Spinner in trout pond??

[JDoG]

In my home state of Delaware

(dela-where?  ) we have a very small pond stocked with trout. They are hard to catch. Most people only go home with 1 or 2 off of mouse tails, but I personally had luck with inflated worms. Anyway, on opening day I was next to the guy who caught the first limit. He was using what looked to be spinners, but he was jerking them instead of a steady retrieve. I had no luck when I tried doing that. Does anyone know why that might be? Any other tips for pond trout fishing?

[Stein]

Inline spinner like a Rooster Tail?  I have limited experience on trout down here but I was fishing a hair jig and my buddy fished a white rooster tail and caught as many as I did.  He just straight retrieved, though.

 

[JDoG]

yeah i couldnt tell what brand it was though. he just retrieved it with jerks. I didnt know why that worked for him anf not me. im thinking he did something special and was wondering if you guys did anything like that

[Johnsfolly]

Sounds like he was treating it more like a spoon. If so differences in line weight or diameter could change the speed of the drop or have more flutter as it dropped.