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Title: trout lures
Post by: jdb on August 31, 2008, 08:32:56 PM: whats everyones favorite trout lures? I really like panther martin for streams and dardevil spoons for lakes. JB
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Post by: jackelope on August 31, 2008, 08:39:27 PM: size 0 blue foxes everywhere.

i really rather flyfish, but if i had to spin-fish...it would be all blue foxes. chrome or brass colored. no orange or green colors on them.
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Post by: Bscman on August 31, 2008, 09:01:18 PM: More often than not....1/8oz rooster tails.
Black with a silver blade most times...or sandstone or mayfly "pattern" bodies with silver blades.
I've caught more with these than anything...though it takes the right combo to be able to cast them well.

I use smaller panther martins from time to time, but w/o a swivel I get a lot of line twist with these. I've found some lakes fish don't seem to "tolerate" swivels.

Cheap 1/4oz pot-o-gold hammered brass spoons with the treble swapped to a single barb gamakatsu are a favorite as well.

I started fly fishing this year...and it's definitely more fun!
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Post by: PolarBear on September 01, 2008, 12:40:50 AM: #3-#5 Blue Fox Vibrax or 1/4 oz Roostertails in chartruse/chrome or green/chrome for sea runs and silvers. 1/8 oz Roostertails in yellow/chrome, brown/chrome or black/chrome for all other trout.
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Post by: sivart33 on September 02, 2008, 03:42:30 PM: power bait, still works wonders. i can still pull limit near my house with power bait. (know the secreete spot in the lake that always helps)
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Post by: hunterbuilder on September 02, 2008, 05:29:48 PM: I had good success this year with the kastmaster spoons in the lakes casting from shore. I was able to cover a lot of water being able to cast 1/3 - 1/2 way across some of the smaller lakes and pick up a lot of trout.
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Post by: Bscman on September 02, 2008, 09:21:49 PM: MMmmm Hmmmm, I should've had kastmasters on my list.

The half blue (anodized) half chrome, or chrome with a blue sticker seems to be a killer in a lot of higher lakes too.
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Post by: 300rum on September 02, 2008, 09:23:03 PM: 1/32nd black rooster tail, they are hard to find but deadly.
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Post by: ICEMAN on September 02, 2008, 10:05:21 PM: Blue fox's for sure. Also the ol' Super Duper's. Blue and orange in the spinners, Orange or reflectix on the super dupers... (They are a pain to cast in the rivers but have a nice little wiggle, real sexy...)
Title: Re: trout lures
Post by: jdb on September 03, 2008, 05:32:37 PM: I have enjoyed some success with roostertails but more so with the panther martin. JB
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Post by: LITTLEBUCK on September 03, 2008, 06:17:51 PM: I have not found a lure out there yet that has out fished my good old wedding ring with a little worm for trout. Mind you this is for trooling, it's not the best for casting but very productive. My 2nd choice would be a tossup between the kastmaster and blue fox vibrex.
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Post by: MIKEXRAY on September 03, 2008, 06:36:31 PM: Stocked lakes I fish pink wedding ring / silver metal with small worm, cascade lakes & east side I stick with crocodile spoon in rainbow pattern.
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Post by: Alchase on September 05, 2008, 12:38:32 PM: In lakes trolling:
Wedding ring with gamakatsu hooks, with 1/3 nitecrawler or maggot.
Double Whammy with gamakatsu hooks, with 1/3 nitecrawler or maggot.
(sometimes add a 12in. three blade flasher string in front of either of these)

Kastmaster, various sizes and colors with gamakatsu hooks
Rapala, 3in or 4in.
powerbait minnows, 2in - 4in.
roostertails, various sizes and colors.
Flatfish/quickfish various sizes and colors.

Bank fishing:
My favorite setup is a minimum 24in (up to 36in) leader, orange or pink marshmallow on a long shank no.8 gamakatsu hook with a 1/2 nightcrawler threaded length wise up the shank to the marshmallow and leave a tail hanging. this setup has caught me more fish then all others combined.
Powerbait, multicolored with sparkles, or bright green or pink/purple. (I do not like using powerbait but sometimes it just works).

Stream fishing:
Eggs
fly with float
any tiny spinner
Title: Re: trout lures
Post by: jkononen on September 06, 2008, 11:25:07 AM: i like the kastmaster, and rooster tail when i can get the darn spinner to spin.
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Post by: Dslayer on September 22, 2008, 07:27:41 PM: I fish almost exclusively high lakes. I use Kastmasters, gold, silver, orange and silver, and the blue and silver. I'll change colors, size, and retrieve and can almost always finds some combination that catches fish. I use Pautzkes, wooly buggers, and other stuff, but I always give my Kastmasters first shot. I also like the Jake's Spin-a-lure.
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Post by: wackmaster on September 22, 2008, 08:20:23 PM: Kasmasters for me gold/red
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Post by: robodad on September 22, 2008, 08:42:03 PM: Quote
In lakes trolling:
Wedding ring with gamakatsu hooks, with 1/3 nitecrawler or maggot.
Double Whammy with gamakatsu hooks, with 1/3 nitecrawler or maggot.
(sometimes add a 12in. three blade flasher string in front of either of these

Just one thing about maggots I thought is funny, In wisconsin we did a ton of ice fishing and used these quite a bit but we called them "Silver Wigglers" don't ask me why I guess it is a midwest term maybe it was so the wife wouldn't go balistic when she opened the fridge and found the copenhagen can and asked "Honey what is this" we didn't have to say "OH honey I just bought some maggots for fishing" :chuckle:
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Post by: Alchase on September 23, 2008, 12:31:41 PM: LOL, I still feel weird putting maggots on the hook? :dunno:

Leaches, worms, nothing else gives me a thought, but I always wonder...."did I just drop a maggot on me?" that and the way they kind of pop when the hook goes in them, lol