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what is the best lure for trout. I like panther martins but i want to give something else a shot?

Question by westjoe. Uploaded on February 07, 2009

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from dwaynez wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

One lure that has always worked for me is a bluefox vibrax 3/16oz or smaller, they have a great action they really seem to get the trout biting.

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from idahooutdoors wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

A small to medium sized black body and silver spinner rooster tail seems to be a constant preformer for Rainbows, cutthroat, and small mouth. It is usually hard to beat in the lakes, rivers, and streams in my area.

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from usmcturkey wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I agree with idahooutdoors rooster tails are the way to go.

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from CPT BRAD wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I like Rooster Tails, usually something with a red or contrast to it works well. I throw the smallest one I can with an ultralight.

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from KingFisher907 wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I like Roostertails and trout do too!

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from peter wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Trout Magnet jigs hands down

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from Charley wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Count down rapala. I have caught trout from creeks to big reservoirs with them. Toss it downstream and bring it slowly up through a pool. Cast it from the bank on a lake or troll it behind.
I also love Panther Martins, and rooster tails.
I also like small black curly tails for trout.
Wooly bugger. You don't need a fly rod, just put it 3 feet behind a bubble.

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from buckeye wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Panther Martins are great but i also like to use Little Cleos because they are lead free and you can use them in the national parks as long as you remove the barb change the hook.

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from ETangler wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Hildebrandt spinners, Joe's spinners both have trout flies on them and you can change them out for different patterns. Also try little bean snaps,they're tiny lures and they catch big fish.

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from Beekeeper wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Rooster Tails are great. Also use small countdown (rainbow trout patern)Rapalas in larger streams.

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from tygardner wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

rooster tails are the ways to go or blue fox vibrax in line spinners are good to but if im going for trout im always taking some powerbait even though i know its not a lure, its a bait

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from rjbedrock wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Leave the lures in the box...chub tails work great!!

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from Rory wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Rapala crank baits are the best, i live in Montana and fish all summer long, if you get the cd-7 countdowns you will not be diappointed

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from jbonifer24 wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Blue Fox Vinbrax's in gold, silver, and brass colors. I like to use the gold in the morning and evening, the silver when the sun is bright, and the brass color on overcast days. With these three colors your definetly covered.

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from kjflorian wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Mepps spinners. Rooster tails have always worked good for me. If not those you can make your own. Google Jim Bedford he makes his own.

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from pumakitchen wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Rooster tails. I love the yellow ones for brown trout, I have tried several other lures, but none have out competed the yellow rooster tail. My second favorite would have to be blue fox vibrex copper color. Also seems to work great for brown trout, and does a little bit better in faster water.

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from jbird wrote 3 years 13 weeks ago

I love Panther Martin's, but overall, I've caught more trout w/ Rooster Tails. I keep a vast, and I mean VAST collection of both in my tacklebox, cuz trout are finicky buggers.

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from tourneyking734 wrote 3 years 13 weeks ago

everybody uses spinners but i really think that copper castmasters are the best lures ever for trout of all species. All you need are a few different sizes for them then hold on tight!

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from codymeyer11 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

i like using jigs for trout, i like trout magnets and shad darts work real well also

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from lukem wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

i drift and twitch small gulp! minnows. It avoids snags and the trout really nail em.

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from Milhouse24 wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

i usually use trout magnets or yo zuri pins minnow theyre jus lk the rapalas but they have better movments and invoke strikes more often

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from Deb6 wrote 3 years 10 weeks ago

Trout magnets and berkley gulp worms on a trout magnet hook are good for stocked trout, also pins minnows work good in stocked streams as well. If you are fishin in a larger stream or river that holds bigger trout, try a lucky craft pointer american shad pattern, or a smithwick rogue in a silver pattern. Big browns wear em out.

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from catchem wrote 3 years 7 weeks ago

The Fish Catcher is a great brass lure. Catches trout when nothing else does.

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from CavRecon wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

Rapala CD-7 Countdown in Gold

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from Nic Meador wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

lucky lady artificial cheese worm, use a very small hook and two bb size split shots. tear the cheese worm in half and insert the small hook in where you tore the worm. pull the hook out on the flat side of the worm like your fishin a jig. reel slowly an twitch it across the pool any way. trout love em

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from jsobrien wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

The berkley trout worms in pink and the yo-zuri crstal minnows 3in. size both work wonders on trout and also bring out the big stuborn ones as well.

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from TheFishFinder wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

roster tails that are rainbow colored

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from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 7 weeks ago

Regular Rebels, both jointed and solid, work well
on trout, as does Rebel's excellent
Ghost Minnow!!!

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from zackm wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

For steelhead, my no. 1 lure is an about 2 in. storm minnow imitation in shad pattern. It almost always produces strikes for me and last year, I caught a 28 incher with it.

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from JerseyJim wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

One of my favorite lures for trout is a 1" tube jig. I either let it drift, or twitch it along the bottom.

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from Angler2 wrote 30 weeks 6 days ago

I love Panther Martin, but I also like roostertails, pink and green color combinations work best for me.

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from 357 wrote 2 weeks 3 days ago

Wylde Edge Outfitters are my favorite spinners, they give great action i like the dressing on the hooks, they are also made in the USA.
That and any tiny crank bait just because they are fun to run through the local trout pond.

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from Charley wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Count down rapala. I have caught trout from creeks to big reservoirs with them. Toss it downstream and bring it slowly up through a pool. Cast it from the bank on a lake or troll it behind.
I also love Panther Martins, and rooster tails.
I also like small black curly tails for trout.
Wooly bugger. You don't need a fly rod, just put it 3 feet behind a bubble.

+5 Good Comment? | | Report
from ETangler wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Hildebrandt spinners, Joe's spinners both have trout flies on them and you can change them out for different patterns. Also try little bean snaps,they're tiny lures and they catch big fish.

+5 Good Comment? | | Report
from dwaynez wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

One lure that has always worked for me is a bluefox vibrax 3/16oz or smaller, they have a great action they really seem to get the trout biting.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from idahooutdoors wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

A small to medium sized black body and silver spinner rooster tail seems to be a constant preformer for Rainbows, cutthroat, and small mouth. It is usually hard to beat in the lakes, rivers, and streams in my area.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from usmcturkey wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I agree with idahooutdoors rooster tails are the way to go.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from CPT BRAD wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I like Rooster Tails, usually something with a red or contrast to it works well. I throw the smallest one I can with an ultralight.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from KingFisher907 wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

I like Roostertails and trout do too!

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from buckeye wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Panther Martins are great but i also like to use Little Cleos because they are lead free and you can use them in the national parks as long as you remove the barb change the hook.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from Beekeeper wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Rooster Tails are great. Also use small countdown (rainbow trout patern)Rapalas in larger streams.

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from Rory wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Rapala crank baits are the best, i live in Montana and fish all summer long, if you get the cd-7 countdowns you will not be diappointed

+4 Good Comment? | | Report
from rjbedrock wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Leave the lures in the box...chub tails work great!!

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from kjflorian wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Mepps spinners. Rooster tails have always worked good for me. If not those you can make your own. Google Jim Bedford he makes his own.

+3 Good Comment? | | Report
from jbonifer24 wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Blue Fox Vinbrax's in gold, silver, and brass colors. I like to use the gold in the morning and evening, the silver when the sun is bright, and the brass color on overcast days. With these three colors your definetly covered.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from pumakitchen wrote 3 years 14 weeks ago

Rooster tails. I love the yellow ones for brown trout, I have tried several other lures, but none have out competed the yellow rooster tail. My second favorite would have to be blue fox vibrex copper color. Also seems to work great for brown trout, and does a little bit better in faster water.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from jbird wrote 3 years 13 weeks ago

I love Panther Martin's, but overall, I've caught more trout w/ Rooster Tails. I keep a vast, and I mean VAST collection of both in my tacklebox, cuz trout are finicky buggers.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from tourneyking734 wrote 3 years 13 weeks ago

everybody uses spinners but i really think that copper castmasters are the best lures ever for trout of all species. All you need are a few different sizes for them then hold on tight!

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from lukem wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

i drift and twitch small gulp! minnows. It avoids snags and the trout really nail em.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from Milhouse24 wrote 3 years 11 weeks ago

i usually use trout magnets or yo zuri pins minnow theyre jus lk the rapalas but they have better movments and invoke strikes more often

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from Deb6 wrote 3 years 10 weeks ago

Trout magnets and berkley gulp worms on a trout magnet hook are good for stocked trout, also pins minnows work good in stocked streams as well. If you are fishin in a larger stream or river that holds bigger trout, try a lucky craft pointer american shad pattern, or a smithwick rogue in a silver pattern. Big browns wear em out.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from catchem wrote 3 years 7 weeks ago

The Fish Catcher is a great brass lure. Catches trout when nothing else does.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from CavRecon wrote 2 years 46 weeks ago

Rapala CD-7 Countdown in Gold

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from Nic Meador wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

lucky lady artificial cheese worm, use a very small hook and two bb size split shots. tear the cheese worm in half and insert the small hook in where you tore the worm. pull the hook out on the flat side of the worm like your fishin a jig. reel slowly an twitch it across the pool any way. trout love em

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from jsobrien wrote 2 years 42 weeks ago

The berkley trout worms in pink and the yo-zuri crstal minnows 3in. size both work wonders on trout and also bring out the big stuborn ones as well.

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from TheFishFinder wrote 2 years 41 weeks ago

roster tails that are rainbow colored

+2 Good Comment? | | Report
from peter wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

Trout Magnet jigs hands down

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from tygardner wrote 3 years 15 weeks ago

rooster tails are the ways to go or blue fox vibrax in line spinners are good to but if im going for trout im always taking some powerbait even though i know its not a lure, its a bait

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from codymeyer11 wrote 3 years 12 weeks ago

i like using jigs for trout, i like trout magnets and shad darts work real well also

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from rudyglove27 wrote 2 years 7 weeks ago

Regular Rebels, both jointed and solid, work well
on trout, as does Rebel's excellent
Ghost Minnow!!!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from zackm wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

For steelhead, my no. 1 lure is an about 2 in. storm minnow imitation in shad pattern. It almost always produces strikes for me and last year, I caught a 28 incher with it.

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from JerseyJim wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

One of my favorite lures for trout is a 1" tube jig. I either let it drift, or twitch it along the bottom.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from Angler2 wrote 30 weeks 6 days ago

I love Panther Martin, but I also like roostertails, pink and green color combinations work best for me.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from 357 wrote 2 weeks 3 days ago

Wylde Edge Outfitters are my favorite spinners, they give great action i like the dressing on the hooks, they are also made in the USA.
That and any tiny crank bait just because they are fun to run through the local trout pond.

0 Good Comment? | | Report

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