me and the wife are going camping next weekend for our anniversary...they have two stocked ponds with trout,catfish, and bream. ive only fished for trout when i was little and used rooster tails. what do you guys reccomend for stocked ponds for trout? what kinda gear do i need? id like to def. catch some and grill em!

For stocked trout, you can't beat Berkley Trout Bait. Stocked trout are raised on trout chow and aren't used to natural baits. A little chunk of trout bait on a hook under a bobber works as well as anything.

Berkley dough baits, inlines spinners, jerkbaits

They stock the creek by my house every fall.  I've done well with 1/8 oz. Roostertails and small crankbaits like the SK Bitsy Minnow.  Never fished Powerbait but pretty much everyone else around here does.  Ideal gear would be a light action rod and 2-4 pound line.  But if you don't want to buy new gear just for one camping trip, there's no reason you cant use a medium rod and spool up some 4 pound line on one of your reels even if its rated for heavier line.

Canned sweet corn and minature marshmallows.  Fishing for stocked rainbow trout is just like fishing for carp and they taste just about the same, too.

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1/8oz little cleo. Cast it out and either start a slow retrieve immediately or let it sink to whatever depth you think they're holding at. Make sure you use a small snap with a good swivel to avoid line twist. Another option would be a slip sinker rig with a blown crawler so you can catch trout and cats.