The Best Ways To Catch Trout In The Spring

For anglers the spring means one thing; that it's time to hit the water again after nature's yearly fishing sabbatical known as winter. Nowhere is this fact more true than with trout fishermen, as catching trout in the winter (unless you are fishing through a hole in the ice) can be difficult to say the least. The spring and 'trout fishing' go together like a hand and a glove, and in this article I will outline a few of the best ways to catch trout in the spring of the year.

There are two main types of water in which trout are found, lakes and rivers, and rivers can be difficult to catch trout in during the spring due to mountain run-off and/or spring rains. So when it comes to river fishing for trout in the spring of the year the early spring is normally the most productive time.

With that being said, as long as you attempt to catch trout in rivers during the early spring before the rivers become high and muddy, rivers can be a great place to catch trout during the spring. Drift fishing a live worm or an in line spinner can be a very effective way to catch hungry trout before the rivers become "blown out" and become all but un-fishable.

By fishing for trout in a lake or pond you virtually eliminate having to deal with high, muddy water yet still have the opportunity to catch trout when fishing in the spring. There are many ways to fish for trout in a lake or pond and two of the more effective ways are fishing with flies and fishing with Powerbait. Fishing with flies is accomplished one of two ways. By fly fishing in the traditional sense or if you aren't a "fly fisherman" by fishing with casting bubbles. Seeing as how I am not a "fly fisherman" and opt to use traditional spin fishing gear when fishing for trout, fishing with casting bubbles, or more to the point fishing with a casting bubble is the way I go about fishing with flies in the spring of the year. If you do "fly fish" then this is obviously the best way to fish with flies. The bottom line is that flies are effective when used as bait for trout in lakes during the spring of the year, no matter how you go about "fishing" with them.

The other great way to catch trout during the spring of the year in lakes and ponds is by fishing with Powerbait or similar dough style trout bait. This is usually accomplished by fishing a simple bottom fishing rig that is baited with dough bait. By "still" fishing with Powerbait the bait has time to disperse its scents into the water and attract hungry trout, thus making it a very effective springtime trout fishing technique.

Either of these two methods are very effective ways to catch trout during the spring of the year, especially when the rivers and streams are un-fishable due to high and muddy water conditions.