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Trout bite continues

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#1 ·
The trout bite continues to be excellent with not only numbers of fish, but quality as well. 17mr’s in a variety of colors and the new 37mr are producing the majority of my fish, but I’m also picking up a few on Yozuri 3ds minnows. Here are a few pics of recent trips, some from the boat and others from the kayak.
 
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#11 ·
The biggest tip I can offer is “don’t”. By that I mean you don’t need to do very much at all. Especially right now with the cooler water temps. Every fish I’ve caught over the last two weeks has came after a long (5-10 second) pause. The majority of which hit on the initial drop of the bait. Meaning I cast, close the bail and wait for a 10 count before giving a very subtle twitch. More often than not they hit before I ever even twitch it.

When you do twitch, I only twitch once and I prefer to twitch down or to the side (twitching down is hard in a yak) over twitching up.

When the water temps are higher I take a much more aggressive approach but right now slow and subtle is key.
 
#18 ·
Couple of guys were using Gulp the other day as I paddled by them. They reported having been there a few hours and had a few fish for their efforts. I eased past them and started fishing, and catching on every cast with hard baits. They seemed dumbfounded and asked what I was using so I shared. I changed colors 6 times just to prove it was the bait and presentation and not the color. Soft plastics will definitely work, but hard baits are king right now.
 
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