| As trout season starts to get under way in many | | | | for planted trout. Using a Powerbait rig is actually |
| area's many trout fishermen will be heading out to | | | | quite simple and will help you experience much |
| their local lake in search of trout and in this article | | | | more success when still fishing for planted trout in |
| I will outline how to use a Powerbait rig to catch | | | | a lake or pond. The key is to set up a bottom |
| trout. In the spring of the year fishing for trout | | | | fishing rig with a sinker 'floating' freely on your line. |
| that have been planted by the fish department or | | | | I personally use an egg sinker to accomplish this |
| other conservation organization is the best option | | | | task. Your hooks are then need to be attached |
| that people have to catch trout. In the spring of | | | | to your line somehow. I personally use a barrel |
| the year rivers are high and muddy and all but | | | | swivel to attach my hooks to my line and the |
| un-fishable do to rain and runoff, so many times a | | | | swivel also acts as a 'stopper' for my egg sinker, |
| fisherman's only recourse is to use bait rigs and | | | | preventing the sinker from sliding beyond the |
| fish for planted trout out of a lake or pond. | | | | swivel. |
| Still fishing from the bank of a lake or pond in an | | | | To complete the Powerbait rig, Powerbait must |
| attempt to catch trout is the best and most | | | | be added to the hooks as bait. The key is to add |
| effective option for catching trout in the early | | | | enough bait to the Powerbait rig to completely |
| season in many instances. This is why using a | | | | cover each of the fishing hooks on the rig. In |
| Powerbait rig to catch trout is such a viable option | | | | other words you will have two small balls of |
| for many anglers. There are various types of bait | | | | Powerbait hanging from the end of your line after |
| rigs available for this type of fishing and one of | | | | the hooks are baited. When it comes to bait rigs |
| the most effective involves the use of gang | | | | this type of Powerbait rig is as effective as it |
| hooks. Gang hooks are simply a pair of small | | | | gets for still fishing for planted trout. |
| hooks tied in tandem, thus enabling twice as much | | | | Do yourself a favor and add this information to |
| trout bait to be presented when bottom fishing. | | | | your trout fishing repertoire sooner, rather than |
| The bottom line is that gang hooks make | | | | later. If you want to catch planted trout from a |
| excellent bait rigs for fishing floating trout baits | | | | lake or pond these types of bait rigs are the way |
| such as Powerbait, which is very effective bait | | | | to go when still fishing for planted trout. |