Hey guys, I booked a fishing trip to a small lake that holds speckled and rainbow trout. I'm pretty sure the lake is stalked yearly.

I went last year for a day and caught 3 trout over 4-6 hours, not great.. I was using a worm and some split shots, and sometimes a bobber, pretty simple set up for sure. I only have bass rods that i was using with 12lbs fluro.. I am not in the budget for new rods but was wondering if i should get some smaller line to make a leader? like 4lbs test? or smaller??

What baits and techniques should i try to give myself the best option at catching those types of trout.. when i did catch them last year, they were wondering around and would nibble the line, i would have to set the hook fast or miss them.

Also apparently this lake has- Lake trout.. i guess they are super deep from what ive read? any tips on how to target Lake trout as well..? more interested in catching numbers than size....

Any tips would help...

Thanks

Well, you did not say if you were fishing from a boat or from the shore itself, but if I were you, I'd pick up a bunch of 1/16 oz. ball head jigs and some 2" curly tailed grubs (in various colors) for starters. Those can be dynamite on stockies this time of the year. Add to that a few Thompson Buoyant Minnows (small size spoons) and maybe a Rooster Tail (spinners) or two and you should be good to go. I know a lot of folks fish for them with live bait, but I personally prefer catching them on artificials.

2 hours ago, Crestliner2008 said:

Well, you did not say if you were fishing from a boat or from the shore itself, but if I were you, I'd pick up a bunch of 1/16 oz. ball head jigs and some 2" curly tailed grubs (in various colors) for starters. Those can be dynamite on stockies this time of the year. Add to that a few Thompson Buoyant Minnows (small size spoons) and maybe a Rooster Tail (spinners) or two and you should be good to go. I know a lot of folks fish for them with live bait, but I personally prefer catching them on artificials.

Cool thanks for the tips.

i will be fishing from boat, first week of July. So it will be HOT.. Does that change anything?

If it's going to be hot, all the fish will be very deep, unless there is some very cold water inlet from a creek or something.