Trout lures ?

Trying to get a headstart. What lures or flies do you like for stocker trout?.Thank's

Super Duper 502 in brass with a red stripe on Berkley Trilene XL 4 pound clear blue line.
Academy will sell out and won't restock until spring.

You can have all these for $30

absent the #18 treble hook, it always looks like you could fashion a trout lure out of the stuff in your office or kitchen junk drawer.

That pile will be worth $60 in the middle of January.

Yes!

Panther Martin

Little Cleo

I've bought my fair share of $5 and $6 super dupers online over the years during peak season (because yes, Academy sells out and doesn't restock). $30 for those is a great deal for anyone using lures.

I've had better luck on power bait, but I still throw a super duper sometimes.

SOLD!

Rooster tails can be effective and deadly.

Canned sweet corn

will kill the ones you dont catch, dont chum!

I would err on the side of caution and agree with you...but..I mean...I haven't found any actual studies about this. Just a bunch of people saying they can't digest it, etc. I'm personally a fly angler, so, this has never been an option. I would discourage the use of it, but I have yet to actually see any evidence over the years. Maybe someone can shed some light on this, because it would be interesting to see actual studies done on it. I know Utah banned it for a while, but I believe they legalized it, again, in 2016, because they didn't have any real grounds/evidence to prove it was bad....but...IDK...

-tug

1/8 oz Rooster Tails, fished slowly. I like single hooks with the barb mashed down. Berkley Power Bait or corn under a bobber.

This in #12 works for me. Although I do get some funny looks from the corn slingers.

Joes flies. Inline spinner with fly and small treble trailer. I use 2 or 3 BB split shots to cast them and get them down. Probably can't find around here. I have a friend in "west by god" Virginia that sends them to me. If he can't buy he makes his own. I have brass and nickel blades un different sizes. Deadly on brownies but not many brownies around here. One day the trout were finicky on the Lower Fork and I slayed them on the Joe's flies.

TPWD : Trout Fishing Tips lists baits to use & whole kernel corn is one of the suggestions for bait. Chumming probably wouldn't be smart as you are missing bites when it's not on a hook. They suggest small hooks with a piece of corn as one method to catch. They aren't worried too much about survival because only a couple of locations that they can possibly survive from one year to the next. Its a put & take resource for the public.

Small Japanese twitchbaits like Smith D-Contact or Smith D-Incite are killers for all kind of trouts

Jigs ! 1/32 oz. on two pound test with micro-spin rods. Black and yellow marabou are my favorite. Trust me on this one.

Those stockers might chase something moving just to keep another fish from getting it first, but they've been fed pellets and that's what they're used to - something small, round and mostly immobile.

Try a small lead weight 12-18 inches up the line, a piece of foam or small float a couple of inches above the hook, and a very small hook with 2 powerbaits. That rig will suspend the baits up off the bottom.

I've tried using just the float and hanging the baits in the same zone but they wouldn't touch it - I think because the float on the surface scares them off or causes the bait to move too much.

I've tried and tried, and never had any luck on these little Texas stockers using anything moving.

Hook at top with weight below! Trust me

This is what I use on the Elk River in Tennessee. I remove the trailer, as I only catch and release.

Michigan Stinger Spoons

berkley trout niblets.

Berkeley power bait for trout. Killer

http://troutmagnet.com/

Work well rigged on 1/32 oz jigheads on 6# test line and slow erratic retrieves.

Rapala CD3 in rainbow trout.