It seems like all power bait products gets swallowed deep, and I want something I can use to still catch fish, but not kill the fish. Problem is, outside of a few small inline spinners I don't have much. Anything you can recommend?
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by Doctor_Dingle
Trout magnets.
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by HarryBigBawls
Spinners, curly tail grub with small jighead.
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by EmbracedByLeaves
What color grub? And spinners?
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by Frank101020
Small metal blade baits work ok for me.
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by bobslawnservice
Kastmasters work wonders.
You can also use the old earthworm and split shot rig.
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by RevAngler
Marabou jigs and Little Cleos work great.
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by redmeansdistortion
There are a million different styles sizes and colors of trout spoons made in Japan and available on ebay. Just search “trout spoon” and you will find a ton of them.
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by 5uper5kunk
Try small circle hooks if you are using powerbait. Should prevent them gut hooking.
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by mmill143
This is going to sound crazy, but it works - and well. I can cast a fly a mile.
Turn your spinning rod into a fly setup.
Take a rapala that float and take off the hooks and use that as a float and tie a 3 to 4 ft leader to a fly.
Often fish come up and hit the rapala or look at it and then notice the fly and crush it.
You can leave 1 siwash hook on the rapala in case the do try to hit it, but I don't like hooks in my arm so I take em off.
Normal float scares trout - rapala brings them in or they seem indifferent.
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by ARCHIVE_OFFLINE
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