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Hey guys wntd too start a lil thread on fav trout lure...Whats your favorites...The Pazman:huh:
Fav trout lures
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#1....Black and silver Yozuri crystal minnow
#2.....Black and silver Rebel minnow
#3.....Black and silver 1/8 oz rooster tail.........notice the pattern
#2.....Black and silver Rebel minnow
#3.....Black and silver 1/8 oz rooster tail.........notice the pattern
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Perfect. But not necessarily in that order...:thumbsup:
Rapala - silver
Got back into trout fishing last year and from a post on this forumstarted using small crankbaits for trout. Had better luck and more fun than ever! caught and released a bunch of trout.
One question for the sharpies, seem to lose a lot on my rapala. Any help here or is that typical?
Got back into trout fishing last year and from a post on this forumstarted using small crankbaits for trout. Had better luck and more fun than ever! caught and released a bunch of trout.
One question for the sharpies, seem to lose a lot on my rapala. Any help here or is that typical?
Reelinron - iI also like a black/silver rapala. Never had much luck on the old corn or live worms. Only hang up is that I lost a few too many lures last year with those treble hooks getting stuck.
I plan to try more floating rapala lures this year in some of the riffles and runs. We'll see.
I plan to try more floating rapala lures this year in some of the riffles and runs. We'll see.
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My favorite trout lure by far is a Rapala CD1 or CD2 in silver or gold/black depending on the color of the water.Rapala - silver
Got back into trout fishing last year and from a post on this forumstarted using small crankbaits for trout. Had better luck and more fun than ever! caught and released a bunch of trout.
One question for the sharpies, seem to lose a lot on my rapala. Any help here or is that typical?
Since it's a sinker and works well bumping the bottom, you should lose a few. I fish them downstream and lose fewer that way for whatever reason, maybe the ride is smoother going with the flow or the rocks are smoother on the up stream side. I also go chest deep and go get them! They went up to almost 8 bucks a pop this year.
The other problem with the countdowns is that they break a lot, way too often. The lips come off from bouncing rocks all day. My pop sent them back to Rapala and got some freebies a couple years ago, only they sent him size CD 4 or something, that we don't use for trout :thumbsdown: I saved a few that broke this winter, and I am sending them back specifying that I'd like CD1s or CD2 back. We'll see.
If they weren't so effective, I would have stopped using them a couple years ago!
I would have thought of you as a Velveeta guy
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Weaver grabber spoons..... gold & black :thumbsup:
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I like Black/Gold and Black/Silver countdown Rapala's. I like white, Perch, Silver, and Silve/Blue Xraps. Pretty much all the X-raps in the XR08 size. Roostertails and Blue Fox inline spinners also work well.
I am a big fan of in-line spinners.
I used to use rooster tails a lot but mepps seem to spin more reliably.
I actually like in-line spinners quite a bit for bass too. They are not as weedless as regular spinners, but when you can throw them, they seem to work better.
I used to use rooster tails a lot but mepps seem to spin more reliably.
I actually like in-line spinners quite a bit for bass too. They are not as weedless as regular spinners, but when you can throw them, they seem to work better.
I fish mostly streams with pools but most water is less than 2 feet with a ton of rip/rap.
CD's would be a nightmare. Best to go with the F-1's in streams
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Have you tried a CD? I only fish trout in streams, most of them shallow, and that hasn't been my experience at all. Like all crankbaits, the lip keeps the hooks from hanging 90% of the time. I started out using F1 20 years ago, but CDs have outproduced by far. The gain in casting distance alone with a countdown is worth it on skinny streams. Just one man's opinion.
Tried CD's many times. The Swift current normally drags the CD right to the bottom causing the lure to fetch up on the bottom more times then I like.
The F-1 seems to be controllable in shallow water
I.m using 4lb test and seem to cast the F-1 just fine.
As far as out producing my Trout arsenal consists of about 6 Mepps Algia's(sp) and 6 Ra pal F-1 of different colors.
Up at our camp during Trout week (4days) I will catch 40 to 60 trout a day. Mostly stock fish but a bunch of Natural Brookies as well.
Have the camp record Rainbow at 7lb.
But I may add the CD back into the arsenal
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I could see that happening is fast shallow water. If it's under 2 ft like you mentioned, I tend to fish the countdown by casting them way upstream and working them downstream with the current. You can also work them like a suspending jerkbait in deeper pools and tailwaters, which is the ticket some days. The F1 floats up backward when you stop a steady retrieve. The CD doesn't do that, and neither do real minnows. 7lb trout in a stream is no joke! I think that would probably straighten the hooks on any Rapala, floating or countdown :thumbsup:
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