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Well I went to a new pond today which I liked a lot.  Had some decent luck catching LM's on a Fat Ika.  Someone fishing down the shore from me was fishing with live worms and caught a 12" rainbow trout.  My favorite fish to catch is bass.  But when I catch them I release them.  Catching trout can be fun because you can bring them back home for dinner.  I was wondering if you guys could recomend a bait that will land me a decent amount of bass but be able to attract the occasional trout as well.  I am fishing with a 6'6" MF rod with a spinning reel.  #6 Yo-zuri ultra soft.  

I've had a lot of luck with Mepps and Vibrax inlines with bass, although it's been slower in the summer.  Inlines are supposed to be great for trout.  I'd try smaller rapala's as well.

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Think the trout would go after a Rapala 2" Jointed Shad Rap?

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Rapala X-Rap and Countdown, both rainbow trout pattern.

8-)

All that are mentioned.  My go to would be an inline spinner size #1 or #2 by Mepps, Blue Fox, Panther Martin, etc in a trout pattern.  Just match your lure to the forage and up your % of getting bit by both species.  Good luck.

Rattltraps, senkos, spoons, and spinnerbaits. I have caught bass and trout on those.

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Trout will crush most standard bass cranks, and they will hit tubes and grubs too. If you want to catch both, I would use cranks in the 2 - 3" size.

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Thanks for the advice.

Silver Kastmaster spoons 1/4 oz.. ive caught both with those... cast  with a start-stop retrieve

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Many lures that work on bass will also work on trout and many have already been mentioned. I will add drop shotting to the mix.

I have also noticed that the use of a lighter line (smaller diameter) seems to help too.

small grub.

Also, if you want to catch bass and trout on the same lure except a bunch of small bass, because they are the only ones that will bite small trout lures.

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