Trout have been elusive for the first few seasons, caught only one rainbow and one brown, both by accident while fishing for bass, so today made a deliberate attempt to ignore bass fishing and troll for trout from the kayak. Used spinning gear with some tin weight to get the soft plastic paddle tail on jig head near the bottom, trolled for three hours and this brown trout made the day all worth it. This was as exciting as catching my first bass. The secret to enjoyment is trying something new and having it not work, until it does.

 

I've done well trolling for them with minnow baits, either floating or suspending ones. They like wiggle warts also.

Look up a lure called a wedding ring. They are very effective in my neck of the woods and should work for you too. Congrats on that catch!

6 hours ago, islandbass said:

Look up a lure called a wedding ring. They are very effective in my neck of the woods and should work for you too. Congrats on that catch!

Thanks ib - I happened to pick some of them at my local shop just before I went to the lake that day, but ended up putting them back in favor of the more traditional spoon/blade type lures. Which didn't work for me at all, so I switched to the soft plastic paddle tail.

 

I'll give the wedding ring a try next time.

 

Bluebasser was reading my mind.  I use broken back Rapala's of the suspending type, but the biggest I ever caught was on a Hot-n-tot.

Mepps Comet Mino (big fish lure)

1/4 oz Kastmaster (Gold on sunny days and silver on cloudy)

Little Cleos (blue and silver)

Roostertails (trout patterns)

 

When I troll for trout, 1/4 oz is my go to. On windy days, I will step it up to 3/8 but nothing heavier.