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Anyone got any tips on catching a trout out of the white river? The wife and I are going to try to catch one toward the weekend. I've heard chumming with corn will help, so I'm stopping by the co-op and pickup up 5 50lb bags;)
Any tips would be appreciated.
I'd probably go with 10 50 lb. bags. Want to be sure and have enough, know what I'm sayin'?:D
dont screw up a prop and use a carolina rig with an 1/8th oz weight and a 2lb or 4lb flouro leader. use powerbait or redworms. motor up to the base of any major shoals throw out and let you and your boat and your bait drift back down.. grass beds are never much good and really annoying. pea gravel bottom is never to great either. look for big rocks preferably deep. feel free to ask questions. ive fished the first 55 miles of the white.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
I was told years ago you cann't do that,chum corn,not sure if it still applies today.
And don't think its corn from the feed store,whole kennel in the can...
RCC, Use a Light wire blue mustad #8 or #6 hook, or just about any small hook will do ( No Long Shank Hook) go to Walmart and look for a power bait called Fi-Yellow, they will come in a little jar and r little round balls connected like a sausage links. Tear two or three of these off and thread that little hook through the balls where they are stright and natural looking on the hook. Use a light low vis line 4lb test line<<very Important. Use a Carolina rig like river slab suggest or just put a split shot on. Here is a good rule of thumb that applys just about anywhere (High river) more wieght and longer leader, (Low River) Lighter wieght and shorter leader. I also like the orange Power bait balls on cloudy days. Take you some night crawlers and try pinching off about an inch of a worm and thread it right behind just one power bait ball or fish a half a night crawler by it's self (Dont Ball the worm up on the hook). Canned Corn on a hook is a good bait too and cumming canned corn is legal in non-special regulation areas. Make sure you read your reg book cos them Game Wardens work those trout rivers, trust me on that. Hope this help's and good luck catch a rainbow for me LOL
X2. my best friends uncle he was a guide on the white river for many year. he drift down the river fishing with small rebel crawfish crankbaits. he would tear them up and not those little trout that were just big enough to keep. he but big trout in the boat. my best friend has a huge brown on the wall from were he took them on a 2 day float trip. he also had a short link of chain tie to a rope that was tie to the front of his Supreme trout boat to act as a drag and slow the boat down will floating down river. good luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePro
Thanks to all of you. I've got some stuff to go buy now:D
RCC - Usr canned corn NOT bags of dried corn.
That is not what you want, the corn they chum Trout with is soft canned corn. Better check Trout regs as some are different depending on where you plan to fish. Try some rainbow power bait, those little nuggets have works for us most of the time. Good luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCC
Better check the regulations for your fishing destination. That could save you money and embaressment of a violation.Quote:
Originally Posted by midnight_f150
http://www.agfc.com/resources/Pages/...bookTrout.aspx
If you dont want to mess with all of that powerbait and worms and junk, take a good handful of the rebel teeny craws and some small spoons. If you had time to order some of Pbugs little spoons, they would be awesome.
Otherwise go with the carolina rig already mentioned. Would also pick up a package of salad shrimp too. Good bait and if you dont use 'em, you can put 'em in your lunch salad.;)
Catch a bunch and take pics.
The Carolina rig suggestions are good. Another good rig is to tie a 3-way swivel on your main line, with a sinker on one end and the hook on the other (it's called a White River Rig). Redworms are always pretty good baits, esp. after a big rain. Don't use a drag chain! You've got to really know what you're doing to use them; otherwise that's a good way to get yourself sunk. When you float, keep an eye out for trees, rocks etc. behind you; don't get lulled to sleep by the beauty of the river...I did that once and almost paid the price::eek: OTOH, my buddies won't let me run the boat anymore:D
Yep, Green Giant Niblets used to work best, tiny marshmallows sometimes 2. Haven't trout fished in Arkansas since way before Power Bait came about, but, think it would work just fine. Good luck, stick with it and you'll figure it out.
Tip 1. Open the can of corn before chumming with it.
Tip 2. A yellow and white minijig on a 1/32 oz head will fill the boat. probably a crappie nibble added will be perfect.
tip 3. +1 on the crawdad patterned crankbaits for some nice ones
final tip a friend owns land at the confluence of the norfork and white. Get the smallest hook you can find and bait it with the smallest bit of worm and drop between big rocks. Sculpins are numerous. catch a few and fish them for bait. Prepare to have your line stretched and have a camera handy.
Here's a Tip RCC, If nothing is working for ya, pull your boat up on the bank, kick some rock's, spin around three times, bite your lip, and say aww shuck's i bit my lip. Then try a trout magnet below a float, or throw a rooster tail at em. Worked for me One day on the Little Red when i fell in:D
You have'nt lived till you fall out of your boat into the waters of the White or Little Red rivers and hit that 47 degree water on a hot summer day.:eek:
Looks like a lot of you crappie fishermen are moonlighting as trout fishermen!:eek:
RCC, I agree with everything that's been said here about what bait to use and how to use it. I especially agree with the drag chain deal. I would be really careful using a drag chain because if it hangs on something at high flow, you can sink a boat in a heartbeat. In my opinion it's better to just add more weight to get to the bottom than to take a risk. Also, you might want to try that salad shrimp, a piece no bigger than 1/2 inch on a #6 hook tipped with an orange Berkely Powerbait. Sometimes I add a wire spinner with beads tied on the line with the hook on the other end and it seems to work. Lately I've been having some success with the Berkely Powerbait called Sunrise. The old standby though is an orange glowworm threaded on the hook and pushed up onto the line, the hook filled with canned corn and then tipped with Powerbait in either white, orange or sunrise.
Good luck, and let us know how you do.:)
Thomas Buoyant Spoons work well up there too. Quarter them upstream just above riffles and shoals and let them drift down a little before twitching them back to the boat.
It all worked out really well. We released all that we caught except what was injured. Here's my favorite pic. Notice I have used a strip of bacon to show how big they really were:D
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Bet that taste good RCC, but i need to refer to my medical manual before eating it. LOL
glad you had a great time rcc. that looks like some good dinner there.
Hey RCC there are pics and then there are pics!!! I have recently started a new DIET and am trying to drop a few and your entray happens to fall within the boundaries so if you will just give me your address I'll get my wife to put it in "my" GPS and maybe I can make it for supper!!! PS I'll even bring some nanner-pudden
Hey RCC,
Glad y'all had a successful trip. What part of the White did you fish? What set-up worked best for you?
I haven't been up there in a couple of years. I sure love the float though. If anybody has figured out a way to prepare them that is fitting, let me know.
DP
Yeah, DP. It's too bad the dang things don't taste like crappie!:eek: I have fished for them for over 30 years and still haven't found a recipe that makes me lik'em. Sure are fun to catch, though, and the White River goes through what I believe is the prettiest part of this great state.:)
Best prepared like cooking a bowfin on the cedar plank.
I do have to say, the bacon was delicious and it really did bump my cholesterol back up to where it needed to be:D
We caught the most on a small bell sinker on the end of the line with a leader about 18inches long tied about 6 inches above the sinker. They bit the best on worms and corn.
Location was about 1.5 miles south of Bull Shoals dam north of Gastons. The guy we rented from told us when we got there that his place was the best fishing on the river and I don't doubt it at all. Several of the guides were fishing his dock when we weren't on it, but they did give us a little space while we were fishing ourselves. All were rainbows except for 2 browns.
Again thanks to all on this board for helping us to be equipped for trout fishing.
Thanks for the reply, RCC. Glad y'all had a good trip. I have fished that stretch of the river and you are right, it's a great spot. Wish I had a friend that had a house on the river with a boat dock!:D
This was a rental property. The people were some of the nicest people I've ever met. They only have one rental and it is in their front yard. Here are a few more picsQuote:
Originally Posted by ski trip
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Hey RCC,
What's the name of the owner of that place. Sure looks good. Are the guests allowed to park their boat in that boat stall? Looks like a place I might want to take the wife sometime. If you can give me a name or number I'll give them a call. Many thanks.
those trout will eat anything corn,salmon eggs, any of those jared small baits