Warm Weather Trout Fishing Tips and Tricks

Other than the middle of winter when temperatures are well below most freshwater trouts' "ideal

range", there may be no more difficult time of the year to catch trout than when the weather is hot. It is well known that all freshwater trout species don't care for hot weather and the main reason for this is that hot weather means high water temperatures and high water temperatures are very dangerous to trout. This is the main thing to remember when you are fishing for trout in hot weather, because causing them too much stress during a fight can often result in the trout not being able to recover and dying.

For the main species of freshwater trout water temperatures around 60 degrees are "ideal", but as the temperatures rise, not only do the trout tend to become less active, the danger for the fish increases exponentially as well. Once the water temperature, reaches 70 degrees and above you shouldn't even bother fishing for trout unless of course you are looking for a meal, because any trout that you catch when the water temperatures are this high will most likely be killed from the stress.

With that being said warm weather trout fishing can still be productive and below I will outline a few tips and tricks to help you catch more trout this summer before the weather becomes too hot for the trout themselves. The first tip is the simplest and it's one that most every fisherman should know already, do your best to be on the water early and late. And believe it or not this isn't necessarily for water temperature purposes, but rather sunlight purposes. During the middle of the day the sun is the brightest and trout find it difficult to see (and thus hunt) in bright sunlight, which causes them to seek shelter or deep water. Therefore, during warm weather do your best to focus your trout fishing efforts early and/or late in the day when the sun isn't at it's peak brightness.

Whether you are fishing in a lake, pond, river, or stream warm weather means one thing, peak use, and as trout fishermen "peak use" is never a good thing. The more activity there is on, around, and in the water that you are going to be fishing, the less productive the fishing will be. So, the more that you can avoid "peak use" area's or the peak use times of the day the better off you will be and the more productive the trout fishing will be.

If there is a dam in your area, this is usually a productive place to fish for trout during the warm weather months. There are many reason for this such as; deeper water, access to cooler water temperatures, and the fact that dams serve as habitat for bait fish and other food sources trout love to eat. Fishing for trout anywhere near a dam during the warm weather months is never a bad idea and often results in increased catch rates.

Warm weather trout fishing can be productive as long as your strategies and techniques are altered a little bit. Keep these simple tips in mind as the weather continues to warm and you will experience more trout fishing success than you have in a long time during the warm weather months of June July, August, and early September.

3 Easy Tricks To Help You Catch More Trout In Cold Weather

Cold weather and trout fishing don't generally go together, other than when you are speaking of ice

fishing of course, but if you want to catch a few cold weather trout there are some things that you can do to "tip the odds" into your favor. In this article I will reveal 3 easy tricks to help you catch more trout in cold weather, in case you get a hankering to get out there and brave the elements this winter. I know these tricks work because I use them and they come from more than twenty five years of trout fishing experience.

Since trout are generally much less active during extended periods of cold weather, it is vitally important that you are on the water when the trout are most likely to be feeding. So that you don't become to overwhelmed with the subject of when trout may or may not be feeding, I have always found that it's best to keep things simple. The "heat of the day" is often when the trout will be the most active in cold weather, so this is a great time to head out for some trout fishing. That's pretty simple, wouldn't you say?

Next we have the moon. Although many anglers overlook the moon when it come to fishing this is a mistake in my opinion. Over the past 20 or so years I have learned that the moon in fact plays a very large role in when the trout that I am fishing for are going to be "active". Thus I have learned that being on the water fishing for trout when the moon is either rising or setting, means that I have a much better chance of experiencing success. Find out when either one of these things are taking place on the day that you are going to be fishing for trout and do your best to plan your fishing trip accordingly.

When fishing for trout in cold weather the last trick that you want to remember to downsize and slow down. This means that your baits and/or trout lures need to be smaller than you might normally use and the presentation needs to be slow. Sluggish trout aren't usually looking for big meals and have little interest in chasing down a meal any more than they have to. For this reason you always want to remember to downsize and slow down if you want to catch more trout in cold weather.

These 3 tricks certainly couldn't be compared to quantum physics, but if you want to catch more trout in cold weather they will certainly help you out. Fishing for trout in cold weather can actually be effective as long as your strategies change a little bit from what you do in the warmer months of the year.

Fishing Tips – Tips That Will Help You Catch More Trout

As we move into winter, for many anglers the thought of fishing for trout is a distant memory that won't reappear until the warmth of the spring snaps them back into action for another season of trout fishing. While this isn't the case for me personally (as I will fish for trout during any season) I can certainly understand how and why a majority of trout fishermen feel this way. Even still, fishing tips that will help us catch more trout never "go out of style", as it were and below I will outline a few tips that can be used the next time you head out fishing for trout.

The first of these fishing tips has to do with the moon and particularly the rising and setting of the moon. Whether or not you are aware of it, the moon rises and sets just like the sun (which makes sense when you think about it) but what's interesting about this phenomenon is that it often happen at unusual times of the day. For example, the moon can and does rise during the middle of the day on certain days, believe it or not.

So, how do you find out when the moon will be rising and setting on a particular day? Simple, all you have to do is do a quick internet search for the term 'moon rise' and you will get all of the necessary information. Fish tend to be much more active and thus willing to feed in the hour or so period of time that brackets either one of these celestial events. So, simply by being on the water when the moon is either rising or setting means that you will more than likely catch more trout than you otherwise would, no matter what trout fishing technique or bait you choose to employ.

The next tip is for trout fishing in muddy or stained water, such as you find during the spring or when water flows are running higher than normal for some reason. As trout fishermen when we are confronted with high and or muddy water situations, it's often extremely difficult to entice trout into biting, as you may or may not be aware. The best remedy that I have found for this is to use a bait that is often used when fishing for largemouth bass. Try casting a Rat-L-Trap or similar rattling bait.
Whenever you are dealing with muddy or stained water the trout can't see or smell as well as they would prefer and the loud rattling that these crank baits produce under water give the trout something to cue on and they often attack whatever it is that's making the noise. Two and a quarter to two and a half inch rattling baits tend to be the most effective sizes for trout, although I have seen larger rattling baits perform well in muddy water situations also.

The bottom line is that if you want to catch more trout the aforementioned tips will help you do just that. Add them to your trout fishing arsenal sooner, rather than later and start experiencing more trout fishing success.

3 Tips to Help You Catch More Rainbow Trout This Summer

The summer can be a difficult time to catch rainbow trout due to a myriad of reasons, but if you change your approach a little bit, they can be caught consistently. In this post I will outline 3 tips to help you catch more summer rainbow trout. The first tips involves fishing at night, which is something that trout fishermen often don't even consider. As we all know rainbow trout are a cold blooded fish that prefers cold water, and during the summer what time of the day is the best for cool temperatures and thus cooler water? That's right, the nighttime.

We have found that the best bait to use at night when fishing for rainbow trout is a live worm. A live worm rigged on a set of gang hooks or even better a jig w/ a trailer hook is the way to rig your worm and the fishing goes a little something like this.

While fishing for rainbows is effective in rivers the logistics can be a challenge, so we prefer to fish in a lake from a boat. Begin by placing either a floating fishing light or a submersible fishing light into the water 15-30 minutes before you are ready to fish. Doing this will attract microorganisms to the light, which in turn attract bait fish, followed by hungry rainbow trout. After waiting 15-30 minutes, start casting out and slowly reeling your live fishing worm along the bottom. Before long you should be hooking your fair share of night time rainbow trout. If you don't receive any bites for 45 minutes to an hour, relocate and repeat until you locate a school or rainbows.

The next tip is to try to be on the water, whether it is day or night, when the moon is in a new moon phase. Trout tend to be much more active and thus more likely to be feeding during the new moon phase than they are during any other phase of the moon. Try to plan your summer trout fishing excursions during the phase of the moon known as "new" and you will receive more bites from hungry rainbow trout whether you are fishing during the day or under the cover of darkness.

Finally, when you do fish for trout during the daytime hours, make sure that you are fishing during the coolest parts of the day. This means the mornings or the evenings, with the mornings being more effective than the evenings. Follow these 3 simple tips and start catching more rainbow trout this summer.

3 Tips That Will Help You Catch More Trout When You Are Fishing With Powerbait

There is little doubt that for spin fishermen, Powerbait is a "go to" bait when it comes to fishing for trout. This fact is especially true during the spring of the year when river flows become high and muddy due to spring rains and snow run off from the mountains. When these things occur, rivers become all but un-fishable and when this happens, the only recourse that many spin fishing trout anglers have is to head out to their local lake or pond that contains trout.

When a lake or pond contains trout (often rainbow trout) it means that these fish have been stocked (or put there for the express purpose of being caught by fishermen). Well, when you are fishing for trout that have been stocked one of the best trout baits on the planet to use to catch them is Powerbait , which is a dough bait that is manufactured by Berkley. Powerbait is used for trout fishing by molding in around a fishing hook and then "bottom fishing" until a hungry trout swims by and smells your bait.

The first tip that I have in relation to fishing with Powerbait is to use fishing hooks that are very small. Small balls of Powerbait seem to always outfish large chucks mainly because small chunks are easier for hungry trout to engulf than large balls of Powerbait. If using a single bait holder, salmon egg, or set of gang hooks this means that size #10 hooks should be employed. If using a single treble hook, size #12 or even #18 hook is the way to go for trout fishing.

The second tip is to make sure that the Powerbait that is being used is as "fresh" as possible. A new jar of bait for each fishing trip certainly isn't necessary, but replacing your bait every season is. I have always found the "fresh" Powerbait will outfish stale or old Powerbait.

The third tip that will help you catch more fish when fishing with Powerbait is to be on the water at the most productive time of the day. How are you supposed to determine the most productive time of the day? By learning and paying attention to how the weather and moon impact trout fishing. You would be surprised at how much these these two factors have to due with whether or not the trout fishing will be productive.

Make these 3 simple tips a part of your trout fishing repertoire and you will catch more trout the next time that you are using the trout bait known as Powerbait.

Powerbait Tips - How To Fish With Powerbait

Fishing with the trout bait known as Powerbait seems quite simple, and on the surface it surely is, but the truth of the matter is that if taken somewhat seriously fishing with Powerbait is actually more effective than you have probably ever thought possible. Below I will outline a few Powerbait tips that you may have never considered and will no doubt make you a more successful trout fisherman.
When most people think of this unique type of trout bait they automatically think of the little jars that are filled with the bait, which is then molded over a fishing hook to be used when trout fishing. This is probably what most people think of because this is the most popular (and easiest) way to utilize Powerbait. Just bait your hook, throw it into a lake, and still fish until a hungry trout bites, right?

But the fact of the matter is that there are other Powerbait products such as the floating trout and steelhead worm, micro wiggler, 1" nymph, grub, and Power minnow that are all very effective when used while trout fishing as well. If you want to know how to fish with Powerbait, these other options should be added to your trout fishing arsenal as well. All of these forms of trout bait have been manufactured with the same trout attracting scents as the bait sold in the little jars, which makes all of them extremely effective when used while fishing fort trout.

For example floating trout or steelhead worms, micro wigglers, and minnows can be used while drift fishing for trout and are often just as, if not more, effective as their live counterparts when fishing for trout in the current of a river or stream. And how about threading a Powerbait nymph or grub onto a 1/32 or 1/16 ounce jig head and fishing your lake or river that has been stocked with rainbow trout? There is little doubt that these are some of the best Powerbait tips that you will come across when it comes to using Powerbait for trout.

Just remember, if you want to know how to fish with this unique type of trout bait, don't forget to "think outside the box" a bit and utilize the other ways in which Powerbait can help you catch trout. While traditional Powerbait that is sold in small jars is a very effective trout bait choice, there are other options that enable you to engage in trout fishing techniques other than still fishing from the shore of your favorite trout lake.

Trout Fishing Tips - Spinning

Trout fishing tips come in many forms and it seems like anyone who spends any decent amount of time fishing for trout has a tip that may or may not help you catch more fish. Often times these tips pertain to the act of fly fishing however, as fly fishing is a very popular way to fish for and catch trout. As a person who has been fishing for trout for more than two decades and chooses not to fly fish, this fact has always been a point of frustration to me. I have often thought, "Why is it that fly fishing gets all the love?"

Well in this post I am going to use my extensive experience to outline some trout fishing tips for spinning anglers, so that they too can learn some things to help them be more successful on the water. After all, I have always believed that for those of us who take spin fishing seriously, trout fishing with spinning gear can and should be considered every bit the "art form" that fly fishing is.

The first thing that needs to be discussed when it comes to using spinning gear for trout fishing is the gear itself. Specifically I am referring to your rod, reel, fishing line, and the size of the hooks, bait, and/or lures that you are using. In a nutshell all of these items need to be as light as possible. This means that you have to make sure that you use an ultralight rod and reel that is equipped with 2, 4, or 6 pound test fishing line. Fishing hooks should be small as well, with size 8, 10, and even 12 being the ideal sizes. And when it comes to trout lures such as the very popular spinners and spoons, 1/4 of an ounce is as large as should be used when you are trout fishing (on most bodies of water).

Next we have the use of the fly. As I mentioned earlier, artificial flies can be employed as bait by spinning anglers by utilizing something called a fly fishing bubble and at times these bubbles can be a spin fisherman's best friend when they are trout fishing. If larger flies such as streamers are being used the very effective trout fishing technique known as "drift fishing" can also be used. Drift fishing with streamers is a technique that every spinning trout angler should familiarize him or herself with.

Finally we have the time when you go fishing. Many spinning trout fishermen tend to think that anytime that they can get away is a good time to hit the water, and while this might be true in principle, in practice you need to take this fact a little more seriously. There are certain times of the day, week, and month when trout are the most active and as a trout fisherman you want to do your best to be on the water at these times. A little time invested on the best times to be on the water fishing will go a long way towards experiencing more success anytime that you are trout fishing.

Using Powerbait For Trout Fishing

A question that comes up a lot for anglers new to trout fishing is how to use Powerbait for trout fishing. Let's begin by defining the term "Powerbait". When I refer to the word "Powerbait" I'm referring to any synthetic bait that comes in a small container and is molded onto a hook as bait. Synthetic baits like this are made by different companies, and the only important thing, as far as catching trout is concerned, is that your synthetic bait floats.

Using Powerbait for trout fishing is really quite simple. There are a few things that can be done to tip the odds into your favor though. The first of these things is to make sure that your using light fishing line. We are talking about fishing for trout, which means that the water that you're going to be fishing in should be fairly clear. Couple this with the fact that trout have very keen eyesight, and the bottom line is that you should be employing light fishing line. I suggest four-pound test monofilament.

The next tip is to make sure that you're using small hooks. The smaller your hooks, the les visible those hooks will be to the fish (which is a good thing). Again, trout have very keen eyesight and can detect hooks very easily. For this reason, small fishing hooks should be employed. I suggest size 8 or 10 hooks for almost all trout fishing.

Along with the size of your hooks, the way your hooks are set up is important as well. This is why I suggest using gang hooks. If you don't know what gang hooks are, they are simply a pair of small hooks tied in tandem, thus enabling you to present bait naturally, or in the case of Powerbait, gang hooks enable you present twice as much bait. Doesn't it seem as if this would work to your advantage?

Here's a great rig for using Powerbait to catch trout. Begin by taking the end of your line and slipping on a small egg sinker (1/4 to ½ an ounce). Now tie on a small barrel swivel, which will act as a "stopper" and help prevent line twist. On the other end of the barrel swivel, tie on a set of pre-tied gang hooks (size 8 or 10). Now add enough synthetic bait to each hook to completely cover each individual hook. This is your rig. Now cast it out and let it sink.

Slowly reel in the slack line and set your rod against a solid object. You want your line to be completely taught. Your rod tip will start to bounce whenever you get a bite. My normal rule of thumb is to wait thirty to forty five minutes, and if I don't receive any bites, I check my bait and re-cast. This rig works extremely well for trout fishing with Powerbait (or any floating trout bait).

Another important thing to keep in mind is when you are fishing. That's right, there are some times that are better than others, which is why you should always pay attention to the weather and moon. That's right knowing how the weather & moon relate to fishing will pay huge dividends in your fishing success. This simple information has a huge impact on you catching trout, believe it or not.

These simple tips and techniques will help you catch more trout when fishing with Powerbait, or any other synthetic trout bait. How am I so sure of this fact? Because, I've been using this exact information to catch more trout for more than 20 years and know how effective it is.