need help with trout

[VTechHokie]

Hello, im about to go trout fishing this weekend and i need help. ive used like rooster tails and other other little spinners. but never really had much luck. so let me know what yall think i should try

[roadwarrior]

Panther Martin, gold blade, black body with chartreuse spots.

Rapala Countdown, rainbow trout pattern.

8-)

[hawgchaser]

I actually caught these about 3 hours ago on a white Rooster Tail. If the trout are aggressively feeding, a rooster tail is very tough to beat. I have a very small chatterbait made for panfish and trout that is a killer but I can't remember who makes it.

For the larger trout, RW's suggestion for a countdown is spot on...One of the best trout baits around.

If the fish aren't hitting these, a finesse carolina rig with power bait may be your only option. Make sure to have a few different colors...Trout are very picky about color sometimes.

BTW...These are fixing to go on the grill

[rfrazier]

Kastmasters are #1 in my book unless you want to use powerbait. (green)

[RobbyZ5001]

I don't use any live bait for trout, and I do VERY well. I never come home without a limit. This goes for stocked trout or natives. If you are fish fast deep water use a Rapala CD-7. The rapala is a sinking countdown. Any color will work! For smaller streams I use spinners. I use two types, and that's it. I use a black body gold blade, and a silver blade white body (all you need). For still water and finicky trout I use trout magnets. I have done well rigging them with a float and suspending them as well. If you need anything more specific shoot me a PM.  I put a lot of time in on trout fishing.

The one HUGE problem people have with trout fishing when fishing spinners and rapalas is their accuracy. When trout fishing small streams you need to be accurate. You need to learn how to read the streams and rivers as well. Just by looking at a stream I can usually tell where the fish are. It is just time on the water, and experience. Keep putting your time in, and one day it will just click.

[hawgchaser]

Just by looking at a stream I can usually tell where the fish are. It is just time on the water, and experience. Keep putting your time in, and one day it will just click.

Thats a good point. You can throw the right lure all day but it won't matter if the fish aren't there. I concentrate on eddie water in deep pools, the inside of bends, and on the downriver side of large rocks or trees.... Basically ambush sites where the trout can wait for the current to bring them dinner.

However, if flyfishing, I use different strategies and look for  different water.

[Bream Master]

The Mepps Aglia in size 2 or 3 work great as well.

[hawgchaser]

The trout and panfish chatterbait on the bottom of this page was flat out awesome. However, I missed a lot of fish on it and switched to the roostertail.

http://www.chatterbait.com/pages/collection

[VTechHokie]

thank yall a ton, im sure the advice will help. i have a pretty good number of rooster tails already in a few different colors, as well as a few different    interesting types of spinners that i might try just for fun. And i have a CD-7 already. but im wondering if it will be too big, i'll be fishing in a fairly small stream. so should i try a smaller size countdown? or just stick with it?

THANKS

[RobbyZ5001]

The smaller ones are nice, because you can jerk the heck out of them. I use smaller ones in stagnant water for trout, I use them in shallower water, and small streams.

[HesterIsGod]

super duper