Powerbait Fishing : 3 Rules To Abide By When You Are Fishing With Powerbait

When it comes to catching trout that have been stocked into a body of water, Fishing with Powerbait is an excellent way to catch them. While some anglers will use this unique trout bait while fishing in rivers and streams, I have always found it to be most effective when used while "still fishing" in a lake or pond that has been stocked with trout. No matter how you go about Powerbait fishing, you can increase you bite and catch rates if you abide by a few simple rules.

Below, I will list these rules so that they can be added to your trout fishing arsenal the next time that you head out and with the intent of catching some trout while using Powerbait. It's important to point out that a majority of the trout that you will be caught using Powerbait are trout that have been stocked, which means that they have been raised in a hatchery and released for the express purpose of being caught by fishermen. Because these trout have not been born and bred in a natural environment, they tend to be much less weary than their native cousins who were born in a natural environment. The reason that I point this out is because the trout that will be caught while fishing with Powerbait tend to be fairly easy to catch. But this doesn't mean that there aren't things that you can do to "tip the odds" into your favor so that you experience more success when fishing for them, which is where these 3 rules come into play.

The first rule is to do your best to keep any human scents off of the bait itself. Anytime that you are fishing with Powerbait this can be a difficult task because the bait has to be molded around your fishing hook in some way and the obvious choice for doing this is your fingers (which obviously contain all sorts of 'unnatural' scents). The easiest way to remedy this problem is to use a 'scoop' or 'press' that can be inserted into the Powerbait so that the bait can be taken out with out you the angler touching it with your fingers. Some versions even enable you to 'press' the Powerbait into a perfect ball, all without actually touching the bait. This obviously keeps any human scents of the bait which results in more bites from hungry trout.

The second rule that you need to adhered by when you are Powerbait fishing is to not use too much bait. Remember we aren't trying to catch large mouth bass, we are fishing for stocked rainbow trout, which prefer fairly small food sources. For this reason you always want to make sure that you use just enough Powerbait to cover your fishing hook and no more. If you use too much bait, you will receive less bites, it's as simple as that.

And the final rule that needs to be considered anytime that you are fishing with Powerbait is to use "fresh" bait. Many times we have bait that is left over from the prior fishing year and this bait is not nearly as effective as is found in a new jar. So if the jar has been opened and used, then just sat around waiting to be used again for a year or more, chuck it and buy a new jar. I mean heck, it only costs a few bucks, and I have always found "fresh" Powerbait to be more effective than a jar that has been sitting around for a year of more.