A little help

[MrDucky]

Howdy , i fish alot down at taneycomo and use power bait , i use white fl yellow and pink , it works well .... but i want to catch some browns , Lisa at lileys landing said rooster tails and rapalas and cleos can anyone help me in a color to use , my rooster tails are single hook and i smash all my barbs no matter what , but i dont no what type of rapalas to use and colors , any help would be awesome , im going to the landing tommarow morning and i want a brown trout

[fly2fish]

I met Leonard 1 night last month when I was switching from flyfishing to spin fishing by outlet 2, I showed him what Rapalas I had and he said go with the black and gold 2" floating version, I caught a small one on the second cast and right before I left caught a 25"+ brown, I had hits on about every other cast. This was at night during a storm. If they are running a fair amount of water use a countdown or sinking Rapala.

[Fish Bork]

Yep my best colors are gold and silver floating #5 rapalas.

[kelly]

Rapala's are the ticket, the more gold the better. And don't be above trolling them either. I have caught my biggest browns trolling above Lilleys. I personally like suspending lures as I have caught a lot of them during a long pause in my retrieve.

[jdmidwest]

Try a Shad Rap SSR 5 in Crawdad or Gold color. Runs shallow, not on top like the Rapalas. Try a Little Cleo spoon in gold or red/gold.

[bubbaray]

What size line and sure would one use with the Rapelas?

[Leonard]

I have 2 rods I use for rapala fishing (jigs,sculpins,ext)

1 I have 6lb maxima on

the other is 8lb maxima (I use this at night)

if the fish are hungry the line doesnt matter!!

[kelly]

I use four pound Trilene XL in green. If I am fishing large lures like six or seven inch Rogues or at night I use heavy line like twelve or fifteen pound. I don't do that so much anymore as I have a lot more fun with the smaller lures.

I catch way more fish on three inch lures that suspend. I yank or crank them down a few feet then pause every ten feet or so for as long as you can stand it.

This is a lot of fun under the cable with the water running because the fish don't seem to waste any time hitting it once they make up their mind.

Good luck

Kelly

[MrDucky]

Hiya all.. Well i went to taney this morning and met Leonard . Wooo Hooooo , and i caught a Brown , it wasnt big enuff to keep but it sure did take a good picture. It seemed like a 5 minute fight or so , it was awesome , thanks Leonard for helping me , I caught this on a white jig i think its called. Leonard left to do family stuff and i caught 1 more on the Rapala he gave me , (i bought only 1 this morning at Walmart but a theif fish stole it from me) so all in all i caught 3 browns today but only landed 2 , Leonard thanks so much for taking time from your life to help me a complete stranger catch sum browns , Im making a shopping list for Walmart , 2 Rapalas F5 any other suggestions u all

Thanks Mr Ducky John

[duckydoty]

Huh? Leonard gives you a rapalla and all he give me is a peice of crack (trout crack)

Duckydoty