | | use smaller pieces. For example, a whole night |
| enjoy getting out on our favorite river or stream | | | | crawler can be pinched into thirds or even |
| to do a little trout fishing, even when the weather | | | | quarters in cold weather trout fishing situations. |
| is quite cold. | | | | When the weather and water temperature are |
| The first thing to keep in mind (if you didn't | | | | cold, fishing when the trout are the most active is |
| already know), is that cold weather trout fishing | | | | very important. There are certain times of the |
| offers some unique challenges, not the least of | | | | day and month when fish are more active than |
| which is the fact that the cold weather can be | | | | others , and knowing this information is highly |
| quite uncomfortable. Besides being uncomfortable, | | | | useful when the weather is cold and the trout |
| cold weather trout fishing means the fishing will | | | | aren't as active anyway. These times of the day |
| normally be much tougher. When the temperature | | | | and month correlate with the weather and phases |
| drops, so does the water temperature, and as | | | | of the moon. Planning your fishing trips around the |
| the water temperature drops, so does the trout's | | | | weather and moon is a great idea, especially in |
| body temperature. As trout become colder and | | | | cold weather. |
| colder, their metabolism slows down, which means | | | | The final tip for cold weather trout fishing is the |
| they feed less. | | | | fact that we need to keep our hands as warm as |
| Obviously when trout are feeding less, they are | | | | possible while fishing. Not only do our hands need |
| more difficult to catch. In colder weather and | | | | to be warm, but if you're like me you still need |
| water temperatures, a great tip is to use bait | | | | the use of you fingers to fish properly. This is |
| that's as small as you can. If you ice fish, you | | | | where a quality and comfortable pair of fingerless |
| know all about using tiny baits, well the same | | | | gloves come into play. I can tell you from |
| goes for trout fishing in river and stream | | | | experience that being on the river and feeling like |
| situations. Use hooks, baits, and lures that are as | | | | your hand is going to fall off, because that hand |
| small as you can get away with in cold weather | | | | got wet releasing a freezing cold trout, is no fun |
| trout fishing situations. This tip will help you get | | | | at all. |