| In this article I will outline some tips that I've | | | | these trout. The general rule when using artificial |
| learned over the past twenty five years for | | | | lures for trout, whether you are using artificial flies |
| fishing for stocked trout. These tips are all | | | | or spinners such as Rooster Tails, is the smaller |
| effective and have helped me catch stocked | | | | they are the more effective they will be. This is a |
| trout in many different areas of the country, and | | | | good tip to keep in mind when fishing for stocked |
| I know they will do the same for you. The first | | | | trout with artificial lures. |
| thing that needs to be discussed when speaking | | | | 2. Use Powerbait - When fishing for stocked trout |
| of "stocked trout" is what a stocked trout is | | | | in lakes one of the best baits that can be used is |
| exactly, and what kinds of foods these fish tend | | | | Powerbait. You know, those little jars of multi |
| to eat. | | | | colored of trout bait that looks and feels a lot like |
| Stocked trout are easier to catch than "native | | | | Play dough (although it certainly doesn't smell like |
| trout" or trout that have survived a season of | | | | play dough)? Powerbait is very effective bait for |
| two naturally in a given body of water. You see, | | | | catching trout that have been stocked. If you are |
| stocked trout are raised in glorified aquariums by | | | | fishing stocked trout a bottom rig baited with |
| a local conservation or fishing agency and fed | | | | Powerbait and still fished is a great tactic. |
| pellets of food from the time they are born. This | | | | 3. Change Your Offering Often - Planted trout can |
| means that natural foods that trout normally eat, | | | | be easy to catch, but changing your bait fairly |
| can be completely foreign them. For this reason, | | | | often is important to figure out which bait is |
| live baits such as worms or minnows tend to be | | | | working best on a particular day. A good "rule of |
| much less effective when fishing for our friends | | | | thumb" to use is if your bait or lure hasn't caught |
| the "stocked" trout. | | | | fish with a half an hour, you probably want to |
| Although trout are stocked in both lakes and | | | | change it. In the case of Powerbait (for example) |
| rivers, lakes tend to be the place that most trout | | | | always carry at least 3 different colors with you. |
| are stocked and thus lakes are the place that | | | | The reason for this is that trout will bite a certain |
| most anglers fish for these fish. Most of the tips | | | | color and on another color you won't get a nibble. |
| below are for fishing stocked trout in lakes, | | | | Experimentation is the key when using Powerbait. |
| although they can be easily tweeked for river | | | | The same rule goes for artificial lures as well. If |
| fishing as well. | | | | something isn't working, try another color, size, or |
| | | | style until you find the bait that's the most |
| 1. Using Artificial Lures - Artificial lures can be | | | | effective. |
| effective for planted trout, but one of the keys is | | | | Add these simple tips for fishing stocked trout to |
| that whatever artificial lure you choose to use | | | | your repertoire and put them into action sooner |
| must imitate an insect in some way, shape, or | | | | rather than later. As soon as you do you will |
| form. There is something ingrained in a trout's | | | | experience much more success when fishing for |
| DNA that makes them want to eat insects, so | | | | stocked trout. |
| insect imitations can be effective when fishing for | | | | |