Best Bait For Rainbow Trout?

[Brand0n]

me and the wife are going camping next weekend for our anniversary...they have two stocked ponds with trout,catfish, and bream. ive only fished for trout when i was little and used rooster tails. what do you guys reccomend for stocked ponds for trout? what kinda gear do i need? id like to def. catch some and grill em!

[Scott F]

For stocked trout, you can't beat Berkley Trout Bait. Stocked trout are raised on trout chow and aren't used to natural baits. A little chunk of trout bait on a hook under a bobber works as well as anything.

[tomustang]

Berkley dough baits, inlines spinners, jerkbaits

[Tuckahoe Joe]

They stock the creek by my house every fall.  I've done well with 1/8 oz. Roostertails and small crankbaits like the SK Bitsy Minnow.  Never fished Powerbait but pretty much everyone else around here does.  Ideal gear would be a light action rod and 2-4 pound line.  But if you don't want to buy new gear just for one camping trip, there's no reason you cant use a medium rod and spool up some 4 pound line on one of your reels even if its rated for heavier line.

[RAMBLER]

Canned sweet corn and minature marshmallows.  Fishing for stocked rainbow trout is just like fishing for carp and they taste just about the same, too.

[NEjitterbugger]

phoebes

[Bluebasser86]

1/8oz little cleo. Cast it out and either start a slow retrieve immediately or let it sink to whatever depth you think they're holding at. Make sure you use a small snap with a good swivel to avoid line twist. Another option would be a slip sinker rig with a blown crawler so you can catch trout and cats.