I have caught lots of trout on inline spinners.

I use Daredevils and Thomas Bouyants.

Bruce Ingram (a writer who fishes a bunch in Virginia) catches them on 7 inch Rapalas.  I haven't tried one (never owned one), but I've used inline spinners like Vibrax, Mepps Aglias, etc. in places with both trout and smallmouth and done alright.

Crappie lures, large crankbaits, ned rigs...  Trout fight harder than largemouth bass, so it is always fun to get them... they are just slick and slimy.  Even more fun is catcing catfish on spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, jigs, and other lures.  Always a heart stopper... OH SHOOT, HERE IS MY NEW BASS RECORD... then you see it is a trout or a catfish, lol!

Jerkbaits in the early spring can often attract all kinds of attention.

 

A-Jay

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Jerkbaits in the early spring can often attract all kinds of attention.

 

A-Jay

I wish we had big browns here. They're so much fun to catch, especially on jerkbaits. I have a feeling that a big part of my love for jerkbaits, is because they seem to catch everything, and big versions of everything.

You know what's a great bass lure for trout? NED rigs! I've caught a good number of trout that way, including this one!

 

Also 1/8oz and under inline spinners, small jerkbaits and small crankbaits can be absolute trout killers as well.