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Going up this weekend to a buddy's fishing house on the Little Red. We have absolutely no idea how to trout fish. We also will be fishing from the bank as we do not have a boat. Any tips or information you could share with me is greatly appreciated. Location wise: we will be East on Cow Shoals Rd and then North on Ferguson. Looks like we are just south of a small group of trees/island on google maps. Thanks.
Easy- way. Power bait under small corks. Not fancy but works. My wife loves to trout fish.
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I like to use 6lb. fluorocarbon line on Rapala Countdown brown trout colored, also will bounce the bottom with heavy sinker with 18" leader to sunrise colored power bait with a small styrofoam pinch on float right in front of the hook keeps it out of the slime
Rapala Countdown in Rainbow color, small gold spoons, inline spinners (Mepps, Panther Martin, etc...) with either silver or gold blades have all been productive for me in the White River. I bet a white Road Runner head with a white crappie body might work as well. Pretty much anything with some flash.
Put a small bullet weight (helps with getting snagged in the rocks) on with no more than 6 pound line then tie on a number 6 bait hook. Place a splitshot about 12 inches from the hook. Use two power eggs to cover the hook and fish just like you would for catfish. Or, use one power egg and tip the hook with a wax worm. If they are generating water, a spoon works well, especially on the initial water rise and fall.
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Trout magnets all the way
Yup. Trout Magnet under a float will catch em every day of the year!Quote:
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All these methods should work great, but im afraid this weekend the river is going to be high and possibly muddy depending on where your located.
Pink worm pre riggs
Black zebra midges. The smaller the better. (20-22) Will out fish anything on any day.
used to. fish tournements on the little red and caught thousands of em on the BJ's Gold , tip with 1/2 a night crawler put a good size split shot about 15" above it and cast like a spinner bait for bass above and below the shoals!!! used to could buy em in the local bait shops, those big trout will chase em down and Slam Em!Attachment 194271
I use power bait on a small hook with split shot about 18'' above the hook. My favorite was Rainbow colored power bait in the little preformed nuggets. At times small roostertail spinners work good too.
Carolina rig with a 1/8 ounce egg sinker with a small swivel then about 12 inch leader with 4# line with a #10 hook some pink and white powerbait and you can catch all the fish you want! You can drag it while drifting in a boat or throw it out and let it sit either way works!
The last time I went trout fishing was with Jeff Smith founder of trout magnet. 3 of us caught probably 60 or 70 in about 3 hours, releasing them of course. Above the shoals we would anchor the boat, you could do this from the bank, cast up steam some and using a small float to keep the trout magnet just off the bottom, and keeping the slack out of your line, let it drift down stream until it's not free floating any more. Then crank it in and do it again.
Wow guys thanks for all the replies. I'm hoping we can catch a few while we're up there. I'm a little worried about the water conditions now. We will just be walking down from his house and fishing from the bank. Will the water need to be high, low, rising or falling? If a boat is necessary, I see that we can rent just the boat for $25 and boat and motor for $120. How difficult will it be to get back up stream with paddles only?
With all the influx of water and rainfall to come paddling back up stream would be more than likely impossible and even with a motor it could be pretty dangerous. Alot of it just depends on how close you are to the dam.
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Going up to the Anglers Expo at Heber Springs Saturday and going to try it at the swinging bridge. Was that way last month and the water was high. Using 6lb test with small barrel weight with about 16 inch 4lb leader and two power baits on bottom and the power bait floats up off the bottom.
Well it's getting closer to the weekend and I'm worried about all the rainfall today and tomorrow. What do the veterans think the fishing will be like this weekend?
High water for sure, but depends on how close you are to the dam on how muddy it will be.
We usually go to the little red a few times a year when it gets real hot and trout magnets work great. But our go-to, and I dont know if its a "faux pas" of trout fishing but we have always used crickets. If they will eat a fly on top of the water, why wouldn't they eat a live creature that looks similar to a fly/nymph/etc? We usually get funny looks from folks, and the fly fisherman really get to staring us down, but we rig them up with a modified C&C rig with a fixed weight to cast and catch on the rocks. Good luck!
You can catch trout with a mouse-shaped flies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyRPa0nA9nMQuote:
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Seems like they're voracious eaters of anything floating on the water, minus the bait I've picked that day of course.