Advice ??

[seansfire]

Just wondering what folks like using for trout and for bass. I havent fished in a long time and i am getting back into it this year. Just wondering what i should be buying at Wal -Mart. LOL.

[Fishnclifff]

Usually power bait or Cast masters.

[uplandhunter870]

spin fishing for trout rooster tails in an insect pattern, especially the bee pattern, are always a good choice

in lakes floating power bait or a worm under a bobber is another good way as is floating power bait off the bottom.

if youre trolling, pulling a wedding ring tipped with a worm chunk or maggot will just about catch every fish out there, you can spin fish wedding rings too just cut the leader down to about 6 inches or so.

have fun and good luck

[superdown]

If your fishing a creek / stream / river etc. i.e moving water what I have used my whole life and had really consistent success with and is super basic  4-8lb test line a 1/4-1/2oz. egg weight small black swivel and at least 24in of leader or (my choice) a snelled #8 gamakatsu hook with a whole or half night-crawler when fishing a pond or lake i can just throw a bobber on and call it good for that kind of fishing or skip the bobber and use a marshmallow or power bait .

[ribka]

3 inch pink powerbait worm. Worm hook. 2 ft leader  egg sinker and swivel. Fish like a Carolina rig.

Throw a wolly bugger or prince nymph 2 feet under a bobber

[seansfire]

Thanks alot guys. i was really into bass fishin years ago and would like to outfit myself for that again. i have some spinnerbaits both large and small and some rapalas. anything else?

[Mossy]

soft plastics work year round for bass, and the cheapest bait around.  Personally, topwater is my favorite but not effective year round. 
Trout, trolling?  Wicked willies, spoons, needle fish, qwikfish. 

[Dustin07]

You can't go wrong with trout. If the lake is stocked, you can float some power bait 12" above a weight and grab them all day long. or troll a spinner, rooster tail, or flatfish. million ways to hook a good trout.

for bass, my favorite on the west side (and east really) is a drop shot. I'd pick up some senkos or other plastic worms and work drop shots and carolina rigs.

I have had more luck on the eastside with crankbaits, but thats just me

[wsucowboy]

For moving water panther martin spinners. Been slaying trout with them for years, I like them a lot better than rooster tails and blue fox spinner  For lakes either worms or powerbait

[JimmyHoffa]

One set up that is usually worth carrying along is a clear plastic bubble float and a few flies.  They work pretty good on rivers that have areas where the water is moving slowly and especially well drifted under low branches by cut banks.  I like kind of small flies, the bubble is mostly to be able to cast.

[seansfire]

i bought some dry flies the other night and was wondering how get them out there. lol. woolly buggers and some kind of gnat or something. thanks for all the good ideas everyone. we have a couple good bass lakes out here on the Key Peninsula if you want. Bay Lake and Jackson Lake.