what is the best bait to use for trout fishing?
930544
Maggots, worms are good as the trout is very predatory. Also they will take bread flake, infact they love it. Its cheap and can be used with ease. A top bait, and it works at night, they can really smell it. For me, it would be bread then maggots then worms TIGHT LINES
295807
You may not need more than a knife and a needlenose plier:\n\nDeboning trout: Put trout on a cutting board and open it flesh side up. Cut of the flesh where the fins are attached (except for the fin between the two fillets). There is a row of bones between the two fillets. Run a paring or boning knife on both sides of this row of bones being careful not to cut through the skin. Using the pliers, pull the middle row of bones out. Run your finger along each fillet from head to tail to locate a row of bones in the fillets. Run your knife from head to tail holding it perpendicular to the fillet to raise the bones (do not cut into the fillet). Now you should be able to see and feel the bones much easier. Grab several bones at a time and pull in the dirrection of the tail. When no more bones remain, repeat with the other fillet. The first time you do this, it might take a little while, so keep your other fish refrigerated or over ice.
261884
frogs or any topwater bait
302860
If there is a bait shop near the pier than go and talk to the fisherman. (the ones who are catching fish)  But usually the bait store guy will tell you because his buddys are giving him the report. The most siimple way to rig is the top and bottom wire riggs, 1,2,3and maby 4, oz weights. dipending on what is biteing, use a #1 or # circle hook, if sea trout,(the stealth bombers of the sea) use somthing smaller cause they can hit and run in 2 seconds flat and steal your bait.  all of this stuff is cheap enough so buy a few extras cause your going to loose some on rocks and seaweed. 20 dollars will have you fishing for a month or two.
1075937
I use the plastic worm the most, because it catches more fish than all the other lures combined. In my area, the watermelon seed, or junebug colors work the best.  Here is a site that can give you some pointers on how to fish plastic worms, as well as many other lures.  Tight lines.
1001726
Worms work! Grey crickets, Power Bait,(either one) on a chartreuse jig have worked for me in the past when fishing for crappie, blue-gill, and bream.\nGood Luck!
362133
Use a frog lure, spinner bait is what my dad said...
224602
A big Zara Spook, or a big spinner bait with at least a colorado blade. Big minnows or a small yellow perch would probably do well also.
559895
Depends what you are using for bait.  If you are using worms anything from 8-14 would be ok.  If you are using salmon eggs use smaller hooks like size 14.  You want to make sure the whole hook is covered.  Finally if you are using power bait use very small treble hooks.  The smaller the hook the better because you want the bait to float up, but be small enough that the fish will still get hooked when it eats it.  So I like size 16 treble hooks for power bait.  Good luck!
1068800
The best, most undisputed crappie bait ever, are live minnows.  Crappie go nuts for them.  In fact, in your local tackle shop, they'll probably have a size of minnow called a "crappie minnow."  This isn't because it's a baby crappie, it's because it's the perfect size for catching crappie.\n\nThat being said, there are other lures that will seduce those paper-mouthed rascals into biting.  My personal favorite is a white 1/16 oz. jig head w/ a chartruese "trailer."  I say trailer because when it comes to crappie lures, the sky is the limit.  There are as many different 2" trailers for crappie jigs as there are soft plastics for bass fishing.  You can catch them on almost all of them though, but I really like the white head/chartruese body combo.\n\nAnother good lure is a small rooster tail.  Find one with a silver color and silver blades.  It mimics minnows, and therefore triggers strikes.\n\nGood Luck.
396658
I've got three go to baits.\n1. tube bait rigged weedless with no weight(drive 'em nuts)\n2. Jerk bait (red fin, repala)\n3. rattle trap (nuff said.)
477533
You should try a 3/8 ounce jig head , Texas rig a power worm (color:tequila sunrise) and jig it on the bottom near timber....this will give the worm a fairly slow sink rate and you will get lots of bites while the worm is sinking\n\nTry to use some Rapala baits, preferably the X-RAP, gold and silver colors work the best. Husky jerks work well in spawning bass beds and weeds.\n\nAnother tip is to use a a white tube with red glitter( Venom brand) and inset a 1/16 tud insert weight and jig that on the bottom...but don't push that tube weight all the way up. by doing this that tube twitches more and attracts more fish..also use some liquid powerbait bass attractant with that.\n\nBuzzbaits work very good. so des berkley gulp!\n\nlive shiners...never fail\n\nplastic frogs work very well as a topwater bait.
586282
The best kind of bait to use if you could have only one kind is a good old fashioned worm.  Crawlers work great.  \n\nOf course, there is no one kind of bait that works ALL the time, which is why there are so many other types of bait.  I have tried snails, shrimp, minnows, and worms, and worms seem to work somewhat better than the others in most seasons.\n\nIf you can't get your worm to stay on the hook, you might want to look into using plastic or rubber worms.\n\nAs for WHERE to fish, the trick to that is thinking about where the fish can hide bug still be able to jump out and find food.  This is typically on the edges of things like the edge of a dropoff, the edge of where a stream runs into a lake, the edge of the water where there are lots of tree roots and shade.
1116803
i was raised fly-fishing for trout and salmon and have been tying for 30+ years. the 2 best sites are.\nhttp://sfotf.com/main/index.php\nhttp://www.virtualflybox.com/
643350
KCDude,\n\nI'm not sure which power bait you're talking about, but weather it's a worm, lizzards, or catfish bait... it should sink with just the weight of a hook.  All of these baits are best fished on the bottom unless you want to fish a worm as a topwater - then you should hook it "wacky" style or use light weight hooks.  There are better soft plastic baits to use for topwater if that's your goal.  Good Luck fishing!!
617458
a small 4 foot 6 inch to a 5 foot lite rod, like a berkley lightening rod and a small spinning reel, 2-6 pound test line, an live worms, or the spinners or power bait(orange or green paste)...they are some of the best baits and there are many  more!
1187469
Try a Rapala "shad rap" in a perch pattern.  I have found it to be very productive for lake perch. A few years ago, I caught almost 30 perch in 3 hours using this lure.  Tight lines.