How Can I Catch These Monster Trout?!!

[Fisher-person 0]

Okay. Just a few weeks ago I was on my way home when I saw it. Monster Trout jumping out of the water to feed. They were jumping maybe 5 inches out of the water and probaby were Brown Trout. The next day I decided to go fishing there, and it wasn't what I thought it would be . I was fishing for hours and caught NOTHING!!! Even though I saw these beauties jumping every 20 seconds or so. The area was a large oool pond with alot of submerged trees and a little bit of weeds. A small stream helped make this pool and the water was flowing fairly slow. I was using a size 2 mepps aglia spinner with a silver colored-blade and worms on a hook as baits. I'm not sure if I was using the right type of bait, so that's why I posted this. What types of lures would be a good idea for catching one of the trout in this pond , and is there a certain presentation that I should be aware of?

[lanvaettir 0]

Do you know what they were feeding on? If they were working on a hatch they probably won't take anything but the appropriate fly. If you have a fly rig that would be the easiest way but a spinner rig with a clear plastic bubble and a fly behind it. Good luck!

[SDHflyfisher 0]

deffinitly taking dries and you'll need either a fly rod and appropriate flies to match the hatch or spiining rod with the bubble floats and the right flies

[Fisher-person 0]

Well I really couldn't see what they were feeding on, but there were alot of frogs in the pond and many insects flying above the surface of the water.

[lanvaettir 0]

Well. You really need to key in on what kind of bugs they are eating. Find yourseld a little streamside guide to entomology to help ID the bugs and from there you can select the right fly. It's usually worth the effort!

[YPSIFLY 0]

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to matching the hatch. But the advice given above makes sense to me.

 

Otherwise, I like throwing BIG streamers as the big boys won't refuse what looks like a nice meal.

 

I was in a situation last week where a mediocre hatch was going on, yet I got into fish chucking basic streamers tied on #2 up to 3/0 hooks.

 

After the final score was tallied, the larger flies produced more fish.

 

-Chris

[Guest]

If these fish were leaving the water (missile-like), they were probably feeding on caddis emergers. Give this a shot: cast upstream of the fish/location. Let the fly sink then start to swing and rise towards the surface in front of the fish. You'll know it when they hit. (Note: fishing streamers in this situation is not a bad tactic either.)

 

John