Memorial Day trout trip salvaged

I decided to target trout this Memorial Day. Woke up early with high hopes only to find the stream running the highest I have ever seen and the color of chocolate milk. The forecast showed some rain, but it from what I saw it had been raining pretty hard upstream. Made a few casts and decided it head on back home. Halfway home I decided to stop at the local lake (out of desperation). Typically I carry XUL or UL rods for panfish but for trout I prefer L or UL bfs tackle. Had the latter today. Next issues was that I had no jigs, only spinner and minnow plugs. I was happy to find a 1 gram jig head with a nikko wax worm on it and a 1/10 oz zman jig with shad fryz. The former made sure I caught fish today, else I was pretty sure I’d be back home empty handed. Ended up with a couple of shell crackers. Lot of fun on the glass rod.

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Rod: Glass custom rod, Smith Be Sticky UL
Reel: Daiwa Gekkabijin with roro spool (made possible to cast the 1 gram jig head)



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Nice transition and those should taste better than trout too! What kind of line is that?

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Originally Posted by MCG1

Nice transition and those should taste better than trout too! What kind of line is that?

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Saved the day! Varivas bait finesse 0.6 PE. On spinning gear I would have used 2.3 lb or 1.75 lb ester.


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Glad you pulled a rabbit out of your hat with this one. Salvaged a trip just by staying after it. Nice fish but an even nicer rig. I’ve never tried one but I’d like to try one if I had someone to watch for a little while. I was all set to go Saturday but my truck had other ideas. Seems that four years is all they’re good for. Long story short there was no fish caught. Hope you get to chase the trout soon.

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

Glad you pulled a rabbit out of your hat with this one. Salvaged a trip just by staying after it. Nice fish but an even nicer rig. I’ve never tried one but I’d like to try one if I had someone to watch for a little while. I was all set to go Saturday but my truck had other ideas. Seems that four years is all they’re good for. Long story short there was no fish caught. Hope you get to chase the trout soon.

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Hi Tim! Sorry to hear about your truck. Hope it’s an easy fix. Sometimes I wonder if manufacturers design a product to begin having issues at a certain stage in its life cycle. That way they can sell us another one ;)

I like BFS for trout fishing hands down… since I could never master feathering the spool on a spinning reel. For lake panfish I prefer spinning rods, but I’ve dabbled some with BFS.
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Spinning gear is way more effective for 1 gram or lighter jig heads. The BFS reel in the pic above has an aftermarket spool that allows it to cast as low as 0.6 grams. However, I don’t think that is practical (at least for me).

Hopefully I will get good conditions for trout before the water gets too warm. And, that you can get back on the fish.


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Good job and nice setups. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for taking us along

Nice catches

Much, much better than a skunk! Thanks for the walk along.
Bob

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Originally Posted by BobC

Much, much better than a skunk! Thanks for the walk along.
Bob

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Certainly! I would be very blue had I got skunked. And, you are welcome!


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