| There are probably an endless number of trout | | | | My one piece of advice would be to always make |
| fishing baits available to the average angler, but in | | | | sure you tie your line directly to your spinner. |
| this article I'm going to discuss the trout fishing | | | | Using devices like snap swivels ruin the action of |
| bait that are the most effective and popular for | | | | the spinner and will cost you bites. |
| most anglers. Trout can be a very finicky fish, but | | | | - Synthetic Baits - Although these types of baits |
| are also known to eat things such as "cheese". | | | | would include things like salmon eggs and |
| This has always been a personal dilemma for me, | | | | Powerbait, they aren't quite as bad as cheese or |
| because I dearly love to catch trout, but have a | | | | marshmallows in my opinion. The bottom line is |
| difficult time catching a fish that can be caught on | | | | that these baits have their place among trout |
| "cheese". This is why I personally make the | | | | fishing bait, whether I like it or not. Either salmon |
| distinction between native trout and stocked | | | | eggs or Powerbait rigged on a set of pre-tied |
| trout. In my world, stocked trout are nothing | | | | gang hooks can be extremely effective for trout. |
| more than glorified pets, and I don't even like to | | | | This is all in lieu of the fact that I like it or don't |
| catch them. For me a trout isn't a trout unless it's | | | | like it. |
| native, which means lives and has grown up in the | | | | - Live Worms - No list of trout fishing bait would |
| waters that I'm fishing. So for the purposes of | | | | be complete without mentioning the live worm. |
| this article, these trout fishing baits will be mostly | | | | Live worms are my favorite trout fishing bait, and |
| for trout that aren't stocked, and thus would | | | | the bait that I've had most of my success with |
| have no interest in eating something like "cheese". | | | | over the years. Live worms rigged on gang hooks |
| - Insects - We all know about how much trout | | | | is a deadly combination. Drift a live worm rigged |
| love to eat insects. Hell, this is the reason people | | | | on a set of gang hooks, naturally through the |
| fly fish (or as my fishing mentor used to refer to | | | | current of a river or stream, where trout are |
| it: flea flicking). Fly fishing, or 'flea flicking', is a | | | | present and you will hook up. There's no doubt |
| great way to imitate insects, and thus fish for | | | | about that fact. Live worms are a wonderful |
| trout. A partial list of insects that trout eat and | | | | trout fishing bait. |
| can be used as trout fishing baits would include: | | | | When it comes to trout fishing baits, these are |
| grasshoppers, crickets, mayflies, and nymphs. The | | | | the most popular, and probably most reliable |
| bottom line is that trout love to eat insects. | | | | sources. Are there others? Of course, but the |
| - Spinners - Spinners are a wonderful trout fishing | | | | trout fishing baits listed in this article are the ones |
| bait and imitate minnows and or underwater | | | | that most anglers choose to use. And they are |
| insects wonderfully. Spinners come in a variety of | | | | the ones that the trout seem to prefer most |
| colors and sizes and are a great trout fishing bait. | | | | from my 20+ years of trout fishing experience. |