Trout Lures That Spring Trout Attack
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Experienced trout fishermen turn to large and flashy trout lures when rivers run high. Beyond being better suited for getting a trout's attention, these types of offerings generally can be cast farther and worked faster than smaller-sized offerings, allowing anglers to cover more water.SPOONSFlashy by nature, spoons are the most obvious choices for high-water trout fishing. Tight wobbling baits work best in waters that stay relatively clear, even when they run high, while wider wobbles work best for dirty streams. Wide-wobbling spoons send out bigger pulses and make a broader visible impression in the water; both qualities can help trout find them.

Ultra-bright colors like chartreuse, orange and hot pink are easy to see in the water. Numerous factors affect spoon size determinations. Downstream casts mean upstream retrieves, and most spoons get overworked when retrieved against a current.

JERKBAITS
Jerkbaits, as these elongated offerings are commonly called, imitate the forage fish that large trout often feed on. Sinking models generally work best for trout, especially when the water is swift. For most trout fishing applications, anglers tend to use plugs in the 2- to 2 1/2-inch range, but for high-water fishing, 3- to 5-inch baits often will produce more trout. Because it is so narrow, a 5-inch jerkbait is not too large for trout, especially large trout, which big plugs tend to produce.

Jerkbaits make terrific target-fishing baits. Most trout will pounce on the plug as soon as it hits the water.

Other highly productive color patterns are those that imitate rainbow or brown trout or yellow perch. For highly stained waters, chartreuse baits work well.

SPINNERS
Spinners catch trout. Early spring calls for heavier baits, bigger profiles and big round blades that create a lot of vibration. Most high-water spinners weigh 1/8 ounce or more, and 1/4-ounce baits are the mainstays for many anglers. Early spring also calls for painted blades, bold body colors and large body designs.

SOFT-PLASTICS
Probably the most overlooked of all types of lures for trout fishing are various soft-plastic offerings. For high-water fishing, one major advantage of grubs, craw-tubes, stick baits and various other soft-plastic offerings is that they can be rigged a lot of different ways to fish various types of waters and different ways. Most anglers fish creature baits on leadheads, swimming or bouncing them on the bottom. However, anglers who want to get creature baits down in deep water and give trout time to look at them can fish drop-shot rigs and let a combination of current and a jiggling motion bring the baits to life.

Another type of soft-plastic bait that works very well is a tube. Soft-plastic stick baits, which have become very popular for bass fishing over the past couple of years, also work extremely well for trout. CRANKBAITS
Wide-wobbling crankbaits come into the equation when trout waters turn turbid. Best bets vary a lot according to the size and character of the waters being fished, the size of trout, and the kind of forage the fish are accustomed to seeing. Two- or 3-inch-long baits that run to medium depths probably meet the broadest range of trout fishing applications. Larger baits are sometimes needed for big rivers.

SINGLE HOOKS
Anglers tend to overlook these types of baits for fishing waters where only single-hook lures may be used. In some cases, anglers may alter baits by clipping two of three points from treble hooks.

Beyond fulfilling requirements on some specially managed waters, using single hooks makes trout much easier to release in good condition. As a bonus, lures equipped with single hooks generally foul less on their own hooks than do treble-rigged baits.