Trout SMACKDOWN 5-12-11

Day 2 with Tim barras. Tim brought his customers Larry Landry, and Rick Oconnell. We departed from the The Reel In Fishing Lodge at first light. Found a calmer gulf today with green pretty water. One stop shop as we had the yellow mouths jumping in the boat 4-8 at a time (60 fish in about 20-30 minutes). The bite slowed then picked up on and off. We had #100 hit the ice right at 9:00 again today. Solid fish today up to 3 pounds. LSU and glow/chartreuse chubs were the ticket today. Thanks Tim for your continued business and look forward to our trip next week.

THE SALTWATER FISHING

Trout, Reds, and flounder 5-14-11

After having to reschedule our trips yesterday, I was able to make it out today. Good having Al Reaux back onboard today. Al brought his grandson Nathan Reaux from Florida and his niece’s spouse Wylie Hightree from Texas. After departing from The The Reel In Fishing Lodge, our first stop produced a few trout and a flounder. Made a few more moves looking for a better bite and only found a few trout willing to bite at each stop. Our last stop for trout had them coming in one after the other for a short period, as soon as I thought we hit the jackpot the bite was over!! We went scout a few other areas but found dirty water. Time for redfish!! Hit the ponds to find a slower bite than normal. After 7 reds hit the deck we called it a day. We ended the day with a decent box of fish in the less than favorable conditions. Thanks again Al, looking forward to our next trip coming up.

THE SALTWATER FISHING

Having trouble catching trout at your local lake?

December 2nd, 2010 Ivo Posted in Freshwater Fishing, Trolling, Viewer Questions |

Viewer question: I have been having trouble catching trout at my local lake. The lake has been stocked with rainbow and Nebraska Tailwalkers up to about 8 in size. The lake is very clear and the water temp is around 60* right now. There’s a lot of underwater vegetation all over the lake with steep drop off closer to the center of the lake. The lake is about 80 feet deep. I am thinking of trolling the lake. What would be the best trolling set up for the type of situation? Thank you. Jason.

Hi Jason,

Very nice to hear from you.

In this situation, with clear cool water, chances are the trout are hugging bottom. A very effective way to troll and stay close to bottom is to bottom bounce. (Click here for an article on bottom bouncing advantages, followed by a short video on bottom bouncing for trout)

This is where you would tie your main line to a 3-way swivel (such as the T-Turn) and then drop a short 1 to 2 foot line to your sinker. The, tie another leader line to your bait or lure and this line could vary in length, up to 3 feet.

Try staying out of the area with the vegetation, and troll on the outside (deeper side) of the vegetation and work the drop off area as well. Most likely, the trout will be in 15 to 30 feet of water (stay away from the 80 foot depth at this time)

If you have a decent wind blowing, you can even drift and bottom bounce. With the clear water you mentioned, the drifting technique will allow you to quietly cover water without spooking the trout. Trout get spooked very easily, so drifting can certainly help.

Otherwise, if you have an electric motor, that will also allow you to quietly troll along and still cover plenty of water.

One more thing to look for - if you have a small river or creek that feeds your lake, fish the mouth in front of that area and work your way back and forth to the drop off towards deeper water. This area will produce more oxygen and will attract the bait fish which in turn will attract the trout.

Thanks for taking time to write to us & as always, until next time, good luck and good fishing!

Ivo

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Video - Shore Fishing for Brown Trout

January 20th, 2011 Ivo Posted in Freshwater Fishing, Shore Fishing, T-Turn Swivel, Videos |
We were fishing down on the shore for those brown trout.


If the video does not load, you can view it here: Shore Fishing for Brown Trout
Our set up consisted of roe bags and a T-Turn swivel to let us fish tangle free!
We started fishing for brown trout at the crack of dawn and caught trout after trout!
Watch as we show you how to catch brown trout from shore of your own.
As always, good fishin’!
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