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Title: How to fish it?
Post by: Blacklab on April 03, 2010, 10:25:42 AM: Been invited to a house on Benson lake May 1st for the weekend. Not knowing much about it except it's a non gas boat lake and stocked with trout. If anybody has insight on how to fish it or what to use would be great lures, power bait, worms, bottom fishing, bobbers ect. Not sure if we have excess to a trolling motor yet. Thanks peeps ;)
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: thinkingman on April 05, 2010, 09:30:58 AM: flatline a sz 6-8-10 olive or black woolly bugger around at about a walking pace.
Pinch the barb so it's easier to release the 40-60 stockers you'll catch in a day.
Works for me and my 6yr old.
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: Woodchuck on April 05, 2010, 09:36:50 AM: If i am looking to just catch and release, i throw spinners, if i am gonna eat em i run about a 3ft leader under a slip sinker with half a nightcrawler, thread the open end on the hook leaving somewhat of a tail and then shoot a little air in the closed end with a syringe from a feed store, kills em for the kids down here :dunno:
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: C-Money on April 05, 2010, 11:03:59 AM: You should be able to get them on just about anything! Sounds fun! Rainbows are suckers for nightcrawlers!
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: alanger on April 05, 2010, 05:12:49 PM: Quote from: C-Money on April 05, 2010, 11:03:59 AM
You should be able to get them on just about anything! Sounds fun! Rainbows are suckers for nightcrawlers!

No doubt about it, bottom fishing, nite crawlers, rooster tails, jigs. You'll catch some.
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: Dustin07 on April 06, 2010, 08:37:27 AM: Quote from: thinkingman on April 05, 2010, 09:30:58 AM
flatline a sz 6-8-10 olive or black woolly bugger around at about a walking pace.
Pinch the barb so it's easier to release the 40-60 stockers you'll catch in a day.
Works for me and my 6yr old.

yes, but 6 year olds are oddly natural at fishing. once we get older and try to get smarter we confuse it all up and the catching gets harder :P
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: Blacklab on April 06, 2010, 11:27:11 AM: Quote from: Dustin07 on April 06, 2010, 08:37:27 AM
Quote from: thinkingman on April 05, 2010, 09:30:58 AM
flatline a sz 6-8-10 olive or black woolly bugger around at about a walking pace.
Pinch the barb so it's easier to release the 40-60 stockers you'll catch in a day.
Works for me and my 6yr old.

yes, but 6 year olds are oddly natural at fishing. once we get older and try to get smarter we confuse it all up and the catching gets harder :P

rotf
Never been accused of being an over thinker :chuckle:.
Thanks for the tips guys. Being new water didn't want to go at it to blind ;) Really lookin forward to the trip should be great fun. Thanks again ;)
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: let.it.fly on April 06, 2010, 11:47:16 AM: Quote from: JIMKD8 on April 05, 2010, 09:36:50 AM
If i am looking to just catch and release, i throw spinners, if i am gonna eat em i run about a 3ft leader under a slip sinker with half a nightcrawler, thread the open end on the hook leaving somewhat of a tail and then shoot a little air in the closed end with a syringe from a feed store, kills em for the kids down here :dunno:

same set up with a lighter sicker maybe 1/4 or 1/8 depending on pound test. no air in the worm, just troll that. kills it. on mny home lake people run cowbells all day long and maybe catch one. i troll this setup and catch 10-20. keep it simple.
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: thinkingman on April 06, 2010, 11:53:05 AM: IDK if this is known or not but in the days after trout are planted, they stay in the upper 3-4ft of the water column, until they get acclimated, then settle toward the bottom.
Title: Re: How to fish it?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 06, 2010, 12:32:13 PM: bowfish ;)