trout fishing

[jeremys]

ok here's the deal. i'm out of food, i mean there's some peanut butter left but that's about it. oh and some bread.

anyway, i know that to get my protein in, i have to kill something. turkeys are abundant here, but they're not in season, not that it matters, but they're also a bitch to prepare to cook

now i'm lucky enough to have a creek about half a mile back in the woods. i've lived here for 7-8 years and i've NEVER caught a trout in there, while my dad's friends come walking back from the woods with some whoppers.

what the hell...

i cast upstream

i get snagged a LOT

i never get any bites. any

im quiet

any tips? there's rainbow and brown trout, if that matters

damn i only got 15-20g protein so far today...

 

[Tarheel]

Are you fly fishing or fishing with an artifical plastic lure or something like a worm/berkley bites?

Wading or standing on the bank?

 

[Y_lifter]

Fly fishin in fast moving water is very difficult.
If its running fast, try a crawfish fly that sinks a bit onto the bottom.
I don't care for fly fishing.. Too much work IMO.

Now Surf fishing.. I'm all over that..

 

[jeremys]

not fly fishing, just w/ a spinner or something similar

i can wade or fish off the bank, and the water moves very fast

 

[distanced]

what Y said

that is what I would do in your situation

 

[Y_lifter]

Bottom lure like a weighted crawfish would be good.
Cast it, let it sit a few Seconds, then twitch it every couple seconds very slowly like its moving across the bottom..

 

[jerkbox]

float a worm or a meal worm right over a rock.....they like to sit behind them facing upstream and catch the crap that floats down....

you'd be suprised where those little fockers sit...even in the shallowest of places

it's an art to be mastered

shit, i haven't been fishin in 2 yrs

 

[The Ranger]

First thing to do is get a small net, or cheesecloth...let it sit while you hold it in running water...it will catch whatever is floating downstream...you will see alot of spent spinners(dead mayflies), nymphs, and emergers, among the craneflies and stoneflies(If the water quality is good enough to support them)

After you have found what they're eating, match it up with the closest thing you have in a tackle box....I have fly fished for trout all my life, never did any other kind of fishing....Now, if all else fails, nightcrawlers, and minnows are your best bet....this time of year, any type terrestials will work wonders...grasshoppers, jap. beetles, june bugs and the best...ANTS!!!

If you opt for the minnows, hook them just behind the anal fin and put the smallest split shot you have about three inches above the minnow...that way the little fucker won't be able to outswim them back to shore...<wink>

Good luck my man.....

Ranger

 

[gtrcivic]

Back in college i used to go with my friend to this trout farm nearby. Cost you $2 every trout you caught and can't throw them back in. Avg trout was 2lbs. Catch about 5 /piece and go to the nearby Chinese Restaurant and sell them to the owners.. The Rainbow trout were going for like $6/lb, so we sold them $4/fish. Did this for one straight month every Sat... Beer $$ for us.. So every other month we would do this for beer $

 

[jeremys]

thanks for the tips guys. helps a lot

 

[DBCooper]

1/4 stick of tnt.....j/k, good luck it's been forever since I went fiching.

 

[argent]

I thought this was going to be a "How to get some pussy" thread.

 

[oubeta]

Salmon eggs will solve your problem. It's almost like cheating.

 

[Big Johnson]

Weak ass shit.

Hungry? Trot line, homie.

Wrap some 14 treble hooks, baited with shrimp, with some bag tie thin wire so that the bait is very secure. Stick a cork ball on one of the points, burrying the barb. Run a 1-2' leader to a swivel with clasp. Repeat until you have 50 or so bait, cork ball, hook, leader, and snap-swivel assemblies.

Now, take some nylon twine, green, brown, or black, and tie a loop the size of perhaps a dime or smaller every ten or so feet until you have enough to accomidate your bait rigs plus ten or so .25 lb lead anchors to keep your line from getting spoiled by the fish it catches.

Run it along the shore at five to ten feet of water, marking one end.

Leave overnight and into sunrise the following day.

Pull up your haul, gut, and ice

 

[tapoutm]

I thought this was going to be a "How to get some pussy" thread.

crazy...

 

[The Ranger]

Salmon eggs and or corn will only work on fresh stocked trout...reason being, they resemble the food pellets they are fed on the trout farm where they are raised...also, trout cannot digest corn, hence the reason you see little piles of it near the stream shoreline....

Ranger

 

[casavant]

LOL. Been in the same predicament, Jeremys.

Hope you caught something.