Tips for catching trout in moving water?
Nov 12, 2019 14:34:23 #
Not really a beginner, but I want to improve my odds of catching trout in the rivers/ ditches. Any advice helps!
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by cosmic_pulsar
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by cosmic_pulsar
Nov 12, 2019 14:34:30 #
My biggest game changer was inline spinners. Panther martin trout kit or mepps agilia #1 or #0. I usually fish from a bank so often i'm casting in front of me, letting the spinner swing out and reel in. I like to target holes, seams and riffles. I'm terrible with rocks or other more snaggy features.
Sorry if you already know this stuff!
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by 5everlonely
Sorry if you already know this stuff!
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by 5everlonely
Nov 12, 2019 14:34:34 #
Great advice! I haven’t had much luck with the Panther Martins but they are popular in my area. I might be fishing them wrong haha
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by cosmic_pulsar
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by cosmic_pulsar
Nov 12, 2019 14:34:39 #
I don't like them dressed. The black with yellow dots and gold blade is solid. Fishing them took me awhile. It's not like drifting or bottom bouncing. I usually catch on the initial drop in the water OR for some reason when it's down swinging out and i'm reeling in.
I know people also will wade and cast upstream. The key there is to reel fast enough to get good action. Be prepared to lose some hardware too! They can be easily cast across the bank or over a low branch or something.
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by 5everlonely
I know people also will wade and cast upstream. The key there is to reel fast enough to get good action. Be prepared to lose some hardware too! They can be easily cast across the bank or over a low branch or something.
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by 5everlonely
Nov 12, 2019 14:34:43 #
Nov 12, 2019 15:01:00 #
Try a kastmaster. Fish it like you would a Panther Martin but you don't have to worry about the blades spinning. There's not a fish in the world you can't catch with one. Watch where you're throwing it because it will go a mile.
Nov 12, 2019 18:49:25 #
Nov 12, 2019 22:01:46 #
I don't know if that last was directed at me. Castable fish finder? I said kast master. It's a lure. Google it.
Nov 13, 2019 10:08:57 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
FS Digest wrote:
Not really a beginner, but I want to improve my odds of catching trout in the rivers/ ditches. Any advice helps!
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by cosmic_pulsar
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by cosmic_pulsar
Cast upstream and always walk upstream.
Nov 13, 2019 12:33:24 #
john1470
Loc: Sandy Hook, CT
Have had pretty good luck casting up stream - letting line and bait float down
the River. Nothing hit’s reel in, check bait and recast. Good luck and stay safe.
the River. Nothing hit’s reel in, check bait and recast. Good luck and stay safe.
Nov 13, 2019 20:46:03 #
Atonynichols
Loc: 94520
I second cast up stream always walk up stream. Grab a rock look on the bottom of the rock for what kinda bug you can find put it 9n your hook. I use a small spincasting reel and a 12 foot old for rod. Just worms. Fish the pools. Or let the worm drift over a rock in the current.
Nov 13, 2019 21:33:46 #
Limit out in CA with #10 or #12 Gamakatsu hooks and power eggs. Easy and great for kids because they last. Especially good for slower water.
Nov 14, 2019 14:46:24 #
Troutismygame
Loc: Charleston Area West Virginia
Power bait, salmon egg, half nightcrawler, cast 45 degrees up stream, let bait drift natural. Work it in behind rocks where water is calm. But cover the whole stream. Move a little down stream, do it again.
Nov 18, 2019 10:25:28 #
Ok here is the best , Use a Mepps #2 silver on sunny days gold on cloudy days.Always fish upstream ,use a fan pattern.Start by throwing up stream near the bank then move out about 4 feet and keep doing that until you are casting near the bank behind you downstream.In a ditch use a fly rod with a worm on it.If the fish can get under the bank they will ,so fish the worm deep as you can.When the river is murky or in flood stage fish at night ,look for slack water pools near the bank,fish come into the pools to rest and feed. Use a worm on spincast or fly rod.This is a method I developed over years of stream fishing every day on the lake fork of the Gunnison river.We had 3 1/2 miles of it running thru our ranch in lake City colo.
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