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Q:
Any good suggestions for rainbow trout lures. I don't have any problem catching the browns but the rainbow give me a hard time.

Question by pumakitchen. Uploaded on February 12, 2009

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from Christian Emter wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Try Panther Martins

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from Charley wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Panther Martins- yellow body with red dots and silver blade
Origional Rapalas- silver with black back or rainbow trout
Tasmanian Devil- red/yellow/green or pink
Flatfish- silver
Rooster tail- yellow body, silver blade, black skirt
Kastmaster- silver

If you are trolling: Beer can pop- gear followed by a Mack's Double Whammy in ppink and silver witha piece of nightcrawler on the first hook.

Those are some of my favorites for the bows.

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from hnestle wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

panther martins
rooster tails
mepps aglia

Go to Cabelas an get the deadly 20 pack of panther martins and those rainbows won't have a chance.

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from Clay Cooper wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Watched a gold miner in Alaska out of bait and lure use blasting caps, worked pretty good it did!

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from rezavoirdog wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Red and White Mepps or DareDevele

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Charley has got the ticket on the Panther Martins and Rapalas for the waters around Yellowstone Park. Before my kid took up flyfishing he swore by these in various color combinations. He consistently caught larger numbers and bigger rainbows, cuthroats, and cutbows than I did on flies.

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from ETangler wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Flashy colors are the trick. Browns are more food traditionaly minded since they're the grumpy old men in the river.

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from Milhouse24 wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

u can catch any trout on a white bucktail but if that doesnt work try a white or yellow trout magnet nd work it as slow as possible... rainbows r less agresive then browns so u gotta give them more time to decide if they want ur bait or not

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from CavRecon wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Wish I had your problem! Mine is the reverse. I find the rainbows to be suckers for Rapala Countdowns, inline spinners like Mepps, powerbait eggs, corn, and even a Rogue.

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from babsfish4life wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

A possible tip to your problem is where you are fishing in the water column. Brown are typically located near the bottom, slower water or near the shore. Rainbows are more mid to upper level of the column. Maybe try to get your bait or lure away from the bottom. Just an observation.

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from rudyglove27 wrote 1 year 44 weeks ago

Agreed with Charley answer above and A + 1 for you sir!!!

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from jtoc24 wrote 1 year 33 weeks ago

blue blue foxes with a red flasher and hook

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from zackm wrote 47 weeks 6 days ago

Try soft plastic minnows or spinners.

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from Charley wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Panther Martins- yellow body with red dots and silver blade
Origional Rapalas- silver with black back or rainbow trout
Tasmanian Devil- red/yellow/green or pink
Flatfish- silver
Rooster tail- yellow body, silver blade, black skirt
Kastmaster- silver

If you are trolling: Beer can pop- gear followed by a Mack's Double Whammy in ppink and silver witha piece of nightcrawler on the first hook.

Those are some of my favorites for the bows.

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from babsfish4life wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

A possible tip to your problem is where you are fishing in the water column. Brown are typically located near the bottom, slower water or near the shore. Rainbows are more mid to upper level of the column. Maybe try to get your bait or lure away from the bottom. Just an observation.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from Christian Emter wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Try Panther Martins

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from hnestle wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

panther martins
rooster tails
mepps aglia

Go to Cabelas an get the deadly 20 pack of panther martins and those rainbows won't have a chance.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Clay Cooper wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Watched a gold miner in Alaska out of bait and lure use blasting caps, worked pretty good it did!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from rezavoirdog wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Red and White Mepps or DareDevele

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Charley has got the ticket on the Panther Martins and Rapalas for the waters around Yellowstone Park. Before my kid took up flyfishing he swore by these in various color combinations. He consistently caught larger numbers and bigger rainbows, cuthroats, and cutbows than I did on flies.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from ETangler wrote 2 years 51 weeks ago

Flashy colors are the trick. Browns are more food traditionaly minded since they're the grumpy old men in the river.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from Milhouse24 wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

u can catch any trout on a white bucktail but if that doesnt work try a white or yellow trout magnet nd work it as slow as possible... rainbows r less agresive then browns so u gotta give them more time to decide if they want ur bait or not

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from CavRecon wrote 2 years 31 weeks ago

Wish I had your problem! Mine is the reverse. I find the rainbows to be suckers for Rapala Countdowns, inline spinners like Mepps, powerbait eggs, corn, and even a Rogue.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from rudyglove27 wrote 1 year 44 weeks ago

Agreed with Charley answer above and A + 1 for you sir!!!

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from zackm wrote 47 weeks 6 days ago

Try soft plastic minnows or spinners.

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from jtoc24 wrote 1 year 33 weeks ago

blue blue foxes with a red flasher and hook

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