best lure for trout?

Question

with trout season about to start in NY i have a question. what is the best lure for trout? most of the time i use power bait and it works great. but i dont like that i have no lures for trout. i have heard that rooster tails work well but i dont like that you cant cast them that far at all. so besides them what lures do you find are the best. will they hit a top water popper for bass or is it to big for the trout? please help.

Answer 1

Don't laugh, but as a girl my Granddad used to take me fishing for trout and we always used CORN because I was afraid of touching worms. It worked wonders, I have pictures to prove it!!

Answer 2

You can always add a split shot or 2 ahead of your rooster tail (a foot above the lure), you'll increase your casting distance and they'll run deeper which is you want for early season trout fishing since the water is still very cold and the trout will be near the bottom of most pools and runs.

Answer 3

For trout I go with either Panther Martin, or Blue Fox spinners. As far as top water goes the likes of a trout hittin' it are sorta' slim (butttt ya' never know ;) ), however if ya' want to go with a plug I'd try the good old reliable Rapala's Original Floater shad color (silver), one can use them for top-water, but with the lip they have you can speed up retrieve so she'll dive. Your mention of a Rooster Tail not givin' ya' the casting distance, go to a heavier oz., one and a lighter line say 6 to 8 # test. Might add that you can use the Power Bait for an attractant by puttin' a small dab on the treble hook (spinner) and or Pro Cure (gel form). Fish are like people in the sense they like VARIETY, so start throwin' at them until ya' find what their particular preference is. Good luck and "Fish On"...

"Tip up and tight lines produce more releasable fish".

Answer 4

I've always done well in lakes with the Hotshot spoon, gold with a red stripe, 1/4 ounce or 1/8 ounce size. Small, but heavy enough to cast a good distance. Cast out, give them a good long sink (30 seconds or more if it's a deep lake) and wind in slowly.

In small streams I like Mepps spinners, but you can't really cast them too far. Cast them upstream and across, and wind them just fast enough to get them to spin.

Unless the fish are big, you ought to be able to get them on 2-4 pound line. I think the lighter line gets bit better, and it definitely helps casting distance.

But then, there are days when nothing but some kind of bait will work, and you need the worms or power bait or all you're doing is casting practice.

Answer 5

I have three 'go to' lures when the trout get finickey, and a couple of bait tricks.
1. the panther martin spinner, as light as you can cast, for still or slow waters, in white, yellow or pale green, with silver spinner.
2. 1/8 oz 'spring bean' micro crank bait, for still to medium fast water, I've got them in gold and chrome, hard to cast far, but good producers.
3. 1/8 or 1/4 pin minnow in silver or fire tiger pattern for just about anywhere.

or try micro jigs like you'd use for ice fishing tipped with a very small minnow, a gold spinner rigged with a single hook tipped with a piece of nightcrawler, or best of all, find your bait creekside, worms, grasshoppers, spiders, etc rigged under a small bobber with no weights.

I've also had good luck with Ugly Bugs and small mister twister type lures, the smaller the better, and also with panfish poppers on a fly rod. Bass poppers are usually way too big.
For those of you who don't want to spend the money on a fly rod, 'cause they can be expensive, get a simple, long bamboo pole and tie a length of fly line and a leader to it and use it.

Answer 6

rooster tails are a good lure to have for any spicies of fish...trout hit them hard in the deeper holes. I perfer the "SuperDuper", and spoons. Trout love shiny objects for some reason...i think i heard somwhere it makes them mad so they hit them. also try some flies attatched to a fly boober to help them float ( this only works on lakes and slow moving water with lots of vegitation around the banks). for more ideas check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHOEU/ We are a new group so don't feel dissapointed, just rea ask the question...you will see lots of resaults. Plus we are a fun bunch of people to chat with.

Answer 7

try the trout magnets. they work really well for a trout rubber artificial bait. For spinners try the MEPPS LONG CAST SPINNER. thats the one u would probably like for long casting. i also like powerbait for Lake fishing and i also like meal worms for bait fishing too. Berkley powerbait also makes soem good TROUT WORMS, not the ones in the bottles, but the ones in the little bags.

Answer 8

i love to apply a holographic spoon, capture numerous trout on them an also wee tad tomic lures with none weight, basically troll them with alot of line disregarded. in case your casting from the dock or shore attempt orande potential baits with a huge weight about 2-3 feet faraway from the hook. Salmon eggs on a bobber besides works o.k.

Answer 9

well i always wondered if the southern california tactics would work in most places, so here goes. let me know how you do.

mini jigs, you know, the small hollow tube jigs with the skirt and 1/16 or 1/32 oz lead heads on 2-4 lb test kick ***, you'll learn to use em once you got em.

kastmasters. i like to use them for covering a lot of water. i just cast and reel repediately. you'll learn to reel at the correct speed, the lure is supposed to kick its tail back and forth without spinning.

rapalas. yup, the firetiger color or whater small crankbait they've ever come out with. i like to troll them behind the boat at slow speeds or cast em out. they kick ***.

we like to use light line (2-6lb) because it is thought that they are line shy, but what the hell; use the heaviest line possible.

Answer 10

why mess with success? If you're catching them consistently with power bait,why change to something else? I don't know about with casting,but when I'm jigging during ice-fishing season little bright green or pink rockers with a fresh water shrimp work great.