Jabby Loc: Washington state

I’m new to this game. Any pointers for successful fishing?

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Welcome to the Forum, Jabby. I have never heard of a Triploid trout. I'm going to have to google it. Good luck, and if you catch one, please post a picture, and tell us the story.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

I googled it, and I want one that's 8 years old.

Ted A Loc: Eastern Washington

Fish them just like any other trout. Being sterile they grow faster.

They are often stocked where reproduction is undesirable such as some high lakes.

SALMON ADDICT Loc: Snohomish county Washington

Troll with pop gear and wedding ring with worms or powerbait in a boat- from shore,use slip weight and about 18" -24" leader and powerbait off the bottom

Jabby Loc: Washington state

Thanks for reply

SALMON ADDICT Loc: Snohomish county Washington

Small pointer when replying to a post,use quote reply,easier to know who your replying too.Question,what part of Washington are you fishing,its a fairly big state with many different types of water,small lakes,big lakes bigger reservoirs,creeks,streams and rivers,what works in this water might not in that one.

Fishinmaniac Loc: SW Washington

Which waters of our beautiful state are you going to fish? From shore or boat?
My first experience with Triploids was on opening day of trout season many years ago at Rowland Lake. When we launched our boats we noticed that there where an unusually large number of WDFW state vehicles parked around the area. We proceeded to fish as usual, trolling with small plugs behind pop gear with 2 lb leaders. Our first hits were heavy, nice fish which jumped and ran and proceeded to break our leader. We increased to 6 lb and went on to limit out on those incredible hefty 1.5 - 2 lb fish. When we pulled out we of course we’re met by the biologist and a group of other State officials to discuss how much we enjoyed the experience.
This was the first planting of Triploids by WDFW. They did not notify anyone that they were running this “experiment” and had everyone there to witness everyone’s joy and excitement over the size of the fish.
It was great, but we lost 4 or 5 plugs before we figured out that these weren’t the usual opening day plants.
Great memories! My adult children still talk about that opener to this day.

Dakoda Loc: Cle Elum, WA

I use a wedding ring (red or green) with a medium split shot weight above the barrel swivel. Add a small piece of night crawler and troll fairly slow. Have fun

Fishinmaniac Loc: SW Washington

We use cowbell or jack-o-diamonds troll with 2’ of leader and a small silver kwikfish or flatfish. We tip the treble with power bait.
I also like to scent up with Dr. Juice Trout and Steelhead. Often times the scent is enough, no power bait needed.
Good luck! Post pictures and let us know what worked for you.

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

When trolling, I have caught most of them, mixed with normal rainbows, on just a size 8 olive body black wooly bugger with very small split shot about 18 inches up. Change speed between .6 and 1.4 mph. If that doesn't work, I put a small bead then silver smiley blade in front of the fly. Remember, recently stocked trout have spent their whole life eating pellets near the surface. I did catch several one day when I was wacky rigging a live full night crawler, before wacky rig was a term. I would just cast out with a water filled float about 4 feet up. If I got no bite during the slow fall, I would reel in and do it again. If you can not figure out how to do a count down, put a very small split shot 12 inches above the crawler. When the float does a micro bob, count to five and repeat.

Fish Fry Loc: Washington State

Get on the WDFW web site and they have fish stocking reports that tell you where they stock Tripolid trout in the area’s you might want to fish. And if you want to know how to fish for them YouTube is a good place to start.

Here fishy fishy fishy Loc: Washington State

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Welcome from a new guy also. I have lived here inWashington for 75 years and from what has been answered so far I couldn’t add much. Good luck on your fishing trips.Be sure to post some pics of the triploids you catch. Take care, Steve
BTW...Be sure to check with The state website to make sure triploids are even in the waters you are about to fish. They don’t always stock every lake every year.

Jabby Loc: Washington state

Great story thx