| What is your preference when fishing for Trout? | | | | and dead logs. Nightwalkers will work, not as well, |
| Live bait? Or Lures? For this article I will focus | | | | but they will work. If you have to use |
| mainly on fishing small Trout streams with 3 | | | | nightwalkers cut a small piece off- about 1/2" to |
| different types of live bait that Trout absolutely | | | | 1" and use that. |
| love. | | | | Crayfish - early in the spring when the water is |
| Understand, I like to use lures as much as anyone | | | | cold it's better to use small crayfish about 1"long. |
| else but when it comes to Trout Fishing, whether | | | | Once the water warms up and the Trout are |
| in a stream or spring fishing in a lake, I will always | | | | more active they will be more apt to attack |
| choose live bait over lures. | | | | larger bait. If you can find soft shelled crayfish |
| Why? Because fishing live bait is more natural. | | | | then you just hit the jack pot. Trout love um. |
| Live bait will work more often than Lures, and | | | | Grasshoppers - are fun to use as bait. Watch for |
| likely so because when Trout get up in the | | | | rising Trout, hook a grasshopper through the back |
| morning and head out to their favorite set of | | | | without any weight so he floats and watch for a |
| rapids for breakfast this is what they will normally | | | | Trout to come to the surface and nail him. How |
| eat, and you can get live bait free if you want to | | | | exciting is that. If you don't want to catch your |
| go to the stream for crayfish, field for | | | | own grasshoppers you will probably need to go to |
| grasshoppers or dig up your own earthworms. | | | | a pet store to find them. Pet stores usually sell |
| You will want to be prepared with more than one | | | | them for reptile food. |
| type of bait so if one doesn't work well you will | | | | These are just a few common live baits I like to |
| have a back up to try. | | | | use when fishing small streams for Trout. Other |
| EARTHWORMS - a large earthworm is about 2" | | | | great live Trout bait to consider include: Caddis |
| long and works great for Stream fishing Trout. | | | | Larvae, Stone Fly Nymph (best used in mid |
| When hooked properly they can be deadly. They | | | | summer; look under rocks) mayflies, minnows |
| aren't as popular in the bait shops as nightwalkers | | | | (use all year;especially for brown trout who |
| but some bait shops do have them. This weekend | | | | generally eat more fish as they get older) and |
| I was doing some landscaping and found tons of | | | | Hellgrammites (Dobsonfly Larvae; best used in |
| earthworms just under the sod as I was digging | | | | spring & early summer). |
| up my lawn. Also you can find them under rocks | | | | Good luck and happy fishing. |