| When it comes to trout fishing bait, what's an | | | | feed hatchery trout this stuff from the time |
| anglers best option? Is it live bait such as: worms, | | | | they're born because they seem to be addicted |
| maggots, minnows, or crayfish? Or are synthetic | | | | to the stuff. If you're still fishing in a lake that's |
| baits such as: Power bait, Power Nuggets, and | | | | been stocked with trout, these synthetic baits are |
| marshmallows a better bet? What about old stand | | | | hard to beat. As a matter of fact in lake |
| bys like cheese and corn for trout fishing bait? | | | | situations while still fishing, synthetic baits will out |
| When it comes to trout fishing bait, which is the | | | | fish live bait, in many instances. Keep in mind that |
| best approach? | | | | these baits aren't as effective for native trout, |
| Not to sound like a politician, but they all have | | | | but as far as stocked trout are concerned, |
| their good points, which I will discuss in this article. | | | | synthetic trout fishing baits are hard to beat. It |
| There are some simple things that can be done | | | | would be impossible to say which color is most |
| no matter which type of bait you use, such as | | | | effective, since there are so many varieties, |
| employing a set of gang hooks that will make all | | | | experimentation is the key. |
| of your bait fishing that much more successful, | | | | - Old Stand Bys - These trout fishing baits would |
| and much more successful when using live worms | | | | include corn and cheese. Both of them can be |
| as trout fishing bait. | | | | effective, but again mostly on stocked trout. For |
| - Live Bait - We might as well begin with my | | | | example cheese, rigged on a set of pre-tied gang |
| personal favorite trout fishing bait, live bait. Not | | | | hooks, with a marshmallow or two for floatation, |
| just live bait, but live worms. My personal favorite | | | | can be very effective when still fishing in a lake |
| trout fishing bait is without question, live worms. | | | | as well. For me personally there's just something |
| Other live baits such as: minnows and meal | | | | wrong with catching a trout on cheese, but hey, |
| worms can be wonderful trout fishing baits as | | | | maybe that's just me. The bottom line it that |
| well, and live crayfish are very difficult to beat if | | | | these old stand bys have their place in the trout |
| you're into catching trophy trout. As a matter of | | | | fishing bait discussion |
| fact, if you're looking for or have a trophy trout | | | | Some trout anglers may get upset that I didn't |
| located, a live crayfish rigged on a set of size 8 | | | | include insects in this discussion. Of course, insects |
| gang hooks is a hard bait to beat. The bottom line | | | | are a major part of a trout's diet, but hey, most |
| is that I've personally always had a ton of | | | | insects are too small to be used as "bait". Thus, |
| success using live bait (and especially live worms) | | | | we have that group of trout anglers known as |
| as my favorite trout fishing bait. | | | | "flea flickers". I tend to leave the flicking of the |
| - Synthetic Baits - These are the trout fishing | | | | fleas to those anglers who choose to do so. For |
| baits that come in small plastic jars and come in | | | | me, these more traditional trout fishing baits are |
| more colors than you can even imagine. These | | | | my passion, especially the live worm. |
| baits actually work. I used to joke that they must | | | | |