You trout guys have me stumped

[Johnsfolly]

28 minutes ago, Quillback said:

I never hear of anyone using a drop shot for trout. 

I don't like bait fishing for trout except if I intend to keep them. I have used a drop shot style rig for trout in the past. Worked well.

2 hours ago, Ketchup said:

caught lots of fish casting salmon eggs or

A great bait. When the urban lakes would freeze in Columbia we used salmon eggs on size 18 or 20 trebles.

[Seth]

4 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I don't/didn't fish Taney much, but fished the Current a lot. So I agree that in moderate flow situations, there will be trout eating other fish. More likely brown trout which tend to be more piscivorous that rainbows, but bigger rainbows will as well.I fished a lot of rapala floating baits or mid water running baits. Not great for Taney where you need to get closer to bottom. 

Down below the trophy section, I'm sure that the stockers would be eating cheese, vienna sausages, etc. 😅

You'd be surprised how many small stockers chew on those bigger jerkbait/crankbaits. Trout aren't much better than bass when it comes to biting off more than they can chew.

[Seth]

Don't over complicate trout fishing, especially on Taneycomo. If the water is off, use a 1/16oz black or sculpin/ginger jig on 2# hopped along the bottom or a pink power worm under a float a foot or two above the bottom. If there is quite a bit of current, upsize to a 1/8oz version of the same jig and fish inside bends and eddy pockets on the bluff banks. If you don't have the boat capable of fishing that stuff (needs a strong trolling motor) then drifting a double scud rig should work well too. Just use a 3 way drift rig and a 4' leader with enough weight to keep it on bottom.

We won the Elfrink tournament this year doing exactly what I am talking about. The fishing was A LOT tougher than it is now too.
 

 

[Quillback]

3 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

I don't like bait fishing for trout except if I intend to keep them. I have used a drop shot style rig for trout in the past. Worked well.

 

Yeah, same here.  I used to keep a lot of trout and ate a lot of trout.  Not any more, if I'm going to eat fish, I go for warm water species these days.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Maybe it's known, Maybe not,  but Taneycomo has bait restrictions in certain areas.  Just keep that in mind.   

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26 minutes ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

Maybe it's known, Maybe not,  but Taneycomo has bait restrictions in certain areas.  Just keep that in mind.   

It’s not very well known judging by what I’ve seen. 😂 If they look innocent enough I let them know so they don’t get in trouble.