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Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/18/14 09:28 PM
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pineywoods
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I was at Buescher State Park yesterday when the truck from A.E. Wood arrived with 1,000 trout, 8-10 inches long. Big bass began slaughtering them within minutes! It looked like redfish chasing mullet at the coast.
The fellow next to me had caught 3 rainbows and had them on a stringer. While I was talking to him he yelled "That bass has my fish!" He yanked on the stringer and fought for a couple seconds with what looked to me to be an 8+ pound largemouth, before it shook its head and spit out the three trout!! OK, I've seen snakes and turtles take fish on a stringer, but NEVER a bass!
Plenty of topwater action today as the bass continued to chase trout. Difference this morning was that the trout were not biting, at all. I think they are too busy trying to keep from being bitten!
"Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Give him entitlements and you may feed him forever."
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/18/14 09:37 PM
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/18/14 11:31 PM
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Try throwing the Deps rainbow trouts on main lake points at Fork in around 22-25 feet and see what happens.
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/18/14 11:47 PM
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Bryanmc57
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Huddleston Deluxe 8"
Honora Primum Vel Nullum Omnin Honorem
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/18/14 11:53 PM
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catch some o them trouts & run a 8/0 hook thru em under a bobber, but remember to cut the line if you see the game wardern
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 01:23 AM
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BassFisher317
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Get a Huddleston, or if you have a larger budget, a deps slide swimmer. They both catch giant fish and are great trout imitators.
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 04:05 AM
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Savage gear line thru is another good option, it's based off a 3d scan of an actual trout. They're reasonably priced and come in multiple sizes.
Swimbaits Only.
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 04:11 AM
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catch some o them trouts & run a 8/0 hook thru em under a bobber, but remember to cut the line if you see the game wardern You only live once
Send it!
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 04:55 AM
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There are a TON of options to chose from, the swimbait craze has been going on for quite a while now and there are all kinds of options on the market now. But if you had to chose two to begin with, its tough to beat a Huddleston or the Savage 3D trout. Best bang for the buck. They swim great, have very good paint jobs, and won't break the bank
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 12:39 PM
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Try throwing the Deps rainbow trouts on main lake points at Fork in around 22-25 feet and see what happens. Im sure with me, what would happen is that I would find a tree in 25ft of water with that bait. LOL That Deps is expensive. I think I will throw a Huddleston first and see what happens.
Last edited by ezbassin; 12/19/14 12:42 PM.
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 02:08 PM
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Andrew Taylor
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Try throwing the Deps rainbow trouts on main lake points at Fork in around 22-25 feet and see what happens. What will happen?
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 02:17 PM
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catch some o them trouts & run a 8/0 hook thru em under a bobber, but remember to cut the line if you see the game wardern Remember the guy catching huge stripers on the Brazos like that? lol
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/19/14 02:17 PM
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Fishbreeder
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Give the dude with the trout on the stringer $10 for one of them, put it on a hook and toss it in. Hang on tight.
I used to buy four or five truckloads a year for a 100 acre bass lake I took care of. Back then, it was because compared to everything else I could buy for bass food, rainbow trout was among the cheapest.
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/20/14 04:01 PM
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pineywoods
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Rainbow trout are not listed in the regulations as gamefish, so I think you can use them as bait. I just wanted to share what I thought was an amazing sight, a huge bass enfulfing trout on a stringer.
"Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Give him entitlements and you may feed him forever."
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Re: Rainbow Trout Swim Bait?
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12/20/14 05:05 PM
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Cool story. Rainbow trout are defiantly illegal as bait. Check with "River Run Guide" Shane Davies and ask about his earlier striper career using rainbow trout below the dam @ PK.
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