Category: Trout / Char Fishing

Fishing with hellgrammites is an underutilized tactic that can help you increase your catch rates. Hellgrammites are large aquatic insects that can be a big meaty meal for a fish. These insects are also common. Before they turn into adult dobsonflies, hellgrammites spend years crawling around on river bottoms. They can also get knocked loose and …

Fishing Glacier National Park can be a lot of fun. The GNP isn’t known as a fishing destination and maybe that is for the best. There are places with more fish and bigger fish in other parts of Montana. Yet Glacier is unrivaled in its beauty. It is also home to enough fish to make wetting …

Spinners are effective lures for trout. People have been using them for decades. They are pretty basic and easy to use. You can cover a lot of water with a spinner and find actively feeding fish. Even a total novice is often able to catch some trout on a spinning lure. Though if you want to …

The Trout Magnet is a soft plastic trout lure that has become very popular in some parts of the US over the last few years. It probably helps that these lures can be found at every major retailer from Wal Mart to Bass Pro Shops. But the question is, do Trout Magnets really catch fish? There …

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a huge expanse of land that is literally flowing with trout streams. There are lots of waters in the park and the vast majority of them hold trout. These are wild trout, and they are wary. So you won’t likely see many as you peer into the crystal clear …

Whether we’re talking about open tail waters and spring fed creeks or frozen lakes, winter trout fishing can be different than what you find in the rest of the year. The weather changes, the water temperature changes, and the feeding patterns of trout can change too. Using the bait baits, lures and flies for the situation …

Beads can be very effective for catching trout and salmon. But how do you fish with just a simple bead? The rigging is quite simple. The fishing isn’t too difficult either. The most important aspect of it all is presenting a bead in a way that mimics a free floating egg in the water. The basic …

There’s no question that trout worms catch fish. The PowerBait Floating Trout Worm is the most well known trout worm commercially available. And the pink worms are clearly the most popular and effective color. This is so true that many people simply refer to any lures of this type as “pink worms.” But there are times …

The best crankbaits for trout can be the most effective lures you ever use. Crankbaits are a great but often overlooked type of lure for catching trout of all kinds. People who fly fish know that streamers are great for catching larger piscivorous trout. The same principle applies to spin fishing. Crankbaits are a lot like …

Lures are often a good choice for trout. Whether fishing in a lake, stream or river, lures can be used to cover a lot of water and catch a lot of fish. It is not much different than fly fishing with streamers or bass fishing with crankbaits. Most species of trout are piscivorous, which means they …