Who fishes for lake trout here?

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My local pond is stocked every two weeks with Rainbow Trout and I would like to fish for them.

For those that have fished for those - what do you use and how do you fish them?

Thanks,

TF
 
Rooster tail, mepps or panther martin spinners have worked very well for me for wild or stocked trout, I very rarely use a spinning rod for trout though.

With a little color in my cheeks I will tell you how they are usually fished for.
For stock trout, whole kernel canned corn will usually turn the trick, fish it with no weight just a lightweight bobber to have enough weight to cast with. You want it close to the suface to mimic commercial trout food pellets which is likely all they are familiar with. Chris
 
We just use a quarter size bobber and a number 8 hook. Put the bobber about 3ft above the hook. Takes about half a crawler. Reel kind of fast. They are agressive hitters on that bait. If they go deep to get to cooler water remove the bobber and put one small split shot one. Cast out an quickly start reeling back. Good luck.
 
for lakes power bait fished 8" off the bottom works well, orange or rainbow
spinners work well on sunny days
worms on bobbers are good too
 
For stocked trout early season I had best luck with yellow or rainbow powerbait (I used velveta cheese too). I put a small ball of it on the hook little smaller than a marble. Use a bobber about 12"-18" up with a #8 hook with a small split shot half way down. You can also try a #8 hook and split shot 10" up and cast out and slowly reel it in, that method works good on streams too.

I use the small gold bladed spinners with the small flies when the weather warms up around May and June. Worms or nightcrawlers work good in late spring and summer where I'm at too. I also caught them on small minnows too.
 
I just went out today and pulled 4 brown trout with a 1/4 oz BKT.

Using the BKT or the RT I have NEVER left the Animas or a lake around here empty handed. Rock solid!

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We used to catch rainbow trout (steelhead) in lake Erie on spoons (just about any color but blue seems to be the best) generally KO wobblers and little Cleos, mepps spinners and rooster tails work well also. In the creek we would drift night crawlers, minnows, and Ive even caught them on crayfish. In a pond I guess I would try the artificials or lminnows. I personally dont know how to flyfish but a pond seems like the perfect place to practice...I have never really fished for lake trout but my father used to wear them out trolling spoons and Rapalas
 
Lake trout is actually a species of trout that grow quite large. They prefer deeper cooler lakes. While during the spring and fall they come up to shallower areas of lakes, they can normally be found in deeper water.

ballsagne said:
I have never really fished for lake trout but my father used to wear them out trolling spoons and Rapalas
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That is how I fish for lakers as well, but they can also be had easily on large shiners. Usually drifted over deep water humps or bridge pylons


However, I think TF is talking about stocked Rainbow, brown, or brook trout in his lil lake and not the actually Lake Trout.

In that case, I like long casts with an inline spinner like Mepps or Rooster tails:thumbup:

Most of your trout will be this size, and you will think the 6lb test is overkill.




But every once in a while you will hook up with 1 of these, and even on 6lb test it will be quite a challege to land..

 
Yes like tonym said Lake Trout are actually a different species of trout we call them Togue up here in Maine. Really popular for ice fisherman. In the warmer months fishing for them typically involves trolling deep with lead core lines. They can get really big. I am not an ice fisherman and not much of a deep troller so I have never caught one myself.
 

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Spot on Tony, besides trolling spoons for true lake trout, right at dark I really enjoy casting flies at the swirls created by surface feeding trout.

One of my favorite lakes, Caulderwood, on the Tennessee, NC border, has a good trash line, trash being small twigs, grass and leaves and such, not real trash, I cast flies or nymphs from my canoe close to this and can usually limit fairly easy.

Tony, nice rainbow BTW. I caught one close to 8 pounds, unfortunately this was before digitals and I never got a pic of it. Chris
 
The stocked ponds around here, I have the best luck with, as other have said, Mepps spinners. But have good luck also with a hook and float tipped with a small minnow. I have found it too be more productive to go when it crappy out, wind blowing and either snowing or raining. Them seem to bite better.
 
August West said:
I caught one close to 8 pounds, unfortunately this was before digitals and I never got a pic of it. Chris
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Now thats a big Bow!

I was flipping tubes for small mouth in about 15 feet of water during the spring time 5 or 6 years ago, and caught a 21lb Lake Trout. I have to go digging for the pic, maybe I can scan it when I find it. That bastid was big!!
 
tonym said:
Now thats a big Bow!

I was flipping tubes for small mouth in about 15 feet of water during the spring time 5 or 6 years ago, and caught a 21lb Lake Trout. I have to go digging for the pic, maybe I can scan it when I find it. That bastid was big!!
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7 pounds 13 if my memory serves, I actually hooked him on a dry fly first and he promptly broke my tippet but the damage had been done, I got a look at him. I went back as often as I could and about 3 weeks later caught him on a creek chub. Chris
 
Like other said, power bait or corn.

Corn will catch em when nothing else will sometimes, and is the cheapest bait you'll find. You can also tell your grandchildren tales about how you had to eat the bait one day when you got skunked............just leave out the part about usin corn.

If you're bottom fishing, get the power bait that floats.
 
Tony,

You are right - this is a stocked pond with Rainbow Trout - I was trying to be specific that it was in a lake. I also didn't know that there WERE lake trout. My fault.

TF
 
Talfuchre said:
Tony,

You are right - this is a stocked pond with Rainbow Trout - I was trying to be specific that it was in a lake. I also didn't know that there WERE lake trout. My fault.

TF
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I am sure in time I can forgive you. It may take a while though. In the mean time you can make me a sheath. That may help a bit....



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I pretty much bass fish exclusively I always dream of something like that happening! I fish for smallies in the penobscot a lot, have heard a lot of tales of fisherman fishing for bass catching an Atlantic Salmon by accident. Has never happened to me though :(

tonym said:
Now thats a big Bow!

I was flipping tubes for small mouth in about 15 feet of water during the spring time 5 or 6 years ago, and caught a 21lb Lake Trout. I have to go digging for the pic, maybe I can scan it when I find it. That bastid was big!!
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I can't disagree with any response.

I've successfully used wonder bread balled over a hook, worms, mepps rooster tails and various no-name lures to catch trout. And a flyrod. So pick whatever you like and start from there.
 
akthor said:
I pretty much bass fish exclusively I always dream of something like that happening! I fish for smallies in the penobscot a lot, have heard a lot of tales of fisherman fishing for bass catching an Atlantic Salmon by accident. Has never happened to me though :(
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I am sure it will happen to you eventually. I caught carp( more like snagged), Perch, Sunfish, Catfish, Trout, Pickeral, and even a snake(that was snagged as well) all while Bass fishing. I only use lures, no live bait.

The craziest thing I have seen was this little kid fishing for sunfish. His lil bobber went down and his dad said real it in. The lil kid said "Daddy it's broken!" The father ran over and after about 10 minutes he brought in a 10+ pound Tiger Musky. The tiger Musky ate the sunfish that bit the lil kids worm.. Crazy stuff:thumbup:
 
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